Patent ID: 6712230
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B62D,B66C,B66F,C10L

Abstract:
A device for transporting vehicles, comprising an elevated rail on which a moving carriage is mounted; an upper frame supporting said carriage; a lower frame provided with means for gripping a vehicle; an elevation mechanism for lifting said lower frame with respect to said upper frame; means for preventing said lower frame from swinging with respect to said upper frame, said preventing means including four articulated arms articulately connected with said upper frame and said lower frame by horizontal rotation axles, said articulated arms including two first articulated arms extending in vertical parallel planes near one another and having one of said first articulated arms fixed to one side of said upper frame and to one side of said lower frame and the other of said first articulated arms having one end fixed to an opposite side of said upper frame and to an opposite side of said lower frame, said articulated arms having two second articulated arms which extend in vertical parallel planes coinciding with opposite sides of said frames and extending perpendicular to said planes in which said first articulated arms extend, said elevation mechanism including four cables suspending said lower frame on said upper frame separately and independently from said articulated arms.