Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370768 | Crane apparatus for direct transshipment of marine containers between transportation modes without need of ground placement A crane apparatus is installed on a pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf or other foundation extending into the water for directly transshipping containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation to another transportation mode without necessity of ground placement of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7146780 | Procedure and wrapping machine to wrap objects A method of wrapping an object features using a first conveyor belt to move the object toward a first partial conveyor section which is located at a downstream end of the first conveyor belt and which is moveable vertically and horizontally with respect to a fixing ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124560 | Procedure and wrapping machine to wrap objects The invention concern a procedure to wrap an object in a wrapping machine, where the wrapping machine is arranged with a conveyance assembly, containing a first conveyor belt which is leading towards a preferably vertical winding level and a second conveyor belt whi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7004707 | Movable bulk charging/discharging equipment The invention relates to a charging/discharging equipment movable on a quay for charging of bulk (13) into a ship's hold (11), respectively for discharging therefrom, comprising—a first conveyor for transferring a batch of bulk (13) from a qua... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6530492 | Transporter container-loading bridge The invention relates to a transporter container-loading bridge comprising a two-armed traveling support, a lifting gear, a traveling mechanism and at least one portal, characterized in that at least two trolleys travel on individual tracks of the traveli... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6431791 | Hoisting machine to move several boat to and from land and sea simultaneously A fixed structure is shaped like a pier and equipped on an upper part with a slide guide. A length of the pier extends from land to a point at sea where the depth is such as to allow boats to be transported to float. A trolley slides along the pier. At le... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5980198 | Method for handling, transporting and loading cartons of frozen animal products onto vessels A method for rapid transportation and loading of stacks of cartons aboard vessels is provided which may include the mounting of slings about the stacks of cartons, transporting the cartons to the dock by a flatbed vehicle, hoisting the stacks of cartons o... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5951227 | Deep water lowering apparatus A deep water lowering apparatus that utilizes dual davit structures mounted on a barge. Each davit structure has a pulling wire rope line spooled on a storage winch. Each pulling line is reeved onto a traction winch and through upper and lower sheaves on ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5931625 | Freight loading/unloading crane A freight loading/unloading crane (10) comprises a crane bridge (16) with two lifting units (26, 28) displaceable in their longitudinal direction with a lifting system (26b, 28b) and associated load receiving device (26c, 28c) and a transfer unit (32) wit... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5709517 | Apparatus for unloading of bulk material from the cargo holds of ships An apparatus for unloading bulk material from a ship adjacent a dock has a portal support movable longitudinally on the dock parallel to the ship and carrying a boom having an inner end pivoted about an inner axis on the support and an outer end positiona... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5538382 | Variable level lifting platform for a cargo container handling crane "A variable level platform suspended from the gantry of a cargo container handling gantry crane by a pair of scissors jacks with fleet through wire rope reeving for suspending a lifting spreader thereunder whereby the platform effectively shortens the spr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5314262 | Hoisting gear on the trolley of a container crane A hoisting arrangement for a trolley (1) of a container crane with two motor-driven cable drums (2a, 2b), with cable rollers (4a-4d) arranged on the roller traverse (5), and with hoisting cables (3a-3d) guided between the cable fixed points (8a-8d) and th... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5271701 | Cargo transfer system and cargo transfer means for loading and onloading of ships A system for transferring cargo from a ship to a quay and vice versa comprises a reloading platform with an associated conveyor arranged in a side port opening of a ship and a conveyor arranged on a quay. The system includes a transfer platform with separ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5197843 | Device for loading and unloading unitary cargo onto and from ships The ship loading and unloading installation consists of a quayside gantry 0) with a vertically slewable jib (30) which is formed by a supporting arm (130) with a supporting frame (40) and a horizontally displaceable supporting frame (50) guided within the... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5039275 | Method for transferring cargo between vessel and dock A transfer frame mounted on a dock and formed with a pair of side by side elevator towers extending upwardly to about the level of the uppermost container on a ship to be unloaded and over on their sides facing such ship. Elevators are mounted in the towe... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4898289 | Method of handling a load with a crane vessel having movable load supports A crane vessel (20) has a temporary load support structure (23) on which to support a load (22) in transit. For installation, the load is hooked up to the vessel crane (21) and the temporary support structure is removed to enable the vessel to set down th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4878796 | Conveying apparatus for loading and unloading goods, in particular for use with ships A conveying apparatus for loading and unloading goods, in particular for use with ships, comprises a cage for transferring the goods. The cage is displaceable in vertical height by a hoist and is formed as a lift cage guided in a substantially vertical li... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4872798 | Vessel to dock cargo transfer apparatus A transfer frame mounted on a dock and formed with a pair of side by side elevator towers extending upwardly to about the level of the uppermost container on a ship to be unloaded and over on their sides facing such ship. Elevators are mounted in the towe... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4856961 | Large capacity wing loader and unloader apparatus for cargo ships Portable cargo loading apparatus capable of being placed into the hold of a ship for loading and unloading cargo respectively to and from the wing areas of the hold. Comprising the apparatus is a loading section formed of three large area relatively slida... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4753357 | Container crane A container crane which can transport a container on a ship to a position on a land along the shortest route. The container crane comprises container transporting means for transporting a container, first and second detecting means for detecting the horiz... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4632622 | Marine cargo transfer device An apparatus for transferring cargo between first and second bodies which are movable relative to each other where a hoist for raising and lowering cargo through a hoist line is mounted on one of the bodies includes a linkage for connecting the two bodies... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4310277 | Apparatus for transferring cargo between relatively movable bodies An apparatus for transferring cargo between first and second bodies which are movable relative to each other where a hoist for raising and lowering cargo through a hoist line is mounted on one of the bodies includes a linkage for connecting the two bodies... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4160617 | Container conveyor apparatus and method for vessel loading crane-yard interface The interface between a vessel loading crane and a container handling yard has been discovered to be the ideal location for the maintenance of a work bank of containers in conveyance along a one-way, reversible conveyance path. The conveyance path communi... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4106639 | Container conveyor apparatus and method for vessel loading crane-yard interface The interface between a vessel loading crane and a container handling yard has been discovered to be the ideal location for the maintenance of a work bank of containers in conveyance along a one-way, reversible conveyance path. The conveyance path communi... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4049132 | Crane adapted to the handling of uniform cargo units Means for transporting shipping containers from a quay to a ship includes a crane having a lifting yoke and an operator's cage at an elevated level, as well as a guiding device located at a lower level than said cage and being adapted to be positioned abo... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4025055 | Apparatus for use in raising or lowering a load in a condition of relative motion Motion compensated load lifting apparatus for use on marine vessels. Apparatus includes means for maintaining tension in load lifting member during relative motion and means for locking the tensioning means in one direction of motion. Tensioning means inc... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3958106 | Article identifying system having scanner for vertical movement in synchronism with the article An article identifying system especially adapted for use in identifying coded containers being transferred from one point to another by means which require that the containers be moved in a vertical direction while being moved in a horizontal direction. A... | 05/18/1976 |
