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Class 104/135 - Roller track


Subclass of Class 104 - Railways
Definition: Sledways having the track-surface made up of a series of
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 03/09/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7673567Turbofan powered locomotive and monorail
A track and linkage device for a locomotive designed to run on a track and powered by a turbofan engine comprises a track defining a channel having an open upper end and a plurality of ball bearings in the channel such that at least a portion of the ball bearings pr...
03/09/2010
7137343Transportation system
A mass transit system includes a plurality of pedestal-mounted rings which provide a support through which a vehicle travels. The pedestals are spaced apart on the ground, but no rail or connecting structure on or above ground is required. An underground conduit car...
11/21/2006
6129027Processing machine
This invention concerns a processing machine, particularly for panel-shaped workpieces of wood or wood materials, which consists of: one or more processing stations which essentially lie in the same plane; at least one working unit which can travel over t...
10/10/2000
5483897Track and rail-form slider combinations
A track and rail-form slider combination includes a rail-form slider having a top surface, a bottom surface, and sides extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. Four corners are formed where the top surface meets the sides and the bottom s...
01/16/1996
5110249Transport system for inline vacuum processing
An inline processing system for processing a batch of pallets, including a first magazine for supporting a predetermined number of unprocessed pallets. A load chamber for receiving and supporting the first magazine and for indexing the magazine to present...
05/05/1992
4928601Bike monorail system
A bicycle monorail system is provided and consists of a series of bicycles which are to be peddled by riders to run about an elevated monorail track having an irregular continuous path. Each bicycle includes a structure thereon to prevent another bicycle ...
05/29/1990
4860875Roll-block and to a roll-way assembled from roll blocks
A roll-way is assembled from roll blocks to permit frictionless displacement of goods or vehicles placed thereupon. The roll blocks contain a base body having a roll surface into which there is embedded a multitude of rolling balls that are closely spaced...
08/29/1989
4784064Device for positioning an object
A device for moving or positioning an object makes use of a track on a base and a circular groove on the platform. The platform holds the object. Balls are captured between the platform and the base which permit independent translation and rotation of the...
11/15/1988
4695219Cage deck
A materials handling system which includes a deck on which is mounted a number of rollers, a motor for rotating the rollers in either sense, a pair of rails for a tracked vehicle, and at least one cover which is pivotal to expose or overlie the rollers....
09/22/1987
4664579Arrangement for transferring heavy workpieces
The present invention relates to an improved arrangement for transferring heavy workpieces from a transport or storage position to at least one machining position or reverse. According to the invention this is achieved by means of a pair of arms (13) whic...
05/12/1987
4597339Pallet
An all-steel winged pallet has a deck formed of hollow steel tubes welded at each end to a support member. The support members extend perpendicular to the deck tubes and parallel to each other and have generally U-shaped cross-sections that are mirror ima...
07/01/1986
4548135Floor conveyor system
A floor conveyance system for transporting goods along a preselected conveyance path includes a drag chain conveyor defining a first surface and a skid conveyor having one end adjacent to the drag chain conveyor and defining a second surface disposed at a...
10/22/1985
4380287Oscillating-accumulating conveyor system
An elongated oscillating live-roller conveyor is disposed between a pair of horizontal guide rails which project upwardly above the conveyor rollers for slidably guiding skids unidirectionally along the conveyor. A pair of one-way holding mechanisms are m...
04/19/1983
4365618Heliostatic solar energy conversion system
A heliostatic solar energy conversion system in which a plurality of multi-faceted heliostats are supported on one or more platforms that move in a segment of a circular path about a central receiver as a center. The heliostats are mounted in frames that ...
12/28/1982
4259907Arrangement for the transfer of conveyed articles between intersecting trackways
This invention relates to an arrangement for engaging the relative elevation of two intersecting trackways for conveying and transferring freight goods in two conveying directions. One of the conveyors has rollers for engaging the flat bottoms of the frei...
04/07/1981
4230044Aircraft pallet for over-hanging load
An aircraft pallet is equipped with one or two telescoped pilot plates delineating maximum actual load overhang, to be not more than the roller track can handle....
10/28/1980
4223609Method and installation for loading passengers on a mobile suspended carrier
A passenger loading method and installation is provided by means of which passengers are mechanically propelled and accelerated to a velocity substantially the same as that of a main transport structure onto which they can be loaded without the necessity ...
09/23/1980
4217070System for placing items
A system for placing items, preferably for parking motor vehicles in a garage, comprises shiftable carrying plates, which carry the items and occupy a plurality of respective carrying plate positions arranged thoughout the available area in rows, which ar...
08/12/1980
4205740Pulsating gravity conveyor with load alignment means
A gravity-type roller conveyor having plural rollers mounted on an elongated support member which is movably positioned within an elongated frame member. The upper edges of the frame member have sidewardly extending flanges which define braking surfaces. ...
06/03/1980
4202272Pneumatic transport apparatus and method of propulsion
A pneumatic transport system in which a continuous overhead rail extends through a plurality of transport stations. Transport tubes are arranged along the rail for high-speed travel of a vehicle which is suspended therefrom. Between the transport tubes, t...
05/13/1980
4049131Freight container unloading system
Mechanism for removing containerized freight from a beached watercraft and ransporting same to a waiting tractor-trailer located on firm terrain. The mechanism is designed to transport heavy freight containers across muddy or loose sandy terrain without al...
09/20/1977
4042128Substrate transfer apparatus for a vacuum coating system
Substrate transfer apparatus for a vacuum coating or processing system of the multiple compartment type, comprising a rectangular platform for carrying substrates to be coated, the platform being moveable through the compartments over and between supporti...
08/16/1977
4029023Four-way pallet
A four-way pallet is of rectangular shape and is unitarily formed inwardly f each of its longitudinal edges with a row of three edge bosses projecting and tapering from one of the faces of the pallet. These bosses constitute feet for the pallet and define ...
06/14/1977
3971314Skatewheel conveyor pallet
This invention relates to pallets employed in materials handling on wheel conveyors, also known as skate or skatewheel conveyors, and more particularly to a pallet which is self-guiding along the conveyor....
07/27/1976
3942720Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of a vehicle along a prescribed path
A vehicle path controller has a plurality of cylindrical support rollers arranged in section(s) with each roller axis (of rotation) substantially parallel to and along the prescribed path. An entrance ramp is positioned adjacent the initial roller section...
03/09/1976
 
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