Material or article handling – Load bridging vehicle
Patent
1994-10-19
1996-03-05
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Load bridging vehicle
414910, 414912, 414684, B60P 300, B60P 342
Patent
active
054961467
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus attached to a main frame of a vehicle for handling straddled loads including coil-shaped loads and slab-shaped loads entered into a load carrying space of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a moveable lift frame having both a tong assembly and probe assembly suspended therefrom. The tong assembly includes tong actuators and depending tongs for clamping a slab-shaped load, while the probe assembly includes a displaceable probe for penetrating coil shaped loads. When the apparatus is used for engaging a slab-shaped load, the probe is displaced so as to be withdrawn from the load carrying space, and the depending tongs are actuated to clamp the load. When the apparatus is used for engaging a coil shaped load, the probe is displaced into the load carrying space and the vehicle is moved to penetrate the load with the probe. With either load, the lift frame is then raised to elevate the engaged load.
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Kane Paul A.
Thomas Dennis R.
Huppert Michael S.
Keenan James W.
Kress Corporation
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