Patents Assigned to Nordskog Company Inc.
  • Brake and tie-down mechanism
    Patent number: 4073369
    Abstract: A mechanism providing both a brake and tie-down mechanism for a cart which utilizes a central support below the bottom of the cart for supporting both the vertically moving brake shoes and the rotating locks of the tie-down mechanism, and foot pedals at opposite ends of the cart for engaging and disengaging the brake shoes with the supporting surface and for rotating the locks to release the cart from the tie-down mechanism, the tie-down mechanism being arranged to receive a tie-down mushroom from either end of the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Nordskog Company Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Nordskog
  • Trolley cart braking system
    Patent number: 3987871
    Abstract: A brake device for a cart separate from the cart wheels and operated by downward movement of a foot pedal to cause engagement of feet with the floor and thereafter movement of at least some of the cart wheels a small distance off of the floor, the feet being disengaged from the floor to place the full weight of the cart back on the floor by downward movement of a second foot pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Nordskog Company Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Nordskog