Patent ID: 8123237
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
1. A mobile power generator apparatus comprising: left and right wheels mounted to a frame having a power generator mounted therein; at least three guide rollers provided, for each of the wheels, for rotatably supporting a rim of the wheel at least three positions of the rim; and mounting sections respectively mounting the at least three guide rollers, provided for each of the wheels, on a side wall of the frame, each of the left and right wheels being rotatably supported by the at least three guide rollers on one of the side walls of the frame, wherein one of the at least three guide rollers, provided for each of the rollers, is a movable roller supported via one of the mounting sections in such a manner that the movable guide roller is movable in a radial direction of the rim, and the movable guide roller is normally urged by a resilient member in resilient abutment against the rim, wherein the movable guide roller is urged by the resilient member in the radial direction of the rim, wherein the movable guide roller is pivotably supported by a supporting shaft such that the movable guide roller pivotably moves, about the supporting shaft, toward and away from the rim, wherein the supporting shaft is fixed to the one of the side walls of the frame, wherein the mounting section supporting the movable guide roller comprises an elongated plate, the supporting shaft being provided at one end portion of the plate, wherein the plate comprises an elongated through hole at the other end portion thereof, wherein a sliding shaft is inserted through the elongated through hole and fixed to the one of the side walls of the frame such that the plate slidingly moves along the elongated through hole.