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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4836737 | Wheel lift tow assembly A wheel lift tow assembly 28 is mounted to the frame at the rear of a tow truck 20 and is movable vertically by a power cylinder 60 connected between the frame of the tow truck and the tow assembly. The tow assembly includes a telecopic tow bar 35 that is... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836621 | Disk file apparatus A disk file apparatus is provided with a plurality of storage compartments disposed in a vertical column for receiving a cartridge therein. A transfer member adapted to receive a single cartridge is mounted for horizontal movement within a housing surroun... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4830566 | Vehicle with loading device An elongated platform vehicle, such as an articulated trailer, has two gantries (14; 15) spaced fore and aft within the length of a load-receiving platform (2, 3, 4), each gantry (14; 15) having an L-shaped transverse main bearer (16, 17) with one arm (16... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4828450 | Universal fork-supported push-pull slip sheet handling attachment for forklift trucks A load handling attachment for a forklift truck has an upright base, a load engaging platen, and a push-pull assembly connected to the base above the platen. The attachment also includes a device for connecting the base frame to a carriage of the forklift... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4824311 | Component assembly system A system to assemble a large number of component parts that are located in various positions and brought together to an assembly position. The system contemplates an intermediate station located adjacent to the assembly position to which a supply of compo... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4824309 | Vacuum processing unit and apparatus A vacuum processing unit and apparatus comprises a buffer chamber that can be evacuated, a processing chamber that can be communicated with said buffer chamber a first sample carrier installed in said buffer chamber, a vacuum opening/closing device provid... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4820108 | Arrangement for the essentially uniform level placement of bulk material in an upright circular cylindrical vessel An arrangement for the essentially uniform level placement of bulk material in an upright circular cylindrical vessel. The arrangement includes a throwing device for throwing the bulk material into the vessel. A feeding device feeds the bulk material onto... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818172 | Parasitic crane A crane has a twin post and a twin boom construction and provides for numerous degrees of freedom. The crane is a trailer and uses the weight of a vehicle to which it is attached for stability when it is in an operating mode. The crane has wheels which ma... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4815919 | Apparatus for removing adhered food product from tray lattice An apparatus for separating a food product from a tray having apertures defining a supporting lattice to which the food product is adhered. A conveyor belt carries the tray in an inverted position with the food product on the bottom and engaging the upper... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4815912 | Box door actuated retainer A transportable container for articles to be processed, for use with a passage elevator for passing the articles between locations, is provided which comprises: a box defining a box opening; a box door for being received by the box opening; a cassette for... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4813847 | Method of storing and afterwards collecting orders A method for storing and afterwards collecting orders consisting of products packed in crates and the like, with the aid of a staging with a number of storage conveyors. The crates and the like are stored as partial stacks, after which two or more partial... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813732 | Apparatus and method for automated wafer handling In order to manipulate semiconductor wafers with high functional reliability, a tactile sensor based wafer handling apparatus designed to attach to a commercially available industrial robotic arm is herein described. The apparatus has three rod-like proje... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4810160 | Apparatus for loading and unloading palletized material into and from isothermal delivery wagons or containers Apparatus for loading and unloading palletized materials (C) into and from isothermal delivery wagons (F). The apparatus comprises a powered carriage (4) which is longitudinally movable on parallel guides (1,1') secured to the upper interior portion of th... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4809617 | Box car A mobile apparatus arranged to store and transport bulk material comprises a box car having a frame and a box for storing and transporting the bulk material. A conveyor band arrangement for conveying the bulk material stored in the box in a conveying dire... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810158 | Kit for easy one-person removal of a truck cap A kit for enabling one person to easily and efficiently remove a truck cap from over a truck bed. The cap is provided with hold down bolt holes. The lot includes detachable forward rollers for attaching to and detaching from a forward portion of the truck... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810155 | Device to convey yarn packages Device (10) to convey yarn packages which is suitable to take the yarn packages from a supply machine such as a winding machine, open-end spinning machine, two-for-one twisting machine, take-up frame for manmade filaments, fly frame, finishing machine, et... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808060 | Load carrying apparatus Apparatus to allow transporting a load by a vehicle having lifting forks reduced in length to combine with a rectangular pallet having side and end edges. The pallet has transversely extending floor boards and longitudinally extending stringers separated ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4806059 | Stacking device for uniform, especially platelike pieces A stacking device for uniform platelike pieces includes a conveying device and a container in which the pieces, which are advanced by the conveying device, are deposited with the front side of one piece against the back side of another. In order to protec... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4806062 | Stowable lift for freight vehicles A forward platform section is hingedly connected at its forward edge to lower ends of a pair of runner assemblies that are vertically movably mounted in guides of a supporting framework. A closed rear edge of the forward platform section is hingedly inter... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4804308 | Wheelchair lift A wheelchair lift for a vehicle in which the lift platform serves as part of the floor of the vehicle, and does not need to be extended outwardly of the vehicle to load or unload a wheelchair passenger. The lift operates within a shaft extending between t... