Jervis B. Webb Company

Lewis R Poole

Gerald Edward Chilson

Noel F Dehne

Jon L Coveyou

Earl A Raynal, Jr

Timothy R Crumbaugh

James J Bedells

A manufacturing operation having a first production area, a second production area, and a plurality of platforms each having independently controllable drive assemblies for moving the platforms through the production and delivery areas. Adjacent platforms are spaced from one another a first distance in the delivery areas and a second distance in the production areas, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance and, preferably, where the second distance creates a 'zero' gap between adjacent platform decks.

Workpiece transport system with independently driven platforms

A vehicle having a load frame with wheels, a drive frame, a drive wheel, a non-driven rigid castor wheel, and a pivot link assembly. The drive wheel and non-driven rigid castor wheel are each fixed to move with the drive frame. The pivot link assembly couples the drive frame to the load frame to permit the drive frame to move vertically relative to the load frame. The pivot link assembly also has a first pivot axis about which the drive frame is rotatable relative to the load frame.

Floating drive for vehicle

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Boyne City, MI, United States of America

Lewis R Poole