Vehicle for positioning transportable and relocatable heavy equipment
AssigneeLoadmaster Engineering, Inc.
InventorsR. Michael Barnes, Robert R. Cuddie, Richard E. Robey
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Abstract
A vehicle for positioning a transportable and relocatable equipment having at least four walking assemblies attached to a frame, each walking assembly having a walking pad, a roller tread, a lift assembly connected to a central collar, a rotatable motion gear assembly disposed around the lift assembly, a motor for actuating the rotatable motion gear assembly, a pivoting collar disposed around the rod operated by a controlling means with a processor, a push pull traveling system for receiving fluid and extending a specified distance causing movement of the vehicle in a first direction, and enabling the walking assemblies to raise, reorient, lower, and travel in a second direction.
Claims20
A vehicle for positioning transportable and relocatable equipment comprising:
- (i) at least four walking assemblies attached to a frame for supporting transportable and relocatable equipment;
- wherein each walking assembly comprises:
- (a) a walking pad for walking on surface with a roller load bearing surface;
- (b) roller tread for rolling on the roller load bearing surface;
- (c) a roller tread housing for containing the roller tread, and wherein the roller tread housing comprises a central collar;
- (d) a lift assembly connected to the central collar, wherein the lift assembly comprises:
- (1) a rod for engaging the central collar;
- (2) a flange slidably disposed around the rod;
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- (3) a lifting device removably connected to the flange;
- (ii) a rotatable motion gear assembly disposed around the lift assembly;
- (iii) a motor for actuating the rotatable motion gear assembly;
- (iv) a pivoting collar disposed around the rod for receiving a first fluid from a controlling means and dispensing a working fluid, and wherein the pivoting collar comprises:
- (a) a collar stationary segment disposed around the rod;
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- (b) a collar rotating segment disposed around the collar stationary segment, and wherein the first fluid flows to the collar stationary segment and then to the collar rotating segment enabling hose-free rotating of the pivoting collar;
- (v) a push pull traveling system for receiving the working fluid, wherein the push pull traveling system further comprises a push pull traveling system first side secured to one side of the roller tread housing and a push pull traveling system second side disposed on an opposite side of the roller tread housing;
- wherein the push pull traveling system is adapted to extend a specified distance causing movement of the equipment in a first direction;
- (vi) controlling means with a processor for receiving a second fluid from a fluid source and flowing out the first fluid to the collar stationary segment and flowing a third fluid to the lift assembly enabling the walking assemblies to raise, reorient, lower, and travel the transportable and relocatable heavy equipment in a second direction using the roller treads;
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- (vii) sensor means secured to each flange in communication with the processor for providing orientation feedback from each walking assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.