Inside loader for road traffic, designed as a semi- trailer for a semi-tractor, especially for transporting plate glass

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A transporter, for transporting plate glass or the like of, the type which is commonly known as an inside loader. The inside loader may be in the form of a road going trailer for a semi-tractor. The loader has a chassis having parallel longitudinal members, on the outside of which are located the axles of one side of the trailer. The axles are individually mounted on axle rocker arms supported by gas pressure springs which when filled, serve as, axle shock absorbers and in their empty condition are used to load or unload a transport rack. At least one axle pair is designed as a lifting axle, in that each of the two axle rockers is equipped with a crank arm and a crank drive which, with the …