Patents Assigned to American Chain & Cable Company, Inc.
  • Theft deterrent chain locking device
    Patent number: 3939677
    Abstract: An adjustment control device for a chain. The control device includes a body member having a first orifice for slidably receiving the chain and a second orifice extending crosswise of the first orifice for receiving a shackle of a lock. After a chain has been inserted into the body member, the shackle of the lock is inserted into the second orifice between two alternate links of the chain without passing through the link connecting those alternate links to lock the chain in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: American Chain & Cable Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Walker E. Drayton
  • Sorter system induction means
    Patent number: 3935940
    Abstract: Articles are transferred from the delivery end of an input conveyor to a sorter conveyor for delivery to preselected destinations by a pair of rotor assemblies that are rotationally indexed between predetermined positions in sequential overlapping relation to each other. Rotation of the rotor assemblies are synchronized with operational conditions of the input and sorter conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: American Chain & Cable Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Wentz, David M. Shinnick
  • Telescopic load transfer device
    Patent number: 3934741
    Abstract: A telescopic load transfer device used as a stacker crane tray mechanism. The device comprises a tray and moveable support means therefor which are a plurality of pairs of telescopically articulated beams. One beam pair is attached to the tray and one other beam pair is relatively fixed and all other beam pairs are telescopically moveable with respect to the relatively fixed beam pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1972
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: American Chain & Cable Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. Wentz