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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246712 | Logging carriage with towline-operated grapple A logging system including a yarder, a skyline, a towline, a carriage riding on the skyline, and a grapple depending from the carriage for grabbing logs and carrying them back to a landing. The carriage and grapple are moved along the skyline for positioning the gra... | 07/24/2007 |
| 4669619 | Device and method for transporting a load by cable A self-driven transporting unit with a magnetic detector which is propelled along a cable by a drive wheel having spokes arranged in two rows forming a V-shape. The cable is magnetized and mounted in a fixed manner. The spoke arrangement enables the drive... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4662525 | Logging carriage with band brake A novel log-hauling carriage which features a band brake assembly for controlling rotation of a drum in the carriage. The carriage includes a rotatably mounted drum containing three sections on which are wound the main and slackpulling lines, and a drop l... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4454951 | Remote controlled slack pulling log skidding carriage A remote controlled slack pulling log skidding carriage is provided for feeding a slack drag line toward a log to be skidded. A drive sheave rotatably mounted in the carriage is operated by a hydraulic motor. The fluid to operate the hydraulic motor is st... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4312456 | Ropeway crane A running gear is guided by a carrying rope and movable along the same. A crane housing is connected to said running gear. A pullback rope is secured to the crane housing and operable to pull said crane housing along said carrying rope. A lifting rope pul... | 01/26/1982 |
