Abstract: A building container outrigger to provide an elevated work space or debris removal for use between concrete slabs of a building under construction having a container, a plurality of support beams, each support beam positioned lengthwise under the floor of the container and extend therefrom the sides, a pair of spaced apart outrigger beams, a first outrigger end and a second outrigger end, each second outrigger end in contact with and affixed to the upper side of each support beam end, the other outrigger beam end removeably anchored to the slab floor with the front edge of the container flush with the exterior or front slab edge, and, thus, functions to efficiently move or remove materials and tools or personnel space from floor to floor as construction phases move vertically.

Abstract: A building outrigger apparatus to provide an elevated work space or debris removal or crane services for use between concrete slabs of a building under construction having a container or platform to support a container or platform, a plurality of support beams, each support beam positioned lengthwise under the floor of the container and extend therefrom the sides, a pair of spaced apart outrigger beams, a first outrigger end and a second outrigger end, each second outrigger end in contact with and affixed to the upper side of each support beam end, the other outrigger beam end removeably anchored to the slab floor with the front edge of the container flush with the exterior or front slab edge, and, thus, functions to efficiently move or remove materials and tools or personnel space from floor to floor as construction phases move vertically.

Abstract: A holder for digital products includes a first arm, a second arm, a screw rod, and a fixing assembly. Therein, the first arm has a first gripping end and a connecting end. The second arm is pivotally connected to the first arm and has a second gripping end. The screw rod is rotatably disposed between the second arm and the connecting end for enabling the first gripping end and the second gripping end to cooperatively grip on an object. The fixing assembly is disposed on the second arm for combining a digital product, whereby the digital product can be held on an appropriate position.

Abstract: A method and system for picking and placing vessels are provided. The system includes a gripper assembly mounted on a positioning mechanism. The gripper assembly includes a cylinder, a plurality of flexible gripping members extending from the cylinder in a spaced-apart relationship for receiving therebetween a vessel and holding it by friction, a piston slideably inserted inside the cylinder, and a plunger connected to and movable with the piston and extending between the gripping members for engaging the vessel. The method includes the steps of positioning the gripper assembly, picking up and transferring a vessel, and placing, seating and releasing the vessel. The contents of the vessel may also be mixed simultaneously during the transferring of the vessel.

Abstract: A device that promotes the safer handling and attachment of an object to an overhead support by providing a positioning pole and hanger that uses a rotatable U-shaped catch that works in conjunction with a stop located on the hanger to maintain the object in a vertical position during the attachment operation irrespective of the pole's position with respect to the object.

Abstract: A hanger for hanging an object in an elevated position. The hanger includes a receptacle fixed on its shaft for receiving an extension implement such as a broom handle. In the preferred embodiment, the receptacle is a loop formed integrally from the material of the hanger. The extension implement is inserted into the receptacle and the hanger is lifted to the elevated position for fastening. The receptacle may take a variety of shapes and sizes, and may be fixed at any position on the hanger.

Abstract: A grappling hanging device for attachment to an overhead beam has a primary hanging hook mounted in a frame plate. A rectangular bar extends laterally from the base of the primary hanging hook. The width of the plate is slightly less than a circular area of the keyhole aperture and its thickness slightly less than the spaced walls of the keyhole aperture of the support plate. The opposite end of the support plate has a latching loop extending therefrom. When the lifting force is lowered, the support plate will rotate about the bar in the circular part of the keyhole opening, thereby swinging the opposed latch around to loop over the end of the hook. Once about 180.degree. rotation has occurred, the cross plate will slide to the closed end of the keyhole slot, and lock the hanging mechanism in place.

