Patent ID: 6176063
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A panel lifter comprising:a base;a mast extending upward from the base and including at least one lower section fixed in the base and at least one movable section telescoping with the lower section and having a laterally directed section face;a panel-support rack mounted at an upper end of the mast;means including a crank mechanism on the base and a cable connected between the mechanism and the mast for vertically extending the mast by raising the movable mast section upward relative to the base;a brake jaw at an upper end of the lower section and having a jaw face, the jaw being pivotal about a horizontal axis below the jaw face between a braking position with the jaw face bearing laterally on the section face and a freeing position with the jaw face pivoted back out of contact with the section face;an actuating handle projecting generally radially of the axis from the jaw, whereby the jaw can be moved between its positions via the handle; andbiasing means urging the jaw into the braking position.