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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7313995 | Inclinable munitions launcher A deck-mounted inclined munitions launcher is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the launcher includes a platform, two pivotally-coupled munitions canisters, and a drive system. An exhaust end of each munitions canister is movably coupled to ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7114408 | Drop away leaf pivot unit A drop away leaf pivot unit for use with a clamp in a manufacturing environment. The drop away leaf pivot unit includes a body having a plurality of orifices therethrough and a chamber defined therein. A base member is connected to the body at one side thereof. The ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7081079 | Rotary object feeder A rotary object feeder comprises a sun member having a sun axis and being rotatable about a sun axis of rotation at a rotational speed of W1. The feeder also has a planetary member mounted for connection to the sun member, the planetary member having a planet... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6997671 | Separating arrangement for a cartoning machine A separating arrangement for the individual removal of carton blanks (Z) from a magazine (M) and for shifting the removed carton blank (Z) from a removal position into a transfer position has a motor-driven pivoting arm (5) and means (6) arranged there... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6468018 | Article transfer apparatuses An article transfer apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a fulcrum, a lever arm rotatably attached to the fulcrum, and a clamp coupled to the lever arm having a first carrier retaining portion and a second carrier retaining portion.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6457932 | Automated barrel panel transfer and processing system An automated system for preparing weld land areas of panels to be welded to each other is disclosed. Generally, the system of the present invention includes a system for cleaning contaminants from such weld land areas. In one embodiment, the system for cl... | 10/01/2002 |
| 5961273 | Stacker for the stacking of metallic section bars in alternating, upright and reverse layers A stacker for the stacking of metallic section bars in alternating upright and reverse layers in an orderly manner, in particular of section bars originating from rolling mills by a conveying line which includes a plurality of trolleys equipped with lance... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5944478 | Automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking, in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers, metal sections originating from a rolling mill An automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers rolled metal sections originating from a rolling mill via a transport line is characterised in that each head also undergoes vertical transla... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5713714 | Tilt cylinder for an underreach assembly The present invention is directed a tilt cylinder assembly for an underlift assembly for attachment to a recovery vehicle. The present invention provides for rotation of the horizontal member about a first and second pivot point. The first pivot point is ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5599152 | Multicomponent attachment apparatus for a moveable working device A multicomponent attachment apparatus for a movable working device which is detachably attached to the front end of the working device, including a device-sided adapter in order to connect the attachment to the working device, a building component-sided s... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5456570 | Rotary placer A rotary placer for picking, transferring and placing a carton from a stack of cartons or sleeves in a magazine to an assembly position. The rotary placer includes a frame driven for rotation about a first axis and supporting an arm having an inner end an... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5395205 | Part loading apparatus having harmonically driven shuttle and pivotal part supporting frame A part loading apparatus is disclosed for transporting a workpiece from a first position generally in a first plane to a second position generally in a second plane for transfer to another work station. The part loading apparatus includes a rail for trans... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5374158 | Probe and inverting apparatus An invertor (10) is disclosed including first and second probes (12, 14) which are pivotably mounted to a U-shaped housing (20) and to a block (18) which is reciprocally mounted to the housing (20) by guide shafts (38). The block (18) is reciprocated by a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5358372 | Sheet block inverter A sheet block inverter is described in which successive blocks of sheets received along an infeed plane are successively inverted prior to being received on a discharge conveyor. A sheet block receiving magazine receives a sheet block along the infeed pla... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5253973 | Vehicles and vehicle lifts A lift for attachment to a vehicle for moving mobility-impaired passengers between lowered and raised positions for entry and exit. A platform (27) is affixed to an unequal modified parallelogram structure (20), the combination being supported on movable ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5212929 | Unit to feed and stack layers of sections Unit (10) to feed and stack layer of sections, which is located downstream of a layer-forming platform (11) and upstream of a packaging assembly (32), the layer-forming platform (11) comprising a plurality of conveyors (29), the unit (10) consisting of a ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5141388 | Apparatus for turning a package An apparatus for turning over a package (9) through 180° out of a first position (I) on a supply conveyor (6) into a second position (II) on a removal conveyor (12), a frame (2) mounted on the floor (1) being provided to support a propulsion unit provide... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5114301 | Rotator for backhoe equipment A rotator for use on backhoe boom to rotate attachments thereon relative to the boom. The rotator has a main support frame pivotally secured to the boom with a rotating extension mount onto which the attachment is secured. A rotary joint for hydraulic con... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4930972 | Material handling vehicles A new lugger truck employs a moveable load carrying platform in place of the standard fixed platform, the container being loaded on to the platform while it is in a rear position, which is then moved to a forward position, allowing the load carried by the... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4844682 | Garbage-collecting truck Garbage-collecting truck comprising a dumping unit, including a pour-in opening and lifting and tipping mechanism for receiving a garbage can and emptying it into the pour-in opening leading into a receiving chamber. The lifting and tipping mechanism comp... