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US 10,612,532 B1Granted
Compact vacuum material handler
AssigneeVaculift, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Solomon, Darrell Hocutt
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Abstract
An improved vacuum material handler having an onboard drive engine powering a vacuum pump and a hydraulic pump. The vacuum material handler also having a frame with integrated forklift lugs.
Claims26
A vacuum material handler comprising:
- a frame including a pair of fork lift lugs;
- an onboard drive engine mounted on said flame,
- an onboard vacuum pump mounted on said frame and powered by said drive engine,
- an onboard hydraulic pump mounted on said frame and powered by said drive engine,
- a hydraulic operated rotator mounted on said frame and powered by said hydraulic pump;
- a transmission including an input shaft, a first output shaft and a second output shaft;
- the input shaft being coupled to a drive engine output shaft, the first output shaft being coupled to a vacuum pump input shaft, and the second output shaft being coupled to a hydraulic pump input shaft.
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A vacuum material handler comprising:
- a frame including a pair of fork lift lugs;
- an onboard drive engine mounted on said frame;
- an onboard vacuum pump mounted on said frame and powered by said drive engine;
- an onboard hydraulic pump mounted on said frame, an output shaft of the onboard vacuum pump coupled to an input shaft of the onboard hydraulic pump;
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- a hydraulic operated rotator mounted on said frame and powered by said hydraulic pump.
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A vacuum material handler comprising:
- a frame including a pair of fork lift lugs;
- an onboard vacuum pump including an output shaft, the onboard vacuum pump mounted on said frame;
- a hydraulic rotator mounted on said frame;
- an onboard hydraulic pump mounted on said frame and connected to the output shaft of the onboard vacuum pump and the hydraulic rotator and including a hydraulic fluid cooling loop integrated into said frame;
- wherein the vacuum material handler is transferable between a first piece of equipment and a second piece of equipment while maintaining a vacuum hold on a material being handled.
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A vacuum material handler comprising:
- a frame including a pair of fork lift lugs;
- a hydraulic fluid cooling loop integrated into the frame,
- an onboard vacuum pump mounted on the frame and including an output shaft;
- a hydraulic rotator mounted on the frame;
- an onboard hydraulic pump mounted on the frame and coupled to the output shaft of the vacuum pump and configured to power said hydraulic rotator, and
- a hydraulic fluid reservoir in communication with said hydraulic pump;
- the hydraulic fluid cooling loop including at least one base member extending across the frame, the base member including a passageway in fluid communication with the hydraulic fluid reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.