Remotely controlled pulley transport system
OwnerScott Trantinainventor
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Abstract
A remotely controlled pulley transport system may comprise a support line and a transport apparatus configured to be supported on the support line. The transport apparatus may comprise a platform including a housing, a first wheel rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to rest upon the support line, a propulsion device configured to rotate the first wheel to move the transport apparatus along the support line, a connection device mounted on the housing of the platform and configured to removably connect to an object to be transported by the transport apparatus with the connection device including a hook. The system may also include a control assembly configured to control operation of the transport apparatus remotely.
Claims20
A remotely controlled pulley transport system comprising:
- a flexible support line;
- a transport apparatus configured to be supported on the support line, the transport apparatus comprising:
- a platform including a housing;
- a first wheel rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to rest upon the support line;
- a propulsion device configured to rotate the first wheel to move the transport apparatus along the support line;
- a connection device mounted on the housing of the platform and configured to removably connect to an object to be transported by the transport apparatus, the connection device including a hook;
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- a control assembly configured to control operation of the transport apparatus remotely.
A remotely controlled pulley transport system comprising:
- a support line;
- a transport apparatus configured to be supported on the support line, the transport apparatus comprising:
- a platform including a housing;
- a first wheel rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to rest upon the support line, the first wheel being mounted on the housing in a position such that substantially an entirety of the housing is positioned on a first side of a vertical plane passing through the support line when the first wheel engages the support line;
- a propulsion device configured to rotate the first wheel to move the transport apparatus along the support line;
- a connection device mounted on the housing of the platform and configured to removably connect to an object to be transported by the transport apparatus, the connection device including a hook and a spacing member mounted on the housing with the hook mounted on the spacing member, the spacing member extending outwardly from a side of the housing such that the hook is positioned on a second side of the vertical plane passing through the support line when the first wheel engages the support line;
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- a control assembly configured to control operation of the transport apparatus remotely.
A remotely controlled pulley transport system comprising:
- a support line;
- a transport apparatus configured to be supported on the support line, the transport apparatus comprising:
- a platform including a housing;
- a first wheel rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to rest upon the support line;
- a propulsion device configured to rotate the first wheel to move the transport apparatus along the support line;
- a connection device mounted on the housing of the platform and configured to removably connect to an object to be transported by the transport apparatus, the connection device including a hook;
- and
- a control assembly configured to control operation of the transport apparatus remotely;
- wherein the first wheel is mounted on the housing in a position such that substantially an entirety of the housing is positioned on a first side of a vertical plane passing through the support line when the first wheel engages the support line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.