Swivel wheel

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B60B 33/02 (2006.01) B60B 33/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2389532

A swivel wheel device (Fig. 1) is disclosed, designed to be mounted underneath a load bearing surface (21). The swivel wheel device (Fig. 1) comprises a substantially horizontal bar (2) adapted to pivotally turn about a vertical axle (20); at least one of a plurality of main wheels (3), provided at the bottom of the horizontal bar (2), so that the vertical axle (20) lies in the plane of rotation of the main wheel (3); and at least one of a plurality of support wheels (5), provided at the top of the horizontal bar (2), the axis of rotation of the at least one of a plurality of support wheels (5) is aligned radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the bar (2). When the swivel wheel device (Fig. 1) is positioned on a surface and moved in a predetermined direction, the load bearing surface (21) is supported by the at least one support wheel (5), and the bar (2) is caused to swivel about the vertical axle (20) and align the at least one of a plurality of main wheels' plane (see 3) of rotation in the predetermined direction, thus facilitating motion of the device (Fig. 1) in any desired horizontal direction.

L'invention concerne un dispositif à roue orientable, conçu pour se monter sous une surface porteuse. Le dispositif à roue orientable comprend une barre sensiblement horizontale conçue pour tourner autour d'un axe vertical, au moins plusieurs roues principales disposées au bas de ladite barre verticale, de façon que l'axe vertical se situe dans le plan de rotation de la roue principale, et au moins plusieurs roues de support disposées au-dessus de la barre horizontale, l'axe de rotation des roues de support étant aligné radialement à l'axe de rotation de la barre. Lorsque le dispositif à roue orientable est placé sur une surface et déplacé dans une direction prédéterminée, la surface porteuse est supportée par au moins une roue de support, et la barre tourne autour de l'axe vertical et s'aligne avec le plan de rotation des roues principales dans une direction prédéterminée, ce qui permet le mouvement dudit dispositif dans toute direction horizontale souhaitée.

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