Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926671 | Powered auxiliary hoist mechanism A gantry crane (10) is configured in a panel turner application. The gantry crane (10) generally includes a gantry crane structure (14) having a first cross-beam (28) and a second cross-beam (30). A first main hoist mechanism (4... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7861872 | Trolley and spreader assembly A trolley assembly (200) comprising means for supporting a spreader assembly (300), said means including cables (20), said spreader assembly (300) adapted to engage at least one freight device; a first carrier portion and a second carrier... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7559429 | Wire rope reeving system for twin lift cargo container handling A single wire rope reeving system for a twin lift cargo container handling crane for hoisting and lowering a pair of containers in side-by-side relation independently or simultaneously. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7523836 | Dual trolley, single boom crane system A dual trolley, single boom crane system for loading and unloading containers from ships moored at a dock that effectively doubles the rate of container loading and unloading of conventional prior art single boom crane systems. The present invention also concerns a ... | 04/28/2009 |
| H2178 | Bi-level dual hoisting container transport crane Containers are transported by movement of upper and lower trolleys along vertically spaced travel paths established by laterally spaced rails formed in a boom supported in a horizontal position by suspension cables attached to a frame assembly through which the boom... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6920963 | Apparatus having vertically movable personnel cages for a spreader An apparatus for transporting people by a spreader having a vertically moveable head beam with a pair of horizontally extendable long bars includes a pair of personnel cages carried by a pair of cantilever beams extending from a housing. The personnel cages can be m... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6651968 | Portable collapsible engine support apparatus A portable, collapsible engine support apparatus. The device is attachable to the fender or firewall of the vehicle and is mountable either transversely or longitudinally above the engine compartment. A pair of primary load bearing metal angles are secure... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6588611 | Bridge crane, especially a container-loading bridge A bridge crane, especially a container loading bridge, having a portal, a boom, a track system laid on the boom and crane trolleys which travel on the tracks, in which the track system comprises a working track, whose two rails have a mutual spacing corre... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6530492 | Transporter container-loading bridge The invention relates to a transporter container-loading bridge comprising a two-armed traveling support, a lifting gear, a traveling mechanism and at least one portal, characterized in that at least two trolleys travel on individual tracks of the traveli... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6142725 | Rotatable shuttle transfer unit A rotatable shuttle transfer unit for transferring a workpiece from a first work station to a second work station along a predetermined path of travel wherein a pair of spaced carriages carry the workpiece along the predetermined path of travel and rotate... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5951226 | Freight handling plant in depots and related depots The plant is mainly designed to increase the productivity of freight handling operations--for instance containers, in any kind of depot--to simplify the engineering works supporting the mobile crane (1) having a transversal boom (2), to eliminate stressin... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5931625 | Freight loading/unloading crane A freight loading/unloading crane (10) comprises a crane bridge (16) with two lifting units (26, 28) displaceable in their longitudinal direction with a lifting system (26b, 28b) and associated load receiving device (26c, 28c) and a transfer unit (32) wit... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5893471 | Freely-movable auxiliary hoist for a gantry crane and method for pivoting a load A hoist assembly is provided for an overhead crane adapted for pivoting wide panels and the like between horizontal and vertical positions. The hoist assembly is supported on an elevated horizontal beam and includes a main trolley, supporting a main lifti... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5806696 | Method and equipment for controlling the operations of a crane A method for controlling the motion of a crane lifting carriage, or trolley, a load suspended from it, a swing damping system, and/or an operator control cab whereby an ideal sequence of accelerations for moving the lifting carriage is defined that will b... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803280 | Lifting and transport apparatus for transcontainers A lifting and transport apparatus for containers has a fixed rigid horizontal beam on the lower flange of which two wheeled carriages are displaceable either together or separately to allow, in the latter case, a change in the distance between the carriag... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5775866 | Cargo loading crane A cargo loading crane (10) comprises a crane bridge (16) having two hoist units (26, 28) with hoisting gear (26b, 28b) and assigned cargo pick-up devices (26c, 28c), a transfer unit (32) with at least one cargo pick-up region (32o, 32u) and a conveyor uni... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5765981 | Wire rope tensioning and reeving system for cargo container handling cranes An Improved Catenary Wire Rope Tensioning and Reeving System for Cargo Container Handling Cranes wherein the wire rope reeving for the catenary wire rope support trolleys is passive by being dead-ended to weights whereby it is continuously active.... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5653351 | Jet engine build cell A system for building, testing, and repairing gas turbine engines and for transporting gas turbine engines from one location to another includes a transporter and a build cell. The build cell is a frame structure supported by a plurality of pedestals for ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5515982 | Telescoping shuttle for a cargo container handling crane A method and apparatus for vertically telescoping an automatic shuttle used for cargo container transfer in a cargo container handling gantry crane for reducing container handling cycle times.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5495956 | Crane assembly The invention is a crane system for a building for the assembly of a gas bag for a lighter-than-air vehicle, the building having a floor and a roof thereover with a longitudinal, vertical and lateral axis. In detail, the crane assembly includes a pluralit... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5456371 | Lifting bridge for installing and removing of motor vehicle parts The lifting bridge is used to install and remove motor vehicle parts and is provided with a support frame (1), which has support straps (7) with support feet (5, 6), by which the support frame can be supported at the edges of an engine space opening (43) ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456655 | Ambulatory support system for patients An ambulatory support system for providing support for a patient. The support system includes an overhead system which allows a support carrier to travel within its confines so that it may be located above a patient at any time. The support system supplie... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5415517 | Load transferring system A system is provided for transferring loads between railroad cars on different tracks. If desired the system may be highly automated. A series of parallel, adjacent rail car tracks are provided for carrying separate strings of connected railcars in side-b... | 05/16/1995 |
