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According to the present invention, a method to automate the replenishment of one or more items on a shopping list. The method comprising the steps of storing data representing an inventory of items for sale at the e-commerce site; storing one or more shopping lists, each for a plurality of consumers at the e-commerce site; storing the purchase history of the items purchased by one or more consumers at the e-commerce site; storing a predetermined periodicity of previous purchases of one or more items previously purchased from the e-commerce site by looking at a pattern of past purchase histories for one or more items; receiving a request from the at least one consumer for at least one of the shopping lists to build an active shopping list; reviewing the purchase history for the at least on consumer to determine if at least one item previously purchased from the purchase history has exceeded the predetermined periodicity including a shelf-life; prompting the at least one consumer to authorize the addition of the at least one item previously purchased, if the item has exceeded the predetermined periodicity; and adding the at least one item to the active shopping list if authorized by the at least one consumer. In an alternate embodiment, a computer readable medium and system is disclosed that corresponds to the method above.

A storage system and a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in the storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern can include a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. The load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load-handling device includes a container-receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container-receiving space. The load handling device has a footprint that, in use, occupies only a single grid space in the storage system.

An improved self-propelled mobile track vehicle (MTV) capable of traveling by road at normal highway speeds and traveling by rail after conversion at a narrow railroad crossing by producing a device for rotating the vehicle 90 degrees. The vehicle is powered by a diesel engine driving through a power shift transmission to the roadway and railway axles. A significant advantage over other types of road / rail vehicles is that 100 percent of the vehicle's weight is carried on the rail wheels, which are powered and braked, thereby allowing higher and safer rail speeds. One way to convert the vehicle from roadway travel to railway travel is to maneuver it into a position parallel to the track at a road crossing. The rail axles are then extended and road axles retracted. In addition, a turntable mounted at the vehicle's center of gravity also allows the vehicle to convert at a narrow road crossing. While at railway / roadway crossing the unit raises and rotates 90 to align with the desired roadway or railway. The vehicle can assist in starting a train by extending the powered road axle so that the inner rubber tires contact the rail and the high traction of rubber on rail assists in increasing starting traction of the vehicle thus allowing the vehicle to assist in starting a train.

A rail car mover apparatus for a loader vehicle comprises means to rotatably attach a pair of front rail wheels to a front end of the loader vehicle such that the front rail wheels are spaced to engage the pair of railroad rails and such that the front rail wheels can move up and down in response to forces exerted by a front actuator; means to rotatably attach a pair of rear rail wheels to a rear end of the loader vehicle such that the rear rail wheels are spaced to engage the pair of railroad rails and such that the rear rail wheels can move up and down in response to forces exerted by a rear actuator; and a coupler adapter adapted at a rear end thereof for attachment to a front portion of the loader arms and adapted at a front end thereof for coupling to a rail car hitch.

The invention relates to an urban railway operating vehicle and particularly relates to a straddle type single-track operating vehicle with a four-wheel-pair structure. The problems of heavy carriage, complex driving mode, low driving efficiency, heavy bogie, and the like, of the present operating vehicle are solved. The straddle type single-track operating vehicle comprises a carriage, a front bogie, a rear bogie, an I position wheel pair, an II position wheel pair, an III position wheel pair and an IV position wheel pair, wherein each bogie comprises a frame, a vehicle body supporting device and a dragging device; the whole frame has an II-shaped all-steel welded plate type box structure and comprises a lateral beam, an end beam, a central beam and a longitudinal beam; a motor bracket is fixed between the upper part of the lateral beam and the longitudinal beam; the I position wheel pair and the II position wheel pair are mounted on the motor bracket of the rear bogie; the III position wheel pair and the IV position wheel pair are mounted on the motor bracket of the front bogie; a guide wheel assembly is mounted in the middle of the lateral beam; a stable wheel assembly is mounted on the lower part of the lateral beam. The line demand on a single rail PC beam is reasonably met; the safety factor is high; the traction performance is excellent; the structure is simple; the repairing is easy; the vehicle running is stable; the braking performance is excellent.

The invention discloses a detecting vehicle for a tunnel, which comprises the detecting vehicle and a propelling system, a braking system, an image pick-up system, an image pick-up system support device, a travel measuring system, an infrared triggering device, a computer and a power supply system which are mounted on the detecting vehicle. The propelling system supplies power for the detecting vehicle and controls the detecting vehicle to run; the braking system supplies a braking force for the detecting vehicle and controls the detecting vehicle to stop running; the image pick-up system support device is used for mounting and supporting the image pick-up system; the appearance condition of the tunnel is obtained through taking photos by using the image pick-up system; the travel measuring system is used for measuring a traveling distance of the detecting vehicle; the infrared triggering device is used for triggering the computer and the image pick-up system to work; the computer receives the information acquired by the travel measuring system and the image pick-up system and stores the received information; and the power supply system supplies electric power for the detecting vehicle. Compared with the traditional manual detection, the detecting vehicle is timesaving and laborsaving and has high reliability; and in addition, detecting results before and after can be contrastively analyzed.

