Patents by Inventor Guy Cartier

Guy Cartier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5788016
    Abstract: A lifting carriage for use on an industrial truck is connected to a lifting frame which moves vertically along a lift mast. The lifting carriage includes a rotatable guide roller arrangement for adjusting the position of the lifting carriage. The guide roller arrangement includes a first pair of horizontally spaced guide rollers and a second pair of horizontally spaced guide rollers which are vertically spaced from the first pair of horizontally spaced guide rollers. The position of guide rollers of the first pair of guide rollers is not movable relative to the lifting carriage and the position of the guide rollers of the second pair of guide rollers is movable relative to the lifting carriage in a direction having a horizontal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Soulas, Guy Cartier, Jurgen Roth
  • Patent number: 5590735
    Abstract: A forklift truck having a drive wheel and a plurality of support wheels and a mounting arrangement for independently adjusting the vertical position of each support wheel. The mounting arrangement includes a cylindrical pivot sleeve attached to the forklift truck and a cylindrical pivot member coaxial with the cylindrical pivot sleeve and longitudinally and rotatably adjustable in the cylindrical pivot sleeve. A support wheel is pivotally mounted on the lower end of the cylindrical pivot member and a pin is provided adjacent to the lower end of the cylindrical pivot member for locking the cylindrical pivot member in one of at least two vertical positions in the cylindrical pivot sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Guy Cartier