Abstract: A support for a vessel such as a kayak or canoe comprises a support structure such as a kayak rack supported by the ground, the support structure comprising a beam for supporting the vessel, the beam generally parallel to the ground. A sliding structure is on the beam. The sliding structure comprises a bracket having an upwardly facing surface; and roller bearings on the upwardly facing surface of the bracket for ease in slidingly placing and removing the vessel from the support structure. A fastener fastens the sliding structure to the beam.

Abstract: A cargo carrier for portable rumble strips is mountable to a hitch assembly for a vehicle. The cargo carrier includes a basket configured to receive and retain a portable rumble strip for storage and transport, and a mounting assembly that includes a pintle adapted to be received in a receiver of a hitch assembly mountable to a vehicle. The basket has a frame that includes frame elements that define a bottom wall, relatively long front and back walls, and relatively short side walls that connect the front wall and the back wall. The front, back, and side walls extend from respective sides of the bottom wall in a common direction. And the basket further includes a rotating element at the top of at least one of the side walls to facilitate drawing rumble strips lengthwise over the side wall into or out of the basket.

Abstract: An apparatus for lifting an inner casing of a turbine includes a base, an arm, a guide roller, and an adjustment system. The arm has a first end and a second end, and is pivotally connected to the base intermediate the first end and the second end. The guide roller is operatively coupled to the first end of the arm to rotatably engage an exterior surface of the inner casing, and an adjustment system extending from the base and engaging the arm to change an angular position of the arm relative to the base and adjust a position of the guide roller relative to the exterior surface of the inner casing.

Abstract: Roller modules have roller assemblies that are retractable below a cargo floor. Each module includes a housing, at least one roller for engaging cargo on the floor and, a mechanism mounting the roller on the housing for shifting movement between an extended position in which the roller extends above the floor for engaging cargo, and a retracted position in which the roller is disposed below the floor.

Abstract: An L-shaped member has a forwardly extending horizontal leg and an upwardly extending vertical leg. The horizontal leg has a forward end removably couplable with respect to a hitch of a vehicle. The vertical leg has an upper end. A roller assembly includes a U-shaped support. The U-shaped support has a horizontal central portion coupled to the upper end of the vertical leg. The U-shaped support has upwardly extending vertical end legs and a shaft rotatably supported by the end legs. The roller assembly includes primary rollers rotatably supported on the shaft. A spacer is provided between the primary rollers. A bottom of an object is positionable upon the primary rollers and pushed into position upon a roof of the vehicle.

Abstract: A conveyor frame comprises a support frame, a rolling shaft, and a ball frame. The support frame is provided at both ends of the longitudinal axis thereof with a folded plate which is provided with a locating hole. The folded plates are provided with an annular protrusion. The rolling shaft is pivoted between the two locating holes of the folded plates. The ball frame has a long body which is provided in one side thereof with a plurality of balls and at both ends thereof with a long cover plate. The long cover plate is provided with a long hole extending along the direction of the longitudinal axis thereof. The long body is further provided at both ends thereof with a shoulder of a predetermined length and extending along the longitudinal side of the cover plate.

Abstract: A tool for protecting a boiling water reactor component against damage by a shroud repair assembly suspended from a cable and lowered into the downcomer annulus. The tool has a roller with an outer surface made of a material which will not scratch the surface of a tie rod of the shroud repair assembly as the latter is lowered relative to the roller. The tool has sets of opposing grippers made of aluminum alloy which are pressed against opposing surfaces of the shroud and the reactor pressure vessel with sufficient force to clamp the tool in the annulus. The pressing force is generated by air-actuated cylinders which are actuated remotely. In one embodiment, the roller is fixed and acts as a stop to limit tangential travel of the suspended assembly. In another embodiment, the roller is displaceable in a tangential direction in response to remote actuation of a pair of air-actuated positioning cylinders.

Abstract: A tool for radially positioning a hoisted load suspended from the refueling bridge by a cable and facilitating lowering of the hoisted load into the downcomer annulus of a boiling water reactor. During repair of the shroud, hardware must be lowered into the annulus for installation. The hardware installation in turn requires the lowering of tooling into the annulus and its subsequent removal via cables. The feedwater sparger and core spray piping are located above and partially obstruct the vertical access to the annulus. To protect the feedwater sparger and core spray piping against damage during the lowering of various hardware and tooling into the annulus, a cover is installed over the feedwater sparger and core spray piping at the azimuthal location of the hoist. This cover further limits the vertical access to the annulus. A steam dam slide with a cable manipulator is seated on the shroud flange at the azimuthal location of the repair procedure.