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4802809 | Manipulator for standard mechanical interface apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for transferring a cassette holding articles to be processed to and from a container supported at a processing station where the processing station has a cassette port for receiving the cassette when the cassett... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4802810 | Apparatus for unloading containers A frame (22) is pivotably mounted to a fixed support (14) below the frame (22). The frame (22) has a horizontal base (24) and a vertical restraining wall (28). A roller table (36) is mounted on and parallel to the base (24). A baggage container (2) is pos... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4802811 | Apparatus for loading and unloading an interchangeable container onto and from a vehicle A self-loading vehicle is equipped with a carriage movably mounted on a frame. The carriage may contain a plurality of different types of gripping structure in order to adapt the self-loading vehicle to accommodate the loading and unloading of different t... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4801236 | Mechanical inventory storage and delivery cabinet A mechanical cabinet for storing and delivering inventory, wherein carrier units having inserts are selectively delivered to a delivery station by a conveyor mechanism which includes a vertical conveyor having an endless chain and sprocket wheels. The inv... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4801241 | Modular article processing machine and method of article handling therein Automated article processing, particularly semiconductor wafer processing, is accomplished in a modular article processing machine. The design of the machine allows easy reconfiguration between single and multiple processing station systems. Articles are ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4799848 | Adjustable control station for aircraft loader An adjustable control station for an aircraft loader for transferring containers between a controllably driven loader conveyor and a conveyor in cargo aircrafts of different sizes. The control station includes a unique movable platform constructed of thre... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4798509 | Towing apparatus A towing apparatus of the wheel lift variety is provided with wheel support members that move horizontally of vertically relative to a fixed-position support beam. The support members are mounted to the beam by pivotable, tapered collars and include a dep... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4797059 | Seat handling fixture The present invention provides an apparatus and method of utilization of the same of a fixture used for the placement of seats in a vehicle body or cab structure. The present invention provides a "C" frame which may be attached to an overhead lifting devi... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797055 | Load moving apparatus A system for moving objects such as boats to be stored between the water and a storage stall. The system includes a tower assembly, a support assembly and a transport assembly. The tower assembly includes a fork adapted to support and to raise and lower t... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4796537 | Mobile truck turntable The invention provides a sturdy substantially rectangular scow-like turntable platform with retractable wheels for mobility and turntable mechanics for the use of heavy trucks. The turntable platform is towable and can be used with wheels down or with whe... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797049 | System for loading motor vehicles into standard cargo-carrying enclosures A method and apparatus are provided for loading motor vehicles into a standard cargo-carrying enclosure, such as a container or van, for transport therein. The vehicles are loaded onto a frame exterior of the enclosure so as to be supported thereby in mul... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793763 | Towing apparatus with front stop A towing apparatus of the wheel lift variety is provided with wheel support members and stop means to enhance the resistance of the apparatus to roll-out by operator misuse.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4792274 | Utility trailer including automatic tailgate assembly A utility trailer having an automatic loading and unloading ramp and tailgate assembly and a front trigger plate assembly operationally interconnected by an actuating linkage or other drive unit so that when loading the trailer with the item to be transpo... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4792272 | Container handling apparatus A container handling apparatus having a pair of side frames and a cross frame. The apparatus also has four lift mechanisms for attachment to a container. Each lift mechanism is mounted on one end of a secondary lift arm. Four primary lift arms are connect... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4790715 | Dump truck accessory A dump truck accessory is attached to the rear of a dump truck and serves to accurately deposit asphalt, sand, gravel or other material being hauled therein is provided. The preferred embodiment consists of a lateral conveyor belt combined with an end gat... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4787809 | Hydraulic lift gate A lift gate assembly including a U-shaped base having horizontal central section flanked by parallel upstanding legs, a gate, and a pair of upstanding legs secured to the gate in alignment with the legs and the base. Links extending between the legs defin... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787804 | Material handling system An automatic material handling system includes two or more vertically extending staging structures (10) incorporating a plurality of shelving surfaces (24) arranged in rows in respective staging structures for accommodating transport pallets or like goods... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787805 | Device for the insertion into and removal from a suspended frame of parts being galvanized A device for bringing plate-shaped objects to and removing said objects from a suspended frame, by means of which the objects are suspended in a galvanization bath, comprises pneumatically operated suction caps engaging the objects to be galvanized and a ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4786228 | Device for loading refuse into a body of a refuse collecting vehicle and compacting IR therein A device for loading refuse into, and compacting it inside a container carried by a refuse collecting vehicle, includes a link and a shovel extending throughout the width of the container and hinged together by a hinge. The link also has its other end hin... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4783190 | Apparatus for transferring load units between two carriers An apparatus for transferring load units between two carriers having at least one transferring device movable between the carriers, the transferring device being adapted to carry the load unit during the transfer, and a bridging device being movable in or... | 11/08/1988 |
