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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367430 | Elevator system A wedge-ribbed belt supports an elevator car in a cantilevered mode and engages a drive pulley of a drive mounted at the head of an elevator shaft. The belt has a running surface facing the drive pulley with a plurality of ribs and grooves extending in parallel in a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367431 | Elevator system A wedge-ribbed belt supports an elevator car by underlooping and engages a drive pulley of a drive mounted at the head of an elevator shaft. The belt has a running surface facing the drive pulley with a plurality of ribs and grooves extending in parallel in a longit... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325654 | List apparatuses and method A lift apparatus is disclosed. Particularly, a lift apparatus may comprise a support frame and a platform movably coupled to the support frame. Further, the platform may comprise at least one roller and a transmission connected to the at least one roller of the asse... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7025177 | Elevator system without machine An elevator system without a machine room is disclosed. In this elevator system without a machine room according to the present invention, a built-in winding apparatus is installed in the interior of a hoistway for moving an elevator car. In addition, the elevator s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6983826 | Elevator drive belt An elevator drive belt, while applying a friction force thereto, drives an elevator rope which links an elevator cage and a counterweight together. A rubber hardness of the belt ranges from about 50 to 90 degrees of JIS-A hardness so as to suppress creep slip due to... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6929202 | Method and arrangement for feeding wood batches into a pressure grinder A method of feeding a wood batch into a pressure grinder, the method comprising first collecting the wood batch to be fed into the grinder into a separate batch chamber above a side feeding chamber, from which the wood batch is lowered vertically by means of a separ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6776263 | Elevator system for the vertical transport of loads in an aircraft The invention is directed to an elevator system for the vertical transport of payloads in an aircraft. The object of the invention, to find a novel possibility for the arrangement of an elevator system for the vertical transport of payloads in an aircraft which perm... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6474446 | Cargo elevator assembly A cargo delivery vehicle has storage for multiple tiers, or levels, of cargo. The delivery vehicle includes a plurality of interior pallet elevators, at least one on either side of a center structural wall running parallel to the side walls. Specialized p... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6283249 | Mobile ladder with lifting tray A combined stepped structure and lifting mechanism includes a base and a framework secured to the base, the framework having a pair of spaced apart vertical tubes rising upwardly from the base. A ladder is incorporated in the framework and a vertical trac... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5971108 | Safety device for vertically moving load carrier A safety device for vertically moving load carrier is disclosed. It includes a vertical column, a retainer, a vertical safety rack, a pivot shaft, a safety detent pivotally fitted on the pivot shaft and a resilient member. When a flexible transmission bel... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5921351 | Modular drive mechanism for a passenger conveyor A passenger conveyor system, such as an elevator or shuttle system, includes a drive system formed from a plurality of sequentially connected belts driven by a machine. Each of the belts is engageable with a car to move the car along a portion of the path... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5836423 | People mover system A people mover system (110) comprising an elevated track (112) having a horizontal section (114) and vertical end sections (116, 118) and a passenger car (124) movably carried on track (112). Horizontal track section (114) is elevated above an intersectio... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5566783 | Vehicle parking system An elevator system in an elevator shaft comprising a carriage movable vertically in the shaft, a counterweight suspended in the shaft on an opposite side of the carriage, upper wheels rotatably mounted at an upper end of the shaft, a suspended cable strun... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5469936 | Support device for an item of retractable street furniture having electrical actuation A support device for an item of retractable street furniture having electrical actuation is provided having a stationary box installed in the ground; moving equipment housed in the box and including a top support plate for supporting the item of street fu... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5370206 | Driving system for elevator A driving system for elevators includes a cab, a pair of chain suspenders on the bottom of the cab and suspended from the roof of a building, a synchronized transmission device having a plurality of gears and chain wheels of different diameters, connected... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5271483 | Apparatus for lifting false floor in swimming pool The present invention relates to a pool where a false floor is horizontally arranged and a plurality of longitudinal grooves are installed within the inside-walls of a pool, and lifting units are equipped in each longitudinal grooves to lift a false floor... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5188199 | Warehousing traveling crane A traveling crane, comprising an upper frame, a lower frame, an elongated guide post between the upper and lower frames, an elevating platform adapted to move up and down along the guide post, a device for moving the elevating platform, and a load transfe... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5125481 | Diagonal elevation apparatus A diagonal elevation apparatus comprises a frame fitted to a sloped surface connecting the floor surface of a lower floor to the floor surface of an upper floor, a platform and a counterweight. The platform is disposed inside the frame and has first guide... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5111912 | Spring-loaded drive assembly for a wheelchair lift A drive assembly (250) for use with a platform lift. The assembly includes a set of linkage arms (30, 32) connected between the platform (22) and a stable carriage arm (34). A pair of sprockets (50, 60) connected to the carriage arm at the linkage arm piv... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4938310 | Scaffold lift A device which is easily attached to the side of a scaffold for lifting objects up the side of the scaffold. The device consists of a carriage which has a rectangular frame having guide members with wheels attached at each corner for engaging the pipes of... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4909358 | Hoisting station for a rail-track piece A hoisting carriage (2) for a rail-track section (A) of a suspension rail installation can be lifted and lowered at two parallel hoisting columns (1). A motor (4), attached at a cross traverse (3), serves as a drive. The motor (4) drivers via its transmis... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4909697 | Automated work station An automated work station which may be used when needed in conjunction with two vertical temporary holding conveyors makes use of a tiltable table and associated transition table for each conveyor. One tiltable table is shifted to a first upper horizontal... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4878799 | Automatic machine for unloading film sheet from magazine A plurality of magazines each of which contains a plurality of film sheets of a type different from those contained in the other magazines are accommodated in movable trays. These movable trays are disposed within an elevator in such a manner as to be mov... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4865516 | Rotatable elevating carrier for a palletizer Lifter for loads, in particular a palletizer for stackable objects, comprising a load carrier which can be moved up and down, in particular an articulated swivel arm (16) on whose free end an element is arranged for seizing the objects, the up and down or... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4664230 | Elevator A convenience elevator that encompasses dumbwaiter and residential elevator applications wherein the entire elevator assembly is mounted to a wall of the elevator shaft. The elevator carriage is provided with sliding guides of high strength low friction p... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4585611 | Undervessel arrangement A stabilizer and aligning support plate arrangement for a vertically and rotatably positionable undervessel platform in a nuclear reactor including a pressure vessel, said arrangement facilitating mobilization of said platform for servicing operation.... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4465161 | Elevator winding device An elevator drive sheave includes a groove in its peripheral surface. A plurality of circumferentially spaced projected teeth are provided in the groove and a lining extends over these teeth. A stranded elevator rope is received in the groove in contact w... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4402488 | Sheave A sheave for guiding and supporting stranded wire rope. The sheave includes a plurality of circumferential grooves, with treaded elastomeric inserts being disposed in the grooves. The walls which define the treads are disposed at a predetermined angle rel... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4222461 | Conveying system with a driven reciprocating load-holding device which is guided in a hollow column A conveying device, particularly suited for lifting purposes comprises a load holding carriage mounted within a hollow column for longitudinal reciprocating movement in the column, the carriage having load holding arms which project transversely from the ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4179012 | Stairway-type passenger lift A stairway lift for use by an invalid or handicapped person has at the upper end of the stairs a drive sprocket, at the lower end of the stairs an idler sprocket, and a pair of tubular guides between the sprockets. An endless conveyor element in the form ... | 12/18/1979 |
| 3968861 | Elevator An elevator capable of transporting persons or goods in any desired direction along a straight or curving path utilizes an endless guide tube comprising tracks and connecting sections and containing discrete transmission members driven along the tube by e... | 07/13/1976 |
