Highly-Efficient Barrel Placement Device
OwnerClint Johnson, Steve Gapp +1inventors
InventorsClint Johnson, Steve Gapp, John Reed Felton
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Abstract
The present invention is a highly-efficient barrel placement device comprised of an attachment plate which attaches to the front of a skid steer loader; tubular support members; and a plurality of barrel pincers with gears that allow the barrel pincers to move in unison with the use of a single hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder has hydraulic lines which connect to the auxiliary controls of a skid steer loader allowing the barrel pincers to be controlled to grasp and release traffic barrels from the interior of the skid steer loader.
Claims22
A barrel placement device apparatus for repositioning a barrel comprised of:
- an attachment plate adapted to engage a mounting structure positioned on the front surface of a vehicle to selectively attach said barrel placement device to said vehicle;
- a first contoured barrel pressure lever;
- a second contoured barrel pressure lever;
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- at least one actuator which moves at least one of said first contoured barrel pressure lever and said second contoured barrel pressure lever so that said first contoured barrel pressure lever and second contoured barrel pressure lever exert pressure to create a tractional force sufficient to lift said barrel.
A barrel grasping gear plate apparatus comprised of:
- a gear plate having an aperture adapted to receive a bearing around which said gear plate may pivot from zero to 230 degrees;
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- a contoured barrel pressure lever integrally constructed with said gear plate, said contoured barrel pressure lever having a progressive radius and an inner edge which forms a tractional contact with the outside surface of a barrel, said contour barrel pressure lever further having a shape which geometrically conforms to the outside diameter of a barrel so that said inner edge of said contour barrel pressure lever may form said tractional contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.