Patent ID: 6324992
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B61B,Y02T

Abstract:
A hybrid carrying truck, comprising:truck body;two pairs of traveling wheels mounted at front and back positions on the left and right sides of said truck body for being rolled on a pair of rails of a first type of carrying line to support said truck body on said rails and allow said truck body to travel along said first type of carrying line;a pair of left and right skid members mounted on a bottom face of said truck body and elongated in a carrying direction of said hybrid carrying truck for engaging with a pair of rows of rollers of a second type of carrying line to support said truck body on said rollers and allow said truck body to travel along said second type of carrying line; anda truck hauling engaging member mounted at a central position of the bottom face of said truck body in a widthwise direction of said truck body for engaging with a truck hauling pusher dog disposed on the center line of said first or second type of carrying line or a third type of carrying line to allow said truck body to be hauled by said truck hauling pusher dog to travel along the carrying line, wherein said skid members form part of said truck body, and said traveling wheels are supported for rotation around respective horizontal axes on respective axles secured to, and extending laterally from, said skid members.