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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7114909 | Trailer-tilting, load-discharge apparatus and method A trailer unloading system anchors one or more trailers to a deck, with, or without tractor attached. The sides of the trailers are free to pivot from a top, longitudinal, pivot axis once unlatched from the edge of the trailer floor. The deck tilts the trailers side... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7063497 | Drive over conveyor pit assembly A drive over conveyor pit assembly includes a mainframe including a grain pit located between and adjacent a plurality of drive over sections. Attached to the mainframe are a plurality of entrance ramps and a pair of exit ramps. Each ramp is pivotably attached to an... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6860695 | Trailer tipper A trailer tipper is disclosed having a sub-frame, a deck pivotally secured to a rear portion of the sub-frame, and means for raising the deck relative to the sub-frame. A wheel assembly frame is pivotally secured to a rear portion of the sub-frame, and wheels are co... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6579054 | Shape-modifiable transition chute for trailer tipper A trailer tipper is disclosed for dumping material from the rear of a trailer which includes a main frame, a tipping deck mounted at one end of the main frame for supporting the trailer during pivotal movement of the tipping deck from a lowered position t... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5458451 | Trailer dumper A portable low-profile tipper for dumping the contents from a trailer containing a dumpable material, includes a towable elongated and angled frame having a portion resting on the ground during dumping for greater stability. A deck is pivotally attached a... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5388667 | Unloading system for shopping carts The invention is directed to an unloading system for shopping carts wherein a conveyor device is disposed in the entry area of a cash register or scanning apparatus, and acts on the products lying randomly in the shopping cart to subject them to a transpo... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5371959 | Pointing device carried by digging arm of excavator, for dynamically indicating location and direction of extension of underground cable A pointer intended for attachment to the digging arm of an excavator, is characterized by an elongated arm which can be pivoted on the digging arm using a drive whose driving movements are activated and controlled by the magnetic field generated by an und... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5344271 | Trailer dumper A portable low-profile tipper for dumping the contents from a trailer containing a dumpable material, includes a towable elongated and angled frame having a portion resting on the ground during dumping for greater stability. A deck is pivotally attached a... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5297911 | Method and apparatus for handling waste The present invention pertains to an apparatus for lifting a container. The lifting apparatus has an elongate member having a first end and a second end and device for lockingly engaging the elongate member to the container, such as a fifth wheel plate at... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5080548 | Trailer dumper A portable low-profile tipper for dumping the contents from a trailer containing a dumpable material, includes a towable elongated frame having a back end with a deck pivotally attached thereto. The deck has a backstop for positioning the trailer during d... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5010969 | Drive system A drive device for driving and/or conveying, guiding and positioning an object in a desired direction by a wedge-type propulsion mechanism. The wedge-type propulsion mechanism represents a new design for a step-by-step conveyor system which can move subst... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4723887 | Load carrying and tipping vehicle A load carrying and tipping vehicle (11) adapted to be coupled to a power-operable vertically movable part (15) of a motor vehicle (13) such as a front end loader in which case the bucket of the front end loader constitutes the vertically movable part. Th... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4114768 | Container companion plate A container companion plate comprising a substantially longitudinal member which is provided at each extremity with an internally mounted extension arm, said longitudinal member having one or more container engaging means provided on its upper surface and... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4037739 | Moving system with integral casters A heavy duty moving system including a base sled having two sets of integral, drop-leaf, heavy duty caster wheels (FIG. 1) and a lever arm assembly (FIG. 6) for moving heavy equipment, for example, the "XEROX" copy machines of the 2400 series. The sled is... | 07/26/1977 |
