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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310915 | Retractable column and method of forming The present invention is an improved apparatus and method for forming a retractable tower or column. The present invention includes pointed hooks wherein the hooks are attached to each section of a section chain, one in a horizontal direction and one in an off-set m... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7175001 | Apparatus for driving raising and lowering of lift for tower type storehouse There is provided an apparatus for driving the raising and lowering of a lift for a tower type storehouse so as to supply a force for vertically operating the lift carrying goods to storerooms on every floor of the storehouse, and more particularly to an apparatus f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6981440 | High-speed cylinder apparatus A movable cylinder (20) is provided with an inner cylinder chamber (21) and an outer cylinder chamber (31) which surrounds the inner cylinder chamber. The inner cylinder chamber is provided with an inner piston (22) inserted therein, whic... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6886200 | Hydraulic actuator apparatus for a surgical table A patient support is provided comprising a support surface, a base, and a lift assembly positioned to support the support surface above the base. The lift assembly includes an actuator configured to adjust the height of the support surface. The actuator includes a h... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6874994 | Hydraulic pump and motor A hydraulic unit has a drive shaft (52) mounted in a manifold block (54) and coupled to a torque plate (80) on a central axis. A bent axis motive unit (60) has a yoke connected to the manifold block supported for rotation on the yoke. Hol... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6546840 | Linearly reciprocating pneumatic piston A mechanical pneumatic piston is comprised of an upper cylindrical section and a lower cylindrical section, wherein each section has four linearly elongated, miter-cut staves, an end sleeve, and a slide-guide ring. The mechanical pneumatic piston is furth... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543331 | Hydraulic lifting device A hydraulic lifting device provides a lifting of the massive objects, having a complex geometric form and includes a support plate rigidly connected to the plungers coupled with the body carrying a main plunger, comprising a main rod and a main hydraulic ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6368072 | Hydraulic pump Sufficient pressure is produced in a pocket of a hydrostatic bearing when a corresponding cylinder is about to switch from a suction stroke to a discharge stroke in order to prevent solid contact of sliding faces. A plurality of cylinders are arranged on ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5819635 | Hydraulic-pneumatic motor A hydraulic motor has a longitudinally extended piston cylinder divided longitudinally into two separate and distinct fluid passages by a central divider. Longitudinally midway about the extended piston cylinder is attached a large center piston which pro... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5570769 | Linear and rotary actuator combination A rotary actuator and a linear actuator are combined to provide an output shaft with independent linear and rotary motion. The linear actuator causes the rotary actuator to move linearly, and there is a guide which restricts the movement of the rotary act... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5558005 | Multi-section actuator Actuator (1) adapted to be actuated by pressurized fluid as shown for example in FIG. 3, having a plurality of piston-cylinder units (A, B, C, D, E, F) arranged one behind the other and displaceable in the direction of a longitudinal axis (9), in which ad... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5542789 | Multi position bottle guide assembly A new and improved multi position bottle guide assembly for bottles suspended by a neck ring and conveyed by pneumatic power. The bottle guide assembly includes a pair of elongated guide rails positioned along the path of travel of a bottle which is pneum... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5479846 | Piston machine able to be used as a compressor or motor The compressor includes a cylindrical housing (1), in the bore of which moves a piston (3) whose periphery is adjusted with little play in the cylinder (1). The end (5) of the piston (3) includes a gas inlet (6) and supports two spherical joints (7) as we... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5404983 | Turn-act multiaction device A multi directional actuator capable of moving a shaft in at least two directions independently including one linear and one rotary movement. A base plate is provided to receive a first actuator having a linearly moving shaft which is extended from and re... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5341725 | Twin piston power cylinder A power cylinder (10) has two pistons (12, 20) slidably mounted within separate cylinders (14, 22) to define inner and outer chambers (16, 18; 24, 26) within each cylinder. One or more rods (28) are coupled between the pistons. The outer chambers (18, 26)... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5339775 | Cooling arrangement for a piston assembly Conventional cooling arrangements for the piston assemblies mounted within an engine block include the use of coolant that is circulated through the engine block. Generally, a plurality of cavities or water jackets are positioned in areas of high heat pro... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5308220 | Scoop-and-dump jack for shovel-loader The invention concerns a scoop-and-dump jack of a loader shovel or a fork of a shovel loader and comprising a piston-rod extension 46a guided in a sealed borehole of the jack cylinder-bottom 43 to achieve a dumping motion at least as rapid as the retracti... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5255591 | Fluid powered indexing apparatus An indexing apparatus (10) having a pair of concentric cylinders (12, 14) with the outer concentric cylinder (12) being fixed against longitudinal movement and the inner cylinder (14) mounted for reciprocal movement relative to the fixed outer cylinder (1... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5222424 | Two dimensional drive system An object of the present invention is to provide a two dimensional drive system driven by fluid pressure. The drive system of the present invention comprises: a pair of X-guides; a pair of Y-guides; an X-rod whose each end is slidably attached to each Y-g... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5111733 | Multiple stage hydraulic jack for use with telescopic jib This invention relates to a multiple jack incorporating at least three elements, viz. two pistons and two cylinders which define large and small chambers of a first cylinder, and large and small chambers of a second cylinder. According to the invention: a... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5079998 | Pneumatic driver A pneumatic driver is disclosed. The pneumatic driver includes a frame and a shaft movable between an extended driving position and a retracted position relative to the frame. A first inflatable air bladder is supported by the frame. The first inflatable ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5072588 | Motion multiplier for use with extendable boom fork lift vehicle This invention relates to a motion multiplier for use with an extendible boom forklift vehicle wherein a light-duty fork carriage is linked to the motion multiplier attached to a heavy-duty fork carriage to allow motion of the light-duty forks to translat... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5067390 | Double-acting flexible wall actuator A double-acting actuator includes a first tubular body made of an elastic material, a first reinforcing braided structure surrounding the first tubular body, a second tubular body made of an elastic material surrounding the first reinforcing braided struc... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5040452 | Fluid actuators A fluid actuator including a pair of hingedly interconnected members between which is located a fluid expansible element such as a bellows which may be expanded upon application of fluid pressure to cause pivotal movement of the hingedly interconnected me... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4969387 | Hydraulic drive unit with single piston rod and plural cylinder bodies A plurality of piston heads (P1, P2, P3) are spaced apart along the length of a single piston rod (R). A separate traveling cylinder body (CB1, CB2, CB3) is associated with each piston head (P1, P2, P3). The traveling cylinders bodies (CB1, CB2, CB3) and ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4969389 | Multisection hydraulic drive unit with single piston rod A plurality of piston heads (14, 16, 18) are spaced apart along the length of a single piston rod (12). A travelling cylinder body (20, 22, 24) is associated with each piston head (14, 16, 18). The traveling cylinder bodies (20, 22, 24) and the piston hea... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4959958 | Hydraulic pressure system A hydraulic pressure system for supplying a fluid under pressure includes a fluid pressure source for supplying the fluid pressure, an accumulator for storing part of the fluid from the fluid pressure source, the accumulator having a gas chamber filled wi... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4930402 | Hydraulic lifting cylinder-piston unit A hydraulic cylinder-piston unit comprises primary cylinder-piston unit with an integrated position regulation and with a primary cylinder and a primary piston movable in the primary cylinder, two displacement chambers in the primary cylinder and includin... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4915012 | Control scheme for apparatus with moveable rail section A conveyorized transport apparatus has an overhead rail system for transporting articles on a suspended trolley from one location to another. A moveable rail section in the system has a pivotal connection with an adjacent rail section to pivot the moveabl... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4691617 | Multi-section sweep cycle compaction cylinder A triple action, multi-segment, telescoping hydraulic ram comprising a plurality of coaxially nested, extensible cylinders adapted to be selectively extended or retracted, and a pair of lower diameter, sweep cycle cylinders adapted to be operated independ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4683806 | Piston guide for hollow piston of a radial piston engine In a radial piston engine, in order to reduce the friction forces appearing at the pistons, a guide part is provided which engages a hollow piston through a guide section and which includes a bearing section at its outer end, by means of which the guide p... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4657489 | Fluid pumping apparatus A fluid pumping apparatus includes at least two counter-balanced, counter-reciprocating pump assemblies. Each pump assembly includes at least two generally vertical, balanced, reciprocating pumps.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4589257 | Method and apparatus for extracting heat and mechanical energy from a pressured gas A method and apparatus for extracting heat and mechanical energy from a pressured gas utilizes a plurality of peripherally spaced cylinders fixedly mounted in generally tangential relationship about a rotatable power output shaft. A unidirectional clutch ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4558666 | Rotating cylinder engine and method of operating the engine Method and apparatus for producing rotation of a power output shaft comprises a plurality of peripherally spaced cylinders disposed in generally tangential relationship to the periphery of a housing defining a cylindrical fluid pressure chamber and connec... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4530377 | Block valve A block valve (10) for selectively establishing and selectively blocking communication between a pressurized fluid supply (30), a fluid actuated device (DHSV) and a reservoir (35). The valve comprises a valve body (41, 42) with an inlet (81), an outlet (8... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4471687 | Cushion cylinders The disclosure describes a new type of pressure cylinder to provide clamping force while fabricating deep drawn metal parts. The piston is a hollow cylinder connected to the clamping pad. The drawing tools are connected to the draw ram by a rod passing th... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4267878 | Apparatus for producing casting mould parts by compressing sand or a similar material between a pressure plate and a counter-pressure plate In an apparatus for producing casting mould parts and comprising a pressure or squeeze chamber with movable end walls formed by a pressure plate and a counter-pressure plate, the hydraulic drive units for the said plates are constituted by piston/cylinder... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4240327 | Fluid operated linear actuator control system A fluid operated linear actuator control system for drive arrangements of the type wherein two fluid operated linear actuators act upon a shaft at an angle with respect to each other for causing rotation thereof is disclosed. The control system includes a... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4142639 | Removal apparatus for die casting machine An apparatus for removing a casting from a die casting machine and transporting it to a predetermined location comprises a plurality of hydraulic cylinder and piston sets connected in series and arranged in parallel with each other for driving a product g... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4098172 | Hydraulic cylinder rod end fixity connector for telescopic crane booms A self-aligning and end fixity connector for connecting a hydraulic cylinder piston rod to its respective boom section in a multi-section telescopic boom assembly wherein the piston rod end is rigidly and fixedly secured to a structural part of one boom s... | 07/04/1978 |
