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���This "zigzag platform" facilitates the loading and unloading of vehicles, making it possible to load and unload from sides and ends simultaneously, besides occupying far less space

��A Compact Zigzag Platform for Loading Wagons

LET us introduce you to the zigzag- ^ edge platform. Although its name suggests associations of Coney Island, it is a misnomer, for this platform was de- signed for use in staid mercantile pursuits. It will be employed, in fact, to facilitate the loading and unloading of vehicles.

An excellent idea of the platform can be gained from the statement that its loading and unloading edge has a "saw- tooth" formation, the spaces between the "teeth" being large enough to back in vehicles. The "teeth," or zigzag edges, allow wagons and automobile.^ to be un- loaded from their sides and end's, as the accom- panying illustration

shows. The sides of the

notches, of course, are

at right angles to one

another.

In addition to the

advantage of easy ac

cess to and from the

sides or the backs of

vehicles, the platform

decreases the ex- tent of projection

into the roadway

of wagons, and

apportions a defi- nite amount of

space to each.

���This hoisting frame does away with the objectionable cleaning - pits in garages

��Getting Under Your Automobile by Hoisting It Up

NOT only makers and repairers but also private owners of automobiles will be interested in the hoisting frame for automobiles invented by J. A. Weaver of Springfield, Illinois. The accompany- ing illustration clearly shows the simple construction of the device. It consists of a rectangular steel frame, strongly reinforced and resting upon braced bases placed at right angles to the plane of the frame. Ball-bearing casters under the bases make it possible to move the hoist- ing frame easily from one place to another. The hoist- ing is done by one or two chains running either over the pulley in the middle of the top of the frame or over pul- leys placed in the corners. The chains are wound by a hoisting mechanism operated by a worm drive.

The device is strong enough to hoist with perfect safety any make of pleasure auto- mobiles. One great advantage of this device is that it requires little space.

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