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7341159 Safety system for preventing falls  
A safety system for preventing crane operator injury. Two ergonomic tracks are attached on either side of the working crane. A fall transmitter is used whenever a crane operator is not on the...
7334776 Apparatus and method for vehicle on-board cargo handling system  
An apparatus for loading an object into a vehicle, the vehicle having a trunk lid, the apparatus comprising: a line; an actuator adapted for applying a tensile force to the line in response to an...
7308337 Crane installation, in particular container crane  
A crane installation, especially a container crane, for moving a load, especially a container, includes a first stored-programmable control unit which, if required, receives signals resulting in a...
6886812 Human power amplifier for lifting load with slack prevention apparatus  
A human power amplifier includes an end-effector that is grasped by a human operator and applied to a load. The end-effector is suspended, via a line, from a take-up pulley, winch, or drum that is...
6837363 Control device for overhead conveyors  
A control device for overhead conveyors equipped with at least two actuators ( 6, 7 ), specifically crane and crane trolley drive units, with transmission of control signals and transmission of...
6796447 Crane control system  
This crane control system with swing control and variable impedance is intended for use with overhead cranes where a line suspended from a moveable hoist suspends a load. It is responsive to...
6634514 Control monitoring device for tower cranes  
The invention relates to a control monitoring device for tower cranes, in particular for small cranes, with integration of functions, and adapted for radio control. The device comprises, in respect...
6622990 Human power amplifier for lifting load with slack prevention apparatus  
A human power amplifier includes an end-effector that is grasped by a human operator and applied to a load. The end-effector is suspended, via a line, from a take-up pulley, winch, or drum that is...
6592321 Control and guiding device for manually operating a handling unit, and modular construction kit for making such devices of different configuration  
A device for manually maneuvering a handling unit, includes a mounting structure for attachment to a handling unit which is operated through actuation of a control mechanism connected to the...
6575317 Pendant-responsive crane control  
This pendant responsive crane control system has a sensor pendulum arranged above a hoist for the crane and a load sensor for determining the load lifted by the hoist. The sensor pendulum serves as...
6554144 Boom positioning device for high-position working  
A boom positioning device for high-position working, capable of ensuring a desired positional accuracy even in positioning a work location at the tip end of a boom from a distant place, the device...
6474922 Remote operation auxiliary hoist control and precision load positioner  
An electromechanical, remotely operated Auxiliary Hoist Control and Precision Load Positioner system and device is disclosed utilizing a Radio Frequency Hand Controller transceiver Unit distal to a...
6386513 Human power amplifier for lifting load including apparatus for preventing slack in lifting cable  
A human power amplifier includes an end-effector that is grasped by a human operator and applied to a load. The end-effector is suspended, via a line, from a take-up pulley, winch, or drum that is...
6299139 Human power amplifier for vertical maneuvers  
A human power amplifier includes an end-effector which is grasped by a human operator and applied to a load. The end-effector is suspended, via a rope, from a take-up pulley, winch or drum which is...
6124932 Method for target-path correction of a load carrier and target-detection device and directional beam-emitting unit for performance of said method  
A target-detection device (64) is used for the target-path correction of a container (36) that is being moved by a crane or a traveling hoist to a destination. The device includes a directional...
6050431 Dual control for vehicular cranes  
A dual control for vehicular cranes comprises two separate control units with control levers cooperating in pairs, which levers are protected by casings (7, 7') consisting of pivotable shell parts...
5915673 Pneumatic human power amplifer module  
A pneumatic human power amplifier module is usable in conjunction with a wide variety of pneumatic actuators and lifting devices to provide a human power amplifier for lifting a load. The module...
5865426 Human power amplifier for vertical maneuvers  
A human power amplifier includes an end-effector which is grasped by a human operator and applied to a load. The end-effector is suspended, via a rope, from a take-up pulley, winch or drum which is...
5863027 Hook mounted control device  
A control device is mounted in association with a hook suspended by a chain from an electrically operated hoist and includes a hand grip fitted with control switches controlling lowering and...
5850928 Arrangement for a vertical and horizontal goods hoist  
Arrangement for a goods hoist which has an operating control capable of being actuated by a driving device and is situated between a load device and the driving device. The driving device is...
5548198 Shared inverter electrical drive system  
The disclosure involves a drive system having a control section, an adjustable frequency drive unit coupled to the control section, and first and second drive motors. The drive system is used with...
5489032 Manipulator for masonry wall construction and the like  
An article manipulator system which is suitable for fixed and translative mounting at work sites including on scaffold assemblies, providing for alignment compensation for scaffold non-alignment,...
5445281 Light-duty electric crane  
A light-duty electric crane structure includes a base, a supporting mast, a movable boom and an electric winch. The base is mountable onto a truck body, and the supporting mast is placed into a...
5402257 Method and apparatus for the wireless control of lift devices by infrared transmission  
In this method and apparatus for the wireless control of a lift device and, in particular, of a traveling crane, a plurality of transmitting units communicate by infrared transmission of data...
