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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:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
May. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Olson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Cascade Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F / ; B66F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414621 ; 414618 ; 414275 ; 901 45 ; 901 46 ; 901 49 ;
Abstract
An automatically-guided, driverless vehicle for handling loads has a selectively openable and closeable load clamp. The clamp is equipped with various sensors for automatically sensing the load and other objects and surfaces surrounding the load, and controlling the movement of the clamp along a load-engaging direction, the vertical reciprocation of the clamp, and the opening and the closing of the clamp in response thereto.