Vehicle chassis inverter

A chassis inverter for inverting a mobile vehicle chassis, the chassis having two frame rails, comprising:

• a rotatable shaft supported in bearings on pedestals;
• a set of c-clamps engaged to said shaft;
• said c-clamps for closing and cradling the frame rails of the chassis;
• a rotary actuator engaged to rotate said rotatable shaft to invert a chassis held in said c-clamps;
• one of said c-clamps, a variable axial clamp adjustable in axial direction along said rotatable shaft to invert chassis' of variable wheelbases;
• said rotary actuator drives said rotatable shaft with a hydraulic cylinder through a sprocket and chain arrangement allowing a full 18 degree rotation of the chassis;
• an idler sprocket of said sprocket and chain arrangement has a chain tensioner cylinder to maintain tension on a roller chain of said sprocket and chain arrangement;
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• said hydraulic cylinder engaged to said roller chain of said sprocket and chain arrangement has a valve for metering hydraulic fluid exiting said hydraulic cylinder to smooth rotatable shaft movement.

A chassis inverter for inverting a mobile vehicle chassis, the chassis having two frame rails, comprising:

• a rotatable shaft supported in bearings on pedestals;
• a set of c-clamps engaged to said shaft;
• said c-clamps for closing and cradling the frame rails of the chassis;
• a rotary actuator engaged to rotate said rotatable shaft to invert a chassis held in said c-clamps;
• one of said c-clamps, a variable axial clamp adjustable in axial direction along said rotatable shaft to invert chassis' of variable wheelbases;
• said rotary actuator drives said rotatable shaft with a hydraulic cylinder through a sprocket and chain arrangement allowing a full 180-degree rotation of the chassis;
• said rotatable shaft having a square cross section where said variable axial clamp may be adjusted along said rotatable shaft;
• said variable axial clamp has a motorized indexing trolley that moves said variable clamp along said rotatable shaft;
• said variable axial clamp having a coupling box with wheels for engaging against said square cross-sectional area of said rotatable shaft to provide torque coupling between said rotatable shaft and said variable axial clamp;
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• said c-clamps each have an individual hydraulic clamp cylinder for actuating a movable jaw of each said c-clamp to engage and release the frame rails.