초록

A multi-use vehicle support and lift for performing general repair and overhaul and to position a vehicle centrally on the support for measuring and then repairing collision damage using an attachable pulling tower.

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Apparatus for supporting, measuring and correcting a defective body and frame of a vehicle comprising: a platform system assembly to receive said vehicle, said platform system assembly comprised of a pair of connected, spaced, and parallel longitudinal treadways, each said treadway comprised of spac

Apparatus for supporting, measuring and correcting a defective body and frame of a vehicle comprising: a platform system assembly to receive said vehicle, said platform system assembly comprised of a pair of connected, spaced, and parallel longitudinal treadways, each said treadway comprised of spaced longitudinal and parallel I-beam members retained together by a plurality of transverse tubes, said tubes being open to outer perimeters of said treadways; means for raising, lowering and releasably locking said platform system assembly at a desired height; a measuring tape longitudinally movable along at least one of said treadways, means to move said measuring tape; at least two centering assembles, each centering assembly comprising a vehicular support bar transversely positionable to said platform system assembly, said vehicular support bar having means to connect with chassis members of said vehicle, outer ends of said support bar supported upon stands, each said stand having a track means to move said stand longitudinally with respect to said platform system assembly and to permit pivotal movement of said stand transverse to said platform, cam means operable against said outer perimeter of said treadways to position a longitudinal center axis of said vehicle within a vertical plane which also includes a longitudinal center axis of said platform system assembly; a pulling tower having a vertical upright portion, said vertical upright portion being attached to a wheel supported lower base portion, a shaft means in said lower base portion receivable within one of said tubes of said platform system assembly, means to lock said shaft in said tube, means to rotate said pulling tower about said shaft to angularly position said pulling tower in a vertical plane relative to said platform system assembly, said pulling tower being provided with a front side and a back side, a plurality of vertical ratchet notches on the front and back sides of the pulling tower to lockably receive a collar, an idler pulley being attached to said collar so that it attaches on the front side of the pulling tower, an idler chain sheave being attached to a top of said pulling tower, a chain locking means vertically movable along said back side, a fluid powered cylinder/piston assembly powered by means in said tower, an immovable end of said cylinder/piston assembly connected to said pulling tower, a movable end of said cylinder/piston assembly connected to said chain locking means for vertical down/up movement, a pull chain connectable at one end to the vehicle positioned on said platform system assembly, thence around said idler pulley, thence around said idler sheave to said chain locking means at another end of said chain; and means to support said vehicle upon said platform system assembly.