Abstract: An installation for storing and handling a granular or pulverulent product, comprising a vessel for storing the product, which may be extracted by means of at least one handling apparatus comprising a raking scoop which causes, during its active travel, the product to pour over the upper edge of an upwardly divergent wall of the vessel. The storage vessel is disposed in a store protected from the exterior medium. The handling apparatus, or each handling apparatus is constituted by a dragline the raking scoop of which is carried by a rigid boom which is mounted on a movable frame located outside the vessel in a high position adjacent the divergent wall of the vessel. A device is provided for filling the vessel and adapted to pour the product in the vicinity of the path described by the end of the dragline boom opposed to the frame.

Abstract: Load binder chain attachment points are provided by anchor point assemblies carried on the stepped side sill of a flat bed vehicle. The anchor point assemblies are selectably positionable along the length of the vehicle. The stepped side sill allows the use of conventional removable side panels without interference with the anchor points or binder chains.

Abstract: A machine for piling metal sheets in dual piling areas in which are positioned pile accumulating mechanisms having sheet end stop and side edge guide mechanisms, which machine includes an infeed conveyor positioned to normally deliver sheets fed thereto into the first pile accumulating mechanism and an overhead magnetic conveyor overlying the discharge end of the infeed conveyor which may be activated to lift selected sheets from the infeed conveyor and deliver them onto an associated conveyor which serves to feed sheets to a second pile accumulating mechanism and which is supported in cantilevered arrangement on the supporting frame of the second pile accumulating mechanism and extends rearwardly thereof and above the first pile accumulating mechanism.

Abstract: A simplified radial ply tire containing a high modulus single carcass ply and a high modulus single belt ply with the cords in the carcass ply extending radially in the sidewall and at a bias angle in the tread area. The cords in the belt ply extend at an opposite bias angle to those of the carcass ply. A pair of continuous low modulus cord reinforced shoulder strips are provided and extend circumferentially about the tire adjacent the outer edges of the belt structure. Belt coatings, ply angles, shoulder strip orientation, bead region construction and other features are also disclosed.

Abstract: A collapsible loading and unloading ramp comprising two substantially parallel spaced longitudinal supports intended to be secured to a vehicle component, for instance a vehicle platform. Each of the longitudinal supports comprises a ramp portion which can be adjusted and locked in position with respect to the plane of the platform and an on-loading portion hingedly connected therewith. The ramp portion comprises three interconnected partial elements, the first partial element provided with a suspension means is hingedly, lockably secured at the second partial element and the second partial element together with the first partial element is secured to be laterally pivotable and fixable at the third partial element. Between both of the longitudinal supports, preferably however only at the region of the third partial element as well as at the on-loading portion, there are provided transverse supports arranged in spaced relationship from one another.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for a vehicle wheel, according to which in the hollow chamber of the pneumatic tire there is arranged a hollow emergency ring or an emergency tube with one or more peripheral protrusions having running-up flanks which when moving into the respective flattened effective surface are substantially located in the elongation of an imaginary secant determined by the respective flattened effective surface.

Abstract: A tree harvesting apparatus is provided with at least one movable pocket mounted on a vehicle for collecting cut trees. Each pocket extends parallel to the advancing direction of the apparatus and is movable in a horizontal plane, by means of a lever system, in a lateral direction. The pocket is arranged to move far enough horizontally to a position outside the profile of the apparatus, or, at least, to clear the outer edge of the wheels of the vehicle. In that position the trees can be dropped to the ground at the side of the apparatus.

Abstract: A fluid inflatable, elongated, flexible, substantially parallel pair of tubes for supporting goods above a surface and a method of stacking and supporting goods on a surface and on top of goods by use of said tubes, wherein upon inflating the tubes, a fork lift truck or the like can be used to lift and move the goods; upon deflating the tubes, less space is required for storing the goods after they have been stacked, and upon partial deflation of the tubes, both a cushioning effect and a space saving effect is obtained.

Abstract: An overhead suspended monorail type material handling system or apparatus comprising a rail having a web and a transversely extending flange on each side along its upper edge and a wider flange on each side along its lower edge, a plate-like member or cleat for attachment to an overhead structure and provided wth a through aperture enlarged at one end, a bolt-like load supporting stud shaft or hanger member having a head at one end and a nut at the other end with the nut located in the enlarged part of the aperture through the cleat and the shank of the bolt-like hanger member extending to the other side of the cleat member, and a pair of clamp plates bolted together, the clamp plates providing an inverted T-like aperture therebetween enclosing the head of the bolt-like hanger member and the narrower flanges on a part of the rail. As an alternative construction the headed stud or hanger member may be incorporated into the cleat.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for vehicles has a tread band provided with grooves which extend circumferentially about the tire. The grooves are formed by a series of substantially rectilinear sections which are disposed at a predetermined angle with the equatorial plane of the tire and intersect to impart a zig-zag arrangement to the grooves about the tire. The intersections between said groove sections are situated in planes parallel to the equatorial plane of the tire, and each tread surface portion between one of the parallel planes and a pair of adjacent sections of a groove is shaped so the distance at its points from the tire axis gradually decreases from the parallel plane toward the region in which the sections of the pair of adjacent sections intersect.

