JAMES A SALMI
Vehicle Board in Kissel Hill, PA

2005023, Oct 27, 2005

Apr 21, 2004

10/828770

Reid Wissler - Brownstone PA, US
James Salmi - Lititz PA, US

B60S009/02

280765100

An assembly adapted for use in an outrigger device for stabilizing a work vehicle such as a fire truck includes an elongated housing having an open end and adapted to be pivotally attached to the vehicle. An extendible-retractable beam is telescopically fitted in the housing and can be hydraulically extended and retracted. A jack tower is affixed to the outer end of the beam at an angle offset from the perpendicular. The jack tower includes a first component affixed to the beam and a second extendible retractable component telescopically affixed to the first component, and a hydraulic actuator for extending and retracting the second component which preferably has a ground-engaging pad pivotally attached to its lower end.

7178631, Feb 20, 2007

Apr 21, 2004

10/828821

James A. Salmi - Lititz PA, US
Reid L. Wissler - Brownstone PA, US
Jason L. Longenecker - Denver PA, US

Spartan Motors, Inc. - Charlotte MI

E06C 5/00

182 25, 182 651

A cradle assembly for aerial ladders (or booms) includes an assembly for rotatably and pivotally supporting an aerial ladder or boom, a first pair of upwardly extending parallel support flanges and a second pair of upwardly extending parallel support flanges extending upwardly from the surface of said turntable, the second pair of flanges extending to a substantially lesser elevation than said first pair of flanges; a cradle formed by a pair of parallel cradle arms laterally spaced to support a base end of said ladder or boom therebetween and at least one cross member connecting said arms, each of said arms having an end pivotally connected to a flange of said first pair of flanges; a hydraulic cylinder pivotally (which may be dual acting) attached to each of said cradle arms at a point spaced away from said first pair of flanges and an extendable-retractable rod projecting from each hydraulic cylinder and having an outer end pivotally attached to a flange of said second pair of flanges.

2008006, Mar 13, 2008

Sep 13, 2007

11/854572

James A. Salmi - Lititz PA, US
Reid L. Wissler - Brownstown PA, US

SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. - Charlotte MI

A62C 27/00

169 24

A boom adapted for use on a fire fighting vehicle or a rescue vehicle includes an elongated boom having an outer housing. A second, inner body, forming an enclosed channel for water flow is contained within the outer housing. A plurality of connecting fins (for example, four) connect the interior of the outer housing with the exterior of the inner body, the space between the exterior of the inner body and the interior of the outer housing being divided by the fins into several generally independent channels within which elongated electrical control line members and hydraulic lines can be contained and protected. The boom may end at a workhead. The workhead may include a water monitor, water handline connections, a bank of lights, hydraulic fittings, pneumatic fittings, a lifting point and/or other emergency or rescue equipment. The boom may be pivotally mounted to a fire fighting vehicle such as a pumper engine, for example, on a turntable. The boom may include an extendible lift arm assembly and an intermediate lifting system.

4852690, Aug 1, 1989

Dec 5, 1988

7/280417

James A. Salmi - Lititz PA

Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. - Ephrata PA

E06C 710

182219

In a ladder tower having multiple telescoping sections, each section includes a pair of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart truss members and a plurality of longitudinally spaced ladder rungs interconnecting the truss members. Each truss member includes an upper elongated hand rail, a lower elongated rung rail being spaced below and lying in a common plane with the upper hand rail, and a plurality of braces extending between and interconnecting the upper hand rail and lower rung rail of each truss member. The ladder rungs of each section extend between and interconnect the rung rails of the truss members thereof. Pretensioning structure is connected to the hand rail of each truss member so as to load the hand rail in compression and the rung rail in tension and thereby substantially offset the dead load of each section due to its weight and permit an increase in the live load capacity of each section. Further, the hand rail of each truss member of each ladder tower section is hollow. The pretensioning structure being connected to the hand rail of each truss member includes a pretensioned flexible member in the form of a cable disposed in the hollow hand rail of the truss member and anchored at its opposite ends to the hollow hand rail at locations within and spaced from opposite ends of the hand rail.

7100741, Sep 5, 2006

Apr 21, 2004

10/828769

Reid L. Wissler - Brownstone PA, US
Jason L. Longenecker - Denver PA, US
James A. Salmi - Lititz PA, US

Spartan Motors, Inc. - Charlotte MI

E06C 5/04, E06C 5/06

182207, 182208

An aerial ladder roller assembly to improve the function of the ladder during extension and retraction of sections of a multiple-section aerial ladder. One embodiment has a plurality of aligned apertures for rotatably mounting and a roller that is rotatably mounted in a housing. The housing has a roller pad and an aperture through which a roller extends. The housing is adapted for pivotal mounting at a point approximately central to the length of the axis. A roller is rotatably mounted in the housing on each side of the pivotal mounting point. A pair of rollers is rotatably mounted in the housing on each side of the pivotal mounting point. Also provided is a multiple-section ladder, having at least two nested sections with a housing having at least one roller is rotatably and pivotally mounted extending through an aperture. The slide plate of the second section juxtaposes the roller assembly.