5398825 Warning sleeve for a pendant control  
A tubular warning sleeve for surrounding a pendant cord above a control station of an apparatus having a pendant control, the warning sleeve comprising a sheet of flexible material having opposite...
5352965 Container crane driving control system  
A container crane driving control system having a main hoisting mode, a travel mode, a boom hoisting mode and a trolley mode comprises a first inverter main circuit unit, a first inverter control...
5350076 Bridge crane electric motor control system  
An improved bridge crane electric motor control system is disclosed, wherein a computer, a programmable controller, is employed to not only control the application of electrical energy to the...
5316265 Remote controlled scaffold hoist  
A scaffold mounted hoist (20) is provided which mounts with an adapter (30) on a pin (91) extended upward from the scaffold. An electric motor driven transmission (42) causes a standard (40) to...
5270621 Procedure controlling the motor of a crane  
The present invention relates to a procedure for selecting the mode of controlling the motor of a crane, or an equivalent lifting apparatus, when at least two alternative modes of controlling the...
5259721 Apparatus for transporting/mounting a building material  
In order to safely transport a building material to its mounting area of a building body and to temporarily hold the same until it is firmly mounted on the mounting area on the building site,...
5163360 Controlled atmosphere storage facility  
A live storage facility provides for the storage of large containers of product in a gas-tight enclosure containing an atmosphere precisely controlled to a preselected gas composition. Containers...
5133465 Bridge crane electric motor control system  
An improved bridge crane electric motor control system is disclosed, wherein a computer, a programmable controller, is employed to not only control the application of electrical energy to the...
5048703 Container crane installation  
In a container crane installation, swinging movements during the lowering of the spreader are suppressed in that the spreader, after the reaching of the ideal position of the hoist cable carrier in...
5047773 Procedure for the generation of control signals in a push button box, and a push button box designed for implementing the procedure  
In a method for the generation of control signals in a push button box and transmission of the signals for the control of a machine, signals representing the position of a push button element are...
5022543 Positioning gear for moving a load suspended by at least one cable of a lifting system in the vertical direction  
Positioning device to be incorporated as a controllable coupling element between a load and the cable of a hoisting apparatus. The element includes a hydraulic cylinder connected to a...
5007543 Crane apparatus  
Crane apparatus having a pendant control with two stage operational switches is provided for use with a control system for maximum precision and efficiency during operation. The two stage switches...
4969789 Machine for handling modular building components  
An apparatus for handling and positioning building components of the type which are used in retaining walls or the like includes a vehicular support having an articulatable boom extending...
4919283 Container ship worker safety system  
A safety system helps prevent injury from falls from stacks of containers while loading and unloading container ships using an overhead trolley crane. The crane is of the type including a frame...
4904916 Electrical control system for stairway wheelchair lift  
A stairway wheelchair lift includes a stationary motor drive unit, a mobile platform movable along a stairway and a user interface for receiving user-generated input commands. The mobile platform...
4830049 Pneumatic pendant  
A pendant for controlling the energization of pneumatic motors that position an overhead crane trolley and raise and lower an object supported by a hoist mounted on the trolley is disclosed. The...
4740712 Truck boom commander  
A housing for a command system for cranes, derricks or the like, includes an inner enclosure disposed within an outer enclosure with insulating spaces therebetween. Both the inner and outer...
4721213 Equipment and method for installing apparatus at elevated locations  
Equipment for installing apparatus at an elevated location at a site comprising an aerial lift and a crane located at the site. Each of the aerial lift and the crane comprises a vehicle, a boom...
4687109 Radio controlled electric slack puller, brake and battery recharging system  
An all-electric radio controlled slack pulling, braking and battery recharging system for logging operations on a moutainside is disclosed. Independent battery powered slack pulling and radio and...
4669619 Device and method for transporting a load by cable  
A self-driven transporting unit with a magnetic detector which is propelled along a cable by a drive wheel having spokes arranged in two rows forming a V-shape. The cable is magnetized and mounted...
4668154 Attachment apparatus for crane or the like  
An attachment apparatus is arranged to be suspended from an overhead travelling crane or other similar means and is employed for a cargo handling operation, for example, unloading an article placed...
4659276 Load-handling apparatus for a vehicle  
A load handling apparatus for a vehicle has a mounting frame with a mast movable between a lowered travelling position and a raised working position. A boom carrier on the mast pivotally supports...
4658130 Fiber optic swivel coupler and method of use therefor  
A control system for derricks, cranes, and the like consisting of a remote control box, fiber optic cable, reel, tubular connector, tube, swivel coupler, and terminal box which allows instructions...
4648647 Load handling apparatus  
A long beam having designated forward and rearward ends includes a mounted load trolley for carrying and moving a load along a portion of its length, which beam is adapted for being carried aloft...
4641757 Circulating latch transport mechanism for overhead cranes  
A circulating latch transport mechanism is provided which is capable of moving freely in any direction across the under side of a horizontal array of parallel I-beams while remaining attached to...
4635802 Bridge crane control unit  
A one-hand-operable control unit for a bridge crane. A cam, rotated by pointing a control handle in the direction toward which it is desired for the bridge crane hoist to be moved, operates...
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