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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266927 | Drive-in movie theater with short range sound system The present invention relates to a drive-in movie theater and/or events center preferably located on top of one or more parking garages located at a shopping mall or other similar complex. The drive-in theater preferably has a short range radio broadcast system that... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6974293 | Material handling assembly A vertical lift system for storage and in particular for parking motor vehicles comprising a multi-level frame comprising a structure extending upward from a base, and a lifting mechanism centrally positioned within the frame and in communication with each level, an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6641351 | Parking garage elevator system A system for parking automobiles in a garage which uses a single-drive mechanism to simultaneously move automobile platforms. The automobile platforms reside in contiguous storage towers and are stacked in multiple levels. The automobile platforms simulta... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6540466 | Compact apparatus and method for storing and loading semiconductor wafer carriers An improved apparatus and method is provided for storing semiconductor wafer carriers, and for loading wafers or wafer carriers to a fabrication tool. The apparatus preferably provides an elevated port for receipt of wafer carriers from an overhead factor... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6345948 | Containerized vehicle storage system A simple and relatively inexpensive containerized vehicle storage system for holding self-parked vehicles. In one embodiment, the system includes a building or housing having an upper level and a lower level, with the lower level being situated below leve... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6106210 | Parking apparatus The invention relates to a parking apparatus having a plurality of vertically movable vehicle supporting platforms for being lifted and lowered between a lower vehicle supporting level and an upper vehicle supporting level and arranged horizontally in a m... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5957648 | Factory automation apparatus and method for handling, moving and storing semiconductor wafer carriers An improved apparatus and method is provided for handling, moving and storing semiconductor wafer carriers. The apparatus comprises two physically separate load ports, each coupled to a vertical transfer mechanism. Coupled between the two vertical transfe... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5707199 | Apparatus for storing objects in a storage block A device is disclosed for storing objects in a storage block having identical storage places arranged behind, next to or above each other in the X, Y and Z directions and at least one lifting member associated to the storage block. Each storage place is e... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5328315 | Multistory multicolumn storing installation This invention is related to a multistory, multicolumn storing installation capable of efficiently storing cargoes. The assembly includes a frame structure that defines four adjacent multistory columns A, B, C and D. Movable pallets P, each of which can b... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5314285 | Automatic controlled multi-level storage system Disclosed is an automatic controlled multi-level storage system having a bottom access level, a plurality of cargo storage levels vertically spaced above the access level, and a central elevator space vertically disposed through each level, each level hav... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5190427 | Computer-controlled block to block shifting type multi-floor multi-block equipment conveying and storage system A computer-controlled, multi-floor, multi-block equipment conveying and storage system having a multi-floor steel framework made of H-beam steels. Each floor is divided into a plurality of equal blocks longitudinally and latitudinally aligned. The blocks ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5176484 | Multi-storey depot for storing cargo and automobiles A cargo depot for storing palletized cargoes such as passenger cars (97, 98, and 99), in which a car (97) is moved to a designated cell (5) in sequential steps along two or three coordinates through door openings (11, 12) provided in adjacent cells (5) lo... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5039269 | Multi-story type automatic parking lot for dense parking A multi-story type automatic parking lot for dense parking, permitting the parked vehicles to be closely arranged with one adjacent to another without any passage way required. Every parking unit is made of a steel plate which comprises a plurality of rol... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5018926 | Automatic storage and retrieval apparatus Storage and retrieval apparatus and method using pallets for storing vehicles and other loads. A number of storage levels aligned vertically are reached by a pair of lifts in shafts which bracket the levels. A transfer mechanism can push a pallet and auto... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4470742 | Storing plant The plant comprises a carrier structure formed by a network of orthogonal paths (1,2) on which carriages to be stored (5) are capable to move in two directions (xy). The displacement along (y) is provided by a robot carriage (18) carried by a carrier carr... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4273053 | Material handling apparatus Transporter or material handling apparatus for the controlled movement of goods includes two pairs of intersecting rails, a pallet for supporting the goods, a first group of wheels mounted on the pallet for rolling on one pair of intersecting rails, a sec... | 06/16/1981 |
