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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7243604 | Hidden-rail and dual-attraction balancing compensation type permanent magnetic levitation train and railway system A hidden-rail dual-attraction balancing compensation type permanent magnetic levitation train and railway system are provided. The hidden rails are provided inside two underground tubes, and each tube is communicated with the ground via a rail through silt. A magnet... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7205730 | Article transport vehicle The invention provides an article transport vehicle that includes: a vehicle body; a first wheel that supports the vehicle body; a second wheel that is disposed spaced apart from the first wheel in a fore-and-aft direction, and that supports the vehicle body; a firs... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6283038 | Profile rail joint A profile rail joint for use for example in light crane systems has connecting ends of profile rails to be joined, provided with jointing sleeves arranged on side surfaces of the rails, the sleeves comprising through holes for locking devices of the joint... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5555814 | Track for sortation handling equipment An improved monorail-type track section for use in a material handling and sortation system in which one or more train-type trolleys or cars runs along the track between various sortation and handling stations. The track section comprises a substantially ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5505138 | Support system for conveyor track A conveyor track support system includes an elongated support rail with an upper horizontal planar support surface removably connected to a plurality of hangers, and preferably suspended from a ceiling above the ground. Each hanger includes a bar projecti... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5443151 | Conveyor or crane beam of extruded aluminum alloy A beam for a bridge crane or conveyor system is extruded from an aluminum alloy in a configuration that disposes thickened regions at four corners of the beam. One pair of these is along opposite edges of a top flange, and another pair is at opposite lowe... | 08/22/1995 |
| 4800945 | Strip-articulated door that turns in small radius An improved sliding door composed of articulated strips in which the novel features are a high guide containing a rotating vertical wheel that supports two adjacent strips and a rotating horizontal wheel that follow a curved track. Additional features inc... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4798146 | Suspension means for a running rail of a suspension railway A running rail has a double T profile formed by two chords connected with a web. Grooves extend parallel to the web, in the inner sides of both chords. On a lower end, the suspension arm has a suspension plate with an upper edge that engages into the groo... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4794865 | Amusement ride vehicle An amusement ride vehicle for travel along a trackway defined by a pair of track rails. The vehicle includes a pair of transverse frames pivotally carried by an elongated main frame, with drive wheels carried by the transverse frames in driving engagement... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4776282 | Self-running device for a transporting carrier A conveyor device for conveying articles along a predetermined path of travel having a running rail on opposite sides of the path of travel. A bus bar is below said running rails. A self-propelled carrier has driving wheels to roll on the running rails. T... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4776452 | Mechanism for the transportation of objects A mechanism for the transportation of objects on an endlessly rotating roller chain (4) of a support structure, which chain moves in or upon a support structure (1), having pallet-like sliding carriages (12) guided in or upon tracks of the support structu... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4682547 | Amusement ride with vehicles supported by universally hinged wheel groups An amusement ride installation of a closed track figure eight configuration has passenger carriers suspended to swing from a plurality of support rods pivotally mounted to a single carriage. Each carriage has a frame made of transverse and longitudinal me... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4640196 | Track member and track for conveyor trolleys A track member for supporting the wheels of conveyor trolleys connected to a chain comprises first and second trackways arranged in vertically spaced, oppositely facing relation, each trackway having a pair of track surfaces spaced apart by a vertical web... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4474114 | Arrangement for conveyors A conveyor for moving a number of goods carriers (22) along a track has a drive device provided with a driver member (59) operating with a reciprocating movement which can entrain the goods carriers in the desired transport direction and move freely in th... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4171670 | Overhead rail transportation systems A rail having an upper supporting edge and a lower braking edge, and a traction unit for riding on the rail and adapted to be connected to a carrier so as to suspend the carrier from the rail. This traction unit has a power-driven wheel to ride on the rai... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4164187 | Motorized overhead trolley The invention has reference to an overhead trolley, particularly for tracks in a store, its wheel running on a rail driven by a motor, where actuation of the pivoted auxiliary wheel assembly elevates the trolley to support the driven wheel of the trolley ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4037541 | Track for a combined monorail and overhead monorail A track for combined monorail and overhead monorail having a power supply and control tracks consisting of a U-shaped rail section having inwardly extending flanges at its upper sides for receiving the rollers or wheels of the accessory device. At least o... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3935822 | Monorail trolley Disclosed herein is an improved trolley truck traveling on a monorail having spaced horizontal surfaces, in which a frame of the truck supports at least one supporting or traction wheel on the upper surface of the rail and a counterwheel on the lower surf... | 02/03/1976 |
