Slag pot carrier

A carrier for a pot having a pair of opposite side trunnions and an end projection comprising, in combination, a wheeled open-ended frame sized to surround three sides of said pot while the latter rests on the ground, a three-sided cradle pivoted at its open ends on the open ends of said frame, said cradle having a first position resting on and in horizontal contact with said frame wherein said frame can be maneuvered about said pot with the cradle embracing the pot and underlying said trunnions, a pair of lifting levers pivoted on said frame adjacent said cradle pivots, a pair of links one being pivoted between each lever and near each open end of said cradle, the pivot points of said links being located so that angular movement of said levers produces angular movement of greater magnitude of said cradle, and a pair of linear actuators mounted on said frame and connected to said levers for swinging said levers and thus tilting said cradle about its pivots from said first position through a second position, wherein the pot is raised from the ground but held substantially level, to a third position wherein the pot is tipped by abutting an abutment on the cradle and is at least partially inverted to a dumping position and in all three positions the cradle surrounds the pot and whereby the first, second and third positions lie consecutively along the arc produced by the swinging cradle.