Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047760 | Integral power or electrical conduit coupler A conduit connector assembly for attachments on a loader includes a mounting plate with at least one coupler section mounted on the plate and secured rigidly to a forward end of one of the lift arms of a loader. The coupler section or sections are connected with con... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7866935 | Manually operated coupler A coupler for use with an excavator provides a hook with a mouth which receives a cross bar of an implement such as a bucket at an upper end. Towards a bottom end the coupler receives an extension through an opening. The extension is then retained by a pin through a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7824145 | Common pivot and support member for attachment interface An attachment interface adapted for use with a loader is discussed. The attachment interface includes a horizontally extending cross member configured to be pivotally attached to the loader at each of first and second ends. The attachment interface further includes ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7699577 | Interface plate for mounting a light duty attachment to a lift arm assembly An attachment arm assembly includes an attachment arm that is pivotal about an arm pivot axis using a hydraulic lift cylinder. The attachment arm assembly also includes an interface plate pivotal about an interface plate pivot axis and configured to mount a tool. Th... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690880 | Locking device for hydraulic attachment interface An interface between a hydraulic power system and an hydraulically actuated engagement member includes a first portion that is pivotally coupled to a second portion, and has an inlet capable of being coupled to the power system. The second portion is fixedly attache... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686563 | Coupling apparatus for releasably coupling hydraulically powered work implements to a work vehicle A coupling apparatus for releasably coupling a hydraulically activated work implement to a work vehicle includes an implement attachment device for attaching a work implement to a work vehicle, a first coupling assembly, and a second coupling assembly. The implement... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7674085 | Arrangement and a method to attach a tool to a loader An arrangement for a loader makes it possible to attach a tool to the loader. The arrangement comprises a locking arrangement for determining the position of the tool and locking it to the arrangement in this position, and a safety arrangement that ensures that the ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7654787 | Tool holder with hydraulic coupling means The invention relates to a tool holder for cranes. The tool holder comprises hydraulic cylinder means arranged to detachably be able to lock a tool to the tool holder. Furthermore, hydraulic coupling means is comprised and arranged to be connected with hydraulic cou... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648326 | Adapter faceplate In combination a vehicle having an extension and an adaptor faceplate. The extension includes a first power-operated extension mount and a second mount. The adaptor faceplate comprising a rigid member securable to skid steer attachments with the rigid member having ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7632056 | Device for attaching a loader to a vehicle This invention concerns a device (1) for attaching a loader (2) to a vehicle (3), usually a tractor, where the loader (2) comprises openings (4) in parts (6) facing the vehicle (3) and the vehicle (3) comprises... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7524158 | Adapter for mounting skid-steer loader attachments onto an excavator arm An adapter for mounting at least one skid-steer loader attachment onto an excavator arm includes a mounting mechanism having a lower edge, an upper edge and a lip extending outwardly therefrom, the lip receiving an upper lip of such at least one skid-steer loader at... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7513732 | Loader attachment system A loader attachment system for efficiently attaching an implement (i.e. bucket, etc.) to a skid steer loader or other similar use vehicle. The loader attachment system generally includes an upper assembly including an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper ass... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7473067 | Attachment coupler An attachment coupler includes a first arm and a second arm, each including a U-shaped portion, and upper portions of the first and second arms being swingably connected by a swing shaft, and an expansion-contraction tool which opens and closes the first and second ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467918 | Remote controlled latching system A remote controlled latching system includes a latch device configured for mating engagement with a connection member to secure an attachment to a carrier; a latching cylinder coupled to the latch device, the latching cylinder having a latched position and an unlatc... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7455494 | Control circuit for an attachment mounting device A control circuit for an attachment mounting device that has a closed position for securing an implement and an opened position for releasing an implement. The control circuit includes at least one hydraulic actuator, a control valve and an auto-close feature. The c... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7427075 | Steering device for pallet truck A steering device for decreasing a turning radius of a pallet jack includes a ground engaging member connected to a support member of the pallet jack between a main wheel and an extensible wheel. The load supporting member of the pallet jack is positionable between ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426796 | Coupler for coupling an accessory to a dipper arm and a control system for such a coupler A control system for controlling the release of an accessory from any quick hitch coupler coupling the accessory to a hydraulically operable arm of a machine, operated by a pressurized hydraulic system. The control system can be used with a coupler for coupling an a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419350 | Configuring operative arm of excavator with adapter body to extend operative arm An excavator includes an undercarriage including a track, a turret rotatable on the undercarriage, the turret including a chassis, a first operative arm set, a second operative arm set, an adapter body coupling the first operative arm set to the second operative arm... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367739 | Two component seal A pair of pivoting parts are held together with a pin, with a first part, such as a rod end of a hydraulic actuator, positioned between two flanges of a bracket, with the flanges having surfaces mating with sides surfaces of the rod end. A seal is placed in each of ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364381 | Pivotal connector assembly A connector assembly pivotally couples a caster assembly with a pivot arm of an agricultural implement. The connector assembly includes first and second structural support plates having openings to receive a connector pin therethrough pivotally coupling the arm betw... