Method and apparatus for handling drums

Details Method and apparatus for handling drums Method and apparatus for handling drums

1983-08-25

1985-10-29

Sheridan, Robert G.

Material or article handling

Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor

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53243, 53473, 414622, 414680, 414718, 414728, 414912, B65G 702, B66F 9065, B66F 912

Patent

active

045498458

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for gently holding, lifting and rotating a drum which may contain hazardous waste and may be likely to rupture, characterized in that an open-ended overpack is lowered around the drum and held fixed in relation to the floor while a platform slides beneath the overpack and drum, the overpack then being clamped by a lid against the platform and then elevated and rotated so that the drum therewithin is disposed in an upside-down position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2875912 (1959-03-01), Thresher et al.
patent: 4095707 (1978-06-01), Kowtko

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