Patent ID: 7131810

Claim:
A carriage for transporting a load along a rail pair in a so-called deep racking store, comprising a carrier arrangement which, in a deactivated transport position of the carriage, is disposed to pass under a load resting on the rail pair and which, in an activated lifting position, is disposed to carry from beneath the load free from the rail pair, the carriage having a supporting chassis/frame provided with at least four wheels, wherein the carrier arrangement is rigidly connected to the chassis; each wheel is journalled in an associated arm which is pivotally journalled in the chassis for raising and lowering the wheel in relation to the chassis, the arm being further operable by an operating device, wherein the operating device includes a excenter device disposed on each side of the carriage and is motionally interconnected with arms disposed there for operation thereof, wherein the excenter devices are disposed on a common shaft which is connected to a prime mover, and wherein the excenter devices have an upper and a lower dead point; and the wheels in the upper dead point are located in downwardly displaced positions lifting the carriage in relation to the rail pair, while the wheels in the lower dead point are located in upwardly displaced positions where the carriage is lowered so that its carrier arrangement is free from the underside of a load resting on the rail pair.