Material or article handling – Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor – Convertible attachment
Patent
1995-10-12
1997-08-12
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor
Convertible attachment
294 90, 294902, 2941031, 414621, B66F 918
Patent
active
056558732
ABSTRACT:
Drum lifting attachments for allowing forklift trucks to be able to raise and lower 55 gallon storage drums. A first embodiment includes a drum lifting attachment having two pairs of arcuate lifting arms positioned side-by-side to allow for lifting two 55 gallon plastic drums simultaneously. This embodiment includes a pair of arcuate arms for each drum. A rotatable rectangular flap can fold-down over the portion of the side-by-side connection between the two pairs of arcuate arms inorder to allow for the lifting of a different diameter sized drum. Optionally, the fold-down flap can have arcuate shaped sides. Optionally, plural flaps of increasing sizes can be folded down to adjust for the different diameter drums. A second embodiment includes a forklifting attachment that includes four sets of arcuate arms for allowing four 55 gallon drums to be able to be lifted simultaneously. The drums to be lifted in include standard 55 gallon metal drums, 55 gallon conical drums and drum sizes of varying diameters. Each of the embodiments include attachment couplers for hooking about the standard parallel forks of a forklifting truck. The drum lifting attachments can be formed from galvanized steel, stainless steel, and combinations thereof. The lifting attachments are able to lift and lower two drums and four drums simultaneously.
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The Liftomatic PNC.TM.-Mar. 12, 1992.
Jobmann Wolfgang
Naugle Michael D.
Stier Uwe
Jobmann Wolfgang
Steinberger Brian S.
Werner Frank E.
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