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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296521 | Conveyance apparatus using movable body A conveyance apparatus using movable bodies, in which a plurality of lateral travel rail members capable of supporting and guiding guided devices situated on a main rail are provided to the side of a prescribed region of the fixed path, in such a manner that a frame... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7089868 | Conveyance apparatus using movable body A conveyance apparatus using movable bodies, in which a plurality of lateral travel rail members capable of supporting and guiding guided devices situated on a main rail are provided to the side of a prescribed region of the fixed path, in such a manner that a frame... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6708622 | Rail mounted patient lift A rail mounted patient lift comprises a ceiling mountable rail 10, a carriage 16 mounted for displacement along the rail, a flexible elongate support element and power operated lifting means for extending and retracting the support element relative to ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6481359 | Automatic track switching system for operable walls An automatic track switching stem is provided for a movable wall system having multiple wall panels (22) supported by and movable along multiple paths defined by multiple track sections (26-32) to predetermined configurations. The track switching system i... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6450319 | Processing system for processing piece goods The processing system serves for processing piece goods (e.g. containers or printed products). It comprises a conveying system with a closed rail track system optionally having switch points (SV, SZ) and a plurality of conveying/holding means displaceable... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5768998 | Suspension conveyor system A suspension conveyor system includes a rail network and a roller apparatus adapted to travel along it. The rails comprise at least two sectional running girders each with upper and lower running surfaces and at least one sectional support girder. The run... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5570637 | Garage for a continuous cable railway A garage for storing vehicles of a continuous cable railway system. The garage has a plurality of side tracks arranged parallel or substantially parallel to one another to form preferably a rectangular shape. The garage is loaded with vehicles from the st... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5329857 | Track switch for suspended movable wall panels A track switch for use with a track intersection for movable wall panels wherein the track intersection has a first track path and a second track path for the movable wall panels to traverse. The switch includes an actuator movable between a first actuato... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5193767 | Girder type switch track A switch track apparatus for a girder type track comprises a movable girder composed of at least one girder portion shiftable between a plurality of positions on a fixed supporting member and of at least one drive device for driving the movable girder. Th... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4993326 | Rail switch A rail switch (1), particularly for an overhead conveyor system, adapted to assume at least two switch positions (I, II, III) for selectively connecting a first rail (2) comprising a runway (2a, 2b) for casters (7a, 7b) of conveyor carriages (6) to the fr... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4991707 | Bodyside panel handling conveyor A carrier is mounted for movement along a conveying path defined by a pair of conveying rails, one of which has a relatively short gap at a work station. A manipulator device is located at the work station and includes a relatively short conveying rail se... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4944227 | Rail transportation system with switches In overhead rail systems with branching tracks, a carrier such as a feeding container can be brought to pass a cyclic transportation course when the pertaining switches are correctly operated. By the invention the carrier (8, 6) and the switches (10) are ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4919055 | Switching device for an overhead cable transport The switching device which interconnects a substantially linear primary track with a curved branch track, wherein each such track possesses a travel rail and in a plane above each of the travel rails a guide track, comprises two pivotable or swivelable tr... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4881468 | Suspension conveyor system Described in a suspension conveyor system suitable for the use of conveyance units having two travelling rollers interconnected by an open yoke. The suspension conveyor system is universally applicable and capable of optimum adaptation to operating and sp... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4715361 | Passive mobilizer Apparatus for passively exercising the human extremities includes an elongate track (16) comprising a tubular housing (46) having a slot formed in the bottom thereof. A lead screw (62) is longitudinally disposed in the housing and a carriage (26) is threa... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4498399 | Free line switch arrangement for power-and-free trolley conveyor A first free line composed of two rails arranged in parallel in a substantially horizontal plane is joined to a second free line composed of two rails arranged in parallel in the substantially horizontal plane. A switch rail pivotally movable in the subst... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4389942 | Switch for a carriage of a two track suspension railroad A switch for lateral guide rollers of a two track suspension railroad has a one piece central switch point which is arranged at the fork point of the inner guide surfaces and with which, in the vicinity of its free end, two further switch points may be as... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4372218 | Transportation installation A conveyor system for serving a plurality of processing stations having a plurality of trolley carriages, an overhead main conveyor comprising a monorail track for the trolley carriages, and forming a loop having a pair of substantially parallel sides alo... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4354434 | Track and switch construction for self-propelled vehicles A track construction for a self-propelled vehicle includes a pair of longitudinally extending track members connected in transversely spaced relation by arch-shaped yokes which extend upwardly over the track members and from which a conductor rail is susp... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4203369 | Transportation systems In a transportation system of the kind in which vehicles move along a guideway which includes diverging junctions and a vehicle-mounted track selection mechanism can be set to control which side of the junction the vehicle is to follow, both by an on-boar... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4148261 | Transfer system for power-and-free conveyor In a power-and-free conveyor including a first free rail, a second free rail branching off from the first free rail, a first and a second power rail provided above the free rails respectively, a transfer system for transferring the carriers movably suppor... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4143599 | Power and free trolley apparatus Improved power and free trolley apparatus includes independent pusher and hold back dogs positively moved to an accumulate position by a counterweighted actuating lever moving to an accumulate position. The dogs, however, are self-biased, the pusher dog s... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4016818 | Monorail switch A monorail track switch comprised of two swinging switch beams pivoted to track beam ends from which the wheeled trucks of trains are to be directed onto a continuing main line track beam, freedom for switch movements being provided for by anti-friction a... | 04/12/1977 |
