A holding head is provided for a vacuum holding device for handling a plate-shaped workpiece about an axis. An arrangement of operating elements on a base body of the holding head includes at least three operating elements connected as actuating elements in a double actuation circuit for releasing the plate-shaped workpiece. Two of the actuating elements are arranged on sides of the arrangement opposite to one another with respect to the position of the axis and the third actuating element is designed ring-shaped and surrounds the axis circumferentially.

Solar panels are prepared for installation on an array frame by initially tipping packages of palletized, bundled, vertically-oriented panels in a preparation area to form a vertical stack of horizontally oriented panel separated from the pallet and packaging material for placement on the upper supporting surface of the transport deck. The transport deck is displaced longitudinally alongside a rack of the array frame, together with a lifting machine having a lifting head on a lifting arm for transferring solar panels from a longitudinal row of stacked solar panels on the transport deck to the array frame. The lifting head may be adapted to support one panel from each of the stacks on the transport deck for simultaneous transfer from the transport deck to the array frame.

A material lifter comprising a vacuum pump, a frame containing the vacuum pump, an arm located on each of two opposing sides of the frame, each arm including an upper end pivotally connected to the frame, a cylinder located on each of the two opposing sides of the frame including an end connected to the frame and an end connected to a respective arm, a vacuum pad located on each of the two opposing sides of the frame and removably connected to a respective arm, the vacuum pads being moveable along the arm to a first location and a first orientation and a second different location and a second different orientation, wherein as the cylinders extend and retract the arms pivot toward and away from one another between a first position and a second different position and the vacuum pads remain in a same orientation during the pivot.

A pipe laying device (T) connected to the jib (F) of a transport machine and carrying the pipe to be laid (T) to tight-fit it into a laid pipe (To). This coupling head (1) comprises a vertical axis (YY) swiveling link (11) and a horizontal axis (Z) tilting link (12). It comprises a guide rail (2) with a bearing (21) for positioning and attachment to the end of the laid pipe (To) and aligning the pipe to be laid (T) with the laid pipe (To) and a carrier (3) forming a telescopic tube (30) tight-fitted to the guide rail (2) and operating in relation to it; the carrier (3) carries the pipe to be laid (T) and tight-fitted to the laid pipe (To). The guide rail (2) is connected to the coupling head (1) through the telescopic tube (30).

An automated guided vehicle includes a frame forming a payload area, a vacuum case transfer mechanism having one or more degrees of freedom and configured to vacuum-couple with a case, and a friction case transfer mechanism that is configured to grip the case and at least cooperate with the vacuum case transfer mechanism to effect transfer of the case to the payload area.

The invention provides a lifting and tilting device. The lifter has an elongated frame having one or more horizontal lifting points and one or more tilt lifting points to which a lift shackle is attached. The frame provides multiple attachment points for lifters including magnetic lifters or suction lifters allowing the device to be adjusted to lift a variety of shaped and sized ferrous and non-ferrous objects.

A pipe laying device (T) connected to the jib (F) of a transport machine and carrying the pipe to be laid (T) to tight-fit it into a laid pipe (To).

This coupling head (1) comprises a vertical axis (YY) swiveling link (11) and a horizontal axis (Z) tilting link (12). It comprises a guide rail (2) with a bearing (21) for positioning and attachment to the end of the laid pipe (To) and aligning the pipe to be laid (T) with the laid pipe (To) and a carrier (3) forming a telescopic tube (30) tight-fitted to the guide rail (2) and operating in relation to it; the carrier (3) carries the pipe to be laid (T) and tight-fitted to the laid pipe (To).

The guide rail (2) is connected to the coupling head (1) through the telescopic tube (30).

Disclosed is a portable lift device that is capable of lifting one or more persons and a large windshield for installing a windshield in a recreational vehicle, charter bus or other large high-profile truck.

A material lifter [10] comprising a vacuum pump [70], a frame [20] containing the vacuum pump, an arm [30] located on each of two opposing sides [21] of the frame, each arm including an upper [31] and a lower end [39], the upper end pivotally connected to the frame, a cylinder [100] located on each of the two opposing sides of the frame, each actuator including an upper end [101] connected to the frame and a lower end [109] connected to a respective arm, a vacuum pad [40] located on each of the two opposing sides of the frame, each vacuum pad in fluid communication with the vacuum pump and removably connected to a respective arm, the vacuum pads being moveable along the arm to a first location and a first orientation and a second different location and a second different orientation wherein as the cylinders extend and retract the arms pivot toward and away from one another between a first clock position and a second different clock position and the vacuum pads remain in a same orientation during the pivot.

The invention relates to a handling device (1) comprising a drive carriage (2) that can be moved in relation to a beam (3), a scissor lift (7) comprising a plurality of scissor lift members (8) being arranged on the drive carriage (2) with the first end thereof, and a beam plate (11) that can move in relation to the drive carriage (2) by means of the scissor lift (7) being arranged on the second end of the scissor lift (7). A grip tool is arranged on the beam plate (11), and a drive (18) for actuating the scissor lift (7) is arranged on the drive carriage (2). The beam (3) has an H-shaped cross-section formed from a middle limb (25) and upper and lower limbs (26, 27) projecting from said middle limb.