Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hook – hoistline – or grab type – Locking device
Patent
1995-12-05
1998-01-27
Kramer, Dean
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hook, hoistline, or grab type
Locking device
294106, 294902, 414408, B65F 304, B66C 144
Patent
active
057115656
ABSTRACT:
A universal engaging mechanism for handling collection containers of a variety of sizes and shapes. The mechanism includes two arms rotatably mounted to a base and movable between open and closed positions, and a retainer located adjacent the base and between the arms. As the arms close about the container, the arms urge the container in a transverse direction toward the base, until the container abuts the retainer. The arms and the retainer also cooperate to inhibit longitudinal movement of the container and container sway during handling. A method for using the universal engaging mechanism of the present invention to handle containers of a variety of sizes and shapes using the universal engaging mechanism is also described.
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Photograph of prototype of the invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,209,537.
McAllister Kevin
Smith Fred P.
Smith Fred T.
Galion Solid Waste Equipment, Inc.
Kramer Dean
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