A vehicle, particularly a semitrailer, is adapted for driving on both a road and a railroad track. The semitrailer includes a traction vehicle, which is joined articulately to a trailer. The traction vehicle has a front rail-wheel unit and a rear rail-wheel unit, whereas the trailer includes only one rear rail-wheel unit. At least one of the two latter rail-wheel units includes drive means, and one or both of said units may consist of a bogie that includes two axles, or one or both of said units may be a single-axle unit. All rail-wheel units are vertically movable to enable the vehicle to be placed on the railroad and adjacent rubber wheel to be lifted.

A zip line or trolley system kit for propelling a person or an object using gravity along an extended cable line suspended between two trees or towers. The zip line system having a frame with one or more wheels, an adjustable length seat, a handle and a braking system for slowing the speed of descent of the zip line system. The trolley system having at least two wheels spaced apart at a suitable distance to increase ride smoothness and improve sliding of the zip line system along the extended cable. An actuator of the braking system allows for the rider to control of the speed of descent of the zip line system.

The invention is a utility trailer incorporating a flatbed trailer combined with a detachable stock trailer shell, a removable center divider and a removable fabric roof cover, allowing use of the trailer as an open flat bed, an open stock trailer with one or two stalls, or a covered stock trailer.

A trailer system for radiation imaging, belonging to radiation imaging check system, consists of trailer and ground anchorage device wherein the trailer consists of frame, multiple pair of guide wheel, rope hanging bolt on frame, H shape beam on meddle of frame, pivot axle on four corners H beam and pivoted with left and right platform of frame, slope platform at front and rear ends of left and right platform of frame and with position dimple, frame board in out side of left and right platform, collision block at middle of outer side of frame boards. Said invention can be used cooperatively with ground anchorage device in large container check system and has advantage of lowering installation accuracy by using moveable slope platform and raising reliability, stability and practicability.

A storage system and a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in the storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern can include a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. The load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load-handling device includes a container-receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container-receiving space. The load handling device has a footprint that, in use, occupies only a single grid space in the storage system.

A shopping cart handle includes a housing having a display, electronic circuitry in the housing for generating images on the display, and first and second grip portions each having a flared proximal end connected to the housing and a distal end. The display optionally includes a electronic interface that may be covered by a selectively releasable cover to protect the interface.

A railcar-moving vehicle comprises a modified semi-tractor, having a highway mode for operation on roadways, and a rail mode for operation on rails. The vehicle includes an elongate frame with selectively extendable high rail wheels for guiding the vehicle on rails, and rubber-tired drive wheels for operation on roadways. The rubber-tired drive wheels are configured to support the vehicle on a roadway in highway mode, and to contact the rails in rail mode. A moveable weight is disposed on a rear portion of the frame. A load-shifting mechanism moves the moveable weight between a rearward position for rail mode and a forward position for highway mode.

A railcar-moving vehicle comprises a modified semi-tractor, having a highway mode for operation on roadways, and a rail mode for operation on rails. The vehicle includes an elongate frame with selectively extendable high rail wheels for guiding the vehicle on rails, and rubber-tired drive wheels for operation on roadways. The rubber-tired drive wheels are configured to support the vehicle on a roadway in highway mode, and to contact the rails in rail mode. A moveable weight is disposed on a rear portion of the frame. A load-shifting mechanism moves the moveable weight between a rearward position for rail mode and a forward position for highway mode.

A combination vehicle for the use of various roadways. The combination vehicle (1) consists of a traction. head (14) and a trailer element (15) for requirements of various types of use and in this combination, is determined for three alternative types of locomotion including wheel / road (6), whecl / rails (7) and magnetic levitation (8). For the whecl / rails (7) and wheel / road (6) types of locomotion, the vehicle is provided with a combined flange wheel (5) and street wheel (4). For its use as a maglev vehicle, at least four supports (11) with extendable or swing-out current-carrying magnetic coils (12) and asynchronous short-stator motors (13) arc arranged on both sides of the chassis.%! For the transition from one type of locomotion to another, the roadways (6, 7) are lowered relatively to each other using ramps. To overcome points of discontinuity such as intersections (38), switches (39) and level crossings, roadway sections (40, 41, 42, 43, 45) are lowered or swung out in relation to each other.

