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US 5,700,123 AGranted
Device for hoisting drywall sheets with automated deck loading
OwnerThaddeus Jerome Rokosh, Joseph Matthew Rokoshinventors
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Abstract
A device for lifting drywall to a position where it may be mounted to a wall includes a lifting chain attached to a winch and also includes hooks to hold the drywall. The drywall is positioned on the deck at a lowered position, and the deck may subsequently be raised.
Claims1
A device for positioning drywall comprising:
- a stand having a leading leg;
- a main stem mounted at its bottom to the stand and having pockets at its top;
- an inner pipe located inside the main stem and having pockets at its top;
- an elevated horizontal hoisting deck attached to the inner pipe;
- a yoke with a first end positionable in either the pockets of the stand or the pockets of the inner pipe;
- a hoist for raising the inner pipe relative to the main stem;
- an oblique slider attached to a second end of the yoke;
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- a winch attached to the main stem, the winch having a cable;
- whereby the cable may be attached to a piece of drywall and drawn in by the winch, sliding the drywall along the oblique sliders to lift the drywall to the elevated horizontal hoisting deck.
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