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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789019 | Overhead traveling vehicle system and construction method of buffer in the system An overhead traveling vehicle system includes traveling rails that are hung parallel or substantially parallel to each other from a ceiling while being spaced from each other. A side buffer is disposed between the traveling rails and supported by the opposing travel... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7503263 | Device for suspending a rail of an overhead conveyor or a hoisting machine A device for suspending a rail, such as a travel rail of an overhead conveyor or a hoisting machine, from a traversing gear or supporting structure includes a tension element secured by one end to the rail. A bolt passes through the tension element and is received b... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7392747 | Rail guide for a suspended and guided sliding component A rail guide having first and second guiding rails disposed in a mirror-inverted relationship with regard to one another. At least one pair of spaced leading and following carriages are displaceably mounted to the guiding rails so as to engage and transport a slidin... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7322555 | Track jack system A method and apparatus for adjustably mounting tracks that suspend horizontal sliding doors at a freight elevator landing. The apparatus comprises a plurality of brackets adapted to be mounted in the shaft on the header above the landing opening. The brackets are ea... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311214 | Clean room crane assembly A hoist assembly for use in a clean room includes a hoist body which is received in a hoist cover cavity of a hoist cover. A rigging is coupled to a winch of the hoist body and to an attaching member attachable to a load. The rigging is received in a rigging cavity ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305894 | Nip press sensing system including a sensor strip having sensor interface electronics associated therewith and methods of operating the same According to some embodiments of the present invention, a system for determining characteristics of two rolls configured in a nip press includes a strip configured to be placed in the nip press. A plurality of sensors embedded in the strip is configured to generate ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290745 | Side opening, double enveloping wedge clamp A wedge clamp assembly includes a body having a body cable gripping surface, and a slider having a slider cable gripping surface. The slider cable gripping surface faces the body cable gripping surface to grip a cable. A connector is formed in one of the body and th... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7210657 | Clamp holder for a support structure A clamp holder to be suspended in an opening of vertical. The clamp holder includes a cantilever beam, a pillar, and a clamp slider. The cantilever beam is vertically at the beam end on an upper end of the pillar, on the back of the pillar. A beam extension is angle... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7073858 | Seating system A seating system is provided including a beam for supporting seats, wherein the seats are individually mounted to the beam at any selected longitudinal position along the beam. The system facilitates seat positioning and repositioning in a manner that optimizes seat... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7004076 | Material handling system enclosed track arrangement A hanger connects an enclosed track rail to a beam such that the enclosed track rail is positioned laterally with respect to the beam. The hanger and the arrangement of the track rail with respect to the beam allows rapid conversion of a material handling system fro... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978873 | Connection structure of induction line cover An induction line cover includes a cylinder-shaped section into which an induction line can be fitted, plate-shaped sections continuously connected outwardly from a pair of ends created by cutting a slit longitudinally in the cylinder-shaped section at a circumferen... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976662 | Ceiling grid sign hanger The invention relates to a sign hanger A, for facilitating the hanging of items such as a banner or the like from suspended ceiling grids in a store. The sign hanger is adapted to have a twist-lock releasable connection with a ceiling grid. A friction lock structure... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948895 | Wall mounted cargo securing system A cargo securing system comprising an elongate base member having a front surface and a rear surface with a plurality of attachment holes to facilitate attachment of the base member to a desired surface. An elongate slot is formed in base member and the slot communi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6823799 | Roof safety system A safety rail system (1) which can be installed on a sloping roof (42) and provides a continuous rail to which a safety rail traveller (62) and associated safety line may be attached comprises one or more longitudinal base units (10) of s... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6499408 | Rail support assembly for monorail crane A rail support system pendent from an overhead structure is provided for supporting, lifting, and conveying material, machinery, and equipment from one location to another, and for supporting movable trolleys and traveling cranes. The rail support system ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6488118 | Fall arrest bypass device and method for using same An improved bypass device for a fall arrest system that is not impeded by cable supports as it is pulled along a flexible and/or rigid cable. The bypass device has a gate which can be quickly and easily removed from a frame of the bypass device to reveal ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 5957057 | Rail system for carrier equipment Connection of rails (11, 11, 15, 15) or manufacturing of yoke members can be facilitated and necessity of a special bending device can be eliminated by configuring end yoke members (21) and intermediate yoke members (20) to have the same planar plate form... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5850794 | Method for arranging and arrangement of functional components at the track support structure of rail-bound vehicles In a method for arranging functional components at a support structure of a track of rail-bound vehicles, a first functional component is furnished with first positioning elements. Projecting arms of the support structure are provided with throughbores. T... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5839539 | Scaffold hangar construction A movable scaffold supporting device, for engaging the lower portion of a concrete girder or an I-beam type girder, including an elongated tubular member, an adjustable flange engaging arm mounted to the tubular member, an L-shaped head member, a spring l... