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US 4,790,710 AGranted
Tow truck
AssigneeEyal Engineering & Industrial Co. Ltd.
InventorIsrael Ayalon
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Abstract
A multi-purpose recovery vehicle comprising a wheel mounted chassis, a continuously slewing crane mounted on the chassis and a recovery assembly including an extensible and retractable towing assembly, a retractable anchor assembly and a retractable stabilizer assembly mounted at a rearward end of the chassis at a location which does not interfere with the operation of the crane.
Claims4
A multi-purpose integrated recovery vehicle comprising:
- a wheel mounted chassis defining a bed;
- a slewing crane mounted on said chassis;
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- a recovery assembly mounted at a rearward end of said chassis at a location which does not interfere with the operation of the crane,
- said recovery assembly comprising an extensible and retractable towing assembly, a retractable anchor assembly, and a retractable stabilizer assembly,
- said retractable towing assembly being mounted rearwardly and below said bed of said chassis and comprising a base mounted onto said chassis, an intermediate member pivotally mounted onto said base, a telescoping member extendibly mounted onto said intermediate member, a first piston extending between said base and said intermediate member for orienting said intermediate member and a second piston extending between said intermediate member and said telescoping member for orienting said telescoping member relative to said intermediate member, and
- said retractable anchor assembly being arranged forwardly of said retractable towing assembly.
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