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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113123 | Overhead transport service vehicle and method A overhead transport service vehicle system includes a carriage frame structured and arranged to carry a user. A hoisting mechanism utilizes at least one lifting device for lifting and lowering the carriage frame and at least one moving device for causing movement o... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7854202 | Overhead transport service vehicle and method A overhead transport service vehicle system includes a carriage frame structured and arranged to carry a user. A hoisting mechanism utilizes at least one lifting device for lifting and lowering the carriage frame and at least one moving device for causing movement o... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7823511 | Installation for conveying individuals An installation conveys individuals by way of a transporting device along a track located above the ground and borne by supports. The installation further has a base station, an apparatus for conveying the transporting device from the base station to a top station, ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7568434 | Device and system for surveillance, search, and/or rescue The invention is a system that is movable along a guide. It includes housing having a center of mass, a first wheel and a second wheel, each connected to the housing and configured to rotate about a respective axis. Each axis is displaced from the center of mass to ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7377218 | Emergency rescue vehicle The present invention relates to a rescue assembly including a vehicle that rides upon a track operated by a network of pistons set in a left to right array and connected by slanted bridges for control of said capsule. The vehicle, track, and piston network is all c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7303050 | Fastening element for elevator guide rails A sound-damping and/or vibration-damping fastening element for elevator guide rails includes an anchor rail connected by a damping medium with a support rail. The anchor rail supports the elevator guide rail and is partially embedded in the damping medium. The ancho... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7234566 | Elevator insert Inserts (10 or 10A) for mounting rails (302) for rollers (301) on a cab in a shaft (300) of an elevator are described. Also, insert 10A is particularly useful for mounting flooring in the elevator shaft (300). The ins... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7019421 | Modular linear electric motor with limited stator excitation zone and stator gap compensation A linear motor system including compartmentalized stator sections provides an interchangeable and serviceable alternative to other linear motors. The stator sections may be individually-energized so that power is only sent to stator sections adjacent to the thrust p... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6240851 | Transport system Transport system with a transport track (1) along which one or more transport elements (2) (cabins) are moveable, said track (1) running over a substantial horizontal distance, and at least two horizontally spaced stations, for loading and unloading perso... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5931264 | Rail survey unit A rail survey unit (130) measures the relative profile of an elevator guide rail (132) at a series of equally spaced points (ao -an) along the rail (132).... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5372072 | Transportation system A transportation system comprises a continuous stationary track having a pair of opposed rigid bearing surfaces, and a plurality of discrete cantilevered load-carrying vehicle units movable beside said track. Each vehicle is coupled to the track by a bogi... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5330033 | Lift device comprising strap-like rail and bearings fitted to helical strap-like rail A lift device having shielded bearings and a strap-like rail that are designed to screw fit in each other. The shielded bearings are mounted in a circumferential thread fashion at a proper pitch on at least three pillars provided inside an outer shell cyl... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5203265 | Self-propelling, multi-route transport for movement along both horizontal and vertical sections of track A self-propelling transport having utility as an elevator system in a high rise building, the transport having a vehicle unit that rides on a track unit that includes a stationary drive chain that is engaged by a sprocket wheel assembly on the vehicle uni... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5144894 | Conveying system A conveying system is provided for conveying lap rolls between different stories of a building. The conveying system includes an elevator and a transfer station on each story. A control unit controls the elevator and transfer stations independently of the... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5125346 | Lift installation A lift installation provided with a vertically moveable lift cage having an entrance. The lift cage is rotatably connected to a supporting structure adapted to rotatably couple to a helical guide formed into or connected to the shaft wall. The shaft struc... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5020440 | Conveyor with pivotally damped workpiece carrier A conveying apparatus for conveying work pieces along a path defined by a track that can have ascending and descending sections. An elevator mechanism is pivotally supported relative to a drive mechanism that cooperates with the track for moving work piec... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5012918 | Intermittent work conveying apparatus A part conveyor includes a series of slide bars of equal lengths. Each bar is movable in a pair of parallel rails and in transfer rails at the ends of the parallel rails. The slide bars have upwardly opening U-shaped members projecting from the rails. A p... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4977983 | Mount system for elevator guide rails Guide rails for a cantilevered elevator are mounted in the elevator hoistway on structural components of the building. The mounting assembly provides for an increased number of guide rail securement points in the hoistway without the need for increasing t... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4957189 | Lifting device A lifting device which includes an outer rail composed of an outer vertical section, and an outer inclined section, an outer horizontal section; an inner rail composed of an inner vertical section, an inner inclined section, and an inner horizontal sectio... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4953469 | Selectively positionable variable height workstation and method of use A variable height workstation includes a trolley delivery apparatus for controllably moving a rail section from a gap formed in a subsidiary loop rail to a workstation located remotely from the loop. A pivotal cam is controllably rotated by an actuator an... