An apparatus (100) for handling objects such as information technology equipment racks in an environment such as a data center, the apparatus includes a body having a first mount (142) on a first interior side of the body; and second mount (144) on a second interior side of the body and in same horizontal position as the first mount; and a lifting system comprising one or more lifting elements (132) with one or more retractable wheels (136) coupled each of the one or more lifting elements, wherein, when the lifting system extends outside of the body to handle an object, the object rests on the one or more retractable wheels that are in an extended position, and when the lifting system is substantially inside the body, the retractable wheels are in a retracted position, and the object rests on the first mount and the second mount of the body.
OBJECT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS
OBJEKTTRANSPORTVORRICHTUNG
APPAREIL DE TRANSPORT D'OBJETS
2023-09-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |