Postal transport vehicle has balancer for hinged loading gate - consisting of spring-loaded cable over pulley above gate pivot

Abstract

Abstract The loading gate (3) is pivoted to the vehicle structure at (5). The cable (11) is at one end (14) secured to the gate and runs over a pulley (13) whose height above the pivot (5) is approximately equalt to the distance from the cable fixing point (14) to the pivot (5). the other end (15) of the cable is connected to a tension spring (12). The pulley (13) may be part of a set of fixed and loose pulleys (13, 15) the loose pulley ( 15) being connected to the spring (12). the other end of the cable may run over a further pulley (18) and be connected to a second loading gate on the other side of the vehicle.

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