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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7198245 | Engine-driven work machine An engine-driven work machine is attached to a pipe frame, and has a structure suitable for lifting. The engine-driven work machine has a transportable constitution attached to the pipe frame, and includes a collapsible sling fitting that is rotatably connected to t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7080864 | Apparatus for shipping and storing elongated members A lifting system includes a lifting plate disposed on each end of two lifting frames. Each lifting frame has an upper segment and a lower segment and optionally one or more intermediate segments. Each lifting plate comprises a unitary body that has a lifting eye in ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070219 | Method and apparatus for lifting a trailer A lifting apparatus for use in lifting a trailer from a railcar, wherein the trailer includes a tandem rear axel with wheel assemblies having tires coupled thereto, for use in combination with an overhead crane having a plurality of lifting shoes for engaging the tr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6928947 | Submersible vehicle A remotely controlled submersible vehicle comprises a fore section and an aft section. In use, they are held apart from each other, such as by telescopic arms, in order to define a gap within which a payload is received. This keeps the payload near the center of the... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6619712 | Refueling mast retaining tool for a nuclear reactor A retaining tool for a telescoping refueling arm in a nuclear reactor, the retaining tool includes a plurality of support members coupled to a plurality of plates. The retaining tool includes a first plate having a first and a second side, a second plate ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6099057 | Fire hydrant lifting and setting device A fire hydrant lifting harness includes a lifting triangle, a pair of connecting cables, and a pair of rigid paddles. The lifting triangle includes two bracing members, one each at two corners, forming eyelets therein. For each eyelet, a cable passes thro... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6017495 | Staining apparatus for staining of tissue specimens on microscope slides A staining apparatus for staining of tissue specimens placed on microscope slides comprises a number of staining stations (4) and other working stations (1, 2, 3), where the staining stations (4) receive vessels (5) having liquid baths for receiving baske... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5975603 | Fire hydrant lifting and setting device A fire hydrant lifting harness includes a lifting triangle, a pair of connecting cables, and a pair of rigid paddles. The lifting triangle includes two bracing members, one each at two corners, forming eyelets therein. For each eyelet, a cable passes thro... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5501497 | Adjustable drum handling carrier An adjustable drum handling carrier particularly adapted for use in handling fiber drums includes an upright tube with telescoping top and bottom bracket tubes. The upright tube is attached to a midpoint of a cradle. The side wall of the drum is periphera... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5445426 | Method and apparatus for lifting rolls of carpet or the like A roll-carrying length of load-supporting structural material having a length substantially equivalent to the length of a heavy roll of carpet or the like to be lifted is adapted to be connected at its opposite ends to an insert tube for the roll by a pai... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5116341 | Lifting shackle A lifting shackle comprises a head plate (1) having a central aperture (4). A pair of load supporting arms (2) are each attached pivotably to the head plate at respective points substantially equi-distant from a vertical, in use, axis of the head plate pa... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4951989 | Fire hydrant setting tool There is disclosed a fire hydrant setting tool useful in engaging the top of a fire hydrant in a manner to maintain it in a vertical position while being lowered and installed for connection to a water main. The tool includes a collar formed of a pair of ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4930827 | Hoisting hooks used to lift, transport and dump metallurgical ladles The hoisting hook assembly of this invention comprises a pair of parallel hook arms connected at their upper end to a bail with the hook arms each having an upper hook portion and a lower hook portion adapted to engage a single pair of ladle trunnion pins... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4842473 | Manipulator for sheet-metal pieces to be shaped in a sheet-metal-working machine The manipulator for sheet-metal pieces is used in conjunction with a sheet-metal working machine and has two rotatable holding members (20) displaceable in three dimensions. The holding members (20) each have both clamping tongs (22), which act on the sur... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4828311 | Metal form pallet A pallet means for transporting a pile of metal forms having a pair of means spaced apart from each other and adapted to hold the opposite lateral ends of metal forms, each member of the pair respectively comprising a bottom beam arranged to hold a lower ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4781509 | Stack loader A stack loader (30), for picking up a stack (10) of thin metal sheets, moving the stack to a feed hopper (100) and lowering the stack into the feed hopper, is provided, the stack loader (30) having a fork support frame (31) and a stack retainer (32) teles... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4758123 | Multi-purpose container handling device The present invention pertains to a platform having a front trestle that is designed for the handling of containers. This platform includes four ISO Standard corner fittings. The platform includes at its rear tiltable extension arms which selectively prov... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4722106 | Beehive lifting device A beehive lifting device (10) lifts beehives (106) by engaging handholds (124). As the beehive (106) is lifted by the lifting device (10), the relationship between the load lifting point (51) and the center of gravity (110) of the beehive (106) causes the... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4657468 | Vehicle towing apparatus Vehicle towing apparatus is disclosed which is capable of being mounted on a pickup truck or van without losing the use of any substantial part of the truck or van body.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4619475 | Drum lifting apparatus A drum lifting apparatus includes a lifting beam having first and second ends. A first flange is fixedly attached to the first end of the beam and extends laterally therefrom. A first drum lip engagement extends from the first flange for engaging an annul... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4576542 | Device for lifting removable automobile tops A device for lifting removable tops from vehicles comprises a frame having a longitudinal member attached to a hoist and upper and lower crossbars extending laterally outward therefrom to envelope the vehicle top. Protective pads on each end of the lower ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4465314 | Material handling apparatus A material handling apparatus for handling and precisely positioning a workpiece which includes two clamping elements capable of being fixedly clamped to opposite flanged sides of the workpiece. The clamping elements are rotatably attached to the remainde... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4008817 | Saw blade handling device A handling device for a circular saw blade has a lifting rod slidably mounted in a vertical cylinder with its lower end extending downwardly from the cylinder. A saw blade support is pivotally mounted on the bottom of the rod with its top pivotally connec... | 02/22/1977 |