Patent ID: 6257371
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A lifting platform apparatus for double-tracked, wheeled vehicles, the lifting platform being configured to be mounted in a continuous footing, the apparatus including a control unit and comprising:two horizontal vehicle supports provided with support elements for the vehicle wheels;lifting elements for synchronously lifting and lowering said vehicle supports;an axis elevator shiftably disposed in longitudinal rails between said two vehicle supports, a continuous footing being provided with a space for at least partially accommodating said axis elevator when it is in its lowered position;a liftable and lowerable floor compensation formed of plate members capable of providing support and covering the spaces provided in the footing for said vehicle supports when said vehicle supports are in their lifted positions;a further floor compensation element formed so as to also cover said space to accommodate said axis elevator when said vehicle supports are in their lifted position;a control unit functionally connected to said axis elevator, said control unit comprising switching means; andposition switches allocated to said axis elevator, said position switches being connected to said control unit for activating said lifting elements, wherein said switching means interrupts a lowering movement of said vehicle supports to their lowest retracted position when the position switch does not send a release signal.