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360327 | Material moving pusher/bucket A pusher/bucket has back plate with wings pivotably mounted at either end, and a drop blade pivotably mounted thereto. The drop blade can be secured in a raised position where it is superimposed over the back plate; when in the raised position, the wings can be posi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354239 | Attachment device for a loader bucket or fork A mounting device for securing a grapple tooth bar to a loader bucket or fork includes at least one guide arm rotatably secured to the loader bucket or fork and having a distal end. A grapple tooth bar mounting bracket is attached to the distal end of the guide arm ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354066 | Counterweight device for construction machinery A counterweight device comprises a first engaging groove formed at a counterweight, a second engaging groove formed at a body frame, a first engaging member projecting at the counterweight, which engages at the second engaging groove when mounting the counterweight,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351028 | Work machine adapter and method Adapter for mounting on a work machine comprising an attachment for individually attaching one or more working implements to the work machine and allowing lateral rotation or tilting of the working implement, thereby raising one lateral end of the implement while si... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337564 | Loader coupler or other attachment with adjustable stops A loader coupler or other attachment includes first and second roll-back stops located on opposite lateral sides. The stops include a mounting location such as a boss, a bumper or stop member releasably secured to the mounting location, and optionally one or more sh... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331749 | Backhoe for all-terrain vehicles A backhoe for quick connection to an end of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is described. A quick-connector mechanism is secured to a main mounting frame of the backhoe for securement to attaching components of an ATV. The backhoe has a pair of adjustable telescopic le... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329082 | Electrically actuated attachment system for tractor front end loaders Electrically actuated quick attach systems for tractor front end loaders are disclosed. An electric actuator with extendable rods is connected to rotatable handles mounted on attachment mounting plates. Extension of the electric actuator rods rotates the handles and... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311489 | Device for mounting of a turnable implement A drive of mounting a rotating implement to a crane arm or similar, comprises a rotator located between the crane arm and the unit that at one end is pivot-mounted to the implement for rotating the same relative to the crane arm and slewing around a first pivot axis... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306395 | Spread-style coupler with supplemental lock system A coupler includes a first hook assembly comprising a first hook adapted to receive a first associated attachment pin and a second hook assembly comprising a second hook adapted to receive a second associated attachment pin. The second hook assembly selectively pivo... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296961 | Device for power transmission in a working machine A device to transmit power from the power system of a working machine to one or more moving parts (25, 26) of a tool replaceably attachable to a first part of the working machine which is in the form of a beam, or such, comprising a first element (7) a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290977 | Powered coupling of attachment hydraulics An actuator operated apparatus for mounting and hydraulically coupling a working attachment to a mounting plate of a work vehicle. The apparatus receives a portion of pressurized fluid from the work vehicle to actuate a pair of wedges that slidably move to lock or u... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275909 | Working machine comprising an implement coupling and an implement locking element A working machine includes a lift arm and an implement coupling fixed to the lift arm. The implement coupling includes a locking element which is displaceable between an inoperative position and an operative position in which it is designed to shoot into a hole in t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267521 | Backhoe bucket reverse adapter A backhoe bucket reverse adapter is provided which can be interposed between a conventional Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe arm bucket coupling assembly and a backhoe bucket so as to reverse the orientation of the backhoe bucket. The adapter is provided with ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258242 | Mobile crane boom having an autarchic hydraulic power unit mounted thereon The present invention relates to a mobile crane boom having a self-sufficient energy supply arranged on it for supplying hydraulic energy to at least one hydraulic load arranged on the mobile crane boom. The supply of the hydraulic load arranged on the mobile crane ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246457 | Construction machine with a quick coupler The invention relates to a construction machine with a quick coupler for the coupling of a tool to a boom having a quick coupling part on the boom side and a quick coupling part on the tool side having a power circuit coupling, in particular a hydraulic coupling, ha... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241101 | Double action grab fork and method A double action grab fork is provided according to the invention. The double action grab fork includes an upper grab member, a lower grab member, and an arm. The upper grab member has an upper grab end and an upper grab body. The lower grab member has a lower grab e... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234910 | Bucket for pin grabber coupler A bucket has a pair of longitudinally parallel and spaced apart pins for attaching to a pin grabber quick coupler. The pins may require removal from the bucket for repair or replacement if the pins are damaged. One or more windows are formed in the side of the bucke... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226268 | Faceplate A faceplate having a set of skid steer receiver attachment points to permit an all-purpose agricultural tractor with a three-point hitch or front end loader to operably connect to off-the-shelf skid steer attachments so that the agricultural tractor can utilize off-... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225566 | Hybrid male coupler portion for a front-end loader A hybrid male coupler portion for a front-end loader mates selectively and interchangeably with first and second different female coupler portions. The coupler portion includes a frame. The frame includes: (i) first and second arm pin-on locations adapted for connec... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223062 | Front end loader tactical boom apparatus A front end loader tactical boom apparatus providing a means of penetrating walls for the purposes of gathering intelligence and the dispensation of suppression agents. The tactical boom apparatus my be readily assembled at a given site with varying boom lengths and... | 05/29/2007 |
