A sugar cane piler having a mechanical spring suspension device connected between the piler and the front end of the loader, the device including a precompressed spring to absorb a major portion of the weight of the piler and reduce the force of the piler acting on the ground. The device permits the piler to readily float over the ground and minimizes penetration of the piler's tips into the ground.

A bag opener of a generally "U" shaped configuration formed of a memory retentent polymeric material, including a first leg and a second leg arranged parallel relative to one another in a first position, and wherein a blade member is mounted within an interior surface of the first leg arranged parallel to beveled terminal ends of the legs to receive a bag therethrough, wherein the blade member is directed across the surface of a bag inserted between the interior surfaces of the leg members to se...

This system for mutually automatically arranging, according to any desired patterns, bags, boxes or other articles, particularly for use in machines for loading movable platforms (pallets) is characterized by a locating conveyor belt mounted on a carriage so as to also transversely slide, in a preset way, on supporting guides to drive the articles conveyed thereby with a possible motion deriving from the combination of two simultaneous perpendicular motions in order to locate each article, which...

A unitary one-quarter mile long railroad rail which is free of weld seams. The rail is produced via a process including continuous rolling and asymmetric cooling.

In an apparatus for transporting textile laps to a comber, wherein the apparatus includes a bridge structure for traveling movement between a lap storage station and the comber, a trolley movable along the bridge structure, and a lap gripping mechanism suspended from the trolley by an elevating mechanism, sensors are provided for detecting the presence of a lap at the lap storage station and detecting the central supporting tube of the lap for precisely positioning the gripping mechanism at a lo...

A wafer transfer apparatus used in manufacturing high density semiconductor products is disclosed which includes at least three movable arms for supporting a wafer from below thereby preventing contact with the active surface of the wafer. A mechanism for moving the arms into and out of its wafer supporting position is diposed, in part, above the wafer when a wafer is supported thereby. The portions of the actuator mechanism disposed above the wafer are constructed in a way such that no sliding ...

An apparatus for separating one or more essentially thin and planar products (3), such as books, periodicals and newspapers, from a stack (2) of such products. The apparatus includes a gripping arrangement (6) for gripping of at least one product (3) at a time at the top of the stack (2), and for lateral movement of the product to engagement with a further-feeding transport apparatus (7), and a threshold construction (14) forming an abutment against the products (3) below the product to be separ...

Resilient railroad fastener system comprising an elongated shoulder member and spring clip to be so applied and combined with the shoulder member as to create a toe load applied downward to the rail; the shoulder member having a reaction surface to be engaged at a first angle by one arm of the spring clip and the shoulder member being configured with a capturing surface to capture the other spring arm while cocking the spring clip at an angle to the horizontal when the spring clip is applied to ...

The present invention provides a novel train and track which can be used in an automated, tracked soration system which is capable of sorting and transporting high volumes ofgoods efficiently and which gives flexible system design, easy set-up, easy servicing with minimum down time, centralized control and a minimum of wiring complexity. The train includes "smart" cars and a locomotive for pulling the cars around the track. The trains are loaded with goods to be sorted and given destination addr...

A mobile vehicle is provided with a cradle that can be tilted or rotated. The cradle can also be raised and lowered. The cradle has leaves which are upwardly and outwardly sloping to handle a large cylindrical paper roll by allowing the roll to roll down and center itself in the cradle.