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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:
Apr. 07, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Simons, San Dimas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lucas Western, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198457 ; 198787 ;
Abstract
A system for conveying heavy loads or pallets that includes a conveyor device and a frictional pivot device for rotating these loads. The pivot device has a normal position below the conveyance plane, out of contact with a load, and is moved towards into frictional engagement with the load so as to form a pivot axis, the load being continually supported by the conveyor device. The conveyor device then drives the load, which is pinned at the pivot axis, such that the load is pivoted. When the desired rotation is achieved, the pivot device is lowered so that the load may be moved away.