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Electromagnetic lifting and handling device

US4026592A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 14, 1975
Grant dateMay 31, 1977
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Expiry dateNov 14, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66C1/06
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for lifting and positioning sheet steel piling of great length which eliminates permanent distortion of the piling during lifting and handling comprising an elongated openwork rigid structural member or framework having a plurality of electromagnets on its underside for picking up a sheet pile and moving it into vertical position contiguous to a pile already driven so that the two piles can be interconnected.

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