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4922829 | Variable height workstation and system A variable height workstation includes a trolley delivery apparatus for moving a rail section from a gap formed in a subsidiary loop rail to a workstation located remotely from the loop. A pivotal cam moves with the rail section and arrests travel of a tr... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4876965 | Device for the centering of a rail in elevator stations of electric overhead trolley conveyors The present invention refers to a device for the centering of a movable rail section relative to a stationary rail section of an overhead trolley conveyor, notably a lifting station of a trolley conveyor. There is at least one centering body attached to t... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4807536 | Microprocessor-controlled system of aerial transport for industrial installations A microprocessor-controlled system of aerial transport for industrial installations. This system is characterized by the combination of the following parts: (a) a main circuit, (b) a group of carts, (c) stations, (d) a group of points, (e) an ascent group... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4771699 | Device for cable transport A device for transport of a cable in vertical shafts, in which the cable is attached to a number of sliding means at regular intervals and arranged to slide or roll along a vertical guiding rail. The sliding means are also rigidly attached to a lifting wi... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4724771 | Closed-loop amusement ride system An amusement ride system according to the present invention comprises a pair of rails extending at a fixed distance from each other, and a passenger car located between the rails and traveling along the rails. A plurality of wheel units are provided on ei... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4706782 | Lifting and lowering a rail section A device for lifting and lowering a rail track section in between two rail tracks mounted in different vertical levels and including an elevator carrying the rail track section is improved by means of a latching structure at each end of that section, each... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4679666 | Weight responsive rotary retardation device A gravity powered part transfer system in which parts are suspended on a rotating member from a declining track or rail. The rotating member is associated with a viscous fluid in a manner which permits the active fluid to be altered in thickness in respon... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4440090 | Storage arrangement for truck conveyor trolleys Storage arrangement for truck conveyor trolleys is provided wherein trolley units are designed to run within a conveyance path defined by a trolley rail. The trolley units are engageable with a truck for receiving articles to be carried and can be attache... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4411357 | Safety device for use in conveyor-type apparatus A flipper assembly has a flipper plate and an aligned guide rail both of which provide a support surface for a movable assembly. The flipper plate is movable into and out of the plane of the support surface. An extension arm is mounted on the guide rail f... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4395180 | Engine unit maintenance complex A facility for maintaining and servicing multiple units of equipment such as jet engines, after removal from an aircraft by conventional procedures, makes use of a multiple number of service bays serving as maintenance stations disposed on opposite sides ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4394837 | Passenger station for elevated railway system In an elevated railway system having a track comprising upper and lower rails extending longitudinally along one side of a beam structure, and passenger cars traveling on the track having doors on their sides adjacent the beam structure, a passenger stati... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4316535 | Workpiece storage system For use in a work processing line for workpieces, a workpiece storage system including a topologically closed loop track means having downwardly sloping surfaces coupled with elevators and lowerators in the loop, and work holding, gravity-operated pallets... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4232424 | Two rail overhead conveyor device A two rail overhead conveyor device for meat processing is disclosed comprising an eviscerating platform conveyor, an entrance or feed rail, a lower rail for smaller carcasses and an upper rail for larger carcasses running parallel to each other above the... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4111130 | Method of transferring passengers from vehicles to a station A station for a transport system comprising a track, an entry level, a transit level vertically spaced from the entry level and at which vehicles or trains may be stopped and two pairs of lifts arranged one pair on each side of the track, the lifts being ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4071135 | Passenger transportation apparatus A plurality of passenger cars are hung at equal intervals along an endless parallel chain and continuously travel in one direction between two horizontal platforms which are vertically spaced from each other and are maintained stationary with respect to t... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070972 | Carrier propelling mechanism for power and free conveyors Propelling mechanism for forwarding a carrier of a power and free conveyor from the delivery end of a first carrier supporting track onto a track section of an elevator and thence onto the receiving end of a second carrier supporting track. The elevator i... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4019605 | Food delivery system for restaurants In a food delivery system for restaurants, a conveyor tray adapted to receive a food container and to move along an overhead conveyor track from a central station along a loop including a series of delivery stations at patrons tables, an elevator includin... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4011820 | Method and means for stabilizing and positioning a trolley hanger relative to a conveyor rail A hoist mechanism is activated to elevate a trolley hanger from a lowered position to a predetermined position adjacent and above a conveyor rail after which the hanger is stabilized and the rail-engaging wheel of the trolley hanger is positioned in verti... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4004654 | Elevator structure supporting apparatus This invention provides a continuous flow elevator system wherein a plurality of cabs or cars are contained in a single shaft with means for switching the cabs from a set of continuous flow rails to a set of alternate rails associated therewith. There is ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3952836 | Construction hoist conveying system A composite transfer device for conveying material used in the construction of high tower-like structures, from a loading position at the base of the structure to a working platform which is raised as building proceeds. The device includes portions giving... | 04/27/1976 |
