LIFT Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: garage equipment. SUBSTANCE: lift has base 1 with lifting platform hinge-mounted by means of three pairs of inclined levers 2,3 and 4. Lifting platform has two parts 5 and 6 connected by joints arranged in space between extreme pair of levers 2 driven by hydraulic cylinder 9 and middle pair of levers 3 near the latter. With pressure supplied to hydraulic cylinder 9 and turning of driven pairs of levers 2, lifting effort of sections 5 and 6 of lifting platform at place of ther connection by joints is converted into effort excluding bending efforts. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of operation. 3 dwg