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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph K Kraft, Gettysburg, PA (US);
Iber C Courson, Gettysburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198335 ; 16220 ; 52584 ;
Abstract
Transportation apparatus including a conveyor mounted on a support structure, and a balustrade formed of a plurality of panel members aligned in end-to-end relation. The lower edge of the balustrade is disposed in a support channel. A plurality of spaced clamp assemblies mounted on the support structure apply a bending force to the support channel which clamps the panel members firmly within the support channel and simultaneously clamps the support channel to the support structure.