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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Allen Carl Bieber, Erie, PA (US);
John Edward Kleiner, Erie, PA (US);
Thomas Charles Sonnev, Wattsburg, PA (US);
Frederick William Schulze, Erie, PA (US);
Harold Edward Rinn, Erie, PA (US);
Gail Leroy Detar, Erie, PA (US);
Douglas William Miller, North East, PA (US);
Richard Hart Holmes, Harborcreek, PA (US);
Geoffrey Perkins, North East, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Erie, PA (US);
Abstract
A skate for conveying components into a monocoque locomotive. Portions of a monocoque locomotive platform are not accessible through a roof hatch. To move a component onto such portions of the platform, a skate assembly having an integral clamp assembly is attached to a leg portion of the component, the component is lifted onto the platform through a roof hatch, and the component is rolled on the skate rollers to the desired position on the platform. A jacking device integral to the skate assembly is then used to lift the component for removal of the rollers and for holding the component at a desired height for attachment to the locomotive.