Abstract: A rail threader comprising a top plate having side plates extending downwardly from the opposite sides thereof. A vertically disposed plate extends upwardly from the top plate and is adapted to serve as an abutment for the loose rail during the threading operation. The inside surface of one of the side plates has a pair of bars extending inwardly therefrom. When the rail threader has been positioned on a rail, a spacer bar is positioned between one side of the rail and the inside surface of the other side plate. A pair of bolts threadably extend through the other side plate and draw the bars on the first side plate into engagement with one side of the rail. The rail threader is securely held onto the rail by the engagement of the rods and the spacer bar which are urged into engagement with the opposite sides of the rail by the bolts. The loose rail may be threaded into the center of the tracks or threaded outwardly from the center of the tracks through the use of the rail threader.

Abstract: A rail puller for attachment to the end of a rail comprising a top plate having side plates extending downwardly therefrom in a spaced-apart relationship. The bottom surface of the top plate is provided with a centrally disposed guide slot formed therein adapted to receive the tapered end of a wedge. An elongated rod is secured to the inside surface of each of the side plates near the lower end thereof. The puller is installed on a rail by slipping the same over the end of the rail. A wedge is then inserted into the guide slot of the top plate and is driven thereinto to force the elongated rods upwardly into frictional engagement with the underside of the head of the rail. A lifting bracket is provided on the top surface of the top plate and chain hooks are mounted on the exterior surfaces of the side plates to facilitate the connection of the puller to either a hoisting device, a Hy-Railer or the like.

Abstract: A new and improved grabber apparatus includes first and second clamping arms having clamping fingers, a pivot for the clamping arms permitting them to move back and forth from a clamping to a non-clamping orientation, a spring for biasing the clamping arms in a closed orientation, a trigger for retaining the clamping arms in an open orientation, and idler bars connected to the clamping arms. A flexible cord is connected to the idler arms. A person, such as a hunter, who is in an elevated location, such as on a platform in a tree, can lower the grabber apparatus with the flexible cord using an unwinding and winding device. When the clamping arms are above and near an object to be clamped, they are lowered so that the trigger contacts a solid object near the object to be clamped, within the range of the clamping arms in the open position.

Abstract: Apparatus and system including a hanger device which is releasably clampable to a rod. The hanger device includes a pair of blocks each having a plurality of differently configured bore sections therein adapted for cooperating with a plurality of differently configured bore sections of the other block such that predetermined ones of the cooperating bore sections may be aligned to clamp the rod therebetween, whereby the blocks may be clamped to rods of a plurality of different configurations. One of the blocks is provided with a member for suspending a hoist. The apparatus further preferably comprises structure for connecting the hanger device to a come-along device whereby the functions of the hoist and come-along device may be effectively interrelated to lift and substantially horizontally translate material in an efficient and coordinated process.

Abstract: A lifting shackle comprises a head plate (1) having a central aperture (4). A pair of load supporting arms (2) are each attached pivotably to the head plate at respective points substantially equi-distant from a vertical, in use, axis of the head plate passing through the aperture (4). The load supporting arms define facing channels which receive laterally spaced edges of the load. At or near the remote end of each load supporting arm (2) a load attachment bar (5) is provided for engaging the load to be lifted.

Abstract: A cargo clamp for a van, the van having cargo space defined by a floor, upwardly extending sidewalls and a roof. The cargo clamp comprises a transverse track that extends between the sidewalls below the roof and is supported below the roof and is held in place by side rails on each side. A clamp is attached to the track and is movable along the side rails between the sidewalls. The clamp also includes a downwardly extending brace that engages and restrains sheet material that is positioned on edge in the cargo space. The clamp includes a handle and bolt for engagement in a threaded hole for securing the clamp to the track at a selected position.

Abstract: A safety device for mounting on a beam section including a body comprising two articulated portions having projections which produce a wedging effect on the beam section when under the pull of a load.

Abstract: A hook is provided for fastening a filter bag thimble to a support member in a filter baghouse. The hook has a first eye for insertion of a tension member and a second eye through which the support member is inserted. The first eye is spaced from the second eye such that the tension member in the first eye is removable when the second eye is held by the support member.

