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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264228 | Counterweight assisted winch The invention is a motorized winch which can be retrofitted into existing manually operated systems that use counterbalancing weights. The counterbalancing weight will be fixed at 50% of the maximum capacity of the set. The winch is rated at 50% of the maximum capac... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264227 | Self-climbing stage light support A self-climbing stage lighting system having a self-climbing apparatus and a light bar is disclosed. The self-climbing apparatus is hung from cables that extend approximately vertically from a fixed endpoint. The self-climbing apparatus includes an elongated support... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7108248 | Cable pulley block having detachable fastening of a cable to a cable drum The invention concerns a detachable fastening of a cable (2) on a cable drum (1), especially a wire cable, with an opening (1a) arranged in the cable drum (1), with an enlarged cable end (2a) on the cable (2) a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6729605 | Cable winch hoisting device for stages A cable winch hoisting device for theatrical stages, whereby a plurality of elongated, rod-like holding girders are suspended on cables, and these holding girders are adjustable in height by varying the free cable length between the cable suspension and the holding ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6291845 | Fully-dielectric-isolated FET technology A field-effect transistor structure wherein a single patterned thin film semiconductor layer: is monocrystalline, and epitaxially matched to and dielectrically isolated from an underlying body region, in channel locations; and is polycrystalline in source... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6053478 | Wafer hoist with self-aligning bands A hoist system including a roller assembly which is allowed to pivot as a suspending member is rolled up around a drum compensates for lateral forces and allows a load on the suspending member to remain centered under the roller assembly. The drum has a s... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5996970 | Motorized assist counterweight system for theatrical overhead rigging In a theatrical rigging system, a number of motors can be placed on platforms which can move upon rails to be connected to different theatrical rigging elements. The motors can be randomly attached to operate different overhead hanging devices.... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5839514 | Method and apparatus for injection of tubing into wells An improved apparatus and method for injecting and retrieving a length of coiled tubing and storing the tubing on a storage spool. An injector reel is pivotally mounted on a frame such that coiled tubing may be angularly injected to shallow, horizontal we... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5820108 | Monopod anchoring device A monopod anchoring device for facilitating the entry or removal of a workman or equipment into a cavity. The device is adapted to engage an eyelet or the like that extends from a support structure located above the cavity and includes a head member and a... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5593138 | Air balancing hoist combination A combination of air balancing hoists is described in which two or more hoists are connected end to end each with a load cable connected at spaced locations on the load item to enable raising a bulky load item. Force transmission rods axially interengage ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 4557465 | Cable drive mechanism A cable drive mechanism wherein a cable member comprising a plurality of individual cables disposed in side by side relation to form a flat member is successively wrapped around at least one cable wheel in one rotational direction and around at least one ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4350323 | Device for recovery of a cable for handling a submerged load This invention generally relates to a cable recovery device for use on bo a surface ship. The invention compensates for excessive tensions arising in cables carrying submerged loads which are caused by the swell of the ocean acting on the ship, and contr... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349180 | Device for handling from a boat a submerged load hooked onto the end of a cable This invention relates to a device for handling a submerged load from a s. The submerged load is held by a cable which is attached to a cable recovery drum mounted in an anti-rolling cradle located on a turret affixed to the ship's surface. The device in... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4324386 | Battens system for raising and lowering sceneries or similar loads on a stage A battens system for raising and lowering sceneries or similar loads on a stage is disclosed. The system comprises a series of support members adapted to be secured to the joists of a ceiling, an elongated winch drum made up of several sections interconne... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4244561 | Airborne hoist An improved airborne hoist for use in lifting a load, particularly by means f a helicopter, comprising a pair of rotatable drums, each drum being rotatable in an opposite direction, a drive unit intergeared through a series of shafts for providing rotation... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4204664 | Winch mechanism for crane A winch mechanism includes a first and a second drum each having multiple grooves therein. A frame supports the first drum spaced from the second drum with the axis of rotation of the first drum canted relative to the rotational axis of the second drum su... | 05/27/1980 |
| 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 |
