Articulated machine with rotatable boom and cabin for material handling and processing

An articulated machine for moving an object, comprising:

• a front chassis;
• a rear chassis coupled to the front chassis by a rear chassis actuator for moving the rear chassis in a flexion direction relative to the front chassis;
• a power swivel system disposed partially within the front chassis and having a rotational axis;
• a boom apparatus rotatably mounted on the front chassis and coupled to the power swivel system, the boom apparatus including a boom swivel plate disposed adjacent to the front chassis, the boom swivel plate permitting independent rotation of the boom apparatus about the rotational axis of the power swivel system via a boom rotation actuator, the boom apparatus including a boom coupled to the boom swivel plate and configured to move the object, the boom apparatus including a boom arm including a boom actuator hingedly coupled between the boom swivel plate and the boom and configured to enable reciprocal vertical limited angle flexion of the boom, a boom stick actuator coupled to a boom stick and configured to enable vertical actuation of the boom stick on a horizontal axis perpendicular to the boom, a boom stick rotator hingedly coupled between the boom and the boom stick and configured to enable continuous unlimited bi-directional rotation of the boom stick, a bucket actuator hingedly coupled between the boom stick and a bucket and configured to control scooping and dumping operations of the bucket, and a thumb actuator hingedly coupled between a thumb and the boom stick and configured to enable gripping adjustment of the thumb relative to the bucket;
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• a cabin rotatably coupled to the power swivel system and disposed adjacent to the boom swivel plate, the cabin including a cabin rotation actuator coupled to the boom swivel plate and configured to independently rotate the cabin continuously about the rotational axis of the power swivel system.

A method of moving an articulated machine, comprising:

• providing an articulated machine for moving an object including
• a front chassis,
• a rear chassis coupled to the front chassis by a rear chassis actuator for moving the rear chassis relative the front chassis,
• a power swivel system disposed partially within the front chassis and having a rotational axis,
• a cabin rotatably coupled to the power swivel system and disposed adjacent to the front chassis, the cabin independently rotatable about the rotational axis of the power swivel system, the cabin including a cabin rotation actuator coupled to a boom swivel plate and engaged with a cabin rotation gear affixed to the boom swivel plate to enable continuous and independent rotation of the cabin about the rotational axis of the power swivel system, and
• a boom apparatus rotatably mounted on the front chassis and coupled to the power swivel system, the boom apparatus including a boom swivel plate disposed between the front chassis and the cabin, the boom swivel plate permitting independent rotation of the boom apparatus about the rotational axis of the power swivel system and a boom coupled to the boom swivel plate and configured to move the object, the boom apparatus including a boom rotation actuator coupled to the front chassis to enable continuous and independent rotation of the boom apparatus about the rotational axis of the power swivel system, wherein the cabin and boom apparatus can rotate synchronously with or in simultaneous opposition to each other;
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• independently moving at least one of the rear chassis, the cabin, and the boom apparatus.