Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371040 | Bale wagon having improved rolling rack tines A bale wagon is disclosed having rolling rack tines that pivot, by only a few degrees, so as to reduce the angle between said rolling rack tines and the bale wagons loading bed surface at several preset positions, allows improved control over the lean angle of the u... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7275904 | Bale accumulator A bale accumulator is utilized to deposit bales in groups in a field. The bale accumulator includes a chute along which bales move to an upper end portion of an accumulator ramp assembly. The accumulator ramp assembly slopes downward away from the chute. The chute m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6742982 | Golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus and method A golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper having two pyramidal shells each of different dimensions. Each of the shells is truncated and has a respective open substantially rectangular rim defining a respective open base of a different dimensi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6733006 | Sheet post-processing device and image forming apparatus A sheet post-processing device includes a placement unit for placing sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, an offset unit for successively offsetting an edge of each sheet on the placement unit, and a saddle stitching unit for saddle stitching a stack o... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6612799 | Cart loading system A cart loading system for loading materials on a cart in a orderly and compact manner even if the materials being loaded have different dimensions. The cart loading system includes a frame for positioning on a floor surface adjacent to a material shaping ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6089558 | Sheet handling unit after image formation This invention relates to a sheet handling unit. The sheet handing device has an intermediate tray which receives a copy sheet discharged through an outlet port of a transport guide member at a predetermined receiving position, and a hand unit which holds... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6074162 | Method and apparatus for laying a stack of wood veneer sheets The present invention relates to a method of forming a layup of wood veneer sheets and an apparatus suited for implementing the method. In the method, each of the sheets (1) is first taken separately into a forward-feed position on a level situated above ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5993147 | Process for palletizing stacks of flat objects To palletize stacks of flat objects, preferably stacks of sacks or bags, the stacks are deposited in several layers one on top of the other on a pallet in such a manner that the stacks of each layer overlap at least two stacks of the layer lying underneat... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5653574 | Apparatus for stacking corrugated boards An apparatus for stacking corrugated boards and permitting stacks of corrugated boards to be alternatively arranged together with one above another in a zigzag order. A carrier is mounted for collecting corrugated boards from the output end of the finishe... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5570567 | Packing of cylindrical articles Equipment 10 for packing cylindrical articles includes a receiving station 18 for receiving articles to be packed. A displacing device is arranged in the receiving station 18 in proximity to a conveyor 16 for displacing articles from the conveyor 16. An a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5487479 | Method for nesting longitudinally divisible crane boom segments A longitudinally divisible crane boom segment includes at least a first and a second section that are easily nested together for transport. The sections each include at least one chord member, at least one bracket attached to the section, and a plurality ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5244334 | Apparatus for installing and withdrawing road sign An apparatus for installing and retrieving road signs has a conveyor for conveying a group of road signs, a pair of group of signs-conveying members for conveying the group of road signs while supporting both sides of a bottom portion of the group of road... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4952118 | System and apparatus for storage of wheeled trailer frames in horizontal stacks A storage system for wheeled trailer frames includes a staircase-like support rack. Frames are stacked horizontally with their front ends supported by the rack and with their rear wheels nested. Trailer frames are lifted and stacked by means of a travelin... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4580843 | Bale rack A bale rack comprises an elongate horizontal frame mounted on wheels for movement along the ground, and a pair of bale supports extending along opposite sides of the frame. The bale supports are pivotable relative to the frame between a raised position, i... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4468163 | Tray loader method and apparatus for nuclear fuel pellets A method and apparatus for loading nuclear fuel pellets in levels onto a horizontally and vertically indexing tray string-by-string. The apparatus includes a belt feeder assembling each string at a location on pivotal blades over the tray. Arrival is opti... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4363583 | Hay bale loader A hay bale loader which may be attached to a hay stack mover or other hauling equipment for grasping and lifting big bales of hay, and for placing them on the hauling equipment. A boom which is attached to a frame and is movable between vertical and angul... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4359306 | Skid for stacking hay bales A skid for stacking hay bales discharged from a hay baler, suitable to be towed therebehind, having a platform near the front for the bale stacker to stand on, having at least four bale supporting arms extending rearwardly from the platform adapted to sup... | 11/16/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4289436 | Delivery tray release mechanism for a bale wagon A bale wagon for picking up bales of crop material from the field and forming them into a generally symmetrical pyramidal stack for deposit at a selected location is provided. The bale wagon includes a mobile frame pivotally supporting a stack forming loa... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4282969 | Material moving apparatus for a bale wagon A bale wagon for picking up bales of crop material from the field and forming them into a generally symmetrical pyramidal stack for deposit at a selected location is provided. The bale wagon includes a mobile frame pivotally supporting a stack forming loa... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4278379 | Bale wagon A bale wagon for picking up bales of crop material from the field and forming them into a generally symmetrical pyramidal stack for deposit at a selected location is provided. The bale wagon includes a mobile frame pivotally supporting a stack forming loa... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4120406 | Apparatus for forming a stack composed of layers of round-section elongated items Rods or tubes are arranged in a first plurality of layers in which their number increases by one from layer to layer, and in a succeeding plurality of layers wherein they similarly decrease in number. A stack support can be lowered from an uppermost eleva... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4032184 | Round bale loader A round bale loader attachment is adapted for use with conventional farm tractor front end loaders and has forwardly extending, generally parallel arms mounted for free pivotal movement about longitudinal axes thereof, permitting a semi-cradling of the ba... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4006830 | Hay bale stacker Bales are transferred to the hopper at the upper end of the device. Each bale trips a gate in the base of the hopper or bale receiving chamber which deposits the bale onto an inclined transfer chute, the base of which consists of a plurality of chute gate... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3952881 | Bale loader A bale loader comprising an elongated grab essembly along one side of a towed platform. As the platform moves forward, the grab assembly moves over a row of bales and is eventually actuated to grab a number of bales in a single operation. The overall leng... | 04/27/1976 |
