Re: Automatic Wheelchair Turntable

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Or...
>>
>>      http://www.manufacturingcenter.com/med/archives/0500/0500wlch.asp
>
>Well, I'd buy that one!  Nice find.  Too bad it's a prototype.  It's obvious
>that it a device that's both needed and practical.  The problem is that
>there's not a mass market for it.

You might contact the university to see whether anybody is manufacturing it.

In the machine tool industry, transfer balls are used to support heavy loads
while allowing free lateral movement. You could use these at the perimeter
of your turntable but you still have the problem of securing both the
turntable and the chair in the event of an accident.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pricing=INC&pf_id=21223&recno=8&cid=BQUODMLYB1ASXS25HOGMXLQLDVQPEHM9


Is the 400+ lbs with or without the chair's occupant?