Abstract: An apparatus which includes a tilting jack of which the axis on which it is articulated to the tilting structure is in front of the axis on which it is articulated on the frame and in which the tilting structure and the frame are so adapted that the effect of actuating the tilting jack is to cause a lifting hook to tilt about a first transverse tilting axis between a position for starting or finishing tilting and a position for changing the axis, and about a second transverse tilting axis between the position for changing the axis and a position for picking up a load from, or setting down on, the ground.

Abstract: A transporter for moving a container or platform between storage and work positions at different levels. The transporter including a lift assembly and a support assembly pivotally mounted on the lift assembly. The lift assembly being operatively connected to the support assembly for movement between transporting and storage positions. The support assembly including a first set of rollers for moving said lift assembly between the work and storage positions at one level and a second set of rollers for moving the lift assembly to the work or storage positions at a second level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for converting a semi-trailer or intermodal shipping container from carrying general freight cargo to carrying automobiles. More specifically, the present invention provides for a lift mechanism which is powered by the drive wheels of the automobile being carried by the lift so that a plurality of automobiles may be carried in two levels in an enclosed semi-trailer or intermodal shipping container. The method of the present invention is also adaptable to being employed in piggy back transportation of semi-trailers or intermodal shipping containers on railroad cars. The apparatus of the present invention is designed for flexibility in use and ease of assembly and disassembly which comprises lift assemblies based on the use of ball screws powered from flexible cable drives.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted hoist for loading, transporting and dumping containers including a tail frame pivotally mounted at a tail frame pivot pin to the rear of a vehicle; a jib assembly pivotally mounted to the tail frame at a jib assembly pivot pin forwardly of the tail frame pivot pin, the jib assembly including a telescopically extendable jib with an outboard end to which is connected a hook configured to engage with a complementary configured apparatus on a container; a pair of hydraulic cylinders connected between the vehicle and the jib assembly and operable to pivot the jib assembly about one of the pivot pins; and, a locking assembly connected with the tail frame and the jib assembly and having a locked condition wherein the jib assembly is locked to pivot as a unit with the tail frame about the tail frame pivot pin, and having an unlocked position wherein the jib assembly is unlocked from the tail frame and able to be pivoted about the jib assembly pivot pin, and wherein the locking assembly is operably c

Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing in a cargo transport of irregular shape, such as vehicles. The cargo transport comprises an elongate hollow highway truck semi-trailer having a pair of longitudinally extending spaced apart upright-side walls defining an interior cargo space therebetween. The trailer has a rearward openable end through which vehicles may be conveyed, and longitudinally extending internal crane runway rails supported by the side walls. A rear portion of the runway is longitudinally extendable rearward of the open rear end of the trailer. A plurality of standardized, stackable vehicle supporting pallets are provided upon which vehicles are individually loaded at a trailer-exterior loading position.

Abstract: A system for loading motor vehicles onto, and unloading motor vehicles from, a transporting vehicle enables motor vehicles to be supported one above the other on a frame, after which the frame with its supported motor vehicles is moved as a unit onto a transporting vehicle at a loading location. After transport of the frame and its motor vehicles from the loading location to a destination, the motor vehicles are unloaded from the transporting vehicle not as a unit but rather individually while the frame remains on the transporting vehicle.

Abstract: A collapsible utility cart apparatus (10) including a basket device (11) having a generally vertical first side wall second side wall (13, 13'), and spaced-apart support wheels (14, 15 and 14', 15') rotatably mounted to a bottom wall (12) of the basket device (10). A first and a second frame member (16, 16') are mounted to a respective side wall (13, 13') of the basket device (11) for pivotal movement of the frame members (16, 16') in a respective plane substantially parallel to and adjacent the side walls (13, 13') between a deployed position and a stored position. In the deployed position, the basket device (11) is vertically supported by the frame members (16, 16') to position the bottom wall (12) and the support wheels (14, 15 and 14', 15') off the ground a predetermined height. In the stored position, the respective frame members (16, 16') are positioned substantially adjacent the side walls (13, 13'), respectively, for storage.

