I don't think those you mention would be the same one I'm talking about,
because the one I'm talking about were only "invented" in August 2005 and the
"prototype" model, the only one in existence as far as I know, was shipped
to us in November 2005. Our entire research room is carpeted and it
seems to roll just fine (6 wheels).
Unfortunately our digital camera is on the blink, but if possible I'll post
a photo over the next few days.
>>> Susan Hamburger <
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03:15PM >>>
We also purchased some of these map carts from Gryphon
several years ago
and they are terribly unwieldy on carpeted floors and hard
to maneuver. We
don't use them for transporting anymore; instead we
had custom-made wooden
ones with a formica veneer made by a company in
Richmond, VA
Sue
At 04:30 PM 5/9/2006, Daniel Nealand
wrote:
>Yes--you're in luck!
>
>The National Archives Pacific
Region-San Francisco worked with Gryphon
>Industries in Canada to
custom-design just such a oversize/cartographic
>records cart in
2005. (Unfortunately, I didn't file for a patent--a
>patent
absurdity).
>
>Now that the design has been established, I think
they're interested in
>selling it to other interested
archives.
>
>We had the exact problem you're describing, especially
getting through the
>narrow door to our research room, not to mention
stack aisles, etc. so
>this cart is designed with a "U" shape that will
do it and hold the OS
>records safely. I think it's around 20"wide
x 60" long. Anyway, we love
>it and use it all the
time.
>
>We got ours in August 05, and the price quote then was
$900, around $200
>shipping to SF. This was much less than we were
expecting.
>
>We told the other NARA regional archives about it but
institutional memory
>being sieve-like, I don't believe anyone but us
ever ordered one.
>
>I don't have the email for Gryphon Industries,
but the person I worked
>with on it is Dean Phillips at 519-763-9590, fax
519-824-9294. Sometimes
>it's hard to get them live on the phone
and they don't seem to have voicemail.
>
>Gryphon Industries is
located at 340 Edinburgh Road N. #2, Guelph,
>Ontario, Canada N1H
7Y4.
>
>Since I won't be getting any bucks off it though I did
the initial clumsy
>drawing, maybe they can name it the "Nealand Memorial
Oversize Records Fit
>Through Narrow Doorways Cart." Then again,
probably not. But if you
>mention the scenario above, they should recall
it and be very amenable to
>working with you. If you mention my
name, there will be an additional $2
>surcharge...er
discount.
>
>We were supposed to provide them with feedback on how
well the cart works
>(really really well!), but have been too busy with
the hectic daily
>rigamarole here to do it so far.
>
>Hope
you find the main info and the cart useful, and that other archives
>will
too.
>
>
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>
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> >>> Kelly Drake
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>>>
>Hello,
>
>We're looking to build/buy a cart for
moving large but fragile, flat files
>through narrow doorways. The idea
solution seems to be a cart with a
>supported curved top. Does
anyone know of any vendors who sell these or
>if you have constructed
custom carts, what sizes have worked best?
>
>Kelly S.
Drake
>Associate Director of Collections Access
>Collections and
Research Department
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>Mystic Seaport
>The Museum of America
and the Sea
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