Manually movable trolley
AssigneeWanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
InventorJohann Schmid
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Abstract
A manually movable trolley (1) which is nestable with like trolleys, including a frame (3), a loading platform (7) and two upwardly extending uprights (13) located at the rear (4) of the wheel frame (3) and carrying a pushing arrangement (14), wherein a brake device (16) is provided which is controllable by the pushing arrangement (14) and effective when the trolley (1) is not in use. A brake release device (20) is provided underneath the frame (3) close to each rear wheel (9), guided in a wheel housing (10), and release parts (25) each provided with an active surface (26) are arranged on the frame (3) and are adapted to deflect the two brake release devices (20) of the preceding trolley (1′) by means of their active surface (26) when two trolleys are nested.
Claims11
A manually movable trolley which is nestable with like trolleys, comprising:
- a frame,
- at least one rear wheel,
- a rear wheel housing;
- a loading platform,
- at least one upwardly extending upright located at a rear of the frame,
- a pushing arrangement on the upright,
- a brake device which is controlled by the pushing arrangement and effective when the trolley is not in use and which has at least one brake rod arranged on the upright,
- a brake shoe, acting on the rear wheel, the brake shoe being provided at the lower end of the brake rod,
- a brake release device is provided underneath the frame close to the rear wheel, the brake release device being guided in the rear wheel housing, and
- at least one release part provided with an active surface is arranged on the frame and is adapted to deflect the brake release device of a preceding trolley by the active surface when two trolleys are nested,
- the brake release device, extending into the rear wheel housing from outside, is connected to the brake rod or the brake shoe, and
- the active surface of each release part is located below an underside of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.