Abstract: A roll on roll off receptacle handling system, that can load and unload a receptacle, storing the receptacle and transporting the receptacle. The system includes a storage platform that the receptacle can be rolled on to and off from. The system also includes a transport device that the receptacle can be rolled on to or off from. The transport device can transport the receptacle to another location where it can be rolled off to another platform. The system also includes an overhead boom, mounted on the transport device, that functions to load and unload the receptacle.

Abstract: An assembly (10) is disclosed including first slides (38) secured by bolts (64) to a topper (26) and second slides (36) secured by bolts (68) to the side walls (18) of a pickup truck (12). The first and second slides (36, 38) are of a tubular shape, with each of the first slides (38) further including first and second vertical legs (44) located on opposite sides of the second slides (36) and a horizontal seal leg (46) for sandwiching a seal (66) against the topper (26). First connectors (50) having female head portions (52) and second connectors (60) having male head portions (62) horizontally slideably received in the female head portions (52) include tabs (54) slideably received in the ends of the tubular shape of the slides (36, 38) and secured therein by the securement bolts (64, 68). A tubular weatherstrip (88) is slid on a cross bar (90) held by L-shaped portions formed on the connectors (50) of the front ends of the second slides (36).

Abstract: An endless track transporter is provided moving the semi-trailer of an on-highway wheeled tractor-trailer over terrain where it is desirable to exert low ground pressure. The transporter has a gate system which is controllably moveable for clearing the landing gear of the semi-trailer during hitching of the transporter to the semi-trailer.

Abstract: A vehicle for picking up and transporting refuse includes a vehicle chassis; a driver's cab connected to the chassis; a movable collecting container positioned behind the driver's cab and having a fill opening at an end thereof disposed near the driver's cab; and a support connected to the vehicle chassis behind the driver's cab and being separate from the movable collecting container. The vehicle further includes a dumping mechanism for picking up at least one refuse container in front of a front end of the vehicle and moving the refuse container over the driver's cab for emptying the refuse container in the fill opening behind the driver's cab thereby defining a pickup position, a dumping trajectory, and an emptying position of the refuse container. The dumping mechanism includes a pivot bearing for a pair of pivot arms; a pair of pivot arms having first ends and second ends and pivotally connected to the pivot bearing at the first ends thereof; and a pick up and dumping device connected to the pivot arms.

Abstract: An elongate frame such as for carrying vehicles includes length-adjusting and width-adjusting assemblies that enable the frame to fully occupy differently-sized enclosures. Pivotably extensible and retractable length-adjusting sections form the length-adjusting assembly. Several length settings are achievable by selectively unlocking different combinations of sections. Overshooting of settings is avoided, despite machine-driven adjustment, by elimination of overtravel-type movement in each section. Telescopically adjustable joints, each with automatic end position latching and backup stop protection, form the width-adjusting assembly and guide the frame's sides in stable upright movement while the frame's forward end is unfolded.

Abstract: A system for loading motor vehicles onto, and unloading motor vehicles from, a transporting vehicle enables motor vehicles to be supported one above the other on a frame, after which the frame with its supported motor vehicles is moved as a unit onto a transporting vehicle at a loading location. After transport of the frame and its motor vehicles from the loading location to a destination, the motor vehicles are unloaded from the transporting vehicle not as a unit but rather individually while the frame remains on the transporting vehicle.

Abstract: A modular storing and dispensing assembly (20) for a plurality of large containers (21) of substantial weight. The modular assembly (20) comprises a container support track mechanism (24) supporting the containers (21) for movement toward a dispensing station (26). An enclosure (27) substantially encloses the track mechanism (24) and all of the containers (21). The track mechanism (24) and the enclosure (27) are both coupled to a modular frame (32) for movement thereof as a unit. The modular frame (32) is mounted on a vehicle (23) and can be used as a free-standing storing and dispensing unit. In an embodiment, the track mechanism (24) includes a conveyor-type assembly (35) extending about a predetermined path (34) substantially along the full transverse dimension of the vehicle (23). The conveyor mechanism (35) includes a conveyor drive mechanism (105) and a flexible transport device (111) movably coupled to the drive mechanism (105).

