Patents Assigned to Valcomatic Systems, Inc.
  • Load transfer device
    Patent number: 5054987
    Abstract: A load transfer device for loading or unloading an entire storage compartment, such as the interior of a freight hauling trailer, in one cycle includes a long vertically flexible load support and transfer member that is as long and as wide as the storage compartment and which has a chisel-like leading edge to slip under freight articles resting on a floor, the transfer member being empowered by a motor mounted on it at the rear end to move longitudinally in and out of the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Valcomatic Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: George Thornton