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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422096 | Extension for conveyor A conveyor for transporting materials or people from a first location to a second location has an elongated boom having a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface; a conveyor mechanism such as an endless belt, chain, or ladder that is operably at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7261493 | Device and method for laying and joining pipe A pipe installation device and a method for laying consecutive lengths of bell and spigot pipe. The pipe installation device installs sequential pipe lengths. The pipe installation device includes a pipe supply system and a pipe alignment system attached to a carria... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7111765 | Carrier rack system A trailer hitch mounted recreational equipment carrier for transporting various recreational equipment. The trailer hitch mounted recreational equipment carrier includes a support frame having at least a horizontal member and a vertical member, a first link arm pivo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7037042 | Device and method for laying and joining pipe An auto-advancing pipe installation device and a method for laying consecutive lengths of bell and spigot pipe. The auto-advancing pipe installation device installs sequential lengths of pipe in a trench. The auto-advancing pipe installation device includes a locomo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6966418 | Extension for roof conveyor A conveyor for transporting materials from a first location to a second location has an elongated boom having a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface; a conveyor mechanism such as an endless belt or chain that is operably attached to the elong... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6758317 | Field crop harvesting and loading vehicle A vehicle for the harvesting of plants bearing fruit or vegetables and particularly strawberries is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a conveyor belt system which is a pair of conveyors each comprising a belt assembly and an elongated trough positioned in a fixed rel... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6588053 | Vacuum trailer assembly A vacuum trailer assembly for collecting and disposing of debris. The vacuum trailer assembly includes a frame having a hitch portion and a trailer portion. The trailer portion has a plurality of wheels for supporting the frame. The hitch portion is desig... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6464426 | Vehicle dispensing system A flowable material delivering vehicle in combination with a material dispensing system including a fixed conveyor extending continuously from a position located adjacent a vehicle container outlet aperture to a position located adjacent a vehicle cab fro... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6321758 | Tobacco leaf handling assembly The present invention relates to a method for transferring harvested tobacco leaves from an amorphous mass of harvested tobacco leaves to a bulk curing container component for subsequent transfer to a bulk curing site. According to the method, the bulk cu... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5718325 | Adjustable conveyor system for man-loaded cargos A fully adjustable conveyor system for transporting loose items of cargo which are to be manually loaded or unloaded by a worker. In one embodiment, the conveyor system includes a powered device, such as a driveable, maneuverable tug which is provided wit... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5685687 | Loading and unloading assist apparatus for a vehicle A truck is fitted with an unloading conveyor for carrying packages of material, e.g. roofing shingles, from a transfer station on the truck bed, preferably at its rear. This conveyor can swing in an arc about its mounting adjacent the transfer station, an... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5549414 | Road-surfacing vehicle A road surfacing vehicle having a controllable articulated distribution head is presented. The distribution head has a material transfer device such as a mixer box pivotally mounted on the vehicle. A laying box is also connected to the material transfer d... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5476353 | Trailer apparatus with rotating platform Trailer-mounted apparatus of the type with a platform that can rotate on a central fifth wheel-like support with a vertical axis, particularly for the loading and handling of coop frames for poultry and the like, which includes: a substantially rectangula... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5402740 | Vehicular machine for transplanting vegetal seedlings A vehicular machine available for transplanting vegetal seedlings onto seedbed lines comprising; a planting unit which is furnished with a plurality of vegetal seedling mounting tables and planting levers for transplanting vegetal seedlings onto seedbed l... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5205677 | Fruit harvesting machine A machine for harvesting fruit from trees is provided. The machine includes a supporting vehicle; a hopper mounted on the vehicle; a blower assembly for maintaining a sub-atmospheric pressure in the hopper; an extendable/retractable boom rotatably mounted... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5203662 | Track-bound freight car for bulk material A track-bound freight car comprising a box for storing bulk material, the box having a bottom portion and comprising a longitudinally extending conveyor in the bottom portion of the box, a carrier frame bearing the conveyor, the conveyor and carrier frame... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5007772 | Fruit harvesting machine A machine for harvesting fruit including a supporting vehicle (30, 31) having a hopper 40 on one end (31) and a three-section extensible boom (80a, 80b, 80c) rotatably mounted on the other end (30) and having a bucket (96) on the outer end of the boom, an... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4899527 | Harvesting machine A horizontal boom extends laterally from a superstructure and includes a boom belt conveyor which receives harvested fruit from upwardly extending belt conveyors. The boom conveyor carries fruit to an inner discharge end above the superstructure for disch... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4802812 | Apparatus for harvesting row crops An apparatus for harvesting row crops having a mobile frame; harvesting units mounted on the frame and adapted for individual movement under the control of field workers borne thereby toward and from the row crop for harvesting of the crop therefrom; and ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4777890 | Machine for handling, assembling, laying, watering and pressing sod rolls The machine which is the object of the invention comprises a frame 1 supporting on one side a platform for an operator within whose reach lies another platform 5 bearing rolls 7 of turf and further back a second platform 8 whereas on the left hand side of... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4557368 | Field crop harvesting and packing machine A harvester comprising a vehicle (11) supported on wheels (12) and forming a loading platform (51) on which packers can stand to pack the produce in cartons. Wings (17, 18) extend from opposite sides of the vehicle and include hinged assemblies (22, 24) t... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4424828 | Vehicle for servicing aircraft A vehicle for use in the servicing of aircraft, particularly in the removal of feces from toilets of passanger aircraft, comprises a chassis and a body which is mounted on said chassis and has only a small height so that the vehicle can be moved under air... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4408666 | Sod handling apparatus An apparatus for handling sod includes a wheeled frame for moving along the ground and a forward frame section which is adapted to receive pallets of sod adjacent thereto. A conveyor is coupled to the frame for transporting pieces of sod between the palle... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4395867 | Pepper harvesting apparatus A device is described suitable for harvesting peppers and other vegetables which grow on short bushes or vines close to the ground. Thus, a pepper picker sits on the seat in close proximity to the plants, while the device is in straddle position relative ... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4395186 | Vehicle for tending low growing vegetation A powered vehicle for tending low-growing vegetation comprising a frame having intersecting cross-braces; a platform mounted to the frame having an engine mounted thereon; front and rear center swing tubes having a torsion bar spring suspension and a doub... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4375343 | Railcar transporting trailer A railcar transport for use with a truck tractor towing means comprising a trailer having an elongated rectangular frame having the rails thereon located on the longitudinal side frame members, having a railcar ramp secured to one end thereof, having a po... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4295772 | Hay bale stacker A tiltable device for forming weather-proof stacks of hay bales which in the preferred embodiment contains thirty bales per stack comprising a tiltable bed of generally "L" shaped cross-section carried on an axle and adapted to be towed behind a hay baler... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4290727 | Harvesting device In abstract a preferred embodiment of this invention is a tobacco harvester having staggered cropper seats with only one seat on each side being outboard of the confines of the device. An inclined central conveyor, in combination with a lateral conveyor f... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4169511 | Boom-pulpit vehicle A three-wheeled vehicle has a pulpit boom mounted near a single steering wheel for azimuth and elevation positioning under control from the pulpit. All three wheels are driven, also under control from the pulpit. The boom assembly supporting the pulpit sw... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4163625 | Movable working platform for use in racking drill pipe Suspension members flexibly connected to a carriage and to an overhead support above the racking platform of an oil well mast or derrick support the carriage, which is provided with a floor to support a derrick man therein. The lower end of the suspension... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4106634 | Crawler-type self-propelled hoist A self-propelled steerable hoist for use in the placement of mobile homes on support blocks at a predetermined site; the hoist, in the general nature of a low bed vehicle, being a modification of, and for the same purpose as, the hoist disclosed in my U.S... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4085853 | Construction of buildings or parts thereof A tractor-trailer combination is used in a method of constructing a building wherein the trailer has an elongated rectangular walled space (divided longitudinally into three spaces) for hauling walls, construction materials or mold parts to the building s... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4078685 | Mobile bin apparatuses and process of operation thereof A mobile field bin of such large size and unloading features as to provide economically significant convenient and reliable feed to road transport container vehicles has wall and wheel support and adjustment structures and operations that provides for par... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4074819 | Elevatable two-part scaffold for picking fruit An elevatable scaffold is disclosed which may be lifted into a position entirely encircling a tree to be picked. The scaffold includes a path completely encircling the tree so that the pickers may pick fruit all the way about the tree. The scaffold also i... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4073392 | Mobile self-propelled harvester A mobile self-propelled harvesting vehicle adapted to travel along rows of vegetables and having a pair of spaced elongated cradles thereon for supporting workers in face down reclining positions with their arms and hands free for manually picking vegetab... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4066176 | Tobacco harvester In abstract, a preferred embodiment of this invention is a tobacco harvester wherein a centrally disposed trailer attached to a towing vehicle is straddled by a worker support platform. Mechanical means are also provided for conveying the product harveste... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4056204 | Bale loading assembly Bale loading assembly for round bales of hay or the like is arranged at the front end of a movable platform of the type having a downwardly and forwardly sloping ramp. The invention provides bale pulling means arranged to be lowered down, to engage the ba... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4026431 | Tobacco harvester having a bulk container filled by manual primers Tobacco harvesting apparatus having a plurality of seats for workmen to hand prime tobacco plants and having a plurality of conveyors for transporting the tobacco leaves and discharging such leaves into a large bulk container.... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4020959 | Cart construction A cart construction having improved structure for selectively retaining removable transport containers thereon including brake structure for selectively preventing movement of one or more roller elements supporting the transport container on the cart. The... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3950023 | Side wall construction for a cargo transporting and handling vehicle A cargo transporting and handling vehicle is disclosed, which facilitates unloading of cargo elements from and loading of cargo elements onto the vehicle at the various stops along a route. The vehicle has a body having a plurality of elongated guide memb... | 04/13/1976 |