Patent ID: 9663015
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B60P,B62D,E02F

Claim:
1. Transport apparatus for transporting heavy objects, namely a work machine moving on crawler tracks and equipped with an excavator device or other lifting element, the transport apparatus comprising: a chassis, comprising two inner side parts, two outer side parts, a platform part, a rear part between said inner side parts, and a front part, aid outer side parts, said front part, and said rear part together forming a frame enclosed on a horizontal plane, and a load space arranged in the middle of the chassis and formed between the inner side parts, the front part, and the rear part as well as on top of the platform part for a support surface of the object to be transported, wherein a separate axle is disposed on each of two opposite sides of the load space, each axle extending from one of the said two inner side parts through one of said two outer side parts, at least one wheel is mounted on each side of the load space of the chassis with the aid of said axles, said at least one wheel on each side of the load space being located inside of said frame, said load space being disposed between said wheels, and each axle having a spherical surface that supports said axle on the inner side part, and each axle being supported permanently and in a feed-through manner on the outer side part, wherein the transport apparatus is arranged for transporting large objects weighing more than 100 tn.