Lead board remover
AssigneeMillwood, Inc.
InventorGeorge Ortt
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Abstract
A removal tool including a frame having a first side and a second side defining a longitudinal direction therebetween and a first end and a second end defining a transverse direction therebetween, a pivotable separating mechanism and a stopping mechanism is disclosed. The removal tool may be adapted to remove a portion of a pallet. The pivotable separating mechanism may include a first position and a second position. When the pivotable separating mechanism is moved from the first position to the second position the pivotable separating mechanism is adjusted from a first angle relative to the ground to a second angle relative to the ground. The second angle may be greater than the first angle.
Claims11
A removal tool comprising:
- a frame adapted to stand on a ground surface, the frame including a first side and a second side defining a longitudinal direction therebetween and a first end and a second end defining a transverse direction therebetween;
- a pivotable separating mechanism having a drive mechanism in operable connection therewith, the pivotable separating mechanism operably engaged with the frame;
- a pivot shaft of the pivotable separating mechanism connected to the first side of the frame by a first mounting bracket and first bearing assembly and connected to the second side of the frame by a second mounting bracket and second bearing assembly, the pivot shaft further connected to the drive mechanism by a link member;
- wherein the pivot shaft defines a pivot axis;
- at least one separating device of the pivotable separating mechanism carried on the pivot shaft, the at least one separating device having a top portion and a bottom portion defining a U-shaped cavity adapted to receive a portion of a pallet through an open end thereof;
- wherein the pivot shaft is rotatable about the pivot axis to move the at least one separating device between a first position wherein the U-shaped cavity of the at least one separating device is generally parallel to the ground surface and a second position wherein the open end of the U-shaped cavity of the at least one separating device is angled upward and is positioned above the pivot axis, and a closed end of the U-shaped cavity is below the open end of the U-shaped cavity;
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- a longitudinally extending elongated stopping member extending between the first side and the second side of the frame, the stopping member having a top surface vertically opposite a bottom surface, the stopping member being immovably fixed to the frame, wherein the bottom surface is in a fixed plane relative to the frame and the bottom surface further engages a top surface of the pallet when the pallet is engaged with the at least one separating device of the pivotable separating mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.