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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167153 | Hoist platform and scaffolding attachment means A support system for use on mast climbing scaffolding systems comprising a plate system with integral fastening components that attach along outer edges of a horizontal surface of the scaffolding assembly is herein disclosed. The system is utilized to mount a hoisti... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7770744 | Rope winding system for winding and unwinding steel ropes of cranes The present invention relates to a rope winding system (1) for winding and unwinding a steel rope (4) of a crane (7). A rope winding system (1) according to the present invention has a rope drum (6), onto which the steel rope (4... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7694833 | Friction modifier applicator system for traveling cranes A friction management system for a traveling crane applies a liquid or solid friction modifier (FM) in precisely controlled quantities to the crane wheels or rail to improve performance and safety during movement of the crane. The friction modifier is applied by a n... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7549546 | Wind safety device for cranes The invention concerns a wind safety device for at least two outdoor cranes (2a, 2b), able to move by traveling gears (6) on a jointly shared crane track (1), especially track-mounted full gantry cranes, with holding devices engaging at o... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7516857 | Crane with boom and running track for a cable carrier A crane with a boom, on which running tracks for cable carriers are disposed, having two running tracks for the cable carriers, which engage into one another with a positive lock. One running track is connected with the crane or the boom, and the other running track... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7370767 | Mobile crane The embodied mobile cranes have a travelling base structure that allows for travel of the crane over a surface. The cranes have a revolving superstructure mounted on the base structure and a boom and a backmast. The boom and backmast are each hinged about an associa... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341159 | Safety system for preventing falls A safety system for preventing crane operator injury. Two ergonomic tracks are attached on either side of the working crane. A fall transmitter is used whenever a crane operator is not on the floor. The fall transmitter has speed and travel distance governors that l... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329197 | Self-aligning pulley, gear or other rotational member An improved alignable pulley or sheave assembly includes: (a) a shaft having a rotational axis and an exterior surface which has a portion that is spherically shaped, (b) a pulley having a perimeter and a central opening with an interior surface that is configured s... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311214 | Clean room crane assembly A hoist assembly for use in a clean room includes a hoist body which is received in a hoist cover cavity of a hoist cover. A rigging is coupled to a winch of the hoist body and to an attaching member attachable to a load. The rigging is received in a rigging cavity ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7182318 | Method and apparatus for removing and installing a differential of a vehicle A hoisting assembly that is adapted to be mounted to the frame of a vehicle where a hoisting device extends an attachment member such as a hook to connect to an engagement location of the differential where the hoisting assembly is positioned substantially verticall... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7066343 | Powered lifting apparatus using multiple booms A lifting apparatus includes a plurality of preferably four carriages, each carriage supporting a lifting boom. Two booms are pinned together to define a first pair, a second two booms being pinned together to define a second pair. Each pair of booms and connected c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6933624 | Hydropower generation apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for generating power utilizing the flow of water from an upper water body to a lower water body in order to generate an upward buoyant force on at least one buoyant object located in a chamber. In preferred embodiments, water is recycled betwee... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928774 | Enveloping body The invention relates to a covering body for masts of construction cranes, electricity lines, or the like with an outer covering which is designed to partially or totally encase a mast in the direction of extension and/or peripheral direction and which furthermore h... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6845873 | Crane apparatus equipped with container security scanning system Crane apparatus is equipped with a container security scanning system for scanning containers for radioactive material, such as neutron or gamma ray emissions. The crane apparatus has a crane for unloading containers from a marine vessel and placing the containers o... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6688481 | Mobile crane A mobile crane, includes an undercarriage, a superstructure rotatably mounted on the undercarriage for supporting a counterweight, a slewable boom assembly and an operator's cab. At least one electric motor propels the undercarriage in an operating direct... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6631816 | Hoist Drums each having an independent drive source is installed on a trolley and each of the drums has a lifting rope which is wound around it and has an unwound end locked on a suspension piece, which will suppress any need to design the lifting rope in longe... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631300 | Nonlinear active control of dynamical systems A control system for reducing cargo pendulation. The control system calculates a correction factor and adds the correction factor for the operator input motions in addition to the motion of the platform in order to provide a reference position of the susp... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6502709 | Apparatus for tarping flatbed trailers A drive-through work station with power operated tarping equipment is provided to efficiently and safely apply tarpaulin covers to payloads on flatbed highway trailers. The work station may include a work platform at one or both sides of the trailer being... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6412649 | Spreader bar apparatus A spreader bar includes an elongated bar member having end portions that support a flexible lifting member that is supported below the bar. The flexible lifting member is preferably comprised of a plurality of link sections that are pinned together, load ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6272413 | Safety system for boom-equipped vehicle While a crawler body 110 is traveling, infrared sensors 144 and an elevational difference calculator 132 incorporated in a controller 130 detects the magnitude of a step present ahead of the crawler body 110. A safety speed calculator 134 calculates a saf... