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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5993133 | Retractable spare tire carrier An apparatus designed to carry a spare tire against the underside of a vehicle, rearwardly thereof, featuring a mounting plate, for the tire assembly, attached to the first end of a cantilever arm. The second end of the cantilever arm is pivotally attache... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993146 | Apparatus for facilitating unloading and loading of articles on pallets A tub-like member is recessed below floor surface level in a pit and carries therein an extendable and retractable lifting mechanism. The tub includes a horizontal outwardly extending flange essentially at floor surface level, and overlying the floor surf... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5971699 | Case loading system This invention pertains to load forming systems, especially those designed to place cased product on e.g. a pallet. The invention contemplates receiving cases at a high rate of input, and fragmenting the input, sending it to parallel processing elements o... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957654 | Lead frame unloading tool having sliding blocks A lead frame unloading apparatus includes a pair of opposing plate members, one of which has a long horizontal slit. The opposing plate members define a central space where one or more sliding blocks are located, each of the sliding blocks having a vertic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954840 | Universally tiltable Z axis drive arm A tilting elevator is set forth. A rigid frame has a base, a structurally rigid structure extending upwardly from the base, and a flange attached to the structure top. The flange is generally parallel to the base. A movable elevatable structure is telesco... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5931625 | Freight loading/unloading crane A freight loading/unloading crane (10) comprises a crane bridge (16) with two lifting units (26, 28) displaceable in their longitudinal direction with a lifting system (26b, 28b) and associated load receiving device (26c, 28c) and a transfer unit (32) wit... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5887914 | Vehicle in-service/out-of-service rotatable tailgate mechanism A load-carrying body for a truck is provided that includes a tailgate assembly positionable between in-service and out-of-service positions for hauling materials of different densities while maintaining a controlled distribution of the weight of the load ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5868545 | Automatic article feeding system A method for stocking a plurality of containers in a stocking device and feeding one container at a time to a robot includes the steps of separately supporting each container in a vertically moveable frame and moving the frame to align a selected containe... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5827036 | Wheelchair lift The wheelchair lift invention mounts to the roof of a vehicle such as an ordinary automobile using commonly available mounting hardware used for attaching a variety of rooftop storage containers to such vehicles. The wheelchair lift, powered by the vehicl... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823315 | Coin detector and identifier apparatus and method An apparatus for detecting fraud in a coin detector is disclosed. The apparatus is provided with a coin validating device. A coin sensing apparatus, located downstream of the coin validating device and preferably including a plurality of optic emitter-det... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5820334 | Paper set feeding In a sheet set feeder, a shutter mechanism disposed at least in part beneath a hopper for receiving a stack of offset-jogged sheet sets defines an aperture sized to admit individual sets from the stack. The shutter mechanism is driven so that the aperture... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5813515 | Sorting machine with always tilted transportation planes A sorting machine comprising a plurality of dollies each provided with a rotating mat forming a transportation and discharging plane for objects, whereby the dollies are are kept in a tilted position during the displacement along their transportation path... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810542 | Load securing device for a vehicle and methods of constructing and utilizing same A load securing device for a vehicle includes a hitch mechanism securable to a vehicle for selectively fixing a trailer to the vehicle for being towed thereby, a load carrying mechanism for carrying loads externally of the vehicle, and a fastening mechani... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5807056 | Residential conversion device for a waste collection vehicle A device to convert a waste collection vehicle from a commercial waste collection vehicle to a residential waste collection vehicle is easily attached to a commercial waste collection vehicle, and has an upper clamp, which cooperates with a hydraulically ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806685 | Confinement house cleaner An apparatus for use in cleaning confinement houses, to be pulled within the confinement house by a small tractor, providing motive force to the apparatus and to its components, is constructed on a wheeled frame, the front of which is connected to the tra... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5807053 | Multiple hay bale transporter and loader An implement for use in simultaneously transporting multiple rolled forage bales which includes a frame having upper and lower portions with a first vertically movable bale engaging element mounted adjacent the upper portion of the frame and a lower bale ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5807054 | Bulk unloader/reclaimer with bucket chair cover and guide A continuous bulk unloader/reclaimer that utilizes a bucket conveyor chain 13 to remove cargo 11 from the hold 9 of vessels such as ships, barges, railroad cars, pits, stockpiles etc. The conveyor chain 13 has components that guide it vertically outward a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5797656 | Apparatus for diverting a flow of exhaust from an engine of a truck An apparatus is disclosed for diverting a flow of exhaust from an engine of a truck having a truck bed and a muffler system, with the truck bed having a duct system. The apparatus includes an inlet for receiving the flow of exhaust from the engine. The ap... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5788256 | Modular boat rack A modular boat rack consisting of aluminum castings attached to an aluminum tubular beam of length dependant upon boat length and having nylon webbing of same width as casting pinned at and suspended from the top corners of said castings. The webbing is a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788461 | Automatic depalletizer A material handling system includes a depalletizer comprising a tower frame and a tilt bed which extends into the tower frame and is tilted to a predetermined angle. A lift bed raises a loaded pallet to the level of an exit conveyor. A back dam is dispose... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788053 | Device for separation of bodies Device for separating bodies with: a conveying device comprising at least one rim proceeding in the conveying direction; at least one guiding device which is permanently mounted at a distance which is significantly smaller than the dimensions perpendicula... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785475 | Cargo restrainer A cargo retainer for separating cargo and preventing shifting of cargo within a vehicle during transportation is disclosed. The cargo retainer includes an elongate outer tubular member and two tubes telescopically received within the outer tubular member.... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5775870 | Vehicle side tilting apparatus A vehicle side tilting apparatus having strap-on wheel rockers to attach to wheels at one side of a vehicle and lift structure to elevate the other side of the vehicle and to roll the vehicle on the wheel rockers until the raised side of the vehicle is up... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5772369 | Air cargo restraint system and fittings therefor A fitting for anchoring a flexible covering to a planar, air cargo sheet pallet, the fitting including a base portion adapted for mating engagement with a selected mounting portion of a planar sheet pallet; and gripping apparatus, attached to the base por... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5772392 | Object picking system An object picking system includes a plurality of object storage and discharge devices. Each object storage and discharge device includes an object storage section housing a stack of objects and an object discharge mechanism for discharging the bottommost ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5769601 | Method and arrangement for palletizing substantially cylindrical objects Substantially cylindrical items are stacked in layers on a pallet. One or more sheets of paper, foil, or webbing is laid out on and around the items in a pattern of loops in such a way that the weight of the items themselves acting on the sheet locks the ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769204 | Singulator conveyor system having package-return conveyors A singulator conveyor receives randomly oriented articles and positions those articles in single file. The conveyor includes skewed rollers for driving articles longitudinally and laterally against a side wall. The width of the singulator conveyor becomes... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769501 | Multi-compartmentalized dumping body with movable floor and bulkhead latch A multiple compartment storage body for a refuse collection vehicle includes a floor, a roof, a plurality of walls extending between the floor and the roof, a partition and a bulkhead latch. The partition has a first opposing end portion pivotally coupled... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769589 | Method for transporting a container and transporting means for performing the method The invention relates to a method for transporting a container from a starting station to one of a plurality of final destinations, whether or not via one or more intermediate destinations, wherein the container is provided with data which defines a prede... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765827 | Sorting compartment arrangement for flat items A sorting compartment arrangement for flat items includes a conveying section for conveying the flat items successively in a vertical position. Switches are disposed along the conveying section. A plurality of individual stacking compartments are arranged... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5765989 | Method and apparatus for the automatic provision of a sheet stack for a printing machine A method and apparatus for preparing a sheet stack for automated processing in a sheet-fed machine; comprising manipulating a sheet stack and transportation pallet to a release position; removing the transportation pallet, and placing a system pallet adja... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5762297 | Recovery device for use in an airborne vehicle A recovery device for use in an airborne vehicle is described. The recovery device includes a base plate, a winch coupled to the base plate, and an anchoring device coupled to the base plate to detachably couple the base plate to the airborne vehicle. A r... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5762458 | Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture tissue. The robotic... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5755434 | Dispensing hopper construction for bank note processing machine A dispensing hopper construction for a bank note processing machine for effectively pooling a number of bank notes transferred from a bank note transferring section inside the bank note processing machine in order in a dispensing hopper section even while... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755551 | Object discharge mechanism An object discharge mechanism for discharging a bottommost object from a stack of objects includes a bottom platform on which the bottommost object of the stack of objects rests. The platform has a longitudinal slot running along the object discharge dire... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755552 | Object selecting system An assortment of objects is dispensed from a plurality of object holders onto a conveyor for loading into a container at an end of the conveyor. The objects are dispensed onto discrete sections of the conveyor with like objects occupying like sections. Si... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755816 | Tilt carriage A tilt carriage assembly including a base frame and a carriage pivotally supported by the base frame. The carriage includes a bottom member adapted to support a container and a back member positioned above the bottom member. A manual locking mechanism is ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755550 | Vacuum depalletizer apparatus and method A vacuum apparatus and method are provided for controlling operation of a vacuum force to be applied through a vacuum cup for use in lifting objects such as cardboard boxes, so as to unload a pallet holding one or more of the boxes. The apparatus includes... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5749630 | Gravity unloading mechanism A gravity unloading method for cargo box having split bottom plates. A pair of rectangular split bottom plates abut at one of the long sides of the bottom plates and pivoted near the other of the long sides thereof on the bottom of the cargo box. Force is... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749696 | Height and tilt indicator for forklift truck A tilt and height indicator for a forklift truck including a tape reel connected to the forks of the forklift to sense their relative height. An indicator panel includes plural sets of indicators, with each set indicating when the forks are in a proper pr... | 05/12/1998 |