Abstract: A device for arranging sheets of paper (32) in a stack (33) having a frame (2) to be mounted fixed in place, with an inlet opening (62) for introducing the sheets (32) to be stacked. The arm (4) is pivotably seated at its rear end on the frame (2) and contains a conveying member (45) driven by a motor (43) for conveying the sheets (32). A container (3) is provided for receiving the sheets (32), with a vertically displaceable carriage (12) and a drive member (15) for displacing the carriage (12). The front end of the arm (4) is pivotably connected to with the carriage (12). There is a sensor (68) at the front end of the arm (4) for detecting the upper edge of the stack (33), and a control device (67), connected with the sensor (68) and the drive member (15), for maintaining the front end of the arm (4 ) at the height of the stack (33) being formed. Finally, an exchangeable cassette (28) for receiving the stack (33) can be inserted into the container (3).

Abstract: An indirect locking and lock release mechanism is provided that permits remote actuation of the lock release function and automatic reset of the locking function in a chamber. Components on a transfer carrier permit remote actuation of locking components in a chamber through intermediate components on a ramp between the chamber and the transfer carrier. Members are provided to secure the transfer carrier to the ramp. Linear actuation of a push rod at the remote end of the transfer carrier causes linear actuation of a linearly aligned push rod on the ramp which in turn causes pivotal movement of a blocking member from a locked to an unlocked position in the chamber. Fail safe mechanisms are provided to prevent movement of the blocking member to the unlocked position when the transfer carrier is not secured to the ramp.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for converting a semi-trailer or intermodal shipping container from carrying general freight cargo to carrying automobiles. More specifically, the present invention provides for a lift mechanism which is powered by the drive wheels of the automobile being carried by the lift so that a plurality of automobiles may be carried in two levels in an enclosed semi-trailer or intermodal shipping container. The method of the present invention is also adaptable to being employed in piggy back transportation of semi-trailers or intermodal shipping containers on railroad cars. The apparatus of the present invention is designed for flexibility in use and ease of assembly and disassembly which comprises lift assemblies based on the use of ball screws powered from flexible cable drives.

Abstract: A container carriage has an elongated skid 30 with an upstanding arm 76 at a forward end thereof, the arm 76 being releasably engageable with a loader 32 mounted on the frame of a container hauling truck 36. A pair of laterally spaced legs 80,82 formed on the skid adjustably mount a pair of arm attachments 102 to engage and carry a conventional front loading container 52. Alternatively, hook attachments 118 are adjustably mounted on the legs 80,82 to engage and carry a conventional rear loading container 62. Movement of the loader 32 between an on-off loading position and a transport position results in the carriage being drawn across the end of the truck 36 and positioned in overlying relation with the truck frame 34.

Abstract: A system for hauling cargo containers which includes elevatable frames on which the containers are supported during transportation, loading and unloading of the containers. The frames are designed to be either directly mounted to conventional trailers or other transport vehicles or interlocked to alignment members mounted to such vehicles. The frames include support legs which are movable outwardly and pivotable vertically so as to support the frames in elevated relationship to the transport vehicles. Lifting devices are mounted on the frames to raise and lower the frames relative to the vehicles so that the containers may be loaded or unloaded relative to the vehicles without supplemental lifts or cranes. In a separate embodiment, the transport vehicles include lifting devices for elevating the frames for purposes of loading or unloading.

Abstract: An exemplary frame for carrying two or more tiers of vehicles within a standard cargo-carrying container includes frame-supporting wheels rotatably supported in interposed relation between the sides of the lower rail of the frame for streamlined operation. Installing structure included on the upper and lower rail of the frame, such as an upper and lower plate each having a toothed edge, enable selective coupling of a vertical tension member to the upper and lower rails either in a first suspended position in which longitudinal movement along the respective rails is possible or in a second suspended position locked against such movement. The exemplary frame also includes a storage mechanism where each vehicle-supporting wheel cradle is pivotable about a load-bearing hanger for securement in a storage position extending parallel to the sides of the frame.

