Patent ID: 6581910
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B66F,F16H

Abstract:
A vehicle lift, comprisinga column that forms a housing for the vehicle lifts; a first, stationary rack supported by the column; a second rack which is mobile supports a lifting unit and guided by the column; a toothed wheel which engages on its one side with the first rack and on its other side with the second rack; a moving mechanism for the toothed wheel; an arrangement of the toothed wheel and the two racks being such that in a lowered position of the second rack the toothed wheel is interposed between a lower end of the first rack, and in a raised position of the second rack the toothed wheel is interposed between an upper end of the first rack and the lower end of the mobile rack; the toothed wheel being structured so that it is movable by the moving mechanism between first and second positions, separated by a predetermined distance, to thereby cause the lifting unit to traverse a distance about twice as large as the predetermined distance.