By Hoist Or Pulley Patents (Class 211/209)
  • Patent number: 11988102
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a blade of a rotary device includes: a first application step of applying a water-soluble cleaning liquid containing a surfactant to the blade; a setting-aside step of setting the blade to which the cleaning liquid has been applied aside; a first wiping step of wiping the blade after the setting-aside step; a second application step of applying water or a dilute cleaning liquid having a lower concentration of the surfactant than that in the cleaning liquid applied in the first application step to the blade after the first wiping step; and a second wiping step of wiping the blade after the second application step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Nariyuki Tomonaga, Hikaru Miyata, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Takayuki Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 10131286
    Abstract: A roof rack system includes a guideway and a first cross bar displaceable along that guideway. Further, the roof rack system includes a first drive module for displacing the first cross bar along the guideway. A related method of adjusting a roof rack system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alvaro Jimenez Hernandez, Oswaldo Perez Barrera
  • Patent number: 9266674
    Abstract: A vertical storage system for efficiently storing large items in a vertical manner thereby conserving floor space. The vertical storage system includes a frame, a plurality of connecting members slidably connected between the platforms and a winch device connected between the platforms and a winch device connected to the uppermost platform. Lifting the uppermost platform results in the raising of the next platform beneath the uppermost platform and so forth. Lowering the uppermost platform lowers all of the platforms until the lowest platform is at the bottom with the remaining platforms lowered until stacked upon one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Vidir Machine Inc
    Inventors: Jason T. Reimer, Melvin R. Penner, Sidney Dueck
  • Patent number: 8951000
    Abstract: An enhanced computer rack having sides is provided. The rack is used for housing electronic components and comprises in one embodiment of a lift rail having a plurality of multipurpose frame members capable of being engageably connected to at least one of the rack sides such that the frame members can be retracted into or extended out from the rack. In an alternate embodiment, a lift tool is provided for hoisting object into the rack. The lift tool is connected to at least one side of the rack and is capable of being retracted inside or being extended out from the rack. The two embodiments can also be combined to provide an enhanced rack with an integrated lift rails and lift tool design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven C. McIntosh, Budy D. Notohardjono, Kevin R. Qualters, Howard P. Welz
  • Patent number: 8595680
    Abstract: According to one general aspect, a method may include simulating a memory circuit, wherein the memory circuit is configured to store data. The method may also include receiving, by the simulated memory circuit, a memory access operation. The method may further include dynamically determining, in response to the memory access, if, based on a set of predefined criteria, the simulated memory circuit should generate a memory error as the result of the memory access. The method may also include, if the simulated memory circuit is to generate the memory error, generating the memory error as the result of the memory access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Steinberg
  • Patent number: 8567738
    Abstract: An IV hanger providing a portable adjustable hanging attachment for conventional intravenous equipment comprises an attachment method, a pulley system, and a hanging bracket. The attachment method comprises a plurality of attachment means for attaching the apparatus to an elevated structure. The attachment method is integrally connected to a pulley system which allows a user to selectively adjust the height of the hanging bracket relative to the frame. The hanging bracket provides a plurality of attachment hooks for support of IV equipment. The apparatus is particularly adapted for veterinary field calls where ground-based support system are prone to damage or disturbance by animal patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventor: James Adair
  • Patent number: 8468745
    Abstract: A lifting and storage mechanism for storing a component in a garage using the energy of a powered garage door opening and closing system is disclosed. The lifting and storage mechanism includes a pulley system for raising and lowering the stored components and a latching mechanism having a spring latch for securing the components in a stored condition. In order to lower the stored components from a storage position, an operator initiates manual release of the spring latch or activation of an electromechanical release combined with activation of the motor of the powered garage door opening and closing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Blane A. Krause
  • Publication number: 20090044796
    Abstract: The object of the present patent is an elevator for hot plates or grates of barbecue grills, having gutters (1), (2) and (3) assembled in a ā€œUā€ shape, the gutter (5), in its ends the plates (6) with rollers (8), the gutters (10), (11) and (12), also assembled the shape of a ā€œUā€, constituting the support for the hot plate or grate and with the mortises (13) embracing the gutter (5), which slides vertically through the grooves (4) of gutters (1) and (3), taken by the cable (18), which passes through the groove of the pivot (7) of one of the plates (6) and is fixed there by the fixers (19), being the cable mobile in a circuit between the pulleys (16) and (17), by the action of the crank (14), fixed to the axle (15), the pulley (16) and the pivot (20), after its release from the part (21), but coming back due to the work of the spring (22), when the hot plate or the grater is the desired position and, in order to keep the hot plate or the grate in a horizontal position, there are the cables (24) and (25) departin
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Joao Urbano Amaral
  • Patent number: 7290777
    Abstract: A transportable device, such as a cart, for transporting and elevating an imaging media cartridge into a press printer may include a base platform, first and second elevation members disposed thereon, a panel disposed between the first and second elevation members, and first and second elevator platforms. The panel may include a pair of opposite vertical faces along which the elevator platforms slide to mutually exchange elevations by vertically sliding the platforms in opposite directions. The device may be used for a method of transporting and elevating an imaging media cartridge into a press printer at an installation height above a floor. Additionally, the device may be used for a method of removing and storing an imaging media cartridge from a press printer at an installation height above the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Todd K. Preston, Richard A. Kalb, James J. Spence
  • Patent number: 7123485
    Abstract: An electronic cabinet includes a base, and an electronic cabinet frame which extends vertically from the base. The electronic cabinet frame is configured to support electronic circuitry. The electronic cabinet further includes a power supply positioning assembly having (i) a mounting mechanism mounted to the electronic cabinet frame, (ii) a carrier which is configured to carry at least one power supply and move along a vertical axis within the electronic cabinet frame while carrying the power supply, and (iii) control linkage which is configured to guide movement of the carrier while the carrier carries the power supply and while the carrier moves along the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: David Henderson
  • Patent number: 6393543
    Abstract: A system for transformation of memory device addresses between different memory device topologies, each topology having its address space, providing the use of minimum memory space and time required for storage and computing defect data and also the flexibility of approach which allows mapping of memory device divided into an arbitrary number of tiles, each tile having different mapping scheme from a wide spectrum of mapping classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Acuid Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Boris Nikolaevich Vilkov, Alexander Roger Deas
  • Patent number: 5752635
    Abstract: A vehicle article carrier having at least one lateral cross rail selectively positionable along a pair of longitudinally extending side rails. A drive member in the form of a loop is movably mounted about rotatable members at opposite ends of each side rail. A shuttle cleat is slidably mounted in each side rail and coupled to the drive member in each side rail. An output shaft of a electric drive motor is coupled to at least one of the rotatable members for adjustably positioning the movable cross rail along the side rails. Alternately, a separate electric drive motor rotates one rotatable member in each side rail. In an alternate embodiment, a toothed rack or a series of spaced apertures is carried in each side rail and engaged by complementary shaped toothed rotatable members mounted at opposite ends of the movable cross rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Karl Blankenburg
  • Patent number: 4730734
    Abstract: A security device for storing and retaining of products or product packing devices such as pallets, crates and the like having a clamping mechanism slidably mounted on and drivable with respect to a vertical column, the clamping mechanism including one or more pivotally mounted arms carrying one or more clamping pads adapted to clamp a stack of products or product packing devices between a pad and base member of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Inventors: Ronald C. Dwelley, Dale Matsuda, Robert B. Tanaka