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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7500815 | Livestock unloading system and method A livestock unloading system for unloading livestock from a storage unit of a transport vehicle to a processing plant or storage facility. The unloading system includes a conveyor system whereby livestock ride from the storage unit to their destination. The conveyin... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7331848 | Method and system for gas stunning of poultry for slaughter A method for gas stunning of poultry for slaughter is in which the poultry arrives at the poultry slaughterhouse, for example, in transport crates, where the poultry is subjected to gas after the poultry have been taken out of the transport crates, and where the pou... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7234590 | Ergonomic load table for washers A loading device for a tunnel washer having a primary conveyor for conveying articles to be washed through the tunnel washer. The loading device includes a frame having a pair of spaced apart legs attached thereto and a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt has an upper ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219786 | Operator position adjustable production line machine An operator position adjustable production line assembly includes a main unit having a product path and an interior including a product cavity. An operable top is attached to the main unit with a plurality of support posts enabling equal or near equal access to the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7039501 | Method for determining a position of a robot Generally, a method of determining a position of a robot is provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining a position of a robot comprises acquiring a first set of positional metrics, acquiring a second set of positional metrics and resolving the position of t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6659704 | Loading bridge for air cargo loading In the conventional air cargo transportation system, the transportation of the cargo that is stored inside of the airport terminal building, to the area of the loading/unloading door is normally performed using the package/cargo carts. However, numerous w... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655893 | Extensible conveyor and frame for vehicle load transfer An apparatus and method for rapidly loading vehicles or other load carrying compartments has an extensible conveyor attached to a base frame by means of a wheel and track design. The load may be applied to the extensible conveyor from any direction by a v... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6454510 | Livestock unloading system A livestock unloading system for unloading livestock from a storage unit of a transport vehicle to a processing plant or storage facility. The unloading system includes a conveyor system whereby livestock ride from the storage unit to their destination. T... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6301776 | System and method for assembling an outdoor unit of a dual-unit type air conditioner An assembly system and method thereof for manufacturing an outdoor unit of a dual-unit type air conditioner employs an assembly system in which the outdoor unit is assembled, a refrigerant charging section in which the assembled outdoor unit is charged wi... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6109854 | Apparatus for raising and lowering baggage from an elevated platform A slide extends from an upper level platform to a lower level. The slide includes a bed with a smooth top surface and side frames that project upwardly from the bed. The bed is a sheet having upraised lips along its side edges. The lips are received by fi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6048157 | Turkey coop unloading apparatus and method An improved method and apparatus for emptying a load of turkeys from multilayer containers is disclosed. Each container or coop includes a liftable gate that enables access into the container and a slidably moveable push member that may also comprise the ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5863170 | Modular process system A modular semiconductor wafer processing system comprises a plurality of detachable process reactors and other types of generators that can be quick-clamped to any of several ports on the lid of a circular wafer handling chamber. A multiple-spoke single-a... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5735664 | Apparatus and method for unloading poultry from multilayer containers An apparatus and method for emptying a load of multilayer container columns is disclosed. A carriage is aligned in an unloading position relative to a container. The carriage includes a mechanism for opening a gate of the container, a mechanism for extend... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5402874 | Mobile conveyor A conveyor coupled to a skid motor vehicle operates to unload bulk granular material from a railroad hopper car. The conveyor has an obtuse configured frame supporting an endless belt extended about an idler roller and a driven roller. A hydraulic motor m... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5256021 | Telescope vehicle loading and unloading system The apparatus and method of this invention safely and efficiently loads and unloads the contents of a load transport container. A manipulator mechanism such as a backhoe having a hemispherical spiked tool at the end of a manipulator arm is mounted on a te... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5228750 | Rotating head frame and load ejector with controlled rotation system A rotating head frame and load ejector assembly having a pair of opposing and parallel rotating side arms which can rotate between a loading and dumping position is disclosed. The bottom ends of the side arms are pivotally attached to the side walls of th... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5000646 | Device to facilitate the loading of luggages into aircraft holds A device to facilitate the luggages' loading into and the unloading out of aircraft holds consisting of a movable truck which is located in the aircraft hold and receives in succession from the conventional belt elevator the luggages or packages to be con... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4946027 | Boom conveyor A boom conveyor including a cantilevered conveyor section having an operator's platform at its outer free end is disclosed. The conveyor section is mounted so that in use the outer free end is movable in a vertical plane between predetermined limits. A sc... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4749325 | Method and apparatus for loading trucks Method and apparatus for truck loading using a conveyor to advance a load into a truck backed-up to a loading dock. A special sheet or belt is laid over the bed of the truck and anchored at the edge adjacent the rear end of the truck bed. The sheet has sp... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4737069 | Method of transporting bagged cargo A method of transporting bagged cargo is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of placing elongated bags on a strap with the transverse midline of each bag aligned on or over the strap. The strap is then fastened around the sides and over the top of t... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4453875 | Displaceable liner for unloading wheel supported receptacles A wheel supported open top receptacle such as a railway car is provided with a liner arrangement comprising a plurality of belt members arranged between the end walls of the car with the sides of adjacent ones of the belts overlapped in the direction betw... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4314788 | Crop handling apparatus An open-topped container is constructed with a plurality of compartments, each having its own discharge opening and each having its own liner of the type that can be selectively rolled up or unrolled according to loading and unloading operations. Each lin... | 02/09/1982 |