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4836742 | System for controlling a robot in association with a rotary table A system is provided for controling a robot operating in association with a rotary table, including a robot, a rotary table, and a control circuit. The control circuit carries out a step of composing and storing teaching data as values on a rotary table o... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4802809 | Manipulator for standard mechanical interface apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for transferring a cassette holding articles to be processed to and from a container supported at a processing station where the processing station has a cassette port for receiving the cassette when the cassett... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4797060 | Earth-working machine An earth-working machine such as an excavator includes a mobile chassis having a support base on which an internal or external gear is fixedly mounted. A slider ring is mounted on the underside of a turntable with a hydraulic motor mounted thereon and hav... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4784562 | Apparatus for carrying work to and out of press An apparatus for carrying a workpiece to and out of a press is provided with at least a pair of workpiece carrying mechanism assemblies which are driven and controlled independently, and each of the mechanism assemblies includes at least one attachment fo... | 11/15/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4741663 | Locking and sliding system A side shift backhoe mounted on a sliding frame adapted for sliding transversely along upper and lower tracks of a main frame and in which the sliding frame and one of the tracks have matching chamfered surfaces and the sliding frame and other track have ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4715771 | Variable geometry mounting arrangement for backhoe assembly A variable geometry mounting arrangement for the boom assembly of a backhoe is disclosed which permits relatively great working depths without increasing the overall height of the backhoe assembly in its raised, transport position. The arrangement include... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4715761 | Universal floor mounted pipe handling machine A pipe handling machine having vertical tracks mounted on a rotatable base. A carriage is mounted on the vertical tracks for vertical movement. A multisection telescoping boom is mounted on the carriage, and a pipe-engaging head is mounted on the end of t... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4676709 | Long arm manipulator for standard mechanical interface apparatus Disclosed is a manipulator for removing a cassette holding articles, such as semiconductor wafers, to be processed from a container supported on a processing station in a standard mechanical interface (SMIF) system. The container is supported on an interf... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4674936 | Short arm manipulator for standard mechanical interface apparatus Disclosed is a manipulator for removing a cassette holding articles, such as semiconductor wafers, to be processed from a container supported on a processing station in a standard mechanical interface (SMIF) system. The container is supported on an interf... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4666364 | Low friction cylinder for manipulators, based on the pantograph principle and equipped with a pneumatic balancer control In a pantograph load handling device having work arms formed of a parallelogram linkage, an improved load cylinder arrangement is provided comprising a flexible diaphragm disposed in a loose support arrangement to afford vertical movement of the load in a... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4626159 | Machine loader A loader for relatively long, flexible strips of sheet stock has a pair of parallel, generally vertically extending arms having vertically slotted upper ends. The lower ends of the arms are pivotally connected with vertically guided slide blocks. Each arm... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4599035 | Article raising and lowering apparatus A device for raising and lowering a heavy object between selected heights and positions includes two pairs of spaced, parallel lift arms which are pivotally coupled at one end. One end of one of the pairs of lift arms is pivotally coupled to a base member... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4575302 | Dumping mechanism A dumping mechanism for tilting a chute to discharge a load from the chute comprises a linkage supporting the chute on a base for movement between a loading position and a dumping position under the action of hydraulic piston and cylinders connected betwe... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4566846 | Carton transfer apparatus with effective constant length inverting arm A carton transfer apparatus including an inverting arm having a carrier for transferring individual blanks of flexible paperboard material. The inverting arm pivots so that its effective length remains constant throughout its feeding movement. The inverti... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4503983 | Dolly equipped with loading-unloading scissor hoist This invention relates to the hoist means employing the principle of the scissor action between a pair of the structural frames pivotably coupled to one another. The scissor hoist of the present invention employs either a combination of a pair of the stru... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4484851 | Apparatus for lifting a wheelchair onto the roof of an automobile A device for selectably positioning onto an automobile an invalid's wheelchair comprising a fixed support apparatus mountable onto the roof of an automobile and defining a fixed track, an axle arranged for rotational rolling engagement with the track and ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4453883 | Industrial robot An industrial robot having several axes of movement and comprising a base mounted for linear or pivotal movement, a pair of angularly movable parallelogram leverages and a toolholder head movable by the leverages and supporting a tool such as a welding to... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4437807 | Wheeled trailer frame carrying unit attachment for lift truck The wheeled frame remaining after removal therefrom of a detachable cargo container is gripped by clamping mechanism of a carrying unit mounted on a lift truck, then raised above the ground and pivoted from its normal horizontal position to a vertical pos... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4373854 | Warp beam insertion carriage A carriage for inserting warp beams into a weaving machine includes a frame with rollers thereon for allowing movement of the carriage with respect to a floor or other support surface. The carriage includes support arms having front ends for engagement wi... | 02/15/1983 |