Abstract: A system is provided for transporting large glass sheets or blanks. A-frame stanchions are removably secured to a base section to form a rack for carrying stacks of sheets supported on edge upon the base. The base section is supported above the floor or supporting surface by spacer sections which define a corridor beneath the base for removably receiving a transport dolly. The transport dolly includes lift platforms positionable beneath frame members of the base section. Inflatable air bags are adapted to raise and lower the lift platforms for selectively raising the rack to permit it to be moved about on the transport dolly. A steerable wheel arrangement is provided at the forward end of the transport dolly. Stacking posts are provided at the corners of the base whereby when empty, the A-frame stanchions can be disassembled and the racks stacked in nested relationship for return shipment and storage.

Abstract: A method for providing the lifting effect of a lifting transport trailer, wherein the lifting transport trailer comprises as main parts a frame (u) which has essentially a horizontal carrying planar surface (KT) or the like, a rotating wheel (PE) and a lever mechanism. According to the method, the factors on the quantity of the moments applying at the pivot point (P) between second frame lever (N) and the frame (u) are so selected that during shifting of the lifting transport trailer, the lifting transport trailer functions as a stiff body at least in two positions. In the first position, the sum of moments applying at the pivot point (P) applies in the first direction so that the lever mechanism formed by the lever frames (M, N) and at least one power transmission element (VE) is supported against the first limiter means (R1) in the frame (u), the carrying surface (KT) being in the lower position.

Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle is devoid of a floor and includes a substantially C-shaped body defining a space surrounded or closed from three directions including forward and backward directions of the vehicle, two hook units disposed side by side at a bottom portion of the space and each having one hook horizontally movable back and forth in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle body, and an actuating unit disposed on a portion of the vehicle body for engaging and disengaging the hook and a carriage. The vehicle thus constructed is able to transfer the carriage and a freight within a small or limited space, thus reducing the transportation cost and the time of freight transfer operation.

Abstract: A railroad car conversion apparatus for hauling a flowable material in an open-topped railroad car having a frame for holding a plurality of bladders, which may depend downwardly from the frame into the railroad car. The frame is adapted to fit on top of the sidewalls of a hopper car, and be readily attached or detached from the railcar. A plurality of bladders, which may be attached directly to this frame for removal therewith, are also attached in such a manner that they may be readily filled with or emptied of a fluid of a particulate, flowable material without requiring the removal of the frame. The conversion apparatus includes an elongate central beam having first and second ends, and a plurality of bladder-connecting devices for releasably attaching a plurality of material-receiving bladders to the central beam.

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting and lifting a wheelless, vehicle-mounted camper cabin includes built-in jacks for safely, quickly and easily loading and unloading the camper cabin with respect to a transporting vehicle. The apparatus can be attached to the camper cabin and suspended therefrom when the camper cabin is mounted on a vehicle, and the apparatus can be used to secure the camper cabin on the transporting vehicle, while eliminating the need for tie-down chains, turnbuckles or other inconvenient means of securing the camper cabin to the transporting vehicle. The apparatus can include wheels for enabling the camper cabin to be moved about when the cabin has been removed from the vehicle and supported by the apparatus. The apparatus is also very stable to permit safe occupancy of the camper cabin when the cabin has been off-loaded from the vehicle and supported by the apparatus.

Abstract: A support frame essentially provided for goods in the form of a container having corner pieces, for the attachment of which the support frame includes on a vertical portion, two locking devices for cooperation with the upper front corner pieces; and on a horizontal portion two locking devices for cooperation with the lower rear corner pieces, whereby the container attached to the support frame rigidifies the vertical portion and the horizontal portion with respect to each other.

Abstract: A lifting mechanism for a no-man vehicle self-propelled and run along a guide tape installed on a floor has a lifting motor secured to a base frame of the no-man vehicle, a cam disc driven by the lifting motor, and a lifting member 6 coming into contact with the cam disc and moving up-and-down when the cam disc rotates. There are on the circumference of the cam disc the first cam face 21 formed with a radius around the axis center point B of the rotary shaft passing through the cam disc and the second cam face 20 formed with a radius around the center point A different from the center point B.