An apparatus for conveying material for railway construction comprising a material loading device which is movable on a chassis, in particular a crawler chassis (2) having at least one receiving conveyor belt (17) each for receiving material and having a transfer conveyor belt (9, 12) for transferring material is described. In order to create advantageous transfer conditions, it is proposed that the transfer conveyor belt (9,12) is rotatable about a chassis vertical axis by means of a rotary drive and can be adjusted in height along the chassis vertical axis by means of a lifting drive (4).

A method for forming non-separating diffusers in a part includes fabricating at least one metering hole in a part, and fabricating at least one diffuser hole with an electrode comb in the part such that the diffuser hole intersects the metering hole at a transition region. The electrode comb includes a tooth including a nose comprised of a plurality of diffuser surfaces intersecting at a point on a tooth centerline. Each diffuser surface has a diffuser angle, and at least one of the diffuser surfaces is truncated by an offset from the tooth centerline.

A system for performing track maintenance operations is described. The system includes a lead vehicle for identifying sections of rail that have been pre-marked for track maintenance operations. The lead vehicle further includes a control system for receiving and transmitting coordinates of the pre-marked track sections. The system further includes at least one drone vehicle for receiving the coordinates from the control system and the drone vehicle has at least one workhead for performing track maintenance operations on the pre-marked track sections.

The invention discloses an intelligent multifunctional overhead contact system operation tower wagon. The tower wagon comprises a chassis, a boarding ladder on the chassis, and an operation platform on the top of the boarding ladder, wherein the chassis comprises chassis longitudinal beams parallel to a track, and chassis transverse beams which is vertical to the track and is connected with the chassis longitudinal beam, motor wheels are arranged at two ends of a chassis front end transverse beam respectively, driven wheels are arranged at two ends of a chassis rear end transverse beam respectively, the motor wheels are electrically connected with a battery pack, the motor wheels and the driven wheels can roll on the track freely, the lower end of the boarding ladder is detachably connected with the chassis transverse beams, and an electric anti-rollover on the same vertical line with the track is arranged on the chassis. The overhead contact system operation tower wagon has the advantages of intelligence, multiple functions, simple structure, small weight, and convenience in assembling and disassembling and transportation, and can meet requirements of operation at different heights and widths.

A machine which travels on railroad rails includes a conveyor belt which transports metallic objects from a railway bed into a hopper. The conveyor belt revolves around a pair of rollers mounted on the framework of a conveyor belt assembly. One roller magnetically picks up the metallic objects and a hydraulic motor powers the other roller to drive the conveyor belt. The magnetized roller is mounted via two mounting bearings which slidably engage the assembly. An adjustment bolt on the assembly engages the mounting bearing to move the magnetized roller to adjust conveyor belt tension to facilitate replacement of the belt. A lift beside the assembly raises and lowers one end of the assembly which rotates about a pivot tube within the conveyor belt. The lift, pivot tube and hydraulic lines connected to the motor are all situated to allow the belt to be removed without interference therefrom.

A method and apparatus for operating a vehicle to be driven on the road as well as railroad tracks includes an auxiliary drive suspended below a frame of the vehicle. The auxiliary drive includes a hydraulic roller assembly having a roller component for engaging a tire of a vehicle to be propelled. A hydraulic cylinder extends said roller component from a first, unengaged position to a second, engaged position. A hydraulic motor is operatively connected to a chain drive for driving said roller component so that said roller component rotates and imparts a corresponding rotary force to the tire of the vehicle. In operation, the vehicle is placed in neutral and the auxiliary drive is actuated. The auxiliary drive can be controlled at any location, thereby allowing the vehicle to be driven without a driver.

The invention provides a logistical support vehicle used for railway engineering construction. The logistical support vehicle comprises a powered-up kitchen vehicle body, a catering office vehicle body and a camping vehicle body which are mutually connected. The powered-up kitchen vehicle body comprises a vehicle body I, the catering office vehicle body comprises a vehicle body II, and the camping vehicle body comprises a vehicle body III. A machine room, a monitoring room and a kitchen room are arranged in the vehicle body I in sequence. A conference room and an office room are arranged in the vehicle body II in sequence. A living room, a bath room and sleeper rooms are arranged in the vehicle body III in sequence. An overhead line system power obtaining device is arranged at the top of the machine room; an overhead line system power supply device is arranged in the machine room; and power generating sets are arranged in the middle of the lower portion of the vehicle body I. The vehicle body I, the vehicle body II and the vehicle body III are each provided with an external input socket and an output socket at the front end and the rear end correspondingly. According to the logistical support vehicle used for railway engineering construction, the overhead line system power supply device, the power generating sets and the external input sockets are used for providing power sources for the logistical support vehicle and other coupled vehicles, electrification of the vehicles is achieved, and the logistical support vehicle is safe, environmentally friendly, economical and practical; and meanwhile the logistical support vehicle is provided with complete logistical support facilities, and the requirements of accommodation and cultural activities of constructors are met.