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5799581 | Articulating suspension system for a bridge of an overhead bridge crane An articulating suspension for the bridge of an overhead bridge crane allows the bridge to be skewed from perpendicular to the parallel runs that support the bridge. The runs are allowed to pivot toward each other on pivot axes above and parallel with eac... | 09/01/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5709152 | End joining device for carrier traveling rails A device for joining two spaced confronting fixed ends of two adjacent rails which are misregistered in a vertical, a horizontal or a longitudinal direction without forming a step therebetween. In one form the joint device includes a universal joint rail ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5687649 | Monorail track structure A splice plate for monorail track sections includes a mechanism for drawing the sections together and for leveling the top surfaces of the track with respect to one another. A hanger bracket which is used to attach the track to a support structure connect... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5598785 | Hanger bracket for track rails A hanger bracket for trolley track rails is constructed of U-shaped formed pieces of sheet metal bolted together to provide both a clamping and a through bolt attachment to a rail mounting flange to simplify installation. The bracket is adapted to a pivot... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5598784 | Extruded aluminum conveyor with track offset An improved conveyor track system is provided wherein the track segments are provided with longitudinal channels of T-shaped cross-section which are offset from the centerline of the track and which accept rectangular splice bars that are used to secure t... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5582107 | Weighing device for linear motor driven transport system A linear motor driven transport system of an improved design is presented. The conventional roller configuration for holding the transport vehicle on the rail track has been replaced with a spring-loaded design so as to maintain the contact between the ro... | 12/10/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5495808 | Ceiling mounting bracket for a mine tunnel The invention comprises a ceiling mounting bracket for securement to a mine tunnel ceiling and which is used for suspending a monorail therefrom; a mobile advancing conveyor system is, in turn, suspended from the monorail and used to facilitate removal of... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5392987 | Modular model railroad track support system with snap-fit connections A modular model railway support system is designed either for overhead installation or above ground support of conventional model railway tracks. The system includes a plurality of side rail members and cross ties having opposite ends designed for interlo... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5370308 | Modular support structure for scale-model railroad track A modular support structure for scale-model railroad tracks utilizes a plurality of planks, a plurality of suspension members for suspending at least some of said planks from an architectural structure, and a plurality of rails interconnecting said planks... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5255609 | Suspension support system for an overhead conveyor system with clamp type connectors which do not penetrate existing structure An improved method and system of suspending an overhead conveyor rail from an existing structure which may or may not have horizontal structural members. A system of universal beams, brackets, connectors and bracing is arranged to suspend a conveyor rail ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5241911 | Conveyor system including a support rail with travel surfaces for driven support wheels of vehicles A conveyor system includes a support rail with travel surfaces for driven support wheels of vehicles, such as suspended or elevated trolleys or the like. An additional rail is provided for additional wheels which apply contact pressure to the support whee... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5228823 | Mobile racking system A mobile racking system for installation in a trailer van which is fitted on the inside sidewalls with a number of load retaining strips at different elevations to define different elevation loads. A number of clamping bracket assemblies are releasably at... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5188036 | Suspension device for overhead tracks with L-shaped elastic clamps for engaging grooves on the rails and clamping the rails to the suspension device An assembly (10) for supporting suspended elements (14), such as the tracks of a monorail system for the suspended movement of powered trolleys. The assembly includes a supporting hanger (11) connected at one end to a supporting beam (12) and having at th... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5104040 | Butt joint device Apparataus for butt joining hanging conveyor supports having a C-shaped rail section in which conveying hangers can travel back and forth along the rail section. The supports each have a hollow section above the rail section and trolley wires running alon... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5043052 | Flexible rail, flexible conveyor and electrodeposition coating system with flexible conveyor A flexible rail according to one preferred embodiment of the invention comprises (a) hollow rail pieces each having a generally inverted U-shaped vertical cross section, opposed open ends, a pair of laterally opposed bottom portions for supporting rollers... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5009168 | Track expander and method of use A track expanding device is employed in a conveyorized transport system to spread apart adjacently disposed sections of track thereby tensioning an endless chain travelling with these track sections. The expanding device comprises a splice and an expander... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4947758 | High performance chain for automated transport system A chain is used in an automated transport system to propel free travelling trolleys riding along a rail toward designated workstations, the chain runs within a U-shaped recess in a track channel on wheels rotatably supported by axles carried by individual... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4936221 | Conveyor for hangers, in particular garment hangers A conveyor for hangers, the conveyor comprising a frame supporting a closed loop main circuit on which hangers are caused to move in a displacement direction by drive mechanisms, the conveyor further including a series of branches each including an inlet ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4934276 | Rail for overhead rail systems A rail connection for use in an overhead suspended rail system comprises a plate bolted to the webs of the rails and upper and lower connecting structures with undercut portions for engagement with a suspension element.... | 06/19/1990 |
