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US 8,651,457 B2Granted
Heater system media bed float sled and method of using the same
AssigneeGillespie & Powers, Inc.
InventorJohn M. Peterman
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Abstract
A float sled comprising a body with a substantially flat upper surface, a lift plate operationally associated with the body and adapted to move from a first position in proximity to the upper surface of the body to a second position above the first position and above the body, a set of pneumatic air bag lifts associated with the lift plate to raise and lower the lift plate to various horizontal orientations with differing degrees of tilt, and an air bearing adapted to raise the body above the ground.
Claims9
A float sled comprising:
- a. a body with a substantially flat upper surface;
- b. a lift plate operationally associated with the body and adapted to move from a first position in proximity to the upper surface of the body to a second position above the first position and above the body;
- c. an air bearing adapted to raise the body above the ground;
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- d. a fluid lift associated with the lift plate to raise and lower the lift plate.
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A float sled comprising:
- a. a body with a substantially flat upper surface;
- b. a lift plate operationally associated with the body and adapted to move from a first position in proximity to the upper surface of the body to a second position above the first position and above the body;
- c. an air bearing adapted to raise the body above the ground;
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- d. three lifts associated with the lift plate to raise and lower the lift plate.
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A float sled comprising:
- a. a body with a substantially flat upper surface;
- b. an air bearing adapted to raise the body above the ground;
- c. a lift plate operationally associated with the body, having a substantially flat upper surface;
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- d. a lift operationally associated with the lift plate and adapted to move the lift plate from a first position in proximity to the upper surface of the body to a second position above the first position and above the body;
- wherein the lift is configured to raise the lift plate to an angular orientation above the upper surface of the body in which the upper surface of the lift plate corresponds to the angular orientation of the underside of a load to be moved by the sled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.