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Class 414/619 - Cantilevered type (e.g., industrial truck, etc.)


Subclass of Class 414 - Material or article handling
Definition: Elevating grab devices in which the load grasping means
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 05/31/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
7950893Device for handling manufacturing rings, a forklift including the same, and a method of handling a manufacturing ring
A lifting apparatus for lifting manufacturing rings is provided. The lifting apparatus includes an attachment part having an opening extending therethrough, and a plurality of elongated legs extending from the attachment part. Each of the elongated legs has a slit d...
05/31/2011
7134649Conformal vacuum cup apparatus and method
A conformal vacuum cup provides a machine tool attachment fitting usable in a flexible-track drill system. Using multiple, independently articulated stiffeners, the conformal vacuum cup conforms to the contour of complex aerostructure surface shapes. The individual ...
11/14/2006
6971410Portable drum dosing system
A portable drum dosing system includes an outer mast assembly extending generally horizontally from the main frame and includes a pair of legs disposed at an angle with respect to each other so that the legs may straddle and dispose the main frame near a drum. An up...
12/06/2005
6840731Coil handler device
A coil handler device is configured for grasping, lifting and transporting a coil of material that is coiled in such a manner as to have an outer periphery and an inner periphery and to define a longitudinal axis. The handler device includes a frame and a grasping a...
01/11/2005
6767175Forklift
A forklift having a pallet lock device. On an upper face of a top end of a lock bar to lock a pallet, a tapered portion is disposed. When a fork is inserted into the pallet, the tapered portion comes into contact with an end face of the pallet and the lock bar rotat...
07/27/2004
6648580Roll-handling attachment for lifter
An apparatus for moving a roll of material having a cylindrical bore from a vertical position on a surface to a horizontal position at a height above the surface includes a support mandrel for positioning in the bore in advance of moving the roll. An expa...
11/18/2003
6626628Pushing device for large sweeper
An interface between forks of a fork lift and one or more sweepers includes elements to receive the forks, and forward-facing elements fittable into fork insertion members in the sweepers. The forward-facing elements are spaced far enough apart to permit ...
09/30/2003
6406248Apparatus for lifting and moving an upright cylindrical container
A work load lifting and moving apparatus is formed by a wheel supported horizontal main frame in turn supporting a mast assembly having a vertically reciprocal lifting frame gripping and lifting the work load by a hoist supported by the mast assembly. Oth...
06/18/2002
6135704Layer-picking clamp supported on a forklift truck
A layer-picking clamp mountable on a truck has clamp arms extending downwardly from and movably mounted to an upper frame section. The clamp arms are linearly movable with respect to the upper frame section in laterally inward and outward directions so th...
10/24/2000
5618154Drum transporter
A drum transporter includes a main frame mounted on wheels with an outer mast assembly extending generally horizontally from the main frame. The outer mast assembly includes a pair of legs disposed at an angle of at least about 90° with respect to each o...
04/08/1997
5551831Method and apparatus for elevating a cargo container chassis for storage
A method, apparatus and system for elevating a cargo container chassis for storage in a substantially vertical position. The chassis is positioned on a lifting platform having a hinged axis around which the platform may tilt upwardly. The platform is then...
09/03/1996
5490756Manipulation and transport device for rolled materials
A device for the lifting, manipulation and transport of heavy rolls of material from shipping containers to/and from production apparatus is disclosed. The device has a mandrel which grips rolled stock at the roll core by means of expansion inside the rol...
02/13/1996
5401134Telescoping apparatus for lifting and discharging of containers
A lifting apparatus for containers of a flowable material which comprises a base member, a first elongated tubular column, a second elongated tubular column, a container support, and a lifting and lowering assembly. The lifting and lowering assembly is ho...
03/28/1995
5397211Automatic storage and retrieval system
A storage and retrieval machine comprising a generally horizontal rail including a rail member, a base, a linear slide supporting the base for movement along the rail member, a generally vertical mast supported by the base, a carriage supported for genera...
03/14/1995
5297483Work conveyor
Left side panels and right side panel are produced in a left side panel production line and a right side panel production line, respectively By vertical lifters, each left side panel and each right side panel are lifted at the delivery stations and then t...
03/29/1994
5263811Vehicle attachment for breaking loose, lifting and loading unwanted pavement
An attachment for removing pavement that can be removably mounted on the lift arms of a vehicle such as a tractor loader that includes a main frame having front and rear sides. An elongated penetrating member is mounted to extend cantilever from the front...
11/23/1993
5211523Assembly for programmed controlled handling and transporting of boxes, containers or the like
An assembly for the controlled programmed handling of articles includes autoguided and robotized vehicles and a plurality of work stations and storage areas. There is a computer communication system between a host computer, the vehicles, and the work and ...
05/18/1993
4941798Means for manipulating and transporting loads
The inventive manipulator for heavy loads, preferably printing products in loose scale formation and wound up to form rolls, only has a single pivot pin (35) or joint which, according to the invention, is arranged in such a way that the load (5) can be br...
07/17/1990
4940381Mobile hoist
A mobile hoist for loading and unloading heavy objects onto and from shelves in space limited quarters includes a hydraulic cylinder piston combination for elevating and lowering the objects utilizing a platform or a boom which may be attached to the pist...
07/10/1990
4641795Printed product coil
A printed product coil or wound product package consists of a hollow winding core or mandrel upon which mutually slightly overlapping printed products as well as a winding band or partitioning strap wound in between the winding layers are wound-up. The wi...
02/10/1987
4640661Vacuum lift clamp device for handling of paper rolls
A vacuum lift clamp device for sidehandling of one or two paper rolls (21), for use in connection with ordinary fork lift trucks equipped with a vacuum pump device (23) , and having a curved carrying plate (1, 2, 3) e.g. of steel, supporting the vacuum pa...
02/03/1987
4252497Article handling system
An article handling system and, more particularly, a box or container picker system having miniaturized components for detecting the presence as well as the orientation of various sizes of boxes and containers in a pallet layer of product including suctio...
02/24/1981
4084709Device for lifting-lowering and rotating operations
In a production operation, such as a molding operation, a device is used for moving both the molded parts produced and molds or similar elements used in the operation, between different working stations. The device includes support frames releasably engag...
04/18/1978
3990594Fluid-actuated clamping apparatus and circuit
A load-clamping apparatus wherein the loaded and unloaded condition of the clamping arms (respecting their contacting an external body) is automatically sensed, and used to determine the type of fluid connections which exist at any given moment between fl...
11/09/1976
3977534Wall indexing machine
For transporting and indexing panel wall sections, a wheeled base chassis supports a lateral movable plate, in turn carrying three separate frames for performing the various orienting functions. The innermost frame is pivotally carried by the lateral plat...
08/31/1976
3944092Container emptying device
An interchangeable side loader unit on a vehicle moves outwardly from the vehicle to a position adjacent support abutment means on a trash and/or refuse container to move open-throat portions of U-shaped members upwardly into engagement with support abutm...
03/16/1976
 
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