Abstract: A material handling apparatus and methods for transporting and manipulating headstones are provided. The apparatus consists of a mobile carrier having a frame and a bed member pivotally attached thereto that is adapted to carry and support a headstone thereon. The bed member is pivotable between a horizontal position wherein it is carried on the frame of the mobile carrier to a position wherein it is perpendicular to the mobile carrier frame by a manually operated hydraulic cylinder. A support foot is attached to the end of the bed member to support the bottom of a headstone when the bed member is in the perpendicular position. The position of the support foot may be selectively adjusted with respect to the end of the bed member to enable the headstone to be placed on objects located at various heights above the ground level. A removable water-tight container is also provided for hauling concrete solutions or crushed gravel.

Abstract: Apparatus for moving a stamping press or the like having a die opening, comprising a beam structure including a pair of elongated, laterally spaced, generally parallel beams. The beam structure is extended through the die opening with the ends of the beams projecting beyond the front and rear of the stamping press. Wheeled trucks disposed beneath the projecting ends of said beams support the beam structure at an elevation sufficient to raise the stamping press above the factory floor so that it may be moved to a new location.

Abstract: This application relates to a novel process for distributing construction materials from a supply site to a multi-level building site and delivering the materials to elevated floors during construction of the building.

Abstract: A dump trailer for the transportation of containers including a frameless trailer frame to receive and hold a rail transportable container for overland transport. A support system engageable on a fifth wheel of a tractor having a telescopically extensible hoist assembly and interconnected draft arms contains support and locking flanges to secure the container to the trailer and a pair of container contents transport guides extending over the trailer's frame to its free end during dumping.

Abstract: A portable mini silo system for delivering dry mortar blends to batch mixers is disclosed. Such system includes a silo that is constructed for portable transport to a construction site, while providing support for the silo at the construction site, through the use of telescopic leg elements. The telescopic leg elements are suitably reinforced and mounted to the silo to provide both lateral offset and reinforcement. A collapsible ladder is attached to one of the telescopic leg elements for collapse and extension as one of the leg elements is collapsed and extended. The collapsible ladder, when extended at a construction site, enables a user to load dry mortar blends into the silo. A platform is also attached to the silo side wall and cooperates with the collapsible ladder to enable a user to climb the ladder and stand on the platform, thus facilitate loading and checking the contents of the silo.

Abstract: An apparatus adapted for attachment to the frame of a truck, usually within a bed of a conventional pickup truck. A generally planar base is rigidly attached to the truck frame with bolts. A platform is rotatably connected to the base with a pair of four-bar linkages, one on the right side of the platform and one on the left. The platform has a low position close to the base, and a high position that is typically 15 or 20 inches higher. A double-acting hydraulic cylinder is anchored at one end to the base and connected at its other end to the platform. Pressurizing the cylinder one way causes the platform to be raised and translated backwardly with respect to the base. Pressurizing the cylinder the other way causes the platform to be moved toward the base in a relatively slow and deliberate manner.

Abstract: A sectional van trailer having detachable, interchangeable compartments capable of forming a continuous van body is disclosed. One or more van sections or cargo compartments are secured to a trailer frame. The van sections may be individually removed and left at a location for loading or unloading. When removed, the van sections form secure, weather-tight individual containers for the goods disposed therein. The van sections are interconnected and each van section may remain an individual compartment or may be joined with one or more adjacent van sections to form a continuous van body. A tractor mounted hoist apparatus is provided to allow a lone truck operator to move the van sections between the ground, and the trailer frame, a storage stand, or a truck frame. The described embodiments are particularly efficient for moving both household belongings and general commodities on a long-haul trip.

Abstract: A retriever and a cart that are detachably secured to one another are used for retrieving and transporting, respectively, heavy containers of the type found in trash compactors. A pair of biased looking bolts hold the retriever and container together when they are in repose. The locking bolts are retracted by squeezing a latch release handle positioned just below the retriever handle so that the cart and retriever can be easily separated from one another. The cart has curved leading surfaces so that the two parts can be reattached by simply pushing them together; the curved surfaces drive the locking bolts into their respective retracted positions so that the latch release handle need not be activated during the reattachment procedure.