Abstract: A roller support attachment is mounted on the cross piece of a conventional sawhorse through the use of a pair of bolts. Each of the bolts extends through slots in the side plates of the attachment and through holes in the cross piece of the sawhorse. In an alternate embodiment one bolt extends through an elongated slot in the side plates of the attachment and through a hole in the cross piece of the sawhorse while the second bolt extends through the side plates and rests on top of the cross piece of the sawhorse. The elongated slots may be straight or arcuate. An inverted channel shaped member may be positioned on a plurality of spaced apart rollers and move with the work piece as it moves through the saw.

Abstract: A boat cradle and loading device attached directly to a roof carrier with two laterally positioned parallel horizontal support members the device including two parallel side members aligned along the sides of the vehicle top, to each of which are attached right triangle support boat members which are positioned to form a "V" shaped cradle, one to the front and one to the back for the hull of the boat to rest and the keel of the boat to rest directly on at least one of the horizontal carrier support members with a roller intermediately disposed on the top of one side member positioned such that the keel of the boat may ride on the roller to allow the boat to be pushed onto the top of the cradle device while pushing on the rear of the boat with the keel riding on the roller until the boat center of gravity passes the roller at which time the boat end can be swung around and the boat drops in to the cradle.

Abstract: An adjustable roller support attachment is disclosed for mounting on a clamping type work bench, available for example, under the trademark WORKMATE, for facilitate the handling of long stock in stationary power tools, the roller support attachment including a support having a yoke portion for rotatably mounting a roller and a wide, elongated base for clamping engagement by vise jaws of the work bench, a stabilizing element or collar surrounding the support base with a stabilizing surface for resting on an upper surface of the vise jaws, and a screw element or the like for releasably securing the stabilizing element to the support base in order to both stabilize the support and roller on the work bench while also facilitating height adjustment of te support attachment on the work bench for aligning the roller with a portion of the stationary power tool.

Abstract: An adjustable work support that is received on an upright post of standard cross-sectional lumber dimensions. The support includes an elongated work supporting arm member. The arm is formed of an elongated channel having longitudinally spaced upright folded tabs. The tabs rotatably mount a workpiece holding roller. Furcations extend beyond one end of the channel. A spaced pair of cross members interconnect the furcations at elevationally offset locations. The cross members are horizontally spaced by a distance substantially equal to a standard cross-sectional measurement of an upright post. The cross members are arranged in relation to the channel and roller so they will bind against the upright post when the roller is held in a substantially horizontal position, and so they will disengage from the post when the roller is inclined from the horizontal position. Thus, the arm can be selectively positioned at any desired elevational location on the upright post.

Abstract: The apparatus of the invention is primarily intended for use to closely align, in side-by-side relationship, one mobile home section with another, and consists of an arrangement of conveyor crosses, each comprising a pair of roller-type conveyor sections connected in back-to-back relationship such that their roller surfaces are oppositely facing. A pivotal connection between roller conveyor sections allows the backs of the roller conveyor sections to be moved over one another for storage and transport and to be pivoted apart into a cross with the legs thereof extending at right angles to one another. A plurality of conveyor crosses are installed on support tracks positioned beneath the mobile home section to provide support for that mobile home section at strategic points. Rollers of the lower roller conveyor sections are arranged to travel on the support tracks while the roller portions of the upper roller conveyor sections engage and support thereon longitudinal frame members of the mobile home section.

Abstract: A process for starting and laying a submergible elongate structure, such as a pipeline, upon the bed of a body of water from a marine vessel, while controlling the bending configuration thereof. The method includes the steps of tensioning a flexible cable between a marine vessel and a submerged hook-up facility, progressively suspending portions of a pipeline from the tensioned cable by means of spaced hangers, and extending the pipeline toward the submerged facility. The process may be employed solely to initially start to lay a submergible elongate structure or the process may be employed to both start to lay a submergible elongate structure and to subsequently lay a submergible elongate structure.