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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7189047 | Apparatus for moving a battery An apparatus for moving a battery relative to a shelf unit includes: (a) a motion generating unit presenting a first force in a first motion type at a first output locus; (b) a motion translating unit receiving the first force and translating the first force to pres... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175367 | Cable pulling machine A cable pulling machine of the invention includes a frame, a mechanical linkage including first and second links having first and second cable gripping shoes disposed thereon respectively in opposed positions, a latching cylinder actuable to cause the mechanical lin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7119295 | Suspended control device The invention refers to a hanging control device connected to a unit to be managed, specifically control switches or hanging control panels in order to control hoisting gear, by means of a control line, whereby the control line contains electrical lines (2) t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7025536 | Tandem apparatus for bursting and replacing pipe A tandem rod or cable apparatus for bursting and replacing pipe, which includes a frame, two sets of oppositely-disposed hydraulic cylinders having piston rods, each of which pairs of piston rods are attached to a yoke, with a gripping element provided in each yoke ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022389 | Method of improving airtightness of hydraulic or pneumatic device with polyamide resin tube A hydraulic or pneumatic device is provided, which comprises a tube comprising a polyamide resin composition comprising (A) from 70 to 97% by weight, based on the weight of the polyamide resin composition, of a polyamide resin and (B) from 3 to 30% by weight, based ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6886812 | Human power amplifier for lifting load with slack prevention apparatus A human power amplifier includes an end-effector that is grasped by a human operator and applied to a load. The end-effector is suspended, via a line, from a take-up pulley, winch, or drum that is driven by an actuator to lift or lower the load. The end-effector inc... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6886811 | Portable dynamometer station with vehicle-mounted lifting assembly A portable dynamometer station with a vehicle mounted lifting assembly is disclosed. It comprises (a) a vehicle, such as a bus, for transporting the dynamometer, (b) a dynamometer with associated monitoring equipment, and (c) a lifting assembly mounted in the vehicl... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6863263 | Device for locking the descent of the reel-holder trolley in a fixed column winding apparatus A device for locking the descent of a reel-holder trolley along a sliding guide under the control of a traction belt in a fixed column winding apparatus. The device includes a clamp connection between belt and trolley, that is attached to the belt and is mobile with... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6672802 | Vertical pull apparatus A vertical pull apparatus for converting a vertical pulling motion to a horizontal pulling motion, which vertical pull apparatus typically includes a support for positioning in a generally vertical position. A cable-engaging mechanism is provided on the s... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6655661 | Rotating jack winch A device for heaving in and paying out a chain by means of a hydraulic cylinder which by means of gripping devices engages the chain and lifts or lowers the chain a given distance while the locking device is deactivated. The structure comprises a frame pr... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6575184 | Method and apparatus for single handed erection of large tents Method and apparatus for single handed erection of a tent pole having a tent supporting end and a ground end the ground end supported in a carrier pulled along the ground to position the ground end of the pole beneath the portion of the tent contacting th... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6488267 | Apparatus for lifting or pulling a load An apparatus configured to be movably mounted upon a rope for lifting and pulling a load as the apparatus travels along the rope. The apparatus can also be used to retract a rope. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a pneumatic cylinder having firs... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6431320 | Manual wafer lift A wafer lift for lifting a series of vertically oriented wafers arranged parallel to one another in a cassette. The wafer lift includes a vertically movable ramp and a cassette guide positioned over the ramp. The ramp is raised to engage wafers in a casse... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6257555 | Stump and pole extraction device A device for extracting stumps and poles from the ground. The device includes a pair of legs each having an upper end and a lower end. A pivot pin, adapted to suspend a winch above the ground, hingedly joins the legs together at their upper ends. A pair o... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6164397 | Vehicle for traversing external curved surfaces A vehicle, designed to move across an external curved surface such as that of a pipe or cable, for example to monitor the condition of the surface or enable the application of a treatment to the surface, comprises two generally hollow bodies, interconnect... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6119910 | Pump puller A well pump puller having a well casing collar including a coupling adapted to be tightly secured to a well casing and a frame support of legs upstanding from the coupling. A frame which is removably mounted on the support includes first and second u-shap... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6041676 | Winch with locking mechanism A locking winch includes a rotatable shaft coupled to a bracket adapted for connection to a structure such as a trailer, truck, hoist, etc. Wrapped around the shaft is a cable, rope or chain and connected to one end of the shaft is a hand operated crank f... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5993106 | Restrainable manhole cover, handhole cover and the open/close device therewith A restrainable manhole, handhole cover and open/close device therewith provides vertical pads at predetermined positions along a bottom edge of a manhole/handhole cover, which are integrally molded with a cover body. This forms an inclined a third edge wh... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5915673 | Pneumatic human power amplifer module A pneumatic human power amplifier module is usable in conjunction with a wide variety of pneumatic actuators and lifting devices to provide a human power amplifier for lifting a load. The module includes an end-effector, an electronic controller and a pne... