Lifter Apparatus for Industrial and Agricultural Spools
AssigneePeter E. Dyck
InventorPeter E. Dyck
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Abstract
An apparatus is mountable on a truck or trailer bed for lifting industrial or agricultural spools for transport. The apparatus includes a pair of vertically pivotable lifting members, each one of the pair of lifting members having a distal end. A pair of lifting pins are mounted to a distal end of a corresponding lifting member. A drive system is operably connected to the pair of vertically pivotable lifting members whereby the pair of lifting pins engage a hole of a spool and the spool is lifted with the vertically pivotable lifting members by a drive system.
Claims14
An apparatus mountable on a truck or trailer bed for lifting industrial or agricultural spools for transport, the apparatus comprising:
- a pair of vertically pivotable lifting members, each one of the pair of lifting members having a distal end;
- a pair of lifting pins, each one of the pair of lifting pins being mounted to a distal end of a corresponding lifting member;
- and
- a drive system operably connected to the pair of vertically pivotable lifting members,
- whereby the pair of lifting pins engage a hole of a spool and the spool is lifted with the vertically pivotable lifting members by the drive system.
The apparatus of claim one further comprising one or more stabilizer members connected to the apparatus.
A method for lifting an industrial or agricultural spool for transport, the spool having a center hole with openings on opposite ends of the center hole, the method comprising:
- providing an apparatus mountable on a truck or trailer bed;
- the apparatus further comprising:
- a pair of vertically pivotable lifting members, each one of the pair of lifting members having a distal end,
- a pair of lifting pins, each one of the pair of lifting pins being mounted to a distal end of a corresponding lifting member, and
- at least one drive system operably connected to the pair of vertically pivotable lifting members,
- positioning the apparatus near a spool such that the pair of lifting pins are disposed near the openings at the opposite ends of the spool center hole;
- inserting the lifting pins into the openings of the center hole of the spool;
- and
- lifting the spool with the vertically pivotable lifting members, whereby the pair of lifting pins engage the hole of the spool and the spool is lifted with the vertically pivotable lifting members by one of the at least one drive systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.