Allen C Reeves

US Patent:

46206035, Nov 4, 1986

Filed:

Feb 19, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/703111

Inventors:

Allen R. Reeves - Antioch TN
Charles F. Carson - Greensboro NC

Assignee:

Blue Bell, Inc. - Greensboro NC

International Classification:

B62D 5104

US Classification:

180 191

Abstract:

A wheeled skid jack is pivotally and releasably connected to a wheeled electric power pack in which the skid jack is provided with a lever handle to manipulate the skid jack into engagement with the skid or pallet using the skid jack wheels as a fulcrum. The wheeled electric power pack supplies current to a gear motor mounted on the skid jack. Electrical controls are provided for controlling the direction of displacement of the skid jack and power pack by driving the gear motor in the desired direction.

US Patent:

50187155, May 28, 1991

Filed:

Sep 19, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/409103

Inventors:

Allen Reeves - Nashville TN
Michael O. Harbor - Nashville TN
Patrick V. Reina - Nashville TN
Richard T. Sandgren - Nashville TN

Assignee:

Red Kap Industries - Nashville TN

International Classification:

B65H 302

US Classification:

271 19

Abstract:

A fabric pickup device useful for a fabric handling system. The fabric pickup device includes a fluid operated cylinder and piston having four individual fabric clutches attached to the cylinder and aligned with and substantially equality spaced apart from the axis of the piston. Each clutch has a head portion having a plurality, preferably four, resilient pickup fingers spaced apart from one another. A substantially flat actuator plate is attached to the free end of the piston and is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the piston. The actuator plate has a series of apertures for receiving the individual pickup fingers. The openings in the actuator plate are sized such that when the plate is retracted by the action of the fluid cylinder, the resilient fingers of each pickup finger separate and, when the plate is extended, the finger are brought together to grip the top surface of a fabric piece. Because the pickup fingers are actuated by the movement and contact with the actuator plate and are themselves fixedly mounted to the cylinder, the vertical position of the pickup fingers remains constant even during actuation, thereby reducing the degree of control necessary for reliable ply separation of small fabric pieces.