Abstract: An underslung cargo container system in which a cargo container is removably secured to the exterior bottom of the trailer of a truck.

Abstract: An elevating scaffold trailer is provided for transporting burley tobacco stalks impaled on tobacco rods from the field into a curing cell and subsequently out of the curing cell. The trailer comprises an elevating device for raising tobacco rod carrying devices above the height of holding racks within the curing cell. The trailer is transported into the curing cell whereby the elevating device lowers the tobacco rod carrying device below the level of the holding racks so that the tobacco rods are transferred to the holding racks. A method for gathering and transporting burley tobacco to a curing cell is also provided. The method involves using the elevating wheeled scaffold trailer to transport cut burley tobacco stalks to the curing cell and for transferring the tobacco to holding racks within the curing cell.

Abstract: An improved multi-function loading and recovery apparatus for pallets, containers and the like having a simple, effective design while enabling efficient operation in a wide variety of recovery operations. This multi-function loading and recovery apparatus utilizes a unique self-locking L-Arm, a portion of which is extendable and retractable, so that the L-Arm can be engaged or disengaged with a tilt frame when the L-Arm is in a variety of lengths, enabling the utilization of containers of various lengths. The present invention further allows either the rotation of a tilting frame with the L-Arm for tilting and dumping, or the rotation of the L-Arm alone for unloading of the container.

Abstract: A lightweight, small portable hopper for bulk materials that is removably mountable on a tractor trailer is disclosed. Such trailer includes a trailer bed that is formed with a central opening, and the hopper is usable on it while also leaving space for transporting other items. The hopper includes an upright body with an inner surface that includes plural regions defining a bulk-material storage space. The body also includes a generally downwardly converging section that is supportably positionable on the trailer bed through the central opening, with a subsection terminating with a dispensing port. Also included is internal bracing structure attached to generally opposing regions of the inner surface of the body, and extending across the bulk-material storage space to promote self-supportability of the hopper when it is loaded. The internal bracing structure may include plural, laterally spaced, horizontally-positioned first braces attached to corresponding, generally opposing regions of the inner surface.

Abstract: A vehicle is supported on a horizontal support platform extending between two frames. As a winch is driven, a pair of cables raise the horizontal support platform upward along the frames. As the platform is raised, contact pads of the frames press against the sides of the cargo container, providing additional strength to the apparatus.

Abstract: A structure adapted to be loaded onto a vehicle provided with a hydraulic lifting arm type handling mechanism including two longitudinal bottom rails adapted to cooperate with guide rollers at the rear of the vehicle, and means for moving the rails between a deployed position, in which the rails cooperate with the guide rollers, and a retracted position, in which each rail is withdrawn into a housing in the bottom of the structure.

Abstract: A wagon for carrying a lifting cradle having a wagon chassis and at least one pivotable body mounted to pivot about an axis for pivoting and guides for receiving at least one lifting cradle. Components for locking the lifting cradle to the chassis include a shaft fixed to the chassis and disposed along the vertical axis for pivoting, two attachment arms disposed on either side of a longitudinal plane of symmetry and mounted on the shaft to pivot between an unlocking configuration and a locking configuration, the arms including noses projecting laterally each adapted, in the locking configuration, to engage between two substantially transverse sides of a housing provided on the side beams of the lifting cradle and, in the unlocked configuration, to be outside the housings. Elements to control and guide the movement of the arms and to block the arms in the locked configuration are attached to the arms.

