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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090456 | Apparatus for loading, transporting, stacking and feeding bales An apparatus to load, transport, stack, retrieve and feed bales of hay can be run by a single operator. A vehicle frame supports an operator cab forward of a tiltable bed. A track begins near the ground in front of the cab and proceeds back toward to bed to above th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6929719 | Leveller bar for coking ovens The invention relates to a levelling bar for coking ovens, for levelling the cones of discharged coal which form under the filling holes of the oven chamber during the filling process. The levelling bar consists of two cheeks, such as plates (1), which extend... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6799933 | Freight load pallet carrier and method for distributing freight load pallets A freight load carrier for transporting freight load pallets is provided. The freight load carrier has a rectangular carrier base with a longitudinal axis having a top face, bottom face, first and second ends and first and second side rails wherein the top face is c... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6764274 | Vehicle mounted large bale loading, transporting and unloading system A large bale loading, transporting and unloading method and apparatus including a wheeled vehicle having a flatbed with a longitudinal conveyor and a cross-bed conveyor for unloading bales laterally from the side of the flatbed. A tine carrying frame or bed is movab... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6695560 | Vehicle mounted large bale loading, transporting and unloading system A large bale loading, transporting and unloading method and apparatus including a wheeled vehicle having a flatbed with a longitudinal conveyor and a cross-bed conveyor for unloading bales laterally from the side of the flatbed. A tine carrying frame or b... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6328520 | Vehicle mounted large bale loading, transporting and unloading system A large bale loading, transporting and unloading method and apparatus including a wheeled vehicle having a flatbed with a longitudinal conveyor and a cross-bed conveyor for unloading bales laterally from the side of the flatbed. A tine carrying frame or b... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6129500 | Reciprocating conveyor In a trailer, a conveyor comprises a floor and two walls, each comprising a band and series of rollers. All the rollers of the walls are identical. The rollers of the floor are not. The first roller of the floor, at the discharge end, has a diameter large... | 10/10/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6056497 | Unloading method and dump wagon for potted plants A dump wagon for transporting potted plants from one location to another and for unloading the potted plants. The dump wagon includes a wagon bed that tilts between a horizontal transport position and a tilted or inclined unloading position. A pusher at o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5795124 | Self-loading material hauler and distributor A self-loading vehicle for moving cotton modules or bulk materials such as compost or cotton burrs. The vehicle utilizes a chain conveyor system on a tiltable bed. Long conveyor bars or lugs are attached horizontally to the chains to aid in gripping the m... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5700124 | Apparatus for collecting and transporting bales and for feeding a bale wrapping machine The invention concerns an agricultural device able to be moved by a tractor and provided with a hydraulic apparatus for collecting and transporting manufactured bales with the aid of a baling press and for continuously feeding a banding machine with the b... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5346352 | Freight moving apparatus in carrier vehicle A freight moving apparatus comprising: a conveyor for receiving a freight and conveying the freight between a first predetermined position in a carrier vehicle and a second predetermined position in a freight station; an electric motor for driving the con... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5193453 | Railroad car trash compactor A railroad car trash compactor includes an elongated box defining an elongated trash compartment therein. A compactor blade is movably mounted within the box and is movable from a fill position adjacent the forward end of the box to a discharge position a... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5171122 | Device for loading and unloading motor vehicles A device for loading and unloading a truck includes a plurality of endless, parallel conveyor cables extending along a load platform of the truck and movable relative thereto with respective upper support passes projecting above the platform, a cross memb... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5143508 | Cargo carrying vehicle having a movable bulkhead located therein A cargo carrying vehicle 10 including a body 12, a movable bulkhead 34 mounted in the interior 14 of the body 12 for movement relative to the body 12, and a plurality of inexpensible cables for stabilizing the movable bulkhead 34 against pivotal movement ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5127789 | Apparatus for loading and unloading pallets A loading and unloading system for pallets for containers or vehicles uses moving wire cables for loading. The system will guide and locate palletized goods on the moving wire cables. Downwardly extending members, such as wheels, on the pallets will be ra... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4842471 | Unloading mechanism for trucks and trailers An unloading mechanism for a truck or trailer has a conveyor belt which runs on the bed of the truck or trailer between forward and rearward wind-up rolls. A bulkhead is attached to the conveyor belt for pushing a load out the back of the back or trailer.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4726728 | Self-unloading bale box A self-unloading bale box has a conveyor mounted in the floor of the box along one side. The conveyor is covered by a series of covering plates that are raised to expose an increasingly larger length of the conveyor as the box is unloaded. The bales are p... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4505632 | Compact loader-trammer Material handling apparatus comprises a mobile frame defining a longitudinal axis and a raised load compartment on the mobile frame substantially in alignment with said longitudinal axis, and having open front and rear ends. A material handling bucket is ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4431360 | Container for the loading and transporting of goods A container body for highway trailers, ships or aircraft, for loading and transporting goods provides a conveyor belt on the floor of the body with a vertical partition that is movable with the conveyor as the goods are loaded into, or removed from the bo... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4249852 | Storage apparatus A storage apparatus including a supporting frame, a bottom portion, sidewall portions, end portions and a roof portion, the bottom, sidewall, end and roof portions forming an enclosed chamber, one of the end portions being pivotally connected to at least ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4249843 | Apparatus for loading, unloading and stacking hay bales Apparatus for loading, unloading and stacking hay bales utilizing a load carrying vehicle with an elevatable and tiltable bed and a powdered headboard or pusher means mounted on the bed capable of traversing the length of the bed; and an independently pow... | 02/10/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4162735 | Self-loading/unloading apparatus for cargo carrying truck or trailer A truck or trailer body is equipped with a self-loading/unloading apparatus including a power-driven, flexible belt and a movable bulkhead. The belt covers the floor of the body from front to rear and is drivable fore and aft so as to provide a movable ca... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4078677 | Portable self unloading storage container The portable self unloading storage container may be in the form of a trailer, which may be used to transport, store, and unload particulate material, such as sawdust, to be used as fuel for a furnace. A carriage is supported for reciprocating movement al... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4053070 | Retrieving vehicle A vehicle has a moveable bail adapted to engage articles lying on the ground and pull them up unto one end of a storage deck, and also eject them normally from the opposite end. The bail is reversible to provide a full sweep over the deck area at a positi... | 10/11/1977 |
