Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314344 | Substrate-transporting device The present invention relates to a substrate-transporting device, including a base, a substrate carrier unit and a shaft unit mounted between the base and the substrate carrier unit. The shaft unit has a supporting shaft and a shaft base to support and control rotat... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7261511 | Robotic pick up and delivery system A pick up and delivery system for use with mobile robots which have a body with a horizontal upper surface and at least one vertical side. The robot has at least one shelf, each of which contains a stop bar containing a retaining device. The system further uses mult... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246987 | Solid motor transport trailer with rotatable chock supports Methods and apparatus are provided for transporting a solid rocket motor, rocket or other object. A transport for an object suitably includes a trailer having a longitudinal axis. A tail support coupled to the trailer has a notch configured to receive a pin affixed ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231801 | Panel conveying apparatus for a press line A panel conveying apparatus for a press line comprises a shuttle feeder and at least one panel position regulating device. The shuttle feeder is configured to be movable between presses. The panel position regulating device is mounted on the shuttle feeder and inclu... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7066704 | Component feeder exchange cart, and mechanism and method for positioning component feeder A cart comprises a base frame, driver for extending an operational stroke of a hydraulic jack and transferring this movement into an up and down motion, a pair of elevating rods simultaneously lifted of lowered by movement of the driver, a pair of supporting frames ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6729833 | Method and apparatus for extracting and installing heat exchanger bundles An apparatus and a method to remove and install horizontal heat exchanger bundles. A continuous track and a main frame having a carriage frame with vertical hydraulic cylinders are used and achieve the stability necessary to support and level a heat exchanger bundle... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726435 | Lift for a personal mobility vehicle or wheelchair A personal mobility vehicle lift for a vehicle having a door opening and a floor. The personal mobility vehicle lift includes a platform for supporting a personal mobility vehicle (PMV) thereatop. An upright preferably telescoping lift mechanism raises and lowers th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6685423 | Method and apparatus for extracting and installing heat exchanger bundles An apparatus and a method to remove and install horizontal heat exchanger bundles. A continuous track and a main frame having a carriage frame with vertical hydraulic cylinders are used and achieve the stability necessary to support and level a heat excha... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6640523 | Article gauge and proportional shifter system A system for continuously packaging or sorting fragile articles having varying thicknesses in a stack includes a plurality of proportional shifters coupled to each of a plurality of stripping devices in an article infeed assembly. Each proportional shifte... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6361265 | Article transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus for an article or group of articles includes a carriage assembly (6) for moving an article substantially horizontally from a first location to a second location. The carriage assembly (6) includes an elongate transfer member (19) and ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5156514 | Shelf-type storage, retrieval and transfer system for material contained in self-supporting storing pallet boxes or magazines In a shelf-type store for magazines with material in rod or plate form, an apparatus is described for putting the material, contained in the magazines, into and out of store and for selecting it. For this purpose the magazines are moved with the aid of a ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4818171 | Pallet transferring arrangement and method A pallet transferring arrangement and method for positioning a pallet transfer deck relative to a load transfer station is provided. The pallet transferring arrangement has a jack assembly for elevationally moving a load carrying member between first and ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4789295 | Article manipulator for robot An article manipulator for use with an industrial robot includes an upper frame adapted for fastening to the industrial robot and a lower frame coupled to the upper frame. A pair of lifting members operable for lifting an article are connected to the lowe... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4708575 | Forklift truck push-pull slipsheet handler for facilitating conversion of truck between slipsheet handling and pallet handling capabilities A push-pull slipsheet handler mountable on a standard hook-type lift truck carriage compatibly with load-handling forks mounted on the carriage. The slipsheet handler comprises a push-pull assembly and split platen, both of which receive their vertical su... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4662160 | Cotton basket unloading structure A conveyor is mounted on the slope side of a cotton basket. Lift structure pivots the basket until the slope side of the basket angles slightly downwardly toward the trailer or module builder which receives the cotton. The conveyor moves the cotton from t... