Apparatus for turning an automobile on its side

Claim 1

APPARATUS TO TURN AN AUTOMOBILE ON ITS SIDE INCLUDING A PAIR OF ENDLESS AXIALLY-ALIGNED RINGS BIG ENOUGH FOR A CAR TO DRIVE THROUGH AND SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY A DISTANCE LONGER THAN A CAR, A PAIR OF PARALLEL CHANNELS POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY TO FORM TRACKS UPON WHICH THE CAR CAN DRIVE, A PAIR OF CROSS BEAMS SECURING THE CHANNELS TOGETHER AT THEIR ENDS, EACH CROSS BEAM BEING CARRIED BY A RING SUBSTANTIALLY IN CHORD-LIKE RELATION THERETO, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING EACH CROSS BEAM TO AND FROM THE AXIS OF THE RING TO BRING THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF A CAR ON THE CHANNELS SUBSTANTIALLY INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE AXIS OF THE RING, MEANS FOR CLAMPING A CAR ON THE CHANNELS, ROLLER MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING THE RINGS FOR MOVEMENT IN THE PLANES THEREOF AND POSITIONING THE CHANNELS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOR SUPPORTING THE APPARATUS, HINGED RAMPS EXTENDING FROM AT LEAST ONE END OF THE CHANNELS TO THE FLOOR TO ALLOW A CAR TO BE DRIVEN FROM THE FLOOR ONTO THE CHANNELS REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CROSS BEAMS, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE RINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE PLANES THEREOF, AND FLAT FLOOR MEANS MOVABLE TO AND FROM A POSITION UNDERNEATH THE APPARATUS, SAID FLOOR MEANS HAVING A PORTION THEREOF INTERSECTING THE ARC FORMED BY THE CHANNELS WHEREBY THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT OF THE CAR IS LIMITED.