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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410339 | Transfer plant and method for loading and unloading containers from container ships The invention relates to a transfer plant, especially for loading and unloading ISO containers from container ships at seaports, comprising a vertical support which is propped up on the land side and on which a horizontal extension arm is braced. Said horizontal ext... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7270297 | Hoist for aircraft cabin construction A device is provided for hoisting a module for mounting into an overhead space, such as the crown of an aircraft fuselage. The device includes a frame that supports the module, and a lifting device that lifts the first frame to properly place the module. The lifting... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261351 | Spreader including a detection system A spreader (1) for lifting a freight container (7, 17) comprises a frame (3, 4, 11) and two pairs of pickup elements (5). Each pair of pickup elements (5) are mounted at opposite ends of the frame (3, 4, 11) and the frame ( | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7134701 | Frame for lifting beams and other elongated loads A lift frame adapted to be pivotally mounted on a hoist include a tubular sleeve guide that guides a lift slide. The lift slide carries a lift frame for supporting a load such as a beam or truss to be lifted, and is spring loaded in an upward direction by a spring e... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128226 | Lifting device with a guide device for loads The invention relates to a lifting device for loads, especially to a suspension lift for vehicles or vehicle parts. Said lifting device comprises load receiving means (14) with at least one longitudinal beam (17) mounted on the load receiving means ( | 10/31/2006 |
| 7083374 | Gripping members gripping and moving packets stacked by a conveyor A stacking conveyor conveys packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets. First and second gripping members are automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6267259 | Overhead travelling carriage A through-hole 14 is provided in a body base 12 of an overhead travelling carriage to guide a roller on an elevating and lowering drive section 6. In addition, a pair of holes are provided at the both running-direction ends of the elevating and lowering d... | 07/31/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5706736 | Polar crane and related method Disclosed is a polar crane supported by a rail and having a bridge and a bridge-supporting end truck at each end of the bridge. Each end truck has, for either direction of revolving bridge motion, a leading wheel contacting the rail. In the improvement, t... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5492236 | Apparatus for suspending and manoeuvring a load An apparatus for suspending and manoevring a load, more particularly for providing a theatrical or stage effect in which an actor or article "flies", includes hoist means and means associated with the hoist means for rotating a load suspended therefrom, s... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5489033 | Low headroom stacker crane A stacker crane comprising a trolley moveable above the ground, the trolley including a frame, a turntable supported by the frame for rotation relative to the frame about a generally vertical rotation axis, and a rotate drive which rotates the turntable r... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5018631 | Hoist device for a load hanging on hoist ropes, in particular a container-crane A container is suspended from four hoist ropes. One end of each rope is wound on a drum to be driven in either direction to hoist or lower the container. The second end of each rope is connected to a double acting hydraulic cylinder. The cylinders are con... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4897012 | Cargo handling system A system for transporting cargo between a storage area and a cargo carrier. The system includes a bridge (13) and boom (15) spanning between the storage area and the cargo carrier. A first elevator (14) is located at one end of the bridge (13) proximate t... | 01/30/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4784420 | Orientation control apparatus for suspender An orientation control apparatus for a suspender, comprising a first lever which has two ropes fixed to each of both its ends, a second lever which is disposed so as to be rotatable in a rotating direction of the first lever, a driver which rotates the se... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4772374 | Electrodeposition system and method therefor A work processing system comprising: a plurality of work processing stations or tanks arranged in a predefined manner; superstructure means suspended above the process stations; a programmable controller situated remote from said processing stations for g... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4750132 | Automatic signature pack transfer apparatus Apparatus for automatically picking up and positioning packs of individual signatures comprises a rigid framework which defines a bridge crane including a pair of parallel fixed support rails for guidance of a pair of movable rails on which is slidably su... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4576100 | Crane for nuclear waste handling facilities A crane for use in a nuclear waste handling facility is disclosed. The crane includes a bridge of sufficient transverse dimension to span the width of the area being serviced, a bridge drive for moving the bridge along spaced rails extending longitudinall... | 03/18/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4360110 | Positive grip lifting mechanism A tong 200 for use in lifting articles such as aluminum or steel ingots and the like comprising an elongated leg member 210, a pivot member 212 fixedly attached to and depending from leg 210, said pivot member having an upper portion and a lower portion 2... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4346808 | Device for use in welding reinforcement members to panel plates Apparatus for transporting and positioning sectional reinforcement members relative to a panel plate in which a boom is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis and carries a plurality of members for gripping a selective reinforcement member, a plurality o... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4270456 | Mobile apparatus for receiving and laying an assembled track section Assembled track sections are replaced with a mobile apparatus moving along the track and having an elongated overhead girder extending above a transport vehicle or vehicles and projecting beyond an end thereof. A guide track extends in a transport plane a... | 06/02/1981 |
