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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6286695 | Engine lifting and positioning assembly In an aspect, the invention features a base structure and a main column vertically attached to the base structure, the main column having a mounting plate affixed above the base structure, the mounting plate adapted to attach to an engine. A rod is connec... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6000562 | Powered lifting apparatus using multiple booms A multiple boom lifting arrangement includes a plurality of preferably four carriages, each carriage having a boom with its lower end portion pinned to the carriage. Two of the carriages are placed on a common travel path with the upper end portion of the... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5322404 | Wall lifting device A lifting device for pivotally raising a prefabricated wall section from a substantially horizontal position to a vertical position on the floor of a building under construction comprising a trolley having a frame, a pair of spaced rollers mounted for rot... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5188247 | Lifting apparatus A lifting apparatus that permits an object to be precisely lifted in a highly safe manner along a number of selected paths. The object to be lifted can be vertically raised along selected transversely spaced paths by vertically raising the lifting arms of... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5052566 | Engine hoist and support apparatus An apparatus including a central vertical support post, including a plurality of support legs orthogonally mounted to a lower end of the support post. The support post pivotally mounts a support boom at an upper end thereof, with a rear terminal end of th... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4930970 | Collapsible hoist for a truck bed A hoisting apparatus for the use in trucks has frame members 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 which are pivotally moveable and slidable connected to one another such that the apparatus can be assembled and disassembled by a single person and placed in a transporting po... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4883184 | Cable arrangement and lifting platform for stabilized load lifting The present invention is directed to a cable arrangement and lifting platform for lifting a load in a stabilized manner. The lifting platform secures loads to a securing device and the platform is able to be suspended from a crane by an attachment carriag... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4772175 | Space station erectable manipulator placement system An erectable manipulator placement system for use on a space station and comprising an elongate lattice-like boom having dual guide tracks attached to parallel chords thereof, a carriage-like dolly movable along said tracks, and a segmented maneuvering ar... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4693384 | Excavator boom derrick An articulated arm-type excavator machine has a boom which has a trolley track affixed onto its underside. A trolley member from which a pulley block can be suspended travels along this track, and is urged into an operator-selected position by a double-ac... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4666049 | Sideboom excavator with lifting means An articulated arm-type excavator machine has a hydraulically actuated main boom and a side boom which is detachably mounted at its proximal end to the side of the tractor of the machine, and at its distal end to a trolley arrangement on the underside of ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4613276 | Vehicle with load handling apparatus A vehicle has container handling apparatus at each end. This apparatus has a pedestal with track arms which with the pedestal form a lateral trackway on which a carriage can run, for lifting, traversing and lowering a container. Each track arm in the oper... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4572383 | Crane A crane is comprised a foundation, a supporting pole elongating vertically from the foundation, an arm capable of rotatably moving on a plane parallel with the supporting pole, and a winding drum mounted at the tip end portion of the arm, the arm consisti... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4506791 | Ship's derrick A ship's derrick can be swiveled and tripped up by means of a goose-neck pin-bearing and one or more topping lift tackles. Its tackle is fastened to a crab which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the derrick by means of a tackle line. In the c... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4480757 | Collapsible frame support for pivotal boom on a portable crane A crane structure mounted on a transport vehicle, preferably a marine vessel, is disclosed. The crane structure includes a gantry structure mounted on a vertical tower structure and having boom portions protruding from the tower structure. Preferably, the... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4392574 | Tower crane A first cable portion runs from the crab over a pulley at the point of the jib point part to the winch on the foot part. A second cable portion runs from the crab over a pulley at the end lying on the pylon side, of the jib foot part, over a pulley mounte... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4310277 | Apparatus for transferring cargo between relatively movable bodies An apparatus for transferring cargo between first and second bodies which are movable relative to each other where a hoist for raising and lowering cargo through a hoist line is mounted on one of the bodies includes a linkage for connecting the two bodies... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4144973 | Combination hoist and mount This is a new and unique machine which organizes older, recognized and established methods of handling objects and machinery into a more economical, efficient method by recombining articles of present day usage into a new concept. An ordinary conventional... | 03/20/1979 |
| 3967744 | Extensible reach load lifting mechanism An extensible reach load lifting mechanism for a truck or similar vehicle in which a first boom assembly is mounted pivotably from the rear portion of the vehicle and extends lengthwise thereof having a hydraulic cylinder actuator for raising and lowering... | 07/06/1976 |
