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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:
May. 20, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin B Sapila, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Rapistan Incorporated, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60M / ; B61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104162 ; 1041 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring a towline cart of the type including a towpin from a non-powered spur line to a main in-floor line includes a housing positionable adjacent the spur line and having supported therein an elongated, flexible transfer member. The transfer member includes at least one pusher dog to engage the towpin of the towcart. A driven sprocket and endless chain is connected to the transfer member and a control system is provided for automatically extending the transfer member to transfer a towcart from the spur line to the main line and for retracting the transfer member back into the housing.