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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374034 | Reciprocating slat conveyor with bearing planks on fixed slats between moving slats Fixed conveyor slats (12) in the nature of beams extend over a window in a support framework (70, 72, 74, 76, 86, 88) for the movable and fixed slats (10, 12) of the reciprocating slat conveyor. The fixed slats (12) support the movable sl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7322460 | Pivoting unloading door assembly and common conveyor drive for door segments thereof A pivoting unloading door for ramp assembly and common conveyor drive for door or ramp segments thereof. The door or ramp segments are pivotable about a pivotal axis between a folded or closed position in generally overlaying relation one to the other, and an unfold... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320453 | Suspension system for HVAC equipment Generally, the present invention (referred to also as the “suspension system”) is incorporated in a system for suspending an HVAC unit from one or more wood truss members through the use of one or more top lock plates connected to the wood truss, one or more bot... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316307 | Reciprocating slat conveyor with continuous splash guard bearings An elongated plastic slide bearing (10) comprises a top (30), sidewalls (32, 34) depending from the top (30), and connecting to walls (36, 44, 48 and 38, 46, 50) that form laterally inwardly extending recesses (40, 42... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7278359 | Railway car for transporting semi-trucks The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car fo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252190 | Bale wagon load rack and round bale unloading attachment A bale wagon for large bales that uses a load rack made of a plurality of longitudinal spaced-apart channel members that move in segments to transfer the load rearwardly for unloading. A tilting bed round bale unloader deposits bales one tier at a time onto their cy... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7118320 | Multiple compartment waste collection container The present invention relates to a refuse collection system for use in association with a transport vehicle. The system comprises a container having multiple internal compartments and a refuse-receiving trough divided into a plurality of trough-shaped receptacles, e... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7063205 | Reciprocating conveyor with liquid collecting tray A system for carrying refuse and other materials can be used in combination with a transport vehicle. More particularly, the system can be part of a trailer for a transport vehicle. The system has a frame to which a load-bearing platform is attached. The platform ha... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6974296 | Cleanout cover system for unloading particulate material from reciprocating floor assemblies The cleanout cover system of this invention is operable with a container having a reciprocating slat-type conveyor for supporting and moving particulate material rearwardly at an unloading site. The container has laterally spaced side walls and a front connecting wa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928802 | Compactor structure for forming a crown on the top of a compacted cotton module Cotton compacting structure for distributing and compacting cotton within a cotton compactor chamber of a cotton module builder or packager, including a frame adapted to be supported in the chamber for downward movement against cotton collected in a lower portion of... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6866465 | Robotic system and method for collecting and dispensing regular and irregular shaped objects Wheels, endless treads, or articulating legs powered by a first drive mechanism support a chassis for movement along a support surface over which are spread one or more regular or irregular shaped objects. A transversely extending, forwardly opening receptacle is mo... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6848569 | Reciprocating slat conveyor with fixed and movable slats A reciprocating slat conveyor is composed of laterally spaced apart movable conveyor slats (10) and fix conveyor slats (12) laterally between the movable slats (10). The movable slats (10) are clamped to transverse drive beams (56)... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6805233 | Conveyor slat of a fiber reinforced thermoplastic material The invention relates to a reciprocating slat conveyor comprising a plurality of side by side disposed elongated conveyor slats, means for attaching the slats to at least one of a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transversely extending drive beams for drivin... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6705456 | Feed indexing bar conveyor A conveyor between a log debarker and a flaker has three flat bottom plates which extend the length of the conveyor line, and two vertical side plates. Each of the five plates is driven to oscillate by a hydraulic piston. All five plates together move forward approx... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6632066 | Carrying and loading/unloading apparatus A carrying and loading/unloading apparatus including a slide plate adapted to reciprocally move on a bottom plate such as that of a truck bed, a partition plate provided on the slide plate and the partition plate side ends securable to right and left bed ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6585106 | Reciprocating slat conveyors Bolt fasteners extend through a bottom wall (38) in longitudinal guide beams (14), to secure the guide beams (14) to transverse frame members (70, 72). The guide beams (14) include sidewalls (40, 42) which extend upwardly from the bottom wall (30) to late... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6513648 | Reciprocating conveyor with top front drive The container of a mobile cargo trailer is provided with a reciprocating slat type conveyor floor in which the elongated slats are supported at their lateral edges on V-shaped bearings which are mounted on Y-shaped supports integral with sub-deck sections... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6457578 | Reciprocating slat floor conveyor A moving slat conveyor in which the slats are reciprocally mounted on cross beams and wherein the slats are provided with depressed areas above the respective beams so that the slats fall and rise during their reciprocal movement. All of the slats are mov... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6357578 | Trailer floor cleaning system A system for cleaning the floor of a self-unloading trailer of residual particulate material comprises in combination with moving slats of a typical self-unloading trailer three rails each fashioned to be attached to the top of a slat, and a wedge-shaped ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6350099 | Device for transporting basket products A conveyor system for transporting products such as baskets of fruits and vegetables on the back of a truck. The system has a plurality of tracks attached to opposite sides of the truck cargo area upon which ride shelves which have wheels to support the s... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6059513 | Pull-type rear ejector wagon A rear ejector wagon having a removable connection to an agricultural or industrial tractor. The wagon is connected to the tractor by a low lying, stable towing tongue. The removability of the ejector wagon from a tractor provides flexibility in use of po... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6026949 | Drive units and drive assembly for reciprocating slat conveyors Three tandem drive units are provided. Outward variable volume working chambers at one end of the drive units are connected via passageways in the piston rods with inward variable volume working chambers at the opposite end of the drive units. In similar ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6003660 | Drive units and drive assembly for a reciprocating slat conveyors Three tandem drive units are provided. Outward variable volume working chambers at one end of the drive units are connected via passageways in the piston rods with inward variable volume working chambers at the opposite end of the drive units. In similar ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996773 | Fluid drive for reciprocating floor An enclosed fluid drive system for cycling the beams in a reciprocating floor between a reset position and a delivery position wherein an array of fluid motors engages the beams for moving the same and the fluid drive system includes an exhaust system whe... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5984076 | Drive assembly for reciprocating slat conveyor A drive assembly has a plurality of piston/cylinder drive units each of which has a piston component longitudinally fixed to a fixed transverse frame member. First and second working chambers in a movable cylinder component are connected to pressure and r... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5957267 | Reciprocating conveyor in a trailer having higher structural and operational efficiency The conveyor forms the floor of the trailer and is made up of longitudinal slats slidably supported on cross beams. In a center frame trailer all the cross beams are supported on longitudinal beams. In a frameless trailer some of the cross beams are suppo... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5941169 | Bale thrower control system A baler for making parallelepiped bales is equipped with a bale ejector or thrower structure including a bale throwing pan supported by a four-bar linkage that is swung upwardly by a hydraulic throwing cylinder. A control valve structure including a solen... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5911555 | Vehicle/dock loading/unloading conveyor system A power driven, reciprocating slat conveyor (12) is provided on a dock (D). A passive, reciprocating slat conveyor (10) is provided within a trailer (T). The power driven conveyor (12) is coupled to the passive conveyor (10) so that the drive mechanism of... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5899654 | Commodity container flow initiator A commodity container flow initiator is shown for initiating gravity flow of a commodity from a bin having typically four sides and a bottom, wherein one side is the unloading side of the bin when the bin is tipped on that side for unloading, wherein the ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5806660 | Reciprocating slat conveyors Alternate conveyor slats have laterally outwardly projecting, upper side portions, each with a depending, longitudinal, load transmitting bead (B). The beads (B) sit down on and slide longitudinally along bearing/seal surfaces (90a, 92a) that are a part o... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5664663 | Reciprocating floor conveyor The reciprocating floor conveyor (11) includes a plurality of elongated floor slats (52) that are slidable supported on bearings (50) and constitute a substantial portion of the floor 46 of a cargo container (10). Drive bars (60, 62 and 64) are reciprocat... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5662450 | Sectional van trailer having detachable and interchangeable compartments for transporting both household belongings and commercial freight A sectional van trailer having detachable, interchangeable compartments capable of forming a continuous van body is disclosed. One or more van sections or cargo compartments are secured to a trailer frame. The van sections may be individually removed and ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5655645 | Seal member for reciprocating slat conveyors An elastomeric seal member (94) includes a split, V-shaped upper edge portion including and formed by branches (110, 112) that angle away from each other and toward opposite sides (88, 90) of adjacent conveyor slat (80) of a reciprocating slat conveyor. T... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5588522 | Reciprocating floor conveyor for conveying palletized loads or the like A reciprocating floor conveyor (10) including a support frame (12), and a conveyor floor (14), which is comprised of a plurality of laterally spaced-apart conveyor slats (16), a plurality of laterally spaced-apart holding slats (18), and a series of divid... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5469603 | Fiber reducer reciprocating conveyor having an improved bearing assembly A fiber bundle reducer such as a cotton module feeder includes a feeder bed incorporating a reciprocating slat conveyor. A module carrying truck drives onto the slat conveyor and unloads a seed cotton module. In one embodiment, a ramp allows the truck to ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5431523 | Remote control for a reciprocating vehicle bed conveyor floor A reciprocating conveyor being switchable between an operation mode and an interrupt mode by an RF remote control. An electric valve communicates between a hydraulic drive pump and a reciprocating switch valve to provide a bypass for a pressurized fluid. ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5419426 | Snap-in conveyor slat wear plate A wear plate (42) for each conveyor slat (12) of a reciprocating floor conveyor (10), each wear plate biased laterally by an O-ring tube (50), so that one side edge (44) of each wear plate (42) is pressed into a slot (54) formed by a side ridge (22) and l... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5402878 | Reciprocating slat conveyor A reciprocating slat conveyor for loading and unloading a bulk cargo from a stationary or movable receptacle includes a plurality of elongate slats arranged side-by-side along the bottom of the receptacle and grouped into three slat sets each set movable ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5403143 | Automatic guided vehicle with movable hook unit An automatic guided vehicle is devoid of a floor and includes a substantially C-shaped body defining a space surrounded or closed from three directions including forward and backward directions of the vehicle, two hook units disposed side by side at a bot... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5370217 | Tail assembly for reciprocating floor conveyor A tail structure assembly (10) for a reciprocating floor conveyor (12) having a plurality of movable slats (22) mounted adjacent each other in a common plane. The tail structure assembly (10) includes a tail piece (26) fixedly mounted at the ends of each ... | 12/06/1994 |
