Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
187269000 | Includes scissored supporting levers in drive-means | 6 |
20090200117 | SLIDER SCISSOR LIFT FOR A VEHICLE OPERATOR CONSOLE - An improved slider scissor lift results in forward or backward movement of a raised work platform. The forward or backward movement is achieved by positioning upper pins and sliders oppositely from lower pins and sliders. This oppositely pinned configuration results in an operation whereby the base of the scissor lift is moved toward the rear of the base platform and the work platform is drawn toward the rear of the scissor lift. | 08-13-2009 |
20090260925 | UNDERGROUND ENCLOSURE SYSTEM FOR STORING COMPONENTS, CABLES, AND THE LIKE - A pressurized underground enclosure includes a battery venting system having a battery within a battery box in a sealed enclosure. A first pipe is fluidly connected to the battery box and an ambient atmosphere and includes a vacuum generator for reducing a pressure in the battery box. A second pipe is fluidly connected to the battery box and the ambient atmosphere and includes a one-way valve permitting airflow to the battery box and precluding airflow from the battery box to the ambient atmosphere. The enclosure includes a scissors lift including scissor linkage units having arms pivotally connected at terminal ends and at central positions. The scissor linkage units are moveable from a retracted to an extended position by pneumatic cylinders. The internal pressurization of the enclosure is selectively released and locking mechanisms are retracted before a rack of the scissors lift is extended through an opening of the enclosure. | 10-22-2009 |
20110139548 | BELT-DRIVEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A belt-driven transportation system including a first set of pulleys rotatably attached to a first member and a second set of pulleys rotatably attached to a second member. The first and second members have relative movement to each other. The system further includes a unitary belt that is guided through a path defined by the first and second sets of pulleys with the path substantially lying in a stationary plane, and a plurality of retention rollers. A retention roller is disposed adjacent each pulley, with the belt extending about the pulley and between the pulley and the retention roller. The positioning of the belt substantially on the path is maintained by the plurality of retention rollers, and the first and second members are moved relative to each other with changes in the length of the path. | 06-16-2011 |
20110139549 | BELT-DRIVEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A belt-driven transportation system including a first set of pulleys rotatably attached to a first member and a second set of pulleys rotatably attached to a second member. The first and second members have relative movement to each other. The system further includes a unitary belt that is guided through a path defined by the first and second sets of pulleys. A plurality of flange members maintain a proper positioning of the belt on the pulleys. | 06-16-2011 |
20110240409 | SCISSOR LIFT ASSEMBLY - A scissors-type lift assembly including a base and a platform, the lift assembly having extended and contracted states, with the platform at a relatively greater distance from the base in the extended state than in the contracted state. The lift assembly includes a pair of scissor arms each having opposed first and second ends, and pivotably connected to each other about a central axis located between their respective first and second ends, the first end of each scissor arm coupled to the base, the second end of each the scissor arm coupled to the platform. The lift assembly also has a drive screw mechanism including a shaft, a drive motor rotatably coupled to the shaft, a block threadedly engaged with the shaft and having longitudinal movement relative to the shaft, and a collar relative to which the shaft is rotatable and longitudinally fixed relative to the shaft. The lift assembly includes first and second pairs of crossed links, each link having opposed first and second ends between which extends an edge that faces away from the central axis and defines a recess in the link. The collar and block are each spaced from the central axis and indirectly coupled to both of the pair of scissor arms through a pair of links. | 10-06-2011 |
20150314988 | Lockable Lift Device and Method - A scissor lift includes a base, a platform, a plurality of pivotally connected scissor links, a support column, and a locking actuator. The platform has a fixed horizontal orientation and being movable between a first elevation and a second elevation. The scissor links are arranged in a crisscross pattern and operatively connecting the base and the platform. The lift actuator is pivotally attached to at least one of the scissor links to selectively raise and lower the platform along a lift path. The support column extends alongside the lift path and positioned adjacent to the platform. The locking actuator is fixed to an underside of the platform and includes a piston member extendable toward the support column to operatively connect the platform with the support column when the platform is raised at the second elevation so that the platform is supported by the support column in the fixed horizontal orientation. | 11-05-2015 |