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5909869 | Ram winch A device for heaving in chain (2,3) vertically by means of a locking device for the chain comprises one or more pawls (14,14') which engage the chain (2,3) in a combined hydraulic lifting (8) and gripping device (12) with an equivalent pawl system and an ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5823511 | Force generation device for simulation of shoulder-supported rocket launching A system for exerting a force, for instance a vertical upward lifting force of a predetermined tension vs. time waveform on a suspended object is useful in training the operators of shoulder-supported rocket launchers. The system includes an actuator for ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5791820 | Method and apparatus for implanting screw-in pilings or anchors in the ground There is provided a new and useful apparatus for use in implanting a screw-in piling or anchor into the subsoil. The apparatus comprises an insertion means mounted to a skid-steer loader combined with a first load bearing measuring device to measure the l... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5790407 | Time-based control system A time-based control system (10) for controlling a process incorporating external devices using a predefined response profile (13). The response profile (13) is continuously compared to the actual response of the controlled device (11). A plurality of sen... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5673804 | Hoist system having triangular tension members A hoist system having triangular suspension bands minimizes sway and twisting during the lifting of a payload. The system includes three depending retractable and extensible triangular tension members which provide three sets of opposed horizontal tensile... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5660084 | Positioning apparatus for carriage on a support column Apparatus for tightly wrapping a package such as disposed on a pallet in a thin film such as for shipping or storage includes a rotating deck adapted to receive the pallet and package to be wrapped. The deck is directly coupled to and supported by a gear ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5655754 | Pulling or lifting apparatus with jaws, acting on flat-profiled flexible straps A pulling or lifting apparatus for a flat, flexible strap connected to a load operates with two pairs of reciprocating jaws. The pairs of jaws have flat gripping surfaces corresponding to the flat faces of the flexible flat-profiled strap. Two guide membe... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5603488 | Rail attachable rescue frame for rail bridges A rail bridge rescue frame comprises three elongated legs having upper and lower ends. The upper ends are secured to a head assembly so as to universally pivot with respect thereto. Two of the legs are forward legs of shorter and similar length and the th... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5568189 | Aerial support platform mechanism with five axes of motion An aerial support platform is supported to extend below, and intermediate of, a pair of parallel cables mounted along respective opposite walls of a studio. A carriage rides on each of the parallel cables, and another pair of cables extends to connect the... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5507472 | Hoist with a lifting device A hoist, including: load suspension device, a lifting means for raising and lowering the load suspension device; a traction mechanism connecting the suspension device with the lifting device; and a control device for the lifting device and the load suspen... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5480125 | Hoist with a lifting device A hoist with a lifting device, by way of which a load suspension device connected with the lifting device via a traction mechanism can be raised and lowered, and with a control device which is arranged between the load suspension device and the traction m... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5277406 | Hydraulic tension regulating device for elongate tension bearing member A device for limiting the tension in a rope or the like comprises an anchorage plate (8) and a gripping unit (10) containing two piston and cylinder units (34), two gripping members (14) and a hydraulic control circuit which controls the gripping of the r... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5174549 | Light weight tree jack for harvesting firewood with chain saws A light weight treejack suitable for use in the woods at a tree felling site to harvest firewood, pulpwood, and the like, with a chain saw is easy to carry and set up by a single person. A bowed first legpiece is coupled at the top to a straight second le... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5106593 | Apparatus for producing Czochralski-grown single crystals An apparatus for producing a single crystal grown by Czochralski method includes a winding drum disposed in a case for winding up and down a flexible pull wire, a power transmission mechanism for driving the winding drum, and a bearing unit for rotatably ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4936549 | Pulley A pulley comprises a hub with spokes arranged radially about its circumference. Secured on the spokes is a rim with a rim base accommodating lining inserts having holes wherethrough a flexible link extends to embrace the rim base. At the outside of the pu... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4928925 | Constant tension hoisting member A constant tension hoisting system is provided for raising and lowering an object between a platform and a surface undergoing vertical motion relative to the platform, such as raising and lowering a lifeboat from a seagoing vessel to the sea in rough weat... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4892202 | Deepwater extended hook travel attachment An apparatus for increasing the available hook raising and lowering distance is attached to a crane or other lifting structure having a boom and at least one lifting tackle utilizing at least one lifting line connected to a prime mover. The apparatus util... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4889320 | Apparatus for detachably clamping, tensioning and securing ropes, cables, wires, belts or the like A thick-walled housing has a longitudinal hole with an end orifice that runs in the axial direction of the housing. A spring-loaded clamping unit is axially displaceable in the hole. An oblique hole in the housing obliquely opens into the longitudinal hol... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4874152 | Cable gripping block A cable gripping block is provided with sectional cover plates for easy and quick removal, where the cover plates are secured to the cable gripping block by cylindrical tenons projecting from the cable gripping blocks, through cavities in the sectional co... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4815709 | Sailing winch and handle therefor The winch has a disc-shaped hub having a shaft extending upwardly from its top surface. It also has a winch drum having an axial bore whose diameter is sized to rotatably receive the shaft of the disc-shaped hub. The bottom end of the winch drum has a rec... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4774386 | Spanning device The spanning device is a tool designed to assist in the working on front wheel drive automobiles. These front wheel drive automobiles are, generally, small automobiles with transverse engines or engines whose crankshaft is, substantially, at a right angle... | 09/27/1988 |
