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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:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
William K Holmes, Schofield, WI (US);
Assignee:
J. I. Case Company, Racine, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214394 ;
Abstract
A straddle carrier including a spreader in a bay that is raised and lowered by two fluid rams cooperating with opposite ends of the spreader is disclosed herein. The hydraulic circuit supplying fluid to the fluid rams includes a valve that prevents flow of hydralic fluid from the rams when the conduits leading to the rams are not pressurized but also includes an electrically actuated valve that allows the spreader to be lowered without hydraulic power.