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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980807 | Load-handling means with rolling-body circulatory guidance A load-handling apparatus having a frame and a load movement component part accommodated on said frame in such a way that it is capable of relative movement, the load movement component part being guided on the frame by a plurality of rolling bodies for the relative... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7891931 | Lateral guidance transportation system Lateral guidance transportation systems include at least one route, on which at least one transportation vehicle is guided as the main vehicle. The main vehicle is energized by a primary circuit having a contact wire arranged along the route, or contactlessly. The m... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7356428 | Overhead traveling vehicle testing and calibration A method, system and test fixture for allowing testing and calibration of various operation parameters of an overhead traveling vehicle (hereinafter “OTV”) are disclosed. The invention implements a test fixture that includes a rotatable bearing set for rotatably... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7311488 | System and method for conveying flat panel display A panel conveying system includes a panel cassette for receiving a plurality of panels, and a conveying vehicle for conveying the panel cassette. The conveying vehicle includes a loading/unloading unit installed on the main body to load and/or unload the panel casse... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7232285 | Vehicle loader mechanism A vehicle loader mechanism mountable on a vehicle having a cargo deck for lifting loads onto the cargo deck is disclosed. The vehicle loader mechanism includes a base mountable on the cargo deck of the vehicle and a lift mechanism movable between a lowered position ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217079 | Slide fork In a slid fork comprising a base portion 4, a middle portion 6, and a top portion 8, a driving motor 20 rotates sprockets 22, 24 to drive chains 26, 36, respectively, at different speeds. The middle portion 6 is fixed... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195104 | Lifting and transporting device A lifting device (10) includes a base frame (12), the base frame having associated drive means: a lifting arm (44) connected at a first end thereof to a frame (42), the lifting arm being pivotally movable with respect to the frame and bei... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191872 | Fork height adjustment mechanism A material handling vehicle including a truck body and a fork assembly adjacent the truck body. A link arm extending between the truck body and the fork assembly has a proximal end and a distal end. A first pivot pin is fixed to the body and pivotally links the prox... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168280 | Roll-changing tool Roll-changing tool having a dismantling device which can be supported on a rolling machine by a hook and which, on a carrier, has a lifting device mounting and a roll holder for a roll journal of a roll, the carrier having a trolley which can be moved in its longitu... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153079 | Automated guided vehicle In an automated guided vehicle including a transfer equipment which transfers a wafer, a buffer cassette which temporarily stores the wafer, and a pressing member which is provided at an opening of the buffer cassette, when traveling the automated guided vehicle, if... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7011487 | Apparatus for transport and delivery of articles A vehicle (10) includes a hollow transfer device (20), a side translating assembly (40), and a lift mast assembly (90). The transfer device has at least one substantially open end and a longitudinal opening intersecting the substantial op... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008166 | Door lifting apparatus and method A door lifting apparatus includes a frame and a lift mechanism. The lift mechanism includes a slide and a lever. The slide includes a plurality of holders and a plurality of glides, wherein the holders are operable to engage and support a door while the glides coope... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966741 | Tipping apparatus for intermodal container An apparatus for removing bulk cargo from an intermodal container, which includes an upper frame mounted on an intermodal container transfer equipment device, a middle frame mounted on the upper frame and a lower frame mounted on the middle frame with the lower fram... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6932556 | Slab tipping apparatus A slab tipping apparatus for tipping slabs onto forks of a forklift. The slab tipping apparatus includes a base member being designed for being selectively coupled to a carriage of the forklift. A pivoting assembly is coupled to the base member. The pivoting assembl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6857493 | Automatic load positioning for a conveyor cart A system for adjusting the position of a load supported on a conveyor cart includes a driven lift mechanism for controlling height and a turntable for controlling rotational orientation. The cart may, alternately or in addition to the above mechanisms, include a gim... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6648581 | Order picker truck An order picker truck includes an extendible mast, and a load platform slidably fixed relative to the extendible mast. An operator platform is slidably fixed relative to the load platform, and a load former is fixed to the operator platform. The load form... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6648580 | Roll-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 |
