Patent ID: 9656766
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B64D,B64F,B65G,B66B

Claim:
1. A track transport system comprising a transport carriage adapted to accept and to contain an associated carriage, the transport carriage comprising: two shaped-profile rails engaged with the transport carriage; a base plate having at least two guide rails, the guide rails being adapted to limit the movement of the associated carriage by confining twin wheels thereof; side walls inserted into the shaped-profile rails, the side walls including a first elongated side wall and a second elongated side wall parallel to and offset from the first elongated side wall, each side wall having a cable chute incorporating a cable guide therein, wheels operationally engaged with the transport carriage and adapted for rolling transport of the transport carriage, and operationally engaged with a parking brake; a first assembly having: a second elongated profile rail engaged with a second elongated toothed rail wherein the first and second elongated profile rails are connected by a plurality of laterally extending connecting bars, a transport track slidably engaged with the first elongated profile rail and the second elongated profile rail through a first wheel suspension with a first caster, the first caster being movably engaged with the first elongated profile rail, and a second wheel suspension with a second caster, the second caster being movably engaged with the second elongated profile rail; and a second assembly adapted to modify the transport carriage width including: wherein the first elongated transverse joint, the first side wall, the second elongated transverse joint, and a first elongated longitudinal bar are operationally engaged to form a first parallelogram linkage, and wherein the third elongated transverse joint, the second side wall, the fourth elongated transverse joint, and the first elongated longitudinal bar are operationally engaged to form a second parallelogram linkage.