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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. 04, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clarence A Dehne, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Jervis B. Webb Company, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105148 ; 104 93 ; 104122 ; 414911 ;
Abstract
A conveyor having an electrified carrier track supporting wheeled, self-propelled carriers, in which each carrier is provided with power-driven, vertically movable load carrying structure operable to pickup a load from or deposit a load on a supporting surface located beneath the carrier track. Each carrier has load position sensors and a programmable controller that enable the pickup and depositing operations to be performed automatically for loads, such as newsprint rolls, of different dimension.