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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7686561 | Remotely operated self-loading/unloading railroad gondola car-top material handler A material-handler adapted for locating on top of an open topped railroad car includes a chassis mounted on tracks, and a first and second pair of outriggers extending from the chassis. Wheels and clamps are located at the distal ends of the outriggers to stabilize ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7370586 | Rail track delivery and removal A method of transporting rails to, and leaving the rails at, a target location. The method includes using a train having multiple rail wagons. The steps include supporting the rails on at least two successive wagons with the rail being movable relative to at least o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353936 | Wiper apparatus for clearing shavings A wiper apparatus for sweeping or clearing debris from a surface, such as cuttings generated in a machining operation that have collected on a collecting surface, comprises rotatable wiper arms and dependent wiper blades. The wiper apparatus can be self-powered or i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7252473 | Wood chip flinger and method of densely packing wood chips with large angle output A handling device packs wood chips with a density greater than that achieved using conventional free-fall techniques by ≧20%-35%. The device includes a drum rotating about a generally horizontal axis that includes a plurality of outwardly extending blades that act... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252039 | Ballast discharge car A ballast discharge car having at least one non-pivoting transverse conveyor disposed beneath a hopper for distributing the ballast between the rails, near the outside of the rails, and well beyond the outside of the rails in a stockpiling application. The speed, di... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7212884 | Network controlled sorter conveyor The present invention relates to a sorter conveyor having a plurality of conveyor units with article-supporting means, such as tilt trays or cross-belts, equipped with discharge means for discharging articles conveyed on the article-supporting means, which discharge... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192238 | Method for loading a freight train In a method of loading several like coupled storage cars with bulk material, a first storage car is first filled with the bulk material by reducing the conveying speed mode of a bottom conveyor band in the first storage car to a bulk material storing speed mode whil... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7156603 | Road transportable loading machine for gondola cars A material handling and transport apparatus for railroad use comprises a rail car loading assembly and a deck vehicle. The rail car loading assembly comprises a loading machine having a handling arm, and means to move the rail car loading assembly forward and rearwa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7118624 | Method for making a road base material using treated oil and gas waste material The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” more specifically, drilling waste and aggregate and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materia... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7092788 | Transport system for articles, in particular containers for baggage pieces A transport system, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a container for receiving an article, a sensor assembly including an inductive sensor for monitoring a transport of the container along a transport path, and a screening device for comple... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7033125 | Apparatus for loading and unloading aircrafts An apparatus for loading and unloading aircrafts comprises a tiltable first conveyor part (7) adjustable in height and provided with a conveyor path (11) advancing and removing luggage (59), such as suitcases, parcels and the like cargo items, t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014410 | Container drive-by transfer and system This is a container transfer system including a highway vehicle and container platform on a railway car, dock, or conveyor to transfer containers by driving alongside of the platform. One or more channels are secured obliquely across the truck bed with extensions wh... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008163 | Bulk storage bins and methods and apparatus for unloading same One embodiment provides for a material reclaiming apparatus for use with a bulk storage bin. The bulk storage bin includes a bottom which defines an elongated plurality of outlet openings from the storage bin. The material reclaiming apparatus includes a plurality o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997506 | Deck for a service vehicle Vehicle payload in a service vehicle including a vehicle chassis having two spaced frame members (50) with a generally horizontal deck (16) mounted on the frame members for receiving and carrying a load to be transported and which extends to either sid... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981452 | Method and apparatus for unloading ribbon rails from rail cars A method and apparatus for unloading long ribbon rails which are carried on a transport car on bunks which hold the rails in four or five different tiers each containing eight to ten rails. A special railcar is equipped with a gantry crane which feeds the rails from... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6970143 | Highly compact, precision lightweight deployable truss which accommodates side mounted components A boom structure is deployable from a collapsed, stowable configuration to an elongated truss configuration. The boom structure contains a plurality of truss-forming multi-sided bays. A bay contains a pair of battens joined together at corner regions by foldable lon... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948610 | Cargo loading apparatus A cargo loading apparatus and method tightly and efficiently disperse material pieces such as wood chips into a cargo space. The loading apparatus includes an elongated symmetrical body such as an elongated cylinder having vanes or blades along the surface thereof. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6876888 | Modular system and method for controlling a material handling system A control system (60) controls a material handling system and has a first control module (120), a second control module (140), and a third control module (160). The first module (120) includes a first control cabinet (12) fo... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6811020 | Wood chip flinger and method of densely packing wood chips A wood chip loading device loads wood chips into a container with a density greater than that achieved using conventional free-fall techniques by 20%-35% or more. The wood chip loading device may include a drum rotating about a generally horizontal axis. The drum in... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6695561 | Container drive-by-transfer and system A dock or railway has a length of parallel track-driveway spaced along side for rail mounted tractor-trailers or truck-bus chassis-cab to guide on and travel to transfer cargo or people containers between the dock or cars in a train stopped for these tran... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666642 | Installation for filling a sand box fitted to a rail vehicle An installation for filling a rail vehicle sand box comprises both a pressurized vessel containing sand or other granular material and a portable delivery head connected to the vessel. The installation further comprises an intermediate assembly having a f... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6561742 | Loading and unloading apparatus for railcars A railroad car loader/unloader apparatus includes a mobile machine adapted to operate atop an open top rail car. The apparatus includes a plurality of support subassemblies with surfaces adapted to engage upper surfaces of sidewalls of the rail car when t... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6520729 | Freight container and method of transporting a load Apparatus is provided for transporting a load from a source to a destination. The apparatus includes a freight container (1) which has a plurality of cells (7) each for containing a discrete load and a conveyor (10) for conveying loads between cells (7). ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6443683 | System for transporting vehicles using pallets and trains An improved system for transporting vehicles and passengers from one destination to another using pallets, trains and guideways. The automobile uses ramp 1 to enter station 2 and park in port 3. The port then rotates 45 degrees 4 and parallel to a pallet ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6364594 | Wheelchair transfer device for use in amusement rides A device and method of loading wheelchair-using passengers includes a passenger platform, a ride vehicle, a lifting device, and a moveable transfer platform. The lifting device is located under the passenger platform and has raised and lowered positions. ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360166 | Apparatus and method for removing logs from a forestry site An apparatus and method for removing logs from a forestry site. The apparatus and method includes a primary mobile machine having means attached to a rearward portion thereof for holding a first end of a first log cluster. The apparatus and method also in... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352400 | Rail road loading apparatus and method A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The vehicles are loaded from the ground by use of a movable ramp that is positioned next to a separate coupler end of the rail road car. The ramp has a locating guide, in the nature of a pair of ta... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6338605 | Tractor and system for unloading trailers from railcars A tractor (20) for unloading a trailer (12) from a railcar (14) is disclosed. The tractor (20) comprises a trigger actuator (34) and a bumper (30). The trigger actuator (34) is fixably mounted to the tractor (20) and remains stationary. The bumper (30) of... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6302635 | Transshipment system In a transshipment system for combined transport, a drop-bed freight car, with a frame mounted on bogies and at least one onboard or stationary mounting which can be moved transverse to the longitudinal axis of the freight car, is used for a transporting ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6249995 | Linkage connector for excavator bucket A linkage connection which loosely and yet securely mounts an excavator bucket on a hydraulic excavator and facilitates enhanced positioning capability of the bucket on the excavator, particularly in confined areas. In a preferred embodiment the linkage c... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6190106 | Apparatus for unloading open top railroad cars An apparatus for unloading open top railroad cars, especially hopper cars, comprising a crawler excavator having a pair of tracked treads and a hinged arm with a bucket thereon able to rotate a fill 360 degrees and to move forward and rearward atop the op... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6155175 | Railroad material cart A railroad vibratory system having a hopper, a shaker, a conveyor assembly and a handling device that fastens railroad material to secure a railroad track onto a railroad track system. The hopper releases the railroad material, through an aperture. The sh... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6135671 | Paving materials loading apparatus and paving machine The invention relates to a paving materials loading apparatus. In particular, a paving materials loading feeder 16 is so disposed that a lower end 19a of a loading frame 19 thereof is connected to a receiving hopper 17, a discharge port 19c, 19d is formed... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6089162 | Rail vehicle for tie loading and unloading A railway maintenance vehicle exchanges worn crossties for new ones. Worn ties are collected and stored in open-top gondola cars, preferably progressing longitudinally. New ties are simultaneously unloaded from the gondola cars for distribution along the-... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5993131 | Bulk loader car A bulk loader car (1) comprises a storage box (2) exhibiting a ground conveyor belt (4) and a support frame (3). The storage box (2) is supported on a vehicle undercarriage frame (9), wherein in each case rail undercarriages (12) are disposed on end sides... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993130 | Loading car for bulk material A loading car for bulk material for incorporation in a freight train of a plurality of successively arranged like loading cars, includes a box open on top and mounted on a frame for storing bulk material. A bottom conveyor is disposed in a lower portion o... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5961271 | Cars for removing long rails stored on transport cars A rail-movable car (1) for removing and pulling out long rails (3), stored on a transport car (2), includes a car frame (6), supported on an undercarriage (5) guided on rails, and a rail-removing device (4) for gripping and shifting a long rail (3) in the... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5944469 | Box car for carrying bulk material A box car for carrying bulk material and capable of being incorporated into a freight train of a plurality of successively arranged like box cars, the box car comprising a box having an open top and an endless horizontal conveyor at the bottom, one of the... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5904098 | Crane carrying vehicle for transporting track ties A crane carrying vehicle for transporting track ties comprises an elongated machine frame supported on undercarriages for movement on rails in an operating direction, the machine frame comprising a storage section for temporarily storing track ties and ha... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5772382 | Unloading concrete beams from railroad cars A railroad car is particularly constructed for transporting heavy elongated structures such as T and box girder prestressed concrete bridge beams. The railroad car has a frame including a planar top surface with first and second ends and sides, and railro... | 06/30/1998 |