Abstract: Apparatus for rotating a heavy object about its longitudinal axis consisting of an I-beam having a number of openings along its length and a pair of units for revolving endless cords for supporting the heavy object. The units are attached to the I-beam by pins inserted through the openings and are lifted by a crane together with said I-beam. Further, means are provided to prevent slip of the cord at the pulleys and disengagement of the cord from the pulleys when the cords slacken.

Abstract: A bolster for a railway car truck having an obstacle-free cavity located below a center plate so as to more readily accommodate truck linkage members, brake apparatus and other associated mechanical components. The obstacle-free cavity is defined by a top and a bottom member, sidewalls each having an elliptical opening therein and two spaced vertically inclined lateral ribs which distribute the weight of a body of the car between the top and bottom members.

Abstract: A mechanism for moving a sliding door of a railway car is capable of moving the sliding door between a first position in which the sliding door is supported on the body of the railway car and closes an opening in the railway car body and a second position in which the sliding door is supported by the mechanism and is moveable along the railway car body so that cargo may be loaded and unloaded into and out of the opening in the railway car. The mechanism includes a crank and a roller rotatably mounted on the crank. The crank is rotatably mounted to the sliding door about an axis of rotation which allows movement of the roller through an opening in the bottom portion of the sliding door while limiting lateral movement of the crank which allows for clearance between the roller and the opening when the roller moves through the opening in the sliding door. An actuating member is provided and is rotatably mounted on the sliding door about an axis. The actuating member has at least one lug thereon.

Abstract: An adjustable hand held carrier for large sheets of board such as plywood, plasterboard, paneling, fiberboard and the like comprising two pieces of substantially the same dimensions being adjustably joined together by fastening means extending through longitudinal slots in overlapping ends of said carrier, said pieces extending oppositely from each other and being backwardly facing, the outer end of each piece terminating in a tray shaped configuration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a load equalizing and vibration damping center bearing assembly for a railway vehicle. The center bearing assembly includes a flat body center plate depending from the car body, a bowl having a downwardly concave curved inner surface supported on the wheel truck, a tiltable insert disposed in the bowl having a flat upper surface mating with the body center plate and a curved lower surface contiguous to the inner surface of the bowl, and a resilient liner interposed between the insert and the bowl which absorbs vehicle vibration and assures constant and uniform bearing support through said bearing assembly between the vehicle body and the associated wheel truck.

Abstract: A vehicle with a spring-supported frame has torsion transmitting hydraulic cylinders arranged between the ends of the axles of the undercarriages and the frame. Each cylinder is in torsion transmitting connection with the frame and conduits interconnect corresponding cylinder chambers at each side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A trash container with a bustle and a bustle actuator is removeably carried on a vehicle with a tiltable chassis. The container has a generally box like configuration and a moveably trash compacting side pivotally connected to the container. The vehicle chassis has a pivotally mounted compactor arm adapted to cooperate with the pivotally moveable compacting side of the trash container such that the compactor arm alternately opens and closes the moveable side of the container for compacting trash therein. A ledge structure on the vehicle chassis supports the pivotal axis of the moveable side of the container in co-axial alignment with the pivotal axis of the compactor arm. The container is moved on and off of the chassis by tilting the chassis and connecting the compactor arm to the container by a chain. A crusher is pivotally mounted on the trash container to force trash downwardly into the container. Inclined racks are provided for supporting the containers when they are not on a vehicle.

Abstract: A mechanism for loading and unloading a container onto and from a vehicle comprises a member having one end thereof for releasable connection to the container and the other end thereof carrying pivot means movable in an elongated guide means for connection to the vehicle. The guide means so guide the pivot means so that a first actuator means, which acts on the pivot means, is operable to move the pivot means in, and relatively to, the guide means to move the member and the pivot means from a loaded position to an unloading position. A second actuator means which acts on the member is operable, with the member and the pivot means in the unloading position, to pivot the member relative to the guide means about the pivot means.

Abstract: A material handling unit for moving material from one position to another comprises a gripper arm on a shaft which is movable critically by fluid pressure and is rotatable by a rack and pinion mechanism actuated by a cylinder and piston. Adjustable abutments are provided for limiting the range of movement of the arm. Dashpot means for applying a damping force to the manipulator so as to decelerate it before it reaches the limit of its movement is adjustable both as to the range of action and the rate of deceleration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of an apparatus for tamping the ballast of a railroad track in which a vibration imparting tamping means is inserted into the ballast adjacent a tie to be tamped and the vibration of the tamping means is increased in frequency until it imparts a vibratory excitation to the ballast of between 55 and 75 Hz producing a resultant force directed at an angle towards the underside of the tie to be tamped, whereby to consolidate the ballast beneath and adjacent the tie during the excitation period and thereafter reducing the vibration to below 55 Hz. and withdrawing the tamping head from the ballast.