Abstract: A universal beam clamp for supportably engaging the top flange of an I-beam comprises a pair of opposed symmetrical clamp elements each including a base having an elongated inwardly opening slot along its inner edge. A support plate is mounted upon the base along its edge, there being aligned elongated first and second slots centrally of the support plate. An adjusting screw with separate right and left hand threads extends through the first slots. A nut is mounted on each of the threads outwardly of the support plate and is engageable therewith. A nut retainer upon the support plate prevents rotation of the nut. Rotation of the screw in one direction simultaneously moves the clamp elements inwardly and rotation of the screw in the opposite direction simultaneously moves the support plates outwardly. A support interconnecting the support plates has a base projected through the seconds slots and an apex adapted for connection to a crane operated lift hook.

Abstract: Lifting tackle comprises a hook sheave suspended from a pulley block sheave supported between a pair of parallel arms, the free ends of which are bent to form one member of a pair of gripping jaws the other member being of L shaped pivoted between the two parallel arms.The L shape member of the jaws engages the upper surface of a flange of a girder or beam and the weight of the hook sheave and load bring the jaw integral with the parallel arms into engagement with the under surface of the flange so that the flange is gripped firmly between the jaws.This lifting tackle may be attached to the upper or lower flange of the girder or beam and will raise a load into substantial engagement with the underside of the girder or beam.

Abstract: An improvement in rail threading devices having at least four rollers mounted on two rectangular plates. Each rectangular plate is fastened by a stud to a framing member which allows movement of the rectangular plate relative to the framing member. The framing members are mechanically attached together so that the rollers will straddle a section of rail and grip the rail from the underside of the rails' upper section when the device is lifted by a crane. The mechanical attachment of the framing members is such that the device can be used to lift a rail which is on the ground and further allow the rollers to be separated when the tension on an attached crane cable is relaxed thereby providing for ease in removal or attachment of the device.

Abstract: A device for use in gripping a flanged structural member comprises a pair of gripping members pivotally connected together about a first axis for movement towards and away from one another, a screw threaded connection operable to urge the gripping members together to clamp a flanged member therebetween, and each of the gripping members being provided with a jaw having a recess to receive a flange of the flanged structural member, each jaw being pivotable about an axis parallel to the first axis.

Abstract: A hanger designed for supporting pork bellies during handling and processing into slabs of bacon which is characterized by a series of spaced prongs projecting in a common plane in generally right angled relation to an elongate cross frame formed by a pair of spaced cross bar members depending from a supporting hook formation and having a grip forming member adapted to be grasped while the prongs are inserted into the pork bellie and a further grip forming member extending in the direction opposite the direction of the prongs which is adapted to be grasped in removing the prongs from the bacon slab.

Abstract: A grasping device is provided having a frame adapted to be held generally stationary with respect to an article being grasped, two manually operable, movable tweezer legs supported by the frame, a third leg positioned between the two movable legs and held generally stationary with respect to the frame, and means at the end of each leg for frictionally engaging an object to be grasped. A preferred embodiment of the grasping device is specially designed for pinching the inside bottom surface of a nested stack of dish-shaped filters.

Abstract: A hook is disclosed for use in containers, refrigerated trucks, packing plants etc. and comprises two separable portions which form a shell for attachment to a container hanger tube. The two portions interlock and hold together by releasable retaining means. A low friction material can be provided in the shell.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatizing flaw detection comprising carrier bodies arranged in parallel, on sides (Y-) and (Y,+), taps capable of supporting the both bodies and extensible from and retractable into the bodies, clamp shafts having downwardly tapered heads and vertically movably inserted in hollow shafts of the taps, and collet claws disposed around the portions of the clamp shafts near their heads, with expansion bands fitted around the claws for centripetally fastening them together, the carrier body on the (Y-) side being slidably supported by X-direction guide rods and the carrier body on the (Y,+) side by the X-direction guide rods and Y-direction guide rods.