Abstract: The luggage article described herein provides improved stability by creating an increased footprint at the bottom to improve stability. The footprint is increase by position the supports for the luggage article outside the perimeter of the body. The supports may be a plurality of wheel spinner assemblies. The wheel spinner assemblies may have an upright axis of rotation that is positioned outside of the perimeter of the body thereby improving stability.

Abstract: A livestock unloading system for unloading livestock from a storage unit of a transport vehicle to a processing plant or storage facility. The unloading system includes a conveyor system whereby livestock ride from the storage unit to their destination. The conveying system includes a telescoping end that extends into and retracts from a coop during the unloading process. A truck positioner positions the transport vehicle for the proper unloading process.

Abstract: A device for sidetracking a truck, which basically comprises a movable actuator element operable in a direction to and from the truck, a carriage connected to the movable actuator element, on which the truck is to be placed, the carriage means being provided, on an upper side thereof, with a lifting element for raising the truck so as to raise the truck from a floor, and a stationary actuator element connected to the movable actuator element, the stationary actuator element being extendable and retractable in a direction along the direction wherein the movable actuator means is operated with respect to the truck. With such a simple structure, the truck may be sidetracked, even in a direction orthogonal with the path along which the truck moves.

Abstract: A reciprocating floor conveyor has at least one group of at least three individually reciprocatable slat members. A drive engages each slat member and moves more than half of the slat members simultaneously in a conveying direction and moves the remainder of the slat members in the opposite direction at least at about twice the rate of speed. The drive includes a fluid pressure source, a flow divider connected to the fluid pressure source which provides a separate, equal rate of flow for each slat member, a separate extensible fluid driven cylinder for reciprocation of each slat member that is connected to a separate flow from the flow divider, and a direction valve for each fluid driven cylinder which controls fluid flow into and out of the cylinder.

Abstract: A reciprocating floor conveyor has at least three groups of one or more individually reciprocatable slat members. A drive engages each slat group and moves more than half of the slat members simultaneously in a conveying direction and moves the remainder of the slat members in the opposite direction at least at about twice the rate of speed. The drive includes a fluid pressure source, a flow divider connected to the fluid pressure source which provides a separate, equal rate of flow for each slat group, a separate extensible fluid driven cylinder for reciprocation of each slat group that is connected to a separate flow from the flow divider, a direction valve for each fluid driven cylinder which controls fluid flow into and out of the cylinder, and an unloading valve communicating with the interconnected rod sides of the fluid driven cylinders.

Abstract: A bulk material such as garbage is introduced into a hopper inlet (14) of a comparator (12). A piston (18) in the comparator moves the bulk material out from the comparator (12) into the vault (26). In the vault (26) the material is compacted against a barrier wall (66) until an initial body of compacted material is formed between the inlet and the barrier wall (64). Then, the barrier wall (64) is retracted up into a position substantially within the plane of the top wall (32). Then, the comparator (12) is operated to compact additional bulk material (24) into the vault (26), and at the same time move the material (24) lengthwise through the vault (26). When the vault (26) is sufficiently full of compacted material (24), the vault (26) is expanded for the purpose of enlargening the cross sectional dimension of its inner space. A cargo receiving compartment (30) of a road vehicle (10) is positioned in registry with the outlet of the vault (26).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for supplying wood fiber material in both roundwood and chip form to a pulp paper plant through a single off-loading station having a rotary railroad car dumper for unloading fiber material to a receiver box including a platform for receiving the fiber material transferred at an elevated position from the receiver box, a wall for guiding material being transferred onto the platform, and a plurality of plows for segregating the wood fiber material and for moving the roundwood and chip materials along the deck in separate directions toward separate conveying systems.