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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270061 | Mobile system for rail-car unloading apparatus and method A rail-car unloading apparatus and method for the same configured to move over a surface. The rail-car unloading apparatus comprises a frame structure, having opposite first and second sides, hydraulic arms and hydraulic legs. The hydraulic arms are coupled to the f... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7189437 | Mobile plating system and method An exemplary method for using a mobile plating system is provided that includes locating the mobile plating system at a desired location for plating, positioning an external vacuum pump from an interior position of a mobile storage volume of the mobile plasma platin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6911816 | Safety lock system for test head mount A safety lock system prevents unlocking of a balanced loaded unit when the loaded unit becomes unbalanced. A plurality of calipers applies pressure on opposite sides of a guide rail. A lock block couples the load to at least one of the calipers for movement of the l... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6858119 | Mobile plating system and method An exemplary mobile plating system is provided for performing a plating process using virtually any known or available deposition technology for coating or plating as substrate. The mobile plating system may include a vacuum chamber positioned in a mobile storage vo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6503379 | Mobile plating system and method An exemplary mobile plating system and method are provided for performing a plating process using virtually any known or available deposition technology for coating or plating. The mobile plating system may include a vacuum chamber positioned in a mobile ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6354782 | Container crane hoist and system A device has lift arms (42) with links (46,46D) connected to ends of a loadspreader (40) or the links (46,46D) are swivelly connected to the lift arms (42) and aligned to hook special containers (20D). The lift arms (42) are pivotally connected to a hub (... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6190107 | High density narrow-profile storage system A high density narrow-profile storage system, comprising the steps of: unloading a container from a train car; storing the container in a storage yard substantially adjacent and parallel to a track; loading the container on a buffer in proximity to the st... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6030168 | Lifting device A lifting device constructed as a frame or gantry vehicle which is supported on four movable vertical supports. The gantry vehicle further comprises a crane trolley which is horizontally movable along a frame on a plurality of rails. Two vertically arrang... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5857821 | System for loading and unloading rail vehicles Freight is transferred between a car of a train riding on rails extending in a travel direction and a stationary street vehicle while the train is moving slowly in the travel direction by displacing a grab into a position above the rails, identifying the ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5609460 | Process for transferring goods load units on or from a train For the transloading of loaded goods units (82), such as containers, interchangeable containers, semi-trailers or the like by means of transloading lifting gear (18) from or onto a slowly travelling train (6) formed by container cars (48), there is initia... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5573367 | Nestable container for hauling materials The present invention provides a nestable intermodal container for hauling materials. In one embodiment, this container includes a bottom wall; a plurality of sidewalls sloped generally outwardly from the bottom wall, the sidewalls and bottom wall definin... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5415517 | Load transferring system A system is provided for transferring loads between railroad cars on different tracks. If desired the system may be highly automated. A series of parallel, adjacent rail car tracks are provided for carrying separate strings of connected railcars in side-b... | 05/16/1995 |
| 4794861 | Tie exchange method A method for sequentially exchanging selected consecutive groups of old ties for groups of new ties while retaining groups of old ties between the selected old ties in a railroad track consisting of two rails fastened to the ties supported on ballast, whi... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4771881 | Materials handling system A materials handling system primarily for use in tunneling operations for transporting extracted material from a tunnel is disclosed comprising an overhead track from which are suspended an elongated conveyor and a train of mine cars or other transport un... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4465414 | Freight train A train of railroad cars for receiving, transporting and discharging bulk material, comprising a succession of cars coupled together for movement along a track in an operating direction, each one of the cars having a frame and a last one of the cars in th... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4385861 | Load handling apparatus A load handling apparatus includes a vehicle, a pair of mounting frames each hingedly mounting a pedestal for movement from an inoperative position, in which the pedestals are folded down horizontally about hinges so as to lie lengthwise of the vehicle, t... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4288193 | Arrangement for forming and handling collective loads An arrangement for assembling and conveying a number of elongated cylindrical loads such as aerial bombs, the loads being collectively supported in a carrier, includes an elongated single load supply track for delivering single ones of the loads to a coll... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4275659 | Apparatus for operating transport vehicles movable on a track carried by a train of railroad cars An apparatus for operating transport vehicles movable along a track carried by a train of railroad cars to and from a transfer station for loading the vehicles comprises a signalling arrangement including an emitter of perceptible stop-and go-signals for ... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4270456 | Mobile apparatus for receiving and laying an assembled track section Assembled track sections are replaced with a mobile apparatus moving along the track and having an elongated overhead girder extending above a transport vehicle or vehicles and projecting beyond an end thereof. A guide track extends in a transport plane a... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4253398 | Mobile apparatus for the continuous replacement of ties A track renewal train of a plurality of track-bound freight cars storing ties removed from an old track section and ties to be laid for a new track section comprises a work car whose front frame end is pivotally supported on a last freight car. Elongated ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4171178 | Apparatus for automatically handling stacks of bags In an apparatus for automatically handling stacks of bags, initially the bags are formed into stacks, each stack is moved onto and along a conveying track and then unloaded from the track to a loading surface. The support surface on the conveying track fo... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4106638 | Ship and shore load handling system with an asymmetrical shaped pontoon for supporting carriage cables Installation for loading and unloading ships anchored at a distance from the shore. An overhead transporter with an aerial cable passing over the ship connects a pontoon to the shore. The moment exerted on the pontoon by the tensioned cable is compensated... | 08/15/1978 |
