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Material or article handling January USPTO class patent listing 01/07

20070020065 - Workpiece holding apparatus: An apparatus for holding a workpiece having a support table, a plurality of elongated workpiece supports extendible from the support table, a plurality of a clamp assemblies, and a processing machine. Each clamp assembly is positioned about a portion of a corresponding workpiece support. The clamp assemblies are moveable between... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070020066 - Centering and orientation apparatus: An apparatus for centering and orienting article comprising a centering body having a bore extending therethrough, a plurality of support members extending from the upper end of the centering body, an arm pivotally attached between two adjacent support members, a rod received in the bore having slidable and rotatable movement;... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070020067 - Storage cassette for large panel glass substrates: In a cassette having racks for storing glass substrates, rollers are used to support a glass substrate in a rack and to move the glass substrate into and out of the cassette. Two rows of interlocking gears are used to rotate the rollers in the same direction. A transfer platform... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070020068 - Tractor: A loader control device for controlling a loader implement attached to a tractor is disposed in a position adjacent a driver's seat and does not obstruct the driver boarding or alighting from the tractor. For this purpose, the tractor includes a vehicle body; a loader implement detachably attached to a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070020069 - Conveyor system for loading and unloading aircraft baggage: A cargo conveyor for use in loading and unloading a cargo compartment comprises: a plurality of conveyor units for being disposed within the cargo compartment and for being temporarily arranged to support a loading or unloading conveyor path having a length that varies during a same loading or unloading operation,... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20070020070 - Positioner docking device for a medical imaging apparatus: In some embodiments, a positioner docking device for a medical imaging apparatus comprises at least one first docking part having at least one first guiding surface disposed in a gantry, and at least one locking recess disposed in the first guiding surface. In some embodiments, at least one second docking... Agent: International Patent Counselors

20070020071 - Door dolly apparatus: A door dolly apparatus has a frame having a telescoping center frame member with a perpendicular wheel frame member on one end and a perpendicular door support frame member on the other end. Both the wheel frame member and the floor support frame member have a generally perpendicular door support... Agent: William M. Hobby, Iii

20070020072 - Boom support strand oscillation dampening mechanism: An apparatus including a main housing including a generally horizontal platform, a boom extending from the platform, a bucket suspended from the boom, and a mast extending from the platform. The apparatus further includes a boom support strand extending between and attached to the mast and the boom, and a... Agent: James Earl Lowe, Jr.

20070020073 - System, method and apparatus for loading tractor trailers: A wheel suspension system for a trailer. The wheels are attached to a wheel truck assembly that is slideably attached to a rail system mounted to the bottom of the trailer. The wheel truck assembly is slideable along the rail system to a section of rail that is moveable, the... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070020074 - Containerized transport and storage system: A containerized transport and storage system for use with a truck or other transport means to selectively store and transport goods or materials therein comprising a container configurable in a collapsed or disassembled configuration to move the container without goods or materials therein and an erected or assembled configuration to... Agent: Arthur W. Fisher, Iii

20070020075 - Vehicle passenger lift: The invention provides a lift for a vehicle, such as automobiles, vans and the like, comprising: a platform, a track connected to the undercarriage of a vehicle, a support member connecting the platform to the track, and an actuator operatively connected to the platform. The platform is adapted to move... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070020076 - Cargo lifting apparatus for a vehicle: An apparatus for loading and unloading a vehicle with cargo includes tracks mounted to the vehicle and a plurality of hangers attached to travel along the tracks. A platform, for supporting the cargo, is suspended on ties from the hangers and has an elevator mechanism that winds and unwinds the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070020077 - Vehicle lifting adapter: Method and arrangement for raising at least one wheel of a vehicle off of, or above the ground. The arrangement includes an adapter body configured to be secured to a hub of a vehicle at a position external to a wheel mounted on the hub and that is to be... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070020078 - Loader boom arm: A loader boom arm for a material handling vehicle used in the agricultural or construction industries includes a post attachable to the vehicle, a lower arm pivotally connected to the post, an upper arm pivotally connected to the lower arm, a pivoting mechanism coupled to the post and the lower... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070020079 - Bucket for pin grabber coupler: A bucket has a pair of longitudinally parallel and spaced apart pins for attaching to a pin grabber quick coupler. The pins may require removal from the bucket for repair or replacement if the pins are damaged. One or more windows are formed in the side of the bucket for... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. 100 N.e. Adams Street

20070020081 - Substrate transport apparatus: A substrate transport apparatus having a frame, a drive section and an articulated arm. The drive section has at least one motor module that is selectable for placement in the drive section from a number of different interchangeable motor modules. Each having a different predetermined characteristic. The articulated arm has... Agent: Perman & Green

20070020080 - Transfer devices and methods for handling microfeature workpieces within an environment of a processing machine: Transfer devices and methods for handling microfeature workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a transfer device includes a transport unit configured to move along a linear track and an arm assembly carried by the transport unit. The arm assembly can include an arm pivotable about a lift path. The... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070020082 - Unequal link scara arm: A substrate transport apparatus comprising a drive section, a controller, an upper arm, forearm and substrate holder. A proximate end of the upper arm being rotatably mounted to the drive section at a shoulder joint. A proximate end of the forearm being rotatably mounted to a distal end of the... Agent: Perman & Green

20070014652 - Electronic component inspection apparatus: An electronic component inspection apparatus includes an inspection socket which inspects a component, a tray disposition area in which a component waits before it is inspected, tray disposition areas which store a component after it has been inspected, components transfer mechanisms each of which has a vacuum or suction nozzle... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070014653 - System and method for use in completing a well: A technique is provided to limit the number of vehicles required during a well project involving a plurality of well construction related procedures. The technique utilizes a transport vehicle able to receive a plurality of equipment modules that may be used for specific well related procedures. The modules may be... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

20070014654 - Pallet clamping device: A pallet clamping device is mounted between forks of a material handling vehicle. The device clamps to a stringer of a pallet using a pair of horizontally moveable jaws. The jaws are resiliently forced toward one another for clamping a stringer so that a clamped pallet will not move off... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20070014655 - Manipulator for a lift truck: A manipulator for use with a lift truck includes a guide assembly mountable on a mast of a lift truck, a carriage assembly supported for movement along the guide assembly, and an arm assembly mounted on the carriage assembly for supporting a lift truck attachment such as a clamping apparatus.... Agent: Michael Tobias

20070014656 - End-effectors and associated control and guidance systems and methods: End-effectors and associated control and guidance systems and methods are disclosed. A transfer device in one embodiment includes a base unit, an arm carried by the base unit and movable relative to the base unit, and an end-effector carried by the arm and rotatable relative to the arm. The end-effector... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070009343 - Modular storage system: A carousel for supporting a plurality of stacks of nested containers on a turntable sized to support three stacks of containers and a stack of lids. The containers within each stack may be of like size and different in size from the containers in other stacks, but with all containers... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070009344 - Integrated tool assemblies with intermediate processing modules for processing of microfeature workpieces: An intermediate module comprising a dimensionally stable mounting module and a first device attached to the dimensionally stable mounting module. The dimensionally stable mounting module can include a front docking unit with front alignment elements for connecting the mounting module to a load/unload module, and a rear docking unit with... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070009345 - Load port module: A substrate loading device having a frame, a cassette support, and a user interface. The frame is connected to a substrate processing apparatus. The frame has a transport opening through which substrates are transported between the device and processing apparatus. The cassette support is connected to the frame for holding... Agent: Perman & Green