Title: Automobile frame and body repairing apparatus

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1. An automobile frame and body repairing apparatus, comprising:

a horizontal T-shaped frame including a longitudinally extending stem and a cross piece at one end of said stem;

an upstanding power lever pivoted at its lower end adjacent a forward end of said frame, said lever having a bar secured to the forward side thereof, the bar having a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings therein;

means at the end of the stem opposite the cross piece for securing the frame against longitudinal movement;

means for actuating said power level, said means comprising a toggle joint having members with ends joined to form a knee, the opposite ends of said members being pivotally connected to the frame stem adjacent the rear end and to the upstanding lever intermediate its ends respectively; and

and power means connected to said frame at the lower end of said power lever and to the knee of the toggle joint for actuating said toggle joint to cause pivotal movement of the upstanding power lever.

2. The invention defined by claim 1, including a rearwardly opening socket connected to the upstanding power lever for reception of one end of a pressure bar.

3. The invention defined by claim 2, including means for connecting the frame of the apparatus to a part of an automobile to be repaired for preventing the apparatus and the automobile from moving apart, said pressure bar being adapted to exert pressure upon a part of the automobile to be repaired.

4. The invention defined by claim 2, including means for holding the apparatus and the automobile apart and cable means connecting a part of the automobile to the bar of the upstanding lever whereby operable movement of said lever exerts a pulling force on the automobile.

5. The invention defined by claim 2, including a holding bar between the front end of the frame and a part of an automobile to be repaired to prevent the apparatus and the automobile from being drawn toward each other; and means connecting a part of the automobile to the bar of the upstanding lever whereby operable movement of said lever exerts a pulling force on the automobile.

6. The invention defined by claim 4, wherein last mentioned means includes yoke means for various attachment thereof to the bar and longitudinally thereof of the upstanding lever.

7. The invention defined by claim 2, wherein the stem of the frame comprises a pair of laterally spaced plates secured in parallel relationship to each other; the pressure bar being pivoted at its lower end between said plates; the members of the toggle joint each comprising a pair of laterally spaced parallel bars; and the power means comprising a hydraulic jack.

8. The invention defined by claim 1, including wheels secured to the cross piece of the frame adjacent the ends of said cross piece, said wheels being positioned for non-support of the frame when the latter is in its horizontal operating positon.

9. The invention defined by claim 1, wherein said members include at least one bar.

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Inventors: Reischl, Norbert M. (Whittier, CA, US)

Application Number: 478981
Filing Date: 1974-06-13
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 72/451 72/705
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3131748	May, 1964	Junkins	72/705.
3141493	Jul, 1964	Texto, Sr.	72/705.
3556482	Jun, 1971	Whitney	72/705.
3589680	Jun, 1971	Kuhn	72/705.
3614151	Oct, 1971	Shadle	74/520.
3817081	Jun, 1974	Morski et al.	72/705.

Other Refs: 329,1311,528,865

Jan, 1971	SW
May, 1968	FR

Primary Examiner: Lanham, C. W.
Assistant Examiner: Gurley, D. M.
Attorney: