"What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5400910 | Stabilizing mechanism for overhead crane hoist An overhead crane apparatus including a hoist supported on a trolley. The hoist includes a bottom block with a pair of horizontally extending first and second trunnions. The overhead crane apparatus also includes an automatic mechanism for releasably secu... | 03/28/1995 |
| 4546890 | Automatic hoist and traversing apparatus This invention relates to hoisting and traversing apparatus, and particularly to automatic hoisting and traversing apparatus which requires only a single motor for both hoisting and traversing. More particularly, the invention relates to a hoisting and tr... | 10/15/1985 |