Bottom Or Side Discharge Or Loading Patents (Class 294/68.21)
  • Patent number: 10807813
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing debris from job sites are disclosed. Carts for receiving the debris are also disclosed. Each cart has a base, a plurality of wheels extending downwardly from the base relative to a vertical axis, and a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the base. The walls and the base of each cart cooperate to define a debris-receiving space. The carts can be engaged by a lifting apparatus that rotates along an arcuate path to position the carts in an unloading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: RICHARD S. BURNS & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Allen T. Burns
  • Patent number: 9265977
    Abstract: Valves having an inner assembly comprising: a base plate spaced apart from a top plate to define therebetween an open side, the base plate defining an outlet; an outer assembly comprising solid side walls and being movable relative to the inner assembly between open and closed positions, an upper portion of the solid side walls seal with the top plate only when the outer assembly is in the closed position, a lower portion of the solid side walls seal with the base plate only when the outer assembly is in the closed position, wherein the open position allows flow through the valve via the open side portion and the outlet of the outer assembly; and an actuator mounted to the inner assembly and connected to the outer assembly to move the outer assembly between the open and closed positions in response to electrical control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Toeckes, Earl D. Trautman
  • Patent number: 9078542
    Abstract: A fry basket is provided with an ergonomic handle. The handle is ergonomic by being formed from linear or substantially linear sections of rigid wires, which are laterally and vertically spaced away from each other to provide a structure formed of rigid wires that resembles or similar to a large-diameter cylindrical handle or dowel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Archer Wire International Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J Svabek, Leonard J Svabek, Richard J Svabek
  • Patent number: 8992178
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, flexibility and simplicity when handling a wind turbine nacelle compared to known solutions and devices, there is disclosed a wind turbine nacelle including a supporting structure, a nacelle housing and a plurality of handling devices to be used when handling the wind turbine nacelle. The four handling devices are connected to the supporting structure, and each of the handling devices includes an integrated moveable part. The integrated moveable part is moveable between a first position and a second position, and the integrated moveable part is inside or is flush with the nacelle housing in the first position and is extending out of the nacelle housing in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventor: Gunnar Kamp Storgaard Pedersen
  • Patent number: 6863324
    Abstract: The invention, discloses a container including opening and closing shafts of bottom plates mounted in the vicinity of a bottom portion of a pair of side plates; engaging pins provided in the vicinity of tip ends of the bottom plates; a pair of opening and closing arms which are pivoted to opening and closing fulcrums fixed to the side plate and can retain the engaging pins at lower end portions; intermediate links having one end coupled to upper portions of the opening and closing arms; a block connected to other ends the intermediate links; a lifting rod screw-coupled to the block; a sleeve into which is inserted the lifting rod a rocker arm mounted in the vicinity of a lower end of the sleeve and ascends and descends together with the sleeve; a lifting-up arm coupled to the lifting rod via a pin; a manual lever inserted between the lifting-up arm and an upper end of the sleeve to be rotatable by 180° in a horizontal direction using the lifting road as a rotation shaft; and a stopper provided at a lower port
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Inventor: Ritsuo Nakajima