Cable drum feeding tool for a vehicle with a lifting device
AssigneeJack-Pack AS
InventorGeir Tore Fjetland
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Abstract
A cable drum feeding tool is for a vehicle with a lifting device. The tool has a primary gripper arm arrangement with a primary first gripper arm and a primary second gripper arm extending parallel and spaced apart from each other via a spacing, and a connection element connecting the primary gripper arms, and a primary gripper arm mechanism for moving at least one of the primary gripper arms. The tool further comprises rotation mechanism having a respective pivot at the primary gripper arms adapted to engage with respective flanges of a cable drum. The tool further has an attachment arrangement for releasably attaching the tool to the lifting device of the vehicle.
Claims19
A cable drum feeding tool for a vehicle with a lifting device, the tool comprising:
- a primary gripper arm arrangement comprising a primary first gripper arm and a primary second gripper arm extending parallel and spaced apart from each other via a spacing, and a connection element connecting the primary first gripper arm and the primary second gripper arm,
- a primary gripper arm mechanism for moving at least one of the primary first gripper arm and the primary second gripper arm towards and away from the other of the primary gripper arms, and
- a rotation mechanism comprising a respective pivot at the primary first gripper arm and the primary second gripper arm adapted to engage with respective flanges of a cable drum,
- wherein the tool further comprises an attachment arrangement for releasably attaching the tool to said lifting device of the vehicle;
- wherein the pivots comprises a respective conical member adapted to engage with a wall section of an opening in the flange of the cable drum and a respective plate member adapted to engage with the flanges of the cable drum, wherein the pivots further comprises a connection mechanism for moving the plate member between a disengaged position and an engaged position with the flange of the drum.
A cable drum feeding tool for a vehicle with a lifting device, the tool comprising:
- a primary gripper arm arrangement comprising a primary first gripper arm and a primary second gripper arm extending parallel and spaced apart from each other via a spacing, and a connection element connecting the primary first gripper arm and the primary second gripper arm,
- a primary gripper arm mechanism for moving at least one of the primary first gripper arm and the primary second gripper arm towards and away from the other of the primary gripper arms, and
- a rotation mechanism comprising a respective pivot at the primary first gripper arm and the primary second gripper arm adapted to engage with respective flanges of a cable drum,
- wherein the tool further comprises an attachment arrangement for releasably attaching the tool to said lifting device of the vehicle;
- wherein the tool comprises a secondary gripper arm arrangement comprising a secondary first gripper arm and a secondary second gripper arm rotatably arranged at an end portion of the primary first gripper arm and primary second gripper arm towards and away from each other by means of a respective further pivot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.