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Universal container grabber apparatus for a refuse collection vehicle

  • US 4,708,570 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1985
  • Issued: 11/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for grabbing a refuse container, the apparatus comprising:

  • a base member,a first articulated clamp arm including a first arm section having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends of said first arm section being pivotably connected to said base member, a second arm section having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends of said second arm section being pivotally connected to the other of said opposite ends of said first arm section,a first link having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends of said first link being pivotally connected to said base member and the other of said opposite ends of said first link being pivotably connected to said second arm section intermediate its opposite ends,a second articulated arm positioned in opposed spaced relation from said first articulated arm and movable toward and away from said first articulated arm to clampingly engage a container therebetween, said second articulated arm including a first arm section having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends of said first arm section of said second articulated arm being pivotally connected to said base member, a second arm section having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends of said second arm section of said second articulated arm being pivotally connected to the other of said opposite ends of said first arm section of said second articulated arm, anda second link having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends of said second link being pivotably connected to said base member and the other of said opposite ends of said second link being pivotably connected to said second arm section of said second articulated arm intermediate its opposite ends.

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