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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7704032 | Transportable storage facility A self-contained mobile storage container includes a truck having a platform with a track, a storage container removably placed on the track on the platform, wherein the storage container includes a front end, a rear end and parallel sides. In addition, there are de... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7343995 | Air cargo transport system The cargo transport system according to this invention employs a tow vehicle that can automatically follow and run upon guide lines. The tow vehicle can tow cargo laden equipment such as container dollies to thereby automatically transport the air cargo. The air car... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334282 | Cargo transfer assembly associated with a passenger boarding bridge A cargo transfer assembly structured to move baggage, handicapped vehicles such as wheelchairs, and other cargo between a passenger boarding bridge and the tarmac, ground or other supporting surface on which the boarding bridge is positioned. A lifting assembly havi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331544 | Deployable receptacle A deployable receptacle includes a tray for supporting an object thereon and being movable between a storing position and a deploying position. The tray stores an object thereon when the tray is disposed in the storing position and deploys the object therefrom when ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331747 | Load transfer system for flatbed trucks A load transfer system for flatbed trucks is described. A load transfer bay is defined between opposed rigid longitudinal load support beams. Each of the beams is connected to individually controllable adjustable support members in the form of pistons to adjust the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7185382 | Airport baggage lift system A baggage handling unit for retrofitting an existing passenger boarding bridge having a foundation includes a walkway for coupling a terminal building access port and a rotunda of an existing passenger boarding bridge so as to support passenger movement therebetween... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7093798 | Transformable airplane A transformable airplane may be reconfigured easily and rapidly to perform any one or a combination of tanking, transport, bombing, or command and control missions as desired for a tactical situation by installing or replacing mission-specific modules as desired. A ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069613 | Method and apparatus for aligning an aircraft with a passenger loading bridge Disclosed is a method and system for aligning a door of an aircraft to a passenger loading bridge. A final parking position of the aircraft is defined as being immediately adjacent to a position of the passenger loading bridge, such that when the aircraft is stopped... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059559 | Device for supporting a web and device and process for removing a web from an axle A device for supporting a web with a holding device (5), a first spring element (14), which generates a first spring force directed roughly against the force caused by the load in case of a loading of the holding device (5) and with a second spr... | 06/13/2006 |
| RE39063 | Airport bridge and lift A lift is coupled to the outer cab of a telescoping bridge. The lift has a carriage that can be moved by a cable and a motor upward or downward and which includes a platform that has sensing means for controlling the motor for stopping downward movement of the carri... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021886 | Paper supply system and cart for a high-speed sheet feeder A method and system are disclosed for delivering and feeding a stack of paper to a high-speed sheet feeder. A sheet handling cart is removably connectable to a docking station attached to the high-speed sheet feeder. The sheet handling cart comprises a paper trough ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6918732 | Changing station for printing machines A changing station for sleeves of printing machines with a lifting platform, disposed on the side of the printing machine, and with a wagon, in which a vertically adjustable shelf with carrying mandrels for receiving sleeves is received, whereby the shelf can be cou... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6676359 | Lift and baggage ramp The specification and drawings describe and show one embodiment of the present invention in the form of an inclined ramp in combination with a lifting device for lifting and lowering articles to and from the tarmac from and to the upper loading area at th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6493921 | Method of conveying articles from a transport vehicle A method of conveying articles on a transport vehicle from a first location to a second location spaced from the transport vehicle including the step of providing a conveyor system comprising (a) a cart for supporting an article, (b)mechanism for guiding ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6409455 | Wheeled elevator for transferring freight into or out of an enclosed truck A wheeled elevator apparatus for use in transferring freight between a highway truck and a freight storage dock or building, the apparatus including an elevatable platform powered by hydraulic cylinder means and including two oppositely directed ramps hin... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6390757 | Baggage slide A baggage slide attached to a movable elevated passenger walkway/bridge.... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6301776 | System and method for assembling an outdoor unit of a dual-unit type air conditioner An assembly system and method thereof for manufacturing an outdoor unit of a dual-unit type air conditioner employs an assembly system in which the outdoor unit is assembled, a refrigerant charging section in which the assembled outdoor unit is charged wi... | 10/16/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6176670 | Roll handling and transport assemblage An assemblage for aligning a roll to a chucking device has at least two flexibly movable, spaced roll support members arranged planarily for supporting the roll for alignment with a fixed positioned chucking device. Each roll support member has a compress... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6099241 | Substrate transfer method and substrate transfer cassette To cope with recent LCD or PDP of larger size, an efficient transfer technology is demanded in manufacturing a larger substrate. It calls for a transfer method for such larger substrate with a less required space, and a substrate transfer cassette enablin... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5862195 | Canister, transport, storage, monitoring, and retrieval system A conveyance system provides for storing, monitoring, and retrieving (multi-purpose) canisters "MPC" for intermediate storage of spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants. The system includes a shielded transport system, an access corridor shielded for ra... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5803700 | Device for mounting and dismounting a heavy weight A device for mounting and dismounting a heavy weight includes a vertical frame having an opening formed on a side thereof, through which a heavy weight is received into the frame. A laterally extending frame is formed at a lower part of the vertical frame... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5769591 | Frame structure and method of packing vehicle bodies This apparatus relates to a frame structure for packing multiple vehicles in a stacked configuration into a transport container such that a first vehicle is located above the floor of the container and inclined relative to that floor. The structure includ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5595442 | Tumbler loader assembly A tumbler loader assembly is capable of moving a container to be tumbled from a conveyor loading area into a tumbler device using a feed cart while maintaining a low cart profile. The feed cart is capable of moving the container on conveyor rollers along ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5562385 | Apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine An apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine comprises a loading device that has a post rotating about a vertical axis under the actuation of a drive unit; a lifting element, which is provided with elements for supporting a reel to be loaded an... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5466116 | Method for unloading content of multilayer containers An improved method and apparatus for emptying a load of multilayer container columns is disclosed. An improved multilayer container column construction includes a plurality of vertically aligned and stacked containers connected to one another by hinges al... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5449264 | Apparatus for distributing products from a central unit to a plurality of peripheral units Apparatus for distributing products from a central unit to a plurality of peripheral units, including at least one annular guide which connects the central unit to at least one part of the peripheral units, at least one independently motorized trolley for... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5448604 | Cask transport, storage, monitoring, and retrieval system A transport, storage, monitoring, and retrieval system for casks including intermediate storage of spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants. The system consists of a powered rail transport car which carries a cask standing on its end. A cross-ways travel... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5437528 | Device for harvesting and loading or unloading and installing large rolls of sod A novel mechanism is presented that is able to harvest and load and to unload and install large rolls of sod with only one worker. It is equally useful with conventional sods grown on soil as well as sods grown over an impervious surface. The device is at... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5402732 | Railroad car conversion apparatus having adjustable framework for supporting material receiving bladders A railroad car conversion apparatus for hauling a flowable material in an open-topped railroad car having a frame for holding a plurality of bladders, which may depend downwardly from the frame into the railroad car. The frame is adapted to fit on top of ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5388948 | Apparatus and method for unloading content of multilayer containers An improved method and apparatus for emptying a load of multilayer container columns is disclosed. An improved multilayer container column construction includes a plurality of vertically aligned and stacked containers connected to one another by hinges al... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5333988 | Device for supplying products ordered in series to a successive work station The device serves to convey products singly and in succession to a work station. For example rolls of strip material can be conveyed to a wrapping machine, or containers of cigarettes can be conveyed to a packaging unit. The device comprises a conveyor sy... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5263805 | System for supplying rod-shap items, such as cigarettes, to a production machine Cigarettes are supplied to a packaging machine by equipment comprising an infeed hopper into which the cigarettes are supplied in bulk, a rotating head providing at least one compartment to accommodate a tote-box type container filled with cigarettes, fro... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5067867 | Conveyor for mixed freight handling system A mixed freight handling system, particularly for limited access areas such as an end-opening trailer at a dock, includes a telescoping conveyor overlapping a fixed conveyor and translatable into the trailer to receive hand liftable articles. A freight ma... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5064331 | Vertical conveying apparatus A vertical conveying apparatus for vertically conveying an article between at least two horizontal surfaces having different vertical positions, includes a plurality of vertical tracks, vertical conveying trucks, horizontal conveying trucks, and coupling ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5015145 | Automated cargo loading system A method and apparatus for automatically loading a cargo compartment of a vehicle is disclosed that maximizes the utilization of available space within the vehicle by determining an optimum load configuration based on various parameters of the vehicle and... | 05/14/1991 |