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4655672 | No crease option for a lift truck attachment A no crease system for a push/pull attachment on a lift truck for avoiding damaging loads. A gripper having a bar and a shoe for gripping and releasing a slip sheet carrying a load is provided with a control circuit for closing the gripper to the gripping... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4365921 | Forklift vehicle A self propelled forklift vehicle having a frame formed by two spaced parallel longitudinal frame members and a rear transverse frame member. The fork carriage is movable forwardly and rearwardly on the longitudinal frame members, along the path of the ma... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4297070 | Apparatus for automatically depositing a load in a predetermined position An apparatus for a lift truck, of the type equipped with a push frame, for extending the push frame at a predetermined speed of extension with respect to the lift truck while simultaneously causing the lift truck to move rearwardly at a predetermined reve... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4284384 | Apparatus for automatically depositing a load in a predetermined position An apparatus for a lift truck, of the type equipped with a push frame, for extending the push frame at a predetermined speed of extension with respect to the lift truck while simultaneously causing the lift truck to move rearwardly at a predetermined reve... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4273488 | Bale stacking wagon A multilayer, free-standing stack of bales is built from the bottom up in a machine that forms each successive layer and then raises the layer directly overhead to retaining structure that supports the layer, as well as any others above it, at a high enou... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4268210 | Pallet unloader for fork lifts An unloading mechanism for fork lifts in which a plate slides over the pallet on a fork lift and pushes the goods off the pallet. The plate is moved across the pallet by two arms connecting the plate to the fork lift and operated by a hydraulic cylinder. ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4205938 | Push-pull assembly for lift trucks A load push-pull assembly for a lift truck having a main frame and a tiltable load-supporting frame. The push-pull assembly comprises a push frame connected by a selectively extensible and retractable linkage to a rear mounting frame which does not tilt i... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4179235 | Pan stack retriever dolly A pan retriever dolly transfers stacks to a stack conveyor. The dolly includes a retriever arm with a magnet and is mounted for reciprocating movement across the stack conveyor towards and away from the storage conveyor.... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4133122 | Carriage assembly for an elevating scraper dump linkage and method of installing A carriage assembly has first and second pairs of rollers rotatably connected to first and second sides of the carriage. First and second rail means are secured to spaced parallel sidewalls. The first rail device has first and second elongate rails positi... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4120411 | Portable battery cart A portable battery cart is disclosed for transporting electrical batteries including a wheeled base frame and an elevator platform carried by the base frame. A jack lift is provided for moving the elevator platform vertically relative to the base frame. A... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4099637 | Receptacle emptying device for elongated cylindrical elements A buffer store for filled and empty cigarette containers is provided between a cigarette making machine and a cigarette packing machine so that either of the machines may be kept running if the other stops. In one example the buffer store consists of sepa... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4095715 | Pusher plate for forklift vehicles An L-shaped pusher plate adapter for transverse mounting on the ends of the tines of a forklift carrier or similar vehicle, especially for use in conjunction with a load push-pull attachment. The adapter comprises an abutment wall with means for mounting ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4065012 | Low lift truck A powered walkie/rider low lift transporter type truck especially for slip sheet pallet handling in which a tractor portion is supported from a single drive-steer wheel at one end and load wheels at the other end are pivoted from a relatively short length... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4050739 | Unloading apparatus of truck Apparatus for facilitating the loading and unloading of a motor truck. The rear spring suspension of the truck is fixed to and adjacent the rear ends of a pair of right and left flexible cantilever beams attached at their forward ends to the respective si... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4041799 | Power actuated lazy-tongs arrangement The mounting ends of one superimposed pair of base legs of a lazy-tongs arrangement are pivoted to fixed brackets, and the mounting ends of the other superimposed pair of base legs are mounted for both pivotal movement, and sliding movement relative to th... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4037744 | Lift truck pusher device A pusher device for lift trucks and the like, particularly for sheet-supported loads, in which movement of a pusher structure is effected by a plurality of pusher chains, so constructed that they are rigid when extended in substantially a straight line to... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3985246 | Bale retrieving and transporting apparatus The present invention is directed to a bale retrieving and transporting apparatus used in conjunction with a tractor. This apparatus includes both a lower and rear supporting structure to retrieve and support the bales. Mounted to the rear supporting stru... | 10/12/1976 |
