Patent ID: 8197175
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A live floor comprising; a floor surface; an axis mounted to an extremity of said floor surface; a series of parallel pullers laid on said floor surface; each of said pullers having first and second ends; a goods-carrying sheet laid on top of said series of said parallel pullers, said goods-carrying sheet having first and second extremities; a first draw bar affixed to said first ends and to said first extremity and a second draw bar affixed to said second ends and to said second extremity; said goods-carrying sheet and said parallel pullers being wrapped over said axis, with said first draw bar extending there across above said floor surface and said second draw bar extending there across below said floor surface; said first and second draw bars being guided for movement back and forth relative to said axis in parallel alignments with said floor surface; and mechanism connected to said first and second draw bars for moving said first and second draw bars in opposite directions relative to each other and for moving said parallel pullers and said goods-carrying sheet about said axis for loading and unloading goods thereon.