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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
Stephen A. Youngers, Clearwater, KS (US);
Neil J. Youngers, Viola, KS (US);
James J. Youngers, Viola, KS (US);
Patrick L. Emerson, Andover, KS (US);
Stephen P. Dooley, Goddard, KS (US);
Stephen A. Youngers, Clearwater, KS (US);
Neil J. Youngers, Viola, KS (US);
James J. Youngers, Viola, KS (US);
Patrick L. Emerson, Andover, KS (US);
Stephen P. Dooley, Goddard, KS (US);
Other;
Abstract
A machine leveling pedestal incorporating a cylinder and piston defining an interior space, having a helically threaded outer surface, and having an upwardly facing land; a hydraulic fluid port opening the interior expansion space; a nut having a downwardly facing land and gear teeth, the nut being threadedly mounted over the helically threaded outer surface; a drive gear connected to the cylinder and piston for vertically slidably engaging the drive gear with the gear teeth, and, upon alternate rotations of the drive gear, rotating the nut about the cylinder and piston so that the nut vertically moves between a mechanical support position and a hydraulic support position, the upwardly and downwardly facing lands contacting each other upon movement to the mechanical support position, and the downwardly facing land displacing upwardly upon movement toward the hydraulic support position; and a motor connected to the drive gear.