Patents Assigned to Government Innovators, Inc.
  • Gripping apparatus
    Patent number: 5026104
    Abstract: A pair of elongate arms, carried by a material handling device such as a refuse collection vehicle, are oppositely movable between a release position and a gripping position. The friction enhancing surface of a belt carried by each arm compliantly engages the perimeter of a container or similar article as the arms move to the gripping position. In response to movement of the arms to the gripping position, a limb pivotally carried by each arm extends to present a segment of the respective belt to engage the surface of a small container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Government Innovators, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Pickrell
  • Gripping apparatus
    Patent number: 5020844
    Abstract: A pair of elongate arms, carried by a material handling device such as a refuse collection vehicle, are oppositely movable between a release position and a gripping position. The friction enhancing surface of a belt carried by each arm compliantly engages the perimeter of a container or similar article as the arms move to the gripping position. In response to movement of the arms to the gripping position, a limb pivotally carried by each arm extends to present a segment of the respective belt to engage the surface of a small container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Government Innovators, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Pickrell
  • Fluid pressure motor
    Patent number: 4425836
    Abstract: After the piston, in a piston/cylinder type fluid pressure motor, has moved past the fluid discharge port during termination of the stroke, fluid is forced to flow through a circuitous conduit formed into the outer surface of the piston. The rate of deceleration of the piston is proportional to the length, cross-sectional area, and surface finish of the channel forming the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Government Innovators, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Pickrell
  • Refuse truck body
    Patent number: D272813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Government Innovators, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Pickrell