...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6843363 | Stripping device for the return run area of conveyor belts Apparatus for stripping a belt in conveyor belt assemblies includes a stripping element on a system carrier, the stripping element having a stripping lamella on a lamella holder, the stripping lamella contacting the belt in a peeling position, wherein the stripping ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 5950803 | Conveyor belt stripping device An arrangement to strip unwanted matter from belt bands in conveyor belt installations, comprises a systems support attached to a supporting structure for the belt band and stripping members each having a scraper blade spring-loaded in the ready-to-operat... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5518107 | Stripper element mounted on a system of a stripping device The invention relates to a stripping element (4) for placing on a system support or carrier (3) of a stripping device (1) for the discharge and of a conveyor belt (2), which has a stripping plate (8), which is in the ready-to-operate position engages in s... | 05/21/1996 |