| 4895186 | Universal transport mechanism for auxiliary devices in weaving mills A universal transport mechanism for auxiliary devices in weaving mills, including a single rail mounted above the weaving machines, and two or more guides along which respective auxiliary devices can travel unhindered by each other.... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4858775 | Personnel trolley and elevator platform for a cargo container handling gantry crane A personnel trolley and elevator platform for a cargo container handling gantry crane wherein the gantry is comprised of outreach boom and inboard girder portions having trolley rails mounted thereon, the personnel trolley being mounted on the rails betwe... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4805648 | Automatic washing and sterilizing device for a stable An automatic washing and sterilizing apparatus for a stable provided with shooting and spraying nozzles fixed on two cranes which can be moved right and left in the stable by means of two wires wound around wire drive wheels driven by a speed transmission... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4781517 | Robotic automobile assembly A new robotic system is provided in which the robotic tool is mounted for movement on a gantry above the work piece upon which the work is to be performed. The tool is supported on two carriages each of which is movable with respect to each other and with... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4664873 | System for performing remotely-controlled manual-like operations in large-area cell of a nuclear facility The invention is directed to remotely-controlled manipulator carrier systems for use in maintaining and servicing process equipment housed in large-area cells affected by radioactivity wherein industrial processes are conducted. The cells are part of a nu... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4645083 | Overhead travelling crane for power gas turbine bays An overhead travelling crane incorporated into a power gas turbine bay, consisting of a first main load-bearing trolley of length equal to the bay width, which is guided at its ends over the entire length of the bay by two runways fixed to the top of said... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4609323 | Remotely-controlled remote handling arrangement for a large-area cell of a nuclear facility The invention is directed to a remotely-controlled remote handling arrangnt for use in large-area radioactively-charged cells of a facility for reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel materials. The remote handling means includes a travelling bridge crane a... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4602566 | Handling apparatus for suspended transfer of cargos, i.e. in particular a crane for loading and unloading containers A handling apparatus adapted to be installed on a crane with a boom for loading and unloading materials comprises track device installed on the crane and at least two carrying devices suspended from the track device. The track device includes at least thr... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4599027 | Method and apparatus for moving cargo between a ship and a dock Cargo containers are moved between a dock and a ship by a crane which has a vertically movable landing platform, a waterside trolley for moving cargo between the ship and the landing platform, and a landside trolley for moving cargo between the dock and t... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4580329 | Processing machine for workpieces A workpiece processing machine comprises a stationary main frame 10 with at least one main processing plane G. On the one side of this main processing plane there are arranged worm shafts 15, 16, 17 and 18 extending with their axes substantially parallel ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4573856 | Apparatus for logistical operations with textile machinery An overhead apparatus is provided for conveying elements to and from each weaving machine of rows of weaving machines. The apparatus includes a movable rack which is adjustable width-wise and which carries depending actuators with gripping elements at the... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4433952 | Tracked crane for large objects A tracked crane for hoisting and moving large objects in which the tracks are preferably pivotally mounted so that they may be elevated by jacks and horizontally pivoted into another direction. Following this, the crane can be driven in the other directio... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4360304 | Extendable crane trolley and method A horizontally extendable trolley 22 comprising a trolley frame 51 and wheels 52 for supporting trolley frame 51, and a horizontally elongated trailer frame 54 slidably mounted on frame 51, said trailer frame 54 having a first end extending beyond an end ... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4360112 | Two-way extendable crane trolley A two-way horizontally extendable trolley 22 comprising a trolley frame 51 and wheels 52 for supporting trolley frame 51, a first horizontally elongated trailer frame 54 slidably mounted on frame 51, and a second horizontally elongated trailer frame 55 sl... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4182253 | Drilling vessel with handling means for drilling pipe A drilling vessel has a hold adapted to store and transport drilling pipes arranged parallel to the length of the vessel. An elevator extends lengthwise of the vessel in the mid-plane of the hold and communicates between a plurality of superposed holds an... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4144974 | Method of temporarily increasing the load capacity of a powered drum hoist A convertible crane is provided with a main trolley which carries a powered hoist along a horizontal path. A trailer trolley also carries a hoist which is powered from the main trolley. Each of the hoists thus have a powered drum which will increase the t... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4051796 | Method of breaking up ship hull The present invention is characterized by cutting and breaking up a hull of large ship in the floating situation on the sea so as to shorten the length of the hull, transporting the broken up objects to a product making workshop, and subdividing said obje... | 10/04/1977 |
