Counter mounted self-leveling device

Claim 1

A SELF-LEVELING DEVICE COMPRISING A SUPPORT, A CARRIER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PLATFORM SUSPENDED FROM SAID SUPPORT FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, SUSPENSION MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT AND SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR SUSPENDING SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY FROM SAID SUPPORT, SAID SUSPENSION MEANS COMPRISING A SUSPENSION BAND EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH OF A PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT AND A CORRESPONDING OPPOSING SIDE OF SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY, A REEL MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID OPPOSING SIDES OF SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY, EACH OF SAID BANDS BEING TRAINED ABOUT PORTIONS OF SAID SUPPORT AND SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND HAVING PORTIONS THEREOF WOUND ABOUT ONE OF SAID REEL MEANS TO FORM A PAIR OF CONTINUOUS LOOPS SUSPENDING SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY FROM SAID SUPPORT, SAID REEL MEANS EACH COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART FLANGE MEMBERS, ONE FLANGE MEMBER OF EACH PAIR BEING PROVIDED WITH A SPIRAL GROOVE FORMED IN THE OPERATIVE FACE THEREOF AND THE OTHER FLANGE MEMBER THEREOF BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES ON THE OPERATIVE FACE THEREOF, SAID OPERATIVE FACES BEING IN CONFRONTING RELATION, A PLURALITY OF BRIDGES ELEMENTS FOR EACH OF SAID REELS, EACH OF SAID BRIDGING MEMBERS HAVING PORTIONS EXTENDING INTO THE RADIAL GROOVE IN ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, SAID BRIDGING ELEMENTS IN EACH REEL BEING DISPOSED IN A CIRCULAR ARRAY DEFINING A HUB CAGE THEREFOR ABOUT WHICH ONE OF SAID BANDS IS WOUND, THE LEVEL AT WHICH SAID CARRIER ASSEMBLY IS DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORT BEING DETERMINED BY THE EXTEND TO WHICH SAID BANDS ARE WOUND ABOUT SAID REELS.