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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213714 | Slack pulling carriage for logging operations The present invention involves a carriage of the type commonly used in skyline logging operations. The invention facilitates moving logs along a suspended skyline by means of a hoisting system built into the carriage comprised of a radio controlled electronics syste... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6464208 | I-beam walk assist device A walk assist device including a mechanism for mechanically providing a lifting force to lift a patient from a seated position and provide a weight support force to a patient at an individually adjusted height level along the length of an exercise run.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6145679 | Shiftable tail-block logging skyline A skyline operates on a mountain side from an upper tail-block that is positionable along a transverse cable extending between two elevated anchor points. A balloon is attached to the upper tail-block to assist in supporting the weight of the skyline cabl... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5975319 | Slack pulling carriage A slack pulling carriage having a skidding line drum arrangement that achieves efficient and accurate movement of the carriage along the skidding line. The drum arrangement is preferably configured such that the skidding line loops around at least approxi... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5553335 | Lifting device for sick or motion-handicapped person A lifting device for sick or motion-handicapped persons is disclosed. In the lifting device (1), both ends of the lifting belt (7a,7b) are fixed onto the central shaft of a belt wheel (5), and thus when a lifting motor (3) rotates the belt reel (5) via a ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5165556 | Apparatus for the damping of the swing of a loading device Apparatus for damping the swing of a loading device, said apparatus comprising a trolley provided with a hoisting machine having a hoisting rope on which a loading device is suspended, and downward-pointing brackets attached to the bottom of the trolley. ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4456131 | Remote controlled line locking, slack pulling cable logging 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 motor is stored in on... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4002321 | Tiltable drums for winding hoist lines An arrangement for one or more tiltable drums that may be used in conjunction with cranes or other hoisting devices to overcome fleet angle limitations and controls the point of cross-over and reversal of the winding of the running line due to fleet angle... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3982642 | Method and arrangement for storing and transporting paper sheets Method of storing and transporting individual paper sheets abutting against each other to form a staple of sheets, in which a precompressed staple of sheets resting between upright support members on a support surface of a first magazine is gripped at opp... | 09/28/1976 |
