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US 2015/0021287 A1Published application
Grapple carriage for logging
OwnerGary Lee Jones, Steven Allen Palmerinventors
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Abstract
A grapple carriage for logging having at least two articulated arms, each arm comprising a vertical movement actuator to control vertical movement of the arm, and a horizontal movement actuator to control horizontal movement of the arm.
Claims15
A grapple carriage for attaching to a cable suspended above ground and for picking up one or more logs and moving the one or more logs along the path of the cable, the carriage comprising:
- a body having a coupler for coupling the body to the cable and enabling the carriage to move along the cable;
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- at least two articulated arms extending from the body, each arm having a distal end to which is attached a grapple adapted to pick up, hold and release the one or more logs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.