Tilting Body Patents (Class 414/381)
  • Publication number: 20080211289
    Abstract: A trailer having a support frame supported by at least two drive wheels, a drive system configured to selectively rotate the at least two drive wheels, a dump frame associated with the support frame and pivotable with respect to the support frame, a steering system having at least one steerable wheel located forward of the at least two drive wheels, and an extendable tail carried by the dump frame, the extendable tail being selectively extendable from a rear of the dump frame is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Aaron Beiler, Raymond Beiler
  • Patent number: 4717531
    Abstract: A fuel transfer system for a fuel container (26) within a nuclear reactor facility includes a transport car (10) for transporting the fuel container (26) through a transfer tube between a reactor containment handling pool and a spent fuel storage pool. The system includes upending mechanisms for automatically pivoting the fuel container (26) from its horizontal transport mode to its vertical, fuel loading-unloading mode when the fuel container (26) enters one of the pools in response to the translational drive of the transport car (10). The upending mechanisms include slotted brackets (46, 146) mounted upon the fuel container (26), and pivotable pick-up bars (44, 144) for engaging the brackets (46, 146) of the fuel container (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Roy T. Hardin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4312149
    Abstract: A transfer mechanism for use in a toy of the type incorporating "ball people" figurines to transfer the figurines from one location to a second location includes a base radially displaced from both the first and the second locations and a carrier which is rotatably mounted on the base. The carrier includes a support member having a first end which is movable in an arc between the first and second locations and a holding member which is pivotally mounted on the first end of the support member. A platform is located at the second location and includes an edge capable of being engaged by a portion of the holding member. The holding member is capable of swinging about its pivot; then it engages the platform. The edge of the platform includes a guide and when the first end of the support member approaches adjacent the second location the guide engages the holding member tilting the holding member allowing a "ball person" to roll off of the holding member onto the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Noriaki Iwao