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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6862998 | Aerial cableway system and cableway cabin An aerial cableway system has an endless, closed load-bearing and conveying cable which, in the terminal stations, is guided over drive or deflection wheels. Transportation devices, such as cabins and chairs, can be fixed to the load-bearing and conveying cable via ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6431078 | Autonomous transport system An autonomous transport system is disclosed, formed by four main subsystems: a channel subsystem; a vehicle subsystem; a wheel guide subsystem and central control station subsystem. The system is designed for the transportation of people or goods, to be u... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6035787 | Vibration damping arrangement for cable car A vibration damping arrangement for a gondola of a type having a supporting unit attached to a cable, a hanger suspended from the supporting unit and a carriage suspended from the hanger. A vibration damping device includes an elongated hollow housing. A ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5960718 | Vibration damping arrangement for cable car A vibration damping arrangement for a gondola of a type having a supporting unit attached to a cable, a hanger suspended from the supporting unit and a carriage suspended from the hanger. A vibration damping device includes an elongated hollow housing. A ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5778797 | Vibration damping arrangement for cable car A vibration damping arrangement for a gondola of a type having a supporting unit attached to a cable, a hanger suspended from the supporting unit and a carriage suspended from the hanger. A vibration damping device includes an elongated hollow housing. A ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5461985 | Traveling trolley, in particular single-rail trolley with compact height The invention is directed to a traveling trolley, in particular a single-rail trolley having a compact height. A traveling trolley constructed in accordance with the present invention includes a supporting frame with running wheels that run on the bottom ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460099 | Dynamic vibration absorber for pendulum type structure A dynamic absorber for a pendulum type structure is particularly useful for suppressing swing. In operative association with the pendulum type structure, the dynamic absorber is provided above the center of gravity of the pendulum type structure such that... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5454328 | Cleanroom transport system A transport system installed in a cleanroom where clean air is caused to flow from a ceiling toward a floor. The transport system includes a vehicle for transporting loads, and a guide rail suspended from the ceiling to guide the vehicle. The vehicle has ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5381737 | Rail truck suspended car transit vehicles A rail truck for use in an elevated closed beam having a slot in the bottom surface for clearance of a car body support member. The passenger car body is hung beneath the beam and elevated above the ground with the trucks running inside the beam. The flan... | 01/17/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5355804 | Rail-guided apparatus-carrying system A rail-guided apparatus-carrying system for conveying and moving an apparatus such as a loudspeaker or a spotlight along a predetermined path defined by the system when fixed in a wall or roof of a housing, the system comprising a rail-like stationary hol... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5255610 | Conveyor for a suspension conveyor system with bearing arrangement for vertical and horizontal pivoting A conveyor for a suspension conveyor system comprising a carrier bar suspended from two yokes for receiving objects to be transported. Each of the yokes is suspended from a rail by a pair of rollers and is connected to the carrier bar via at least one joi... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5222439 | Material conveyance system using powered trolleys on a suspended rail A conveyor system (10) with a suspended rail (11) on which run trolleys (12) having an upper drive wheel (13) and lower bucking rollers (15,16). The wheel and the rollers are rigidly fixed relative to one another. Each trolley (12) has a geometry such as ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5058508 | Conveyor system with cantilever carriers A conveyor system including a conveyor track, carriers supported thereby, and carrier propelling elements associated with the conveyor track, wherein each carrier includes frame structure having an article supporting portion disposed to one side of the co... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4724944 | System and method for suspendingly transporting bodies The system for suspendingly transporting bodies according to the invention comprises a carriage (4) movable along a predetermined path (P) as guided by guide rails (2) and a support (5) mounted to a lower portion of the carriage (4) through suspenders (32... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4641587 | Suspended motorized vehicle The invention relates to a suspended motorized vehicle traveling on a line consisting, in its straight sections, of rails placed on track cables held by suspender cables tied to main cables and comprising, for the curved sections, rigid shapes supported b... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4561359 | Overhead conveyor systems The present invention provides that an overhead suspension system is provided with at least two suspension rails which are parallel, and at least one trolley which runs on the rails, the trolley having respective rollers which respectively engage the rail... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4561358 | Apparatus for conveying articles through an irradiation beam Apparatus for conveying articles of length L through an irradiation beam of width B, where L substantially exceeds B. The articles are supported on carriers which are suspended between and more along two tracks positioned with the beam therebetween. The c... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4408539 | Overhead conveyor An overhead conveyor comprising a main rail, right and left two auxiliary rails arranged on the opposite sides of the main rail and positioned at a higher level in an upward slope section of the conveyor line and at a lower level in a downward slope secti... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4292897 | Trolley rotation stabilizing device A device for preventing turn-around motions of free trolleys in a power-and-free conveyor having a power rail and a free rail is provided. The device includes a connecting link interconnecting the free trolleys and having holes as well as turn-preventing ... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4284010 | Conveyance system A conveyance system having an overhead guide rail above a surface and one or more vehicles which are guided by the rail and partially supported on the surface by a wheel structure. Preferably, the guide rail includes the stator of a linear induction motor... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4280411 | Aerial car suspension In an aerial transport system having an aerial track such as a cableway or tramway and one or more carriages travelling along the track, a structure for suspending the carriage from the track comprising a beam, both ends of which are pivotally connected t... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4246848 | Ski lift with swivel chair There are disclosed improvements in the passenger unit for a ski lift such as a chair and the like to incorporate a swivel mechanism in the standard which supports the lift chair from the traveling, overhead cable. The swivel mechanism includes a swivel a... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4240353 | Roller conveyor carriage and lading supporting rack A lading support carrier for handling packaged goods in conjunction with an overhead conveyor, such as a monorail conveyor. Includes a support member suspendable in generally upright position from the conveyor and spaced apart, generally outstanding bars ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4185562 | Suspended driving railway car A vehicle suspended from a trackway of an aerial trackway system is provided. The vehicle comprises a front traction unit having a supporting wheel and a rear traction unit having a supporting wheel. These traction units support a vehicle body of the vehi... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4182243 | Plant for pneumatic transport A pneumatic transport plant in which a plurality of aligned pneumatic tubes define a transport path, the tubes being spaced apart with an overhead rail in the form of an I-beam extending continuously along the path and through each tube, in which it is mo... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4170943 | Roller coaster assembly An improved roller coaster system is provided having a track in the shape of a mobius band and a carriage assembly mounted for movement thereon. Passenger seating means are provided which are rotated and translated in a multiplanar manner as the carriage ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4166419 | Pneumatically propelled railway car transportation system A pneumatic transport system in which a transport tube is provided with an overhead rail in the form of an I-beam contained therein and a vehicle riding along the rail. The vehicle is formed by an elongated container suspended beneath the rail and displac... | 09/04/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4003315 | Conveyor carriage and lading supporting rack A support rack for handling packaged goods in conjunction with an overhead conveyor, such as a suspended monorail conveyor. An upright member has spaced apart, outstanding bars hingeable and detachably connected thereto to receive the goods to be moved, p... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3938447 | Article transporting apparatus The apparatus is used in a trolley conveying system for transporting various types of article, and in particular garments, between different locations. The apparatus comprises and is supported by a top load bar which has a detent plate supported therefrom... | 02/17/1976 |
