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...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426889 | Clamping device for coupling transport devices A clamping device for coupling a transport device, for example a cabin, gondola, or a chair, to the hauling or traction cable of a cableway system. The clamping device contains two clamping jaws that can be moved toward one another or apart for coupling the clamping... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7216591 | Bill deposit/withdrawal machine for depositing/withdrawing bills A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills which includes a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, a temporary storage box for temporarily stori... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6968787 | Gaming table validator assembly A bill acceptor assembly for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency at a gaming table. The bill acceptor assembly includes a validator assembly capable of accepting a stack of individual notes in a receiving slot mounted to the gaming table, proce... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6941820 | Cuff type clamping force sensor A cuff type clamping force sensor is mounted around a surface of a load-bearing round column of a forming machine, so as to measure any stretch, tension, and surface stress of the load-bearing round column. The clamping force sensor mainly includes a cuff-type locat... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6321658 | Mobile jaw vice for clamping and unclamping vehicles to and from a traction cable of a transport system A mobile jaw (11,12) vice (10) for clamping and unclamping vehicles (19) to and from a traction cable (13) of a single-cable or two-cable transport system, such as a chair lift, a funicular cableway and a city transport system or a telpher, comprising a l... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5568771 | Detachable grip for coupling cars or chairs of a gondola lift or chairlift A detachable grip of a gondola lift or chairlift has a movable jaw urged towards a fixed jaw by a pair of compression springs. The movable jaw is rigidly secured to one end of an operating lever, which pivots in a vertical plane containing the grip body t... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5452662 | Device for coupling a gondola or a chair to the overhead cable of a cableway system A device for coupling a ferry, such as a gondola or chair, to the hoisting r load cable of an overhead cableway system includes a clamping body with rollers. A first clamping jaw is rigidly secured. A second clamping jaw can be swiveled relative to the fir... | 09/26/1995 |
| 4403552 | Detachable grip assembly and method A grip assembly and method for detachably mounting a chair, gondola or the like to a movable cable is disclosed. The grip assembly includes a movable jaw, spring biasing means coupled to bias the jaw to a closed position, and jaw actuating means in the fo... | 09/13/1983 |
