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DRUM DUMPING LIFT TRUCK ATTACHMENT

  • US 3,893,579 A
  • Filed: 06/22/1972
  • Issued: 07/08/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for attachment to the lifting element of a lift truck mechanism for holding and dumping an open-top container having a top rim, comprising:

  • a. a bracket, b. means for detachably attaching said bracket to the lifting element of a lift truck mechanism, c. a container support frame adapted to receive and support an open-top container, d. journal means supporting said support frame on said bracket for rotational movement about a substantially horizontal axis between an upright position and dumping position, said journal means being supported below said lifting element of said lift truck mechanism, e. lever means on said container support frame for rotating said support frame relative to said bracket, f. said container support frame comprising a circumferential member and rim gripping means, g. said rim gripping means having a pair of cooperating holding elements adapted to releasably hold one side of the top rim of an open-top container received within said container support frame, h. said circumferential member comprising at least a bearing portion spaced on the opposite side of a container received in said support frame from said rim gripping means and spaced below said rim gripping means when said support frame is in said upright position, i. said circumferential member being adapted to, upon lowering, loosely position a container within said support frame in said upright position, said bearing portion being adapted to engage the opPosite side of the container from the side gripped by said gripping means and bear a portion of the weight of said container when said support frame is rotated to said dumping position.

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