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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7044704 | Portable load lifting bed The invention relates to a portable load lifting bed including a base frame and a bed frame moveably mounted for movement between an upper position and a lower position. A plurality of guides connect the bed to the base frame and at least one actuator provides force... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6942443 | Wheel-lift device with tongue for towing vehicles A wheel lift hitch device for towing a vehicle, particularly a hitch that is assembled from several components to surround and carry an axle of a vehicle to be towed, in which the device becomes a rigid appendage to that vehicle. The appendage serves as a tongue to ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6913133 | Transfer and tilt apparatus A transfer device has an undercarriage with two or more carriage portions which are movable along a travel path between a first location and a second location. The carriage portions carrying at least one work piece support. A linkage extending between the carriage p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6644907 | Cart that retrieves, transports, lifts and empties waste container A manually-operated cart retrieves a waste container from a compactor and transports the waste container across a support surface to a waste collection receptacle. An operator activates a winch and a belt that extends from the winch to a base frame lifts ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6276628 | Apparatus for handling reels Apparatus for handling reels (10) by means of a vertical reel conveyor (15). The latter is provided with a lifting head (18) which can be moved up and down on a vertical bearing column (17) and has a projecting conveyor journal (19) for moving into a cent... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6155766 | Small library robotics guidance mechanism A robotic guidance mechanism for transporting storage media cartridges along linear and curved routes within a data storage library. The guidance mechanism includes a robotic assembly operating on a guide rail. Two guides of the robotic assembly move in t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5499898 | Apparatus for testing condoms The invention disclosed is an apparatus for automatically testing condoms comprising a retrieving mechanism to present condoms from a large batch receptacle to an orienting mechanism, the orienting mechanism to orient each condom into the same configurati... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5487638 | Apparatus and method for loading rolls of web into a chamber An apparatus (10) for loading a roll of web (1) from a stack (3) along a first axis (7) into a chamber (2) along a second axis (8) has a pivotable support member (12) and an engaging means (16) having a head member (18) attached to the support member (12)... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5393180 | Container loading and emptying device for a refuse vehicle and pick up member for the same, and also guides for the pick up member The invention relates to a container loading and emptying device for a refuse vehicle with an endless carrier consisting of two chains (10,11), which runs in a substantially vertical plane along a substantially rectangular path, one or more pick up member... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5007786 | Refuse collection system, refuse collection truck and loader assembly therefor An improved loader apparatus for a refuse collection truck or vehicle which includes a vertical rail assembly, a carriage apparatus mounted for vertical up and down movement along the rail assembly, a single length of drive chain for lifting and lowering ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4978268 | Collection vehicle, hoist for the vehicle and method of tipping a bin A refuse collection vehicle has a pair of hoists at the rear of a body of the vehicle. Each hoist includes a carriage which slides up and down on guide bars. A bin-carrier is pivotally mounted on the carriage. Engagement of an element on the carrier with ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4861222 | Cassette elevator for use in a modular article processing machine Improved handling of multi-wafer cassettes in automated wafer processing machines is accomplished by means of an improved cassette elevator. The design of the cassette elevator is such that the receiver/sender portion of the wafer processing machine can b... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4859137 | Apparatus for transporting a holder between a port opening of a standardized mechanical interface system and a loading and unloading station An apparatus is provided for transporting a holder for holding articles between a port opening providing access to the system and a loading and unloading station, the apparatus comprising: a first platform for supporting the holder in the course of transp... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4797050 | Apparatus for lifting and tilting drums of flowable material This invention pertains to the lifting and tilting of a container of fluent materials. Two embodiments are shown, one having a vertical column disposed to carry the secured container to a predetermined height. This apparatus may be fixed or may be movable... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4778330 | Elevator device for an agricultural tractor loader The elevator device for an agricultural tractor loader comprises a swing member bearing in an articulated manner on a member protruding from a bracket in direction of the tractor loader. The swing member is moreover supported and actuated by a cylinder co... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4770286 | Workpiece elevator A workpiece elevator for moving plural workpieces from an intake station vertically to an elevated discharge station. The workpiece elevator includes a bucket assembly which is pivotable in response to engagement with cam bars such that in one rotated pos... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4741661 | Wheel lifting and towing apparatus A vehicle mounted automobile "wheel lift" towing mechanism having a power actuated lift boom vertically movable between raised and lowered positions along angularly inclined parallel tracks having cam members operable to impart predetermined vertical tilt... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4652202 | Lift mechanism A lift mechanism of a "fork-lift" type is capable of use on the input and output sides of machines for processing sheets of particle board, plywood and similar products. The mechanism itself has the sheets of product to be processed stacked on a pair of s... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4597710 | Trash collection vehicle side-loading apparatus Improvements are described for the type of trash collection apparatus mounted on a side-loading trash collection vehicle of the type in which a container carriage moves up and down on vertical guide rails. The improvements comprise providing pairs of guid... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4474520 | Pipe handling machine An apparatus for transferring pipe between pipe racks and the drilling rig floor including a stationary trough located below and extending towards the drilling rig and a movable, inclined trough aligned with the stationary trough having one end supported ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4329795 | Load stress relief for walking dragline excavator base frames A walking dragline excavator massive hollow internally reinforced base frame has built-in annular rail girder means over which annular track means are carried for running thereon of roller means adapted for supporting the revolving frame on the annular tr... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4221529 | Delivery trailer Individual shelves are provided on the load transport vehicle, which may be a trailor or self-propelled steerable vehicle, so that the shelves may be dropped down adjacent to the roadway for loading and unloading, and lifted up above the clearance height ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4143780 | Lifting device for feeding a processing machine A lifting device, particularly for feeding a processing machine in the food industry, comprises a telescopic post which includes a plurality of telescopically extensible and retractable parts and a container support which is pivoted to the post. The conta... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4124133 | Molten metal delivery carrier An overhead monorail molten metal delivery self-propelled carrier comprising a carrier frame structure support on an overhead monorail, a power actuated hoist on the carrier frame connected by depending flexible members to a second movable structure or ca... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4072240 | Textile bobbin hoist A bobbin hoist powered by an air cylinder has a skip for holding, lifting, tilting, and dumping bobbins and is provided with skip guiding tracks to give substantially constantly increasing hoisting cable pull during tilting and dumping. A hinged door over... | 02/07/1978 |
| 3942663 | Dump elevator A dump elevator for use in conjunction with a fork lift truck and adapted to lift a load received from the fork lift truck to an elevated position and to subsequently dump the load through a chute into a receiving bin. The dump elevator comprises an uprig... | 03/09/1976 |