The invention discloses a ballastless track rail finely-tuned vehicle, which is characterized in that the frame (3) of the finely-tuned vehicle is formed by welding of two longitudinal beams (3.1) and a plurality of beams (3.2), and is connected with a front travelling bogie and a rear travelling bogie (2,7) through a top center plate and a center pin to enable the finely-tuned vehicle to move on the rail; the carriage (5) arranged on the frame (3) is internally provided with a power cabin (4), the front part thereof is provided with a front driving cab (1), the rear part thereof is provided with a rear driving cab (11), and two sides of the frame (3) are provided with a plurality of landing legs (6) to realize stable lifting of the finely-tuned vehicle through a hydraulic cylinder (6.1); and the bottom parts of the beams (3.2) of the frame are fixed with a plurality of stop manipulators (8), gripping manipulators (9) and locating manipulators (10), and the above manipulators are cooperated with each other to regulate the shape of the rail. The invention can automatically regulate and fix the rail according to the rail data provided by total stations at two sides of the rail, thus greatly reducing manual operation and lowering labor intensity. The invention can meet grade requirements of various railway lines, and tune the shape and the position of the rail conveniently, rapidly and finely; the invention has a self-provided traveling power device, thus greatly shortening the construction working time and improving the working efficiency by over ten times.

A method for forming non-separating diffuser on cooling holes, consisting of a two step process, wherein the diffusers are formed by a different process or a separate operation than that used for drilling the metering section of the hole.

A combined train for semi-automatically installing the startor windings to both side of any rail for magnetic levitation train is composed of a traction locomotive with diesel-oil electric generator for supplying electric energy, an equipment carriage for providing electric cable and preparing windings, finished winding delivering carriage, and operating platform carriage with a winding insertingunit.

The invention relates to a rail construction engineering van capable of changing rails. The rail construction engineering van comprises a main underframe (6) which is connected with inner rail wheels (14), a hopper (40) and auxiliary frames (1). The rail construction engineering van capable of changing rails is characterized in that a lifting assembly comprises lifting hydraulic cylinders (5) connected with the main underframe (6), and each pair of lifting hydraulic cylinders (5) are hinged to a supporting beam (12); an outer rail wheel assembly comprises tubular cross beams (4) connected to the main underframe (6), sliding cross beams (3) are arranged in the tubular cross beams (4), and the sliding cross beams (3) are hinged to telescopic oil cylinders (35); the sliding cross beams (3) are hinged to outer rail wheel carriers (24), and outer rail wheels (28) are hinged to the outer rail wheel carriers (24). Due to the fact that the technology is adopted, the rail construction engineering van capable of changing rails can be flexibly switched between a laid inner rail and a temporary rail, and concrete can be transported easily.

The invention provides battery transferring equipment, a battery transferring system and a battery transferring method, and relates to the field of electromobile battery replacement. The battery transferring equipment comprises a transferring bodywork, a first drive motor, a second drive motor, a bodywork control module, a first wireless communication module and a position sensor, wherein the a rotary table arranged at the top of the transferring bodywork, and a battery tray is arranged on the rotary table; the first drive motor is used for driving the rotary table to rotate; the second drive motor is used for driving the transferring bodywork to move; the bodywork control module is used for controlling the first drive motor and the second drive motor to work; the first wireless communication module is used for receiving a control instruction and sending the control instruction to the bodywork control module; the position sensor is used for collecting the geographical position information of the transferring bodywork and sending the information to the bodywork control module. The battery transferring problem of multiple battery replacement parking places of a battery replacement station can be solved, the operation efficiency of the battery replacement station can be promoted, the potential safety hazards of consolidated battery storage are reduced, and long-distance battery transferring between a battery replacement region and a storage region is achieved.

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a zip line or trolley system kit for propelling a person or an object using gravity along an extended cable line suspended between two trees or towers. The zip line or trolley system may include an easily installable support harness assembly, a braking system and a removable seat fixture to provide for the zip line system to be completely portable to be carried, installed and taken down in remote locations.