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Conveyor lock-bar-trolley

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-12
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Granted: 1966-11-08
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Expires: 1984-08-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Clarence P Robinson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 14:14
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G9/00; B65G9/002; A; A47; A47G; A47G25/00; A47G25/14; A47G25/1442; A47G25/145; A47G25/1457; B65G2201/00; B65G2201/02; B65G2201/0229

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
A TROLLEY BAR ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF HOOKS FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A CONVEYOR RAIL STRUCTURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATIONS, AN ELONGATED BODY MEMBER, MEANS ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID BODY FOR SUSPENDING SAID BODY FROM THE RAIL STRUCTURE, SAID BODY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A CONSOLIDATED GROUP OF THE HOOKS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART DEPRESSIONS FORMED IN THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF FOR INITIALLY LOCATING THE HOOKS IN SPACED APART RELATION ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID BODY, SAID DEPRESSIONS BEING GENERALLY V-SHAPED PERMITTING SAID CONSOLIDATED GROUP OF HOOKS TO BE SPREAD AXIALLY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BODY MEMBER WITH ONE HOOK LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID DEPRESSION, A BRACKET MEMBER SECURED TO SAID BODY MEMBER ADJACENT EACH END THEREOF AND EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY THEREFROM, A LATCH BAR DISPOSED ABOVE SAID BODY MEMBER AND ECCENTRICALLY PIVOTED ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF ON SAID BRACKET MEMBERS, SAID LATCH BAR BEING SWINGABLE FROM A LOWERED POSITION WHEREBY ONE EDGE THEREOF IS DISPOSED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BODY MEMBER TO RETAIN SAID HOOKS WITHIN SAID DEPRESSION AND A RAISED POSITION WHEREBY SAID EDGE IS SPACED FROM SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BODY TO PERMIT THE REMOVAL OF THE HOOKS FROM SAID DEPRESSIONS, AND STOP MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN ONE OF SAID BRACKETS AND SAID LATCH BAR, SAID LATCH BAR BEING PLACED IN AN OVERCENTERED ORIENTATION AND ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST SAID STOP MEANS WHEN IN SAID UPRAISED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 242 words
A TROLLEY BAR ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF HOOKS FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A CONVEYOR RAIL STRUCTURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATIONS, AN ELONGATED BODY MEMBER, MEANS ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID BODY FOR SUSPENDING SAID BODY FROM THE RAIL STRUCTURE, SAID BODY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A CONSOLIDATED GROUP OF THE HOOKS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART DEPRESSIONS FORMED IN THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF FOR INITIALLY LOCATING THE HOOKS IN SPACED APART RELATION ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID BODY, SAID DEPRESSIONS BEING GENERALLY V-SHAPED PERMITTING SAID CONSOLIDATED GROUP OF HOOKS TO BE SPREAD AXIALLY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BODY MEMBER WITH ONE HOOK LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID DEPRESSION, A BRACKET MEMBER SECURED TO SAID BODY MEMBER ADJACENT EACH END THEREOF AND EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY THEREFROM, A LATCH BAR DISPOSED ABOVE SAID BODY MEMBER AND ECCENTRICALLY PIVOTED ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF ON SAID BRACKET MEMBERS, SAID LATCH BAR BEING SWINGABLE FROM A LOWERED POSITION WHEREBY ONE EDGE THEREOF IS DISPOSED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BODY MEMBER TO RETAIN SAID HOOKS WITHIN SAID DEPRESSION AND A RAISED POSITION WHEREBY SAID EDGE IS SPACED FROM SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BODY TO PERMIT THE REMOVAL OF THE HOOKS FROM SAID DEPRESSIONS, AND STOP MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN ONE OF SAID BRACKETS AND SAID LATCH BAR, SAID LATCH BAR BEING PLACED IN AN OVERCENTERED ORIENTATION AND ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST SAID STOP MEANS WHEN IN SAID UPRAISED POSITION.

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