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OwnerPierre G. J. Perrotinventor
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The carrying platform includes means for adapting it to railway bogies, a tracked road bogie or a support structure in a boat for transporting the van by railway, road or sea. The platform comprises a frame having two parallel side-members 100 each of which has an inverted U-shaped cross-section, the branches 101 of which are extended, except adjacent the ends of the side-members, by lateral wings 102 so that each side-member has in the part thereof provided with the wings an omega type of cross-section. Cross-members 600 interconnect the side-members 100 in the regions thereof provided with the wings 102. The end parts of the side-members 100 outside the wings 102 are assembled by plate structures 400 for bearing on a support such as a railway bogie 39. Rolling devices 151 having free rollers 152 are connected to the ends of the side-members 100. A retractable set of road wheels 17, 18, 19 is connected to the platform and hydraulic prop structures 32, 150 are provided and have sufficient travel to raise the carrying platform 37 so that the rolling devices 151 can bear against railway bogies 39, tracked road bogies 9 or a support structure 72, 74, 75 in a boat.
A carrying platform (37) for receiving a goods van or container and in separable combination with a support (39) which is selectively a railway bogie, a road bogie, a tracked road bogie and a support structure in a boat for transporting the van or container selectively by railway, road and sea, said platform comprising a frame having two parallel longitudinally-extending side-members (100) which have two opposed end portions (200) and an intermediate portion interconnecting said end portions, cross-members (500) interconnecting said side-members, two plate structures (400) respectively interconnecting said two opposed end portions of said two side-members, rolling devices (151) including first free-running rollers (152) having axes of rotation extending transversely of said platform, said rolling devices being connected to said two end portions of said side-members so that said first free-running rollers (152) project downwardly from an underside of said plate structures (400) for directly engaging said support and allowing free displacement of said platform longitudinally of said support, a road set of wheels (18, 41) movably mounted on said platform and movable between selectively a retracted position, a road engaging position and an extended position beyond said road engaging position, hydraulic prop structures (32) movably mounted on said platform and movable selectively between a retracted position, a road engaging position and an extended position beyond said road engaging position, and hydraulic jacks (110) mounted on said platform for selectively raising and lowering said platform and operative, in combination with said prop structures, to permit selectively raising said platform for transferring said van or container to a loading platform and removing said van or container from said loading platform and then lowering said platform, and means (156, 167, 168, 173, 580) for positioning the platform relative to the support and retaining the platform on the support.
A carrying platform (37) for receiving a goods van or container and in separable combination with a support (39) which is selectively a railway bogie, a road bogie, a tracked road bogie and a support structure in a boat for transporting the van or container selectively by railway, road and sea, said platform comprising a frame having two parallel longitudinally-extending side-members (100) which have two opposed end portions (200) and an intermediate portion interconnecting said two opposed end portions, cross-members (500) interconnecting said side-members, two plate structures (400) respectively interconnecting said two opposed end portions of said two side-members, rolling devices (151) including free-running rollers (152) having axes of rotation extending transversely of said platform, said rolling devices being connected to said end portions of said side-members so that said first free-running rollers (152) project downwardly from an underside of said plate structures (400) for directly engaging said support and allowing free displacement of said platform longitudinally of said support, a road set of wheels (18, 41) movably mounted on said platform, hydraulic prop structures (32) movably mounted on said platform and movable selectively between a retracted position, a road engaging position and an extended position beyond said road engaging position, and hydraulic jacks (110) mounted on said platform and connected to said road set of wheels for shifting said road set of wheels selectively between retracted, road-engaging and extending positions and operative, in combination with said prop structures, to permit selectively raising said platform for selectively transferring said van or container to a loading platform and removing said van or container from said loading platform, and then lowering said platform, and means (156, 167, 168, 173, 580) for positioning the platform relative to the support and retaining the platform on the support and comprising means (156, 480, 158, 167) for centering said platform on said support so as to dispose said platform coaxially with respect to said support.
A carrying platform (37) for receiving a goods van or container and in separable combination with a support (39) which is selectively a railway bogie, a road bogie, a tracked road bogie and a support structure in a boat for transporting the van or container selectively by railway, road and sea, said platform comprising a frame having two parallel longitudinally-extending side-members (100) which have two opposed end portions (200) and an intermediate portion interconnecting said end portions, cross-members (500) interconnecting said side-members, two plate structures (400) respectively interconnecting said two opposed end portions of said two side-members, rolling devices (151) including first free-running rollers (152) having axes of rotation extending transversely of said platform, said rolling devices being connected to said two end portions of said side-members so that said first free-running rollers (152) project downwardly from an underside of said plate structures (400) for directly engaging said support and allowing free displacement of said platform longitudinally of said support, a road set of wheels (18, 41) movably mounted on said platform and movable between selectively a retracted position, a road engaging position and an extended position beyond said road engaging position, hydraulic prop structures (32) movably mounted on said platform and movable selectively between a retracted position, a road engaging position and an extended position beyond said road engaging position, and hydraulic jacks (110) mounted on said platform for selectively raising and lowering said platform and operative, in combination with said prop structures, to permit selectively raising said platform for transferring said van or container to a loading platform and removing said van or container from said loading platform and then lowering said platform, and means (156,167,168,173,580) for positioning the platform relative to the support and retaining the platform on the support, each side-member having substantially an inverted U-shaped cross-section defined by two laterally spaced apart branches (101) and a transverse web (103) interconnecting said branches, each side members comprising lateral wings (102) laterally extending from the lower ends of said branches thereby imparting to said side-member a substantially omega-shaped cross-section.
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