Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.

Daniel R McClellan

Jeffrey L Dobbins

Jeffery A Hess

Adam J Koehler

Dean L Mish

Richard H Nagorski

Robert W Thomas

Marco Tulio Nossa Reyes

Charles A Schulte

Nathan Adams

Jeffrey A Hess

A vehicle straightening bench having a work platform with an inner track and an outer track. The platform has side edges and end edges with curved corners therebetween. A pulling tower assembly is movably mounted to the inner and outer tracks via a carriage having a generally triangular shaped wheel arrangement.

Multiple movable carriages with multi-radius tracks and tilted rollers

A vehicle-straightening bench ( ) is utilized to apply pulling forces to a damaged vehicle chassis to restore the damaged chassis to an original configuration. The bench includes a vehicle platform ( ) with a carriage track ( ) having a plurality of carriage assemblies ( ) movably received by the carriage track ( ). Each carriage assembly ( ) supports a pulling assembly ( ) for applying the pulling forces. A trapezoidal carriage body ( ) of the carriage assembly ( ) rolls in the carriage track ( ), and the carriage assembly also includes a tower positioning mechanism ( ) to hold the pulling assemblies ( ) in place while the carriage body ( ) is are rolled on the track ( ). The carriage assembly ( ) also includes a locking mechanism ( ) to lock them in place during a vehicle a pull. A force arm ( ) is extended between the pulling mechanism ( ) and the platform ( ), so that the carriage assembly (100) is not the only force transmission path between the pulling assembly ( ) and the bench ( ). The automated control system ( ) of the bench ( ) utilizes two hydraulic pumps( ) to power front and back lifts ( ), respectively. Only one of the pumps ( ) is used by the pulling assemblies ( ). A PLC ( ) and a remote control ( ) are used to control the bench ( ).

Vehicle-straightening bench with movable carriages for mounting pulling assemblies

A vehicle-straightening bench ( ) is utilized to apply pulling forces to a damaged vehicle chassis to restore the damaged chassis to an original configuration. The bench includes a vehicle platform ( ) with a carriage track ( ) having a plurality of carriage assemblies ( ) movably received by the carriage track ( ). Each carriage assembly ( ) supports a pulling assembly ( ) for applying the pulling forces. A trapezoidal carriage body ( ) of the carriage assembly ( ) rolls in the carriage track ( ), and the carriage assembly also includes a tower positioning mechanism ( ) to hold the pulling assemblies ( ) in place while the carriage body ( ) is are rolled on the track ( ). The carriage assembly ( ) also includes a locking mechanism ( ) to lock them in place during a vehicle a pull. A force arm ( ) is extended between the pulling mechanism ( ) and the platform ( ), so that the carriage assembly ( ) is not the only force transmission path between the pulling assembly ( ) and the bench ( ). The automated control system ( ) of the bench ( ) utilizes two hydraulic pumps ( ) to power front and back lifts ( ), respectively. Only one of the pumps ( ) is used by the pulling assemblies ( ). A PLC ( ) and a remote control ( ) are used to control the bench ( ).

Hydraulically powered lift for a vehicle straightening bench

A lifting platform with a scissor type jack. The jack includes a plurality of inter-connected struts pivotally connected to a base forming a double X strut arrangement. A power actuator is connected to at least one strut in each X to effect extension and retraction of the jack. A safety latch is provided to prevent accidental retraction of the jack from an extended position should the power actuator fail to hold the jack in the elevated position.

Jack with elevatable platform

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Grand Island, NE, United States of America

Daniel R McClellan