Scaffold moving device
View Patent ↗A portable scaffold moving device for connecting to scaffolding and which provides rotary motion to a drive wheel, to move scaffolding in select directions. The portable scaffold moving device includes a power wheel, rotary driven through a perpendicular or right-angled gear reduction, receiving its rotary force from a drive shaft, and the drive shaft couples with a portable drill, which furnishes the rotational force necessary for driving the drive shaft, and its associated drive wheel. The bracket mechanism supporting the portable drill supports the drill during its delivery of rotary force to the drive shaft, and its wheel, and likewise, pivotally mounts to an outer support sleeve or tube that furnishes steering, to the drive mechanism, and consequentially to the scaffolding, during its power movement.
1. A scaffold comprising:
a. a scaffold frame of substantial height;
b. a drive shaft;
c. means for rotatably mounting the drive shaft to the scaffold frame;
d. a tool housing fixedly connected to the top of the drive shaft, and pivotally mounted approximate the top of the scaffold frame;
e. said means for mounting comprising mounting brackets; and
f. a wheel assembly operatively associated with the bottom of the drive shaft, and extending at least in part below the scaffold frame; and wherein the drive shaft rotatably mounts in a vertical orientation on the scaffold frame, and a power drill is adapted to be connected to the tool housing for driving the drive shaft and to transfer its rotational force to rotate the wheel, and thereby move the scaffold during usage.
2. The scaffold of claim 1 , wherein said tool housing pivotally mounts to the scaffold frame to allow directional movement to the scaffold during application of the scaffold moving device.
3. A scaffold comprising;
a. a scaffold frame of substantial height;
b. a drive shaft;
c. a tube having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the drive shaft;
d. a tool housing fixedly connected to the top of the tube, and arranged approximately at the top of the scaffold; a wheel assembly fixedly connected to the bottom of the tube, and extending at least in part below the bottom of the frame;
e. mounting brackets holding the tube for pivotal connection to the scaffold frame in a vertical orientation, the drive shaft is arranged inside the tube, said drive shaft connecting with the wheel assembly, a rotational tool comprising a portable drill adapted to be placed in the tool housing, and connected therein to the top of the drive shaft to enable to the tool to transfer its forward and reverse rotational force through the drive shaft to rotate the wheel and thereby move the scaffold.