Demountable drive
OwnerMartin Clive-Smithinventor
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Abstract
A container (40) has a movable internal load support, such as a deck platform (15), with a demountable motorised drive (10), and a transfer drive, such as a threaded shaft (16), mounted within a deck chassis, with shaft runners or travellers (17, 27) connected to a cable suspension (18, 22), in turn running over transfer pulleys (19), mounted upon the platform and an external support, such as a container frame.
Claims13
A movable load support platform or deck, with a severable drive motor coupling, incorporates a motion transfer drive comprising a rotary screw shaft, one or more runners or travelers, mounted upon the rotary screw shaft, and connected to a cable suspension;
- and a support structure, comprising a container frame or body, an inset gantry or side support posts;
- characterised by said transfer drive being incorporated within the movable load support platform or deck, with said cable suspension in turn run in transfer pulleys, disposed in the movable load support platform or deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.