Abstract: A vehicle for carrying a container with castors from one place to another includes a mobile body and a driving unit supported thereon. A carrier is vertically movably provided on the body adjacent to the driving unit for carrying a container thereon. A member is provided on the carrier for supporting the container at one end thereof, while holding the wheels of the container at the end thereof above the ground when the carrier is in a raised position.

Abstract: A system for lifting a vehicle for repair thereof includes at least a pair of opposed posts each having a carriage connected thereto and having an inner space wherein a vertical cylinder with a piston rod is disposed. A deflecting member is connected to the top of the piston rod. The carriage is interconnected to the piston rod by device of a connecting means which has one end fixed to the carriage and another end fixed to the inner surface of the post and also has a portion fitted on the deflecting member. In the inner space of the post, a rack is connected to the piston rod in parallel therewith. A locking member is connected to a horizontal shaft extending through and rotatably supported by a bracket which is fixed to the outside of the post. The locking member projects into the post through an opening which is made through the wall of the post, and engages the rack. A lever is interconnected to the locking member for disengaging the locking member from the rack.

Abstract: A system for lifting a vehicle for repair thereof has a pair of parallel pits which are made in a floor and connected to each other by a passage. A rotatable support rod extends through the entire length of said passage and projects into both of the pits. A pair of scissors jacks are supported in the respective pits. Each scissors jack includes a pair of parallel vertically-extensible double-scissors constructions. The double-scissors constructions can be retracted or folded into the associated pit. Each double-scissors construction comprises a pair of upper and lower vertically-extensible X-shaped elements pivotally connected to each other. Each X-shaped element includes a pair of links pivotally connected to each other in the alphabetical letter "X". One of the links of the lower X-shaped element has a lower end fixed to the support rod, so that all the four double-scissors constructions of the two scissors jacks are connected to the common support rod.

Abstract: A jacking device, which is, for example, used for lifting a motor vehicle when repairing it, includes at least one jack installed in a floor pit and including at least two horizontally spaced apart parallel pairs of links which are designed for simultaneous movement in two parallel vertical planes, respectively. A mechanism is associated with the links for moving them vertically. A table is horizontally supported on the links for lifitng e.g. a motor vehicle. Each pair of links consists of a first link and a second link which are so connected to each other as to form an X-shaped assembly when they are raised to raise the table. The first links in those two pairs of links are parallel to each other, and the second links are also parallel to each other. The links and the link moving mechanism are foldable into the pit when the table is lowered to close the pit.

Abstract: A system for lifting an automobile for repair thereof includes a pair of opposed posts. Each post is provided with a vertically movable carriage having arms installing section which projects in a direction parallel to the direction from which an automobile is driven into the system. A pair of swing arms are pivotally connected, at their inner ends, to each installing section. A lock gear is connected to the inner end of each arm. A disk normally engages the gear to fix the arms in their horizontal positions. The disk is connected to a vertical rod extending through a mount connected to the installing section. The rod is vertically movable. When the carriage is lowered and the rod comes into contact with a floor, the arms are unfixed.

Abstract: A safety device which prevents any one-sided lowering motion of a jacking system including a plurality of jacks which are designed for simultaneous operation, and a mechanism connecting the jacks for their simultaneous operation. Each jack includes a first hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder for raising and lowering a table, a substantially vertically disposed rack mechanism, a pawl mechanism which is normally engaged with the rack mechanism to hold the table in a raised position, and a second pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder for disengaging the pawl mechanism from the rack mechanism. The safety device includes a plurality of valves each provided in one of the jacks and operable by a pushbutton to produce a fluid presure signal when the pushbutton has been depressed. A mechanical actuator is provided in each jack for depressing the pushbutton when the pawl mechanism has been disengaged from the rack mechanism.

Abstract: A device for temporarily fixing a horizontal swing arm used for a car lift apparatus includes a horizontal hollow cylinder connected to the swing arm at its one end portion, a horizontal cylindrical solid rod having one end slidably and rotatably supported in the other end portion of the hollow cylinder, and a cylindrical vertical rod extending through a horizontal bracket projecting from a carriage to which is connected the swing arm and which is connected to a post for vertical movement. The horizontal hollow cylinder and the horizontal cylindrical solid rod are located along the outside of the horizontal swing arm and in alignment with each other. The vertical rod is rotatable about its vertical axis as well as vertically movable. The horizontal rod is connected to the vertical rod at its other end.

Abstract: In a car lift apparatus including a pair of spaced apart posts each having a vertically-movable carriage, a pair of swing arms pivotally connected to the carriage for swinging movement each comprises a hollow support arm element connected to a pivotal pin of the carriage and a telescopic hollow arm element supported by and slidable in the former arm element. The latter arm element has a hollow cylinder therein, while the former arm element includes a hollow piston rod therein which has one end thereof in the cylinder. A piston is connected to the end of the piston rod in the cylinder. The hollow piston rod is connected, at its other end, to an air compressor located outside the lift apparatus. The piston rod is also connected, at its same end, to the carriage by means of a chain which engages a portion of the pivotal pin, to which is connected the support arm element, at a portion of the middle section of the chain.