A road-rail transporter (1, Fig 1) comprises a platform 2, a ramp (3, Fig 1) for enabling a vehicle (25, Fig 4) or apparatus to move onto or off the platform; a pair of road wheels 12a and 12b capable of running on a road surface and also capable of running on top of a pair of rails; a first pair of rail wheels 14a and 14b; a second pair of rail wheels 18a and 18b, which are raisable; raising and lowering apparatus 20a and 20b for raising and lowering the second pair of rail-wheels out of contact with a road in a road mode and into contact with a set of rails during a rail mode; a pair of jacking castors 13a and 13b capable of running along a road surface, and; one or more jacks (17a and 17 b, Fig 3) for raising and lowering the jacking castors. The jacking castors are raised and lowered for conversion between rail and road mode. A transporter for an MEWP, which can be controlled by a person supported by the MEWP, is also disclosed.


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    Titel :

    Road-rail transporter


    Beteiligte:
    PATRICK HUGHES (Autor:in) / PHILIP HUGHES (Autor:in) / SIMON HUGHES (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-07-21


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B60F VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD , Fahrzeuge für den Verkehr sowohl auf Schienen als auch auf Straßen



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