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6213319 | 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... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6067024 | Obstacle avoidance and crushing protection system for outriggers of a chassis The protection system for outriggers of a chassis includes a non-contact distance measuring device, associated with at least one of the outriggers and the chassis, mounted on one of the outriggers and the chassis. The non-contact distance measuring device... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5996823 | Overhead support system An overhead support system. An array of spoked rimless wheels are located over a space and supports at least one overhead cart from which a load is supported with a tension element. The load can be moved horizontally in the space by applying a horizontal ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5971178 | Impact driven hoist A hoist is constructed for powered drive by an impact tool. The hoist includes tension means for applying a force in tension to a load. Gear means are operatively associated with the tension means for producing a tension force in the tension means. The ge... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5836463 | 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... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5458250 | Buoyant crane A buoyant crane is disclosed which moves loads that are entirely out of a liquid body such as water, in response to buoyant forces acting on an expandable and contractible chamber located in the liquid body. Buoyant forces acting on the chamber are produc... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5398825 | Warning sleeve for a pendant control A tubular warning sleeve for surrounding a pendant cord above a control station of an apparatus having a pendant control, the warning sleeve comprising a sheet of flexible material having opposite ends, the sheet including an outer surface having thereon ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5392936 | Rubber track pipelayer boom A pipelayer machine including a tractor with rubber mounted tracks and a boom supported by the tractor for lifting and lowering the pipe to be laid. The boom is pivoted on one side of the tractor, and the boom line winch is supported on the other side. Th... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5261542 | Rotating boom A rotating stick comprises a shaft, a prime mover, an outer casing and first and second bearings. The prime mover is aligned with the central axis of the shaft. The outer casing encloses the prime mover and at least partially encloses the shaft. The first... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5170899 | Waterproof cover for crane hook A watertight cover for the hook, hook block and cables of a crane comprises a hook box, of a size to receive the hook, fixed to a first cover member, which is of a size to receive the hook block. A second cover member is telescopically carried on the firs... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5161705 | Dismounting device for heavy load hoisting member After a heavy load hoisted up by a hoisting member is downed on the predetermined place, the hoisting member can be automatically dismounted from the heavy load by using the dismounting device. The hoisting member consists of a upper hoisting member and a... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5145075 | Boom point construction A boom point construction connects the for and aft mountings of a sheave swivel to the major structural elements of a boom. The boom point includes a framework of elongated members joined together to form a truss. The framework includes assemblies of at l... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5022543 | Positioning gear for moving a load suspended by at least one cable of a lifting system in the vertical direction Positioning device to be incorporated as a controllable coupling element between a load and the cable of a hoisting apparatus. The element includes a hydraulic cylinder connected to a hydro-pneumatic transformer and to a hydro-pneumatic reservoir. The tra... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5018630 | High-capacity lift crane assembly A high-capacity lift assembly consisting essentially of a multipurpose platform and a pair of commercially available truck cranes or crawler cranes wherein the lifting capacity of the respective cranes is combined to create an overall assembly capable of ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4932541 | Stabilized shipboard crane The invention is directed to a stablilized cargo-handling system using means for stabilizing suspended cargo in all six degrees of freedom using six individually controlled cable in tension in a unique kinematic arrangement. Inertial and distance sensors,... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4890751 | Deployment/retrieval system A deployment/retrieval system for a towed body which includes first and second arms, one of which is rotatable relative to the other about an axle disposed beneath the longitudinal axes of the arms. A winch-wound cable passes through both of the arms as w... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4878587 | Positioning appliance A positioning appliance for accurately positioning a container suspended on crane cables with respect to a chassis on which the container is being placed comprises two slide chutes (30, 31) which are each pivotably suspended on a carriage (32 and 33 respe... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4796765 | Permanent magnet transporter A permanent magnet transporter for use with a magnetizable structure having a horizontal downwardly facing supporting surface, the transporter comprising a frame member having upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of bipolar permanent magnets on the upper... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4776473 | Crane house A crane house includes an operator cabin mounted on the house, and an opening permitting access to the crane house from without for the purpose of minimizing the openings in a crane house of this kind, which is achieved by closing the access opening to th... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4733783 | Multidirectional material handling support and shuttle systems Material handling systems for supporting and transferring articles within defined areas from one location to another in which cooperatively spaced support plates are mounted within the defined areas and carriages or shuttles are movably supported by the p... | 03/29/1988 |