Abstract: A movable lifting cradle having two longitudinal beams at one end of each of which a vertical extension is fixed which carries at its top a holding bar. The bar is carried by a bar-carrying assembly having a fixed base on which is mounted, to pivot with a predetermined angular displacement about a transverse axis, a pivotable assembly of which the bar forms a part, the base being provided with members adapted to block the pivoting of the pivotable assembly in a first configuration in which the bar is at a first distance in front of a crossbeam of the lifting cradle and at a first height relative to the longitudinal beams, and in a second configuration in which the bar is at a second distance in front and at a second height, the first distance and height conforming to a first standard and the second distance and height conforming to a second standard.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for loading a container with cars. A car loading apparatus includes a box shaped frame having a rectangular base frame, side frames, end frames and a top frame. It is assembled outside the container. Two cars are loaded onto the frame in two tiers, one on the base frame and the other on the top frame. The upper car is lashed to the frame to compress its suspension springs to such an extent that its top is lower than the upper frame of the entrance of the container. Rollers are mounted on the bottom of the box frame so that the frame thus loaded with two cars can be pushed into the container with human hands. Alternatively, the car-loading frame may be formed of a rectangular base frame and two gate-shaped gantry frames fixedly or removably mounted on the base frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a movable pallet assembly with a swivel front wheel mechanism, and particularly to the type of pallet two of which can be bound together by C-shaped fixture clamps and be separated from the ground by supporting legs when used as a base in a warehouse, and be moved around as a transportation cart when the legs are lifted up. The swivel front wheel mechanism can be removably attached to the pallet, and an angle-adjustable pull stick is pivotably fixed to the swivel front wheel mount with an adjustable connecting rod pivotably secured to a slidable push block. By operation of the pull stick, the push block will be moved forward to lift the pallet assembly up or backward to lower the pallet assembly down with the supporting legs in contact with the ground.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning and sterilizing objects, such as pharmaceutical caps, plugs and the like includes an autoclave chamber and a cleaning device having a cleaning drum mounted for a free rotation on a frame. The frame runs on rollers and can be moved in and out of the autoclave chamber. The cleaning drum has a hollow shaft provided within the drum with spray nozzles and mounted axially in line with a hollow drive shaft passing through one sidewall of the autoclave chamber free to turn and sealed. The drum shaft and the drive shaft may be coupled together by a coupling device. The frame may be released from the drum introduced into the autoclave chamber so that it is not located during the cleaning process in the autoclave chamber and thus will not constitute an additional source of contamination.

Abstract: A surge bin for continuously collecting material such as conditioned ash from a nearby, non-contiguous ash conditioning pug mill and loading a haulage vehicle. The conditioned ash surge bin comprises a collection bin having walls and a door assembly forming the floor for collecting the conditioned ash. A support frame supports the collection bin above the height of the haulage vehicle so that the door assembly can unload the material into the haulage vehicle. The door assembly has two plates slidably mounted on the collection bin for movement between open and closed positions In order to transport the ash conditioning surge bin between different locations, the support frame of the conditioning ash surge bin houses a plurality of hydraulic jacks which can raise and lower the conditioned ash surge bin so that the haulage vehicle, supporting a conditioned ash surge bin carrier frame, can transport the conditioned ash surge bin to a new loading site.

Abstract: A mobile racking system for installation in a trailer van which is fitted on the inside sidewalls with a number of load retaining strips at different elevations to define different elevation loads. A number of clamping bracket assemblies are releasably attached to the retaining strips, each assembly being provided with a releasable engagement device for accepting a C-shaped track member to provide a pathway for accepting and supporting a carriage in the form of a roller pallet. The releasable engagement device has a cam member for securing the C-shaped track member to the load retaining strip. The roller pallet extends substantially across the width of the trailer van, the roller pallet having at least on one side, a pair of rollers which are rigidly secured to axles which are adapted to move laterally on the pallet to accommodate differences in the spacing between the two side walls of the trailer. The clamping bracket assembly has a "["-shaped body having upper and lower arms joined by a bight.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatic placement and collection of chairs having a dolly allowing a large number of chairs stacked in a horizontal direction to be loaded thereon, the dolly having a base on which the front legs on the lateral sides of the chairs can be positioned while being inclined frontward, and also having a horizontal chair-guide bar capable of being inserted through the space between the front and rear legs of each chair for supporting the chair from below and for guiding the chair in the direction in which the chair is moved for placement or collection.

Abstract: A movable dolly or carrier for transporting doors, windows, or other construction panels. A wheeled base includes panel support members and a reversibly attached storage compartment.