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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:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
May. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104243 ; 104247 ; 105 31 ; 105 722 ;
Abstract
A coil transportation system includes air cushion vehicles guided for traveling along a travel path comprising straight lines and curves. Each vehicle comprises mechanical side guides at its longitudinal right and left hand sides. The side guides are actuatable alternatively from the right and left hand sides. The side guides are arranged for associating with floor mounted routing guides, for guiding the air cushion vehicles along a travel path and transversely to the travel path.