| 6599080 | Lifting device for railway vehicles In a device for transfering especially a person sitting in a wheel-chair between a platform and a passenger department of a vehicle having a floor on a higher level than the platform a first floor surface (5) is arranged inside the vehicle closest to an e... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592322 | Personal guided transport vehicle A personal guided transport vehicle is disclosed to include a horizontal motion unit, a vertical motion unit, and a gear set coupled between a shaft of the horizontal motion unit and a shaft of the vertical motion unit for enabling the shafts to be interl... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6524057 | Manual guide vehicle and method for supplying power thereto A Manual Guide Vehicle for transporting semiconductor-containers to and from processing equipment is disclosed. The Manual Guide Vehicle is capable of receiving electric power for driving a transporting device for transporting cassettes with semiconductor... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6454512 | Person-guided vehicle A person-guided vehicle (PGV) is provided for transporting and manipulating at least one carrier containing items such as semiconductor wafers to be loaded or unloaded at a load port. The PGV includes a wheeled cart having a frame configured to align with... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6419050 | Mobile device for disabled persons Mobile device for disabled persons comprising a trolley carrying a vertically displaceable platform designed to bear a wheelchair. The trolley is motor-driven and is equipped with an aligning system to line-up the platform with respect to an access site o... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6241453 | Satellite vehicle for moving pallet units in and out of storage with transportation vehicles A satellite vehicle for moving pallet units (P) in and out of storage with transportation vehicles (F) is configured as a motor-driven lift-truck (1) with several parallel, adjacent and height adjustable fork arms (2). The position of said fork arms (2) i... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6179541 | Transfer device for lumber packs and other loads This transfer device is to be supported by the tines of a forklift and supports a load such as a lumber pack to be transferred to a rack cell which have an anchor bar at its opening. The device comprises an underframe having tine receivers, and a mainfram... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6113341 | Tracking cart system A traveling rail 8 is provided in a clean room at slightly above head height, and arms 44, 46 placed atop one another and a fork 56 are used to allow a tracking cart to travel along the rail to load a workpiece 20. A fork elevating section 54 is provided ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5791862 | Suspension support device for an outer wall working machine A suspension support device is provided movably on the upper surface of a building for suspending, by means of ropes, an outer wall working machine having fitting and moving members which can be fittedly engaged in a pair of guide grooves formed verticall... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5688098 | Roll transfer system A transfer system including a roll holder having an upright member with a support member extending in a cantilevered fashion outward from the upright member with the support member including a set of rollers for rollably supporting a roll of material ther... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5674043 | Retractable wheelchair lift mechanism for storage compartment of a commercial vehicle A wheel chair lift mechanism which can be installed in a storage compartment of a commercial vehicle to assist mobility-impaired persons in their ingress and egress to and from such vehicles is made up of a retractable control mechanism between fixed and ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5570990 | Human guided mobile loader stocker A human guided mobile loader stocker developed to mechanically assist in SMIF container movement. The assist includes a pushcart, a semi-motorized transport arm, a processor, and communication devices. A group of containers are placed on the cart using th... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5478196 | Method of handling stacks of baked goods trays A method for handling conventional stacks of baked goods trays for the baking industry. A platen is moved underneath side-by-side stacks of trays. The platen supports the underside of the stacks of trays and prevents lateral movement of the bottom of the ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5468116 | Manipulation 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... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5460470 | Automatic storage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system such as can be used as a parking bay structure is provided which comprises a hydraulically operated skip hoist system and which includes a skip hoist shaft and a skip which is hoistable up and down the shaft. A plurality of ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5456567 | Floor-running stacker crane and method for carrying hot metal A floor-running stacker crane comprising a non-linear floor rail, a non-linear overhead rail, a base supported for movement along the floor rail, a turntable, a rotate bearing supporting the turntable on the base for rotation of the turntable relative to ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5397211 | Automatic 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 |
| 5328321 | Multi-stage mast for a forklift truck A three-stage mast (1) for a forklift truck and a forklift truck incorporating the mast (1). The mast (1) has an outer mast section (2) for mounting on the truck. A middle mast section (5) is slidably movable on the outer mast section (2) by rams (7). An ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5259721 | Apparatus for transporting/mounting a building material In order to safely transport a building material to its mounting area of a building body and to temporarily hold the same until it is firmly mounted on the mounting area on the building site, according to the present invention, there is provided, an appar... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5207555 | Running fork type load transfer apparatus The secondary fork 36 is composed of an aluminum extrusion which is formed integrally with a pair of right and left outward guide rail grooves 40a, 40b to be fitted with the guide rollers 45, 46 provided on the fixed fork 35 side and a pair of right and l... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5169281 | Detachable crane- or boom-operated heat exchanger tube bundle extractor A heat exchanger tube bundle extractor capable of being used either suspended from a crane or while mounted onto a rigid extendible boom. The extractor features brackets for attaching the extractor to cables suspended from a crane. The extractor can also ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5165840 | Clamp attachment for a lift truck A clamp attachment for use with a lift truck for handling rail car bogies. The clamp attachment includes an upper frame that is attached to the carriage of the lift truck for upward and downward movement therewith. A lower frame is movably suspended from ... | 11/24/1992 |
