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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5655327 | Purse seine link A purse seine link (10) having a roller head (30) attached to body (20) by head pivot (32). Latch mechanism (22) allows for one step release of roller head (30) to release cable (8).... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5575219 | Clothes basket combination A clothes basket combination adapted for movement along a clothes line by means of attachment of a basket component to a pulley device which is adapted for movement along the clothes line. The pulley device includes a downwardly depending arm substantiall... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5224425 | Cable skydiving A diverse variety of high speed gravity cableway rides in which a rider on a pulley block car descends a mountainside and generally stops by frictional forces, due to the design of the cable arc, before hitting the lower cable support point. In some forms... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5134941 | Rotary device for guiding a suspended gondola along a vertical cable The invention relates to a device for guiding a moving body (1) along a tensioned cable (4) attached at intervals to a building facade (3) and at a given distance therefrom. It comprises a pivoting device (7) formed by a pair of stars (8) parallel, coaxia... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5127338 | Load attachment, traversing device with spring biased scissor linkage to grip cable and permit traversal of cable hangers A load attachment system comprises an elongate element secured with respect to a supporting structure and a load attachment, traversing device engaged therewith for sliding movement therealong to traverse intermediate attachment points for the elongate el... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5119735 | Traveling eyelet An eyelet of high strength materials is disclosed herein having an upper end equipped with a tapered roller for movably supporting the eyelet on a cable and having a lower end equipped with a similar roller for supporting the end of the lower end of the e... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5042391 | Cable-guided messenger A cable-guided messenger comprises a solid, one-piece, integral member having a substantially cylindrical shape and an axis, the member having an axially extending throughgoing opening, a transverse slot extending transversely to the axis and communicatin... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4905606 | Safety attachment systems, and parts and fitting therefor A linkage mechanism for a safety attachment system in which a pair of traversing devices are engaged with an elongate safety line for sliding movement therealong past intermediate securing devices for the safety line. The traversing devices are coupled to... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4892508 | Safety guide support for pivoting pulley An improved safety control mechanism for a pulley apparatus of the type comprising main support bars having at least two wheels mounted at their centers a spaced distance apart between the bars and a swing arm assembly pivotally connected to the bars at a... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4470354 | Load-transfer device A load-transfer device comprises a pair of rotary members each having an annular series of projecting peg-like elements, and a location member having arcuate tracks in its opposite sides to receive tip portions of the elements respectively. A wire or othe... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4462316 | Load transfer or traversing device A load-transfer device comprising at least one rotatable wheel having a series of equally spaced peripheral recesses, a guide element mounted at a peripheral part of the wheel, and a load connection element for attachment of a load to the device. The whee... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4459916 | Load-transfer system A track is provided by a series of rigid or semi-rigid members supported solely or principally at their ends to extend across the track at spaced locations along the track. A load-transfer device is provided to engage with the track for movement along the... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4359946 | Elevated downhill transport system An elevated downhill transport system is provided with a cable system and appropriate towers to support the cable along a variable downhill course. A single cable only, being necessary, a cable trolley is also provided that prevents the carriage from acci... | 11/23/1982 |
