An apparatus for lifting, turning, and tilting a container comprising:
- (a) a pedestal assembly including an elongated shaft member, said elongated shaft member being sized for supporting said apparatus in a substantially vertical array;
- (b) a column assembly, said column assembly being elongated and tubular, a wall of the column assembly having an elongated aperture formed therethrough, one end of said column assembly being rotatably carried on said elongated shaft, a container support assembly said elongated aperture providing a clearance for said container support assembly, said container support assembly including a bottom portion of sufficient size to receive and support the weight of any container placed thereon;
- (c) a means carried on said container support assembly for retaining the container in a placed condition on the container support assembly during lifting, turning and tilting of the container;
- (d) a moveable carriage member rotatably carrying said container support assembly;
- said moveable carriage member being positioned within said column assembly, said carriage member having a plurality of guide rollers rotatably secured thereto;
- (e) at least two U-shaped guide channel members, each U-shaped guide channel member being of a predetermined length, each U-shaped guide channel member being attached to opposing walls of the column assembly, said U-shaped guide channel members providing guideways for each of the guide rollers of said carriage member;
- (f) a selectively actuated lifting and lowering means for lifting and lowering said carriage member and said container support assembly, said lifting and lowering means being fully enclosed within said column assembly,
- (g) a selectively actuated turning means for first turning and then holding said column assembly with respect to the shaft of the pedestal assembly, said turning means being fully enclosed within said column assembly;
- (h) a selectively actuated tilting means for tilting said container support assembly with respect to said carriage member;
- said tilting means being carried interior of said column by said carriage member;
- (i) a means for connecting said apparatus to a source of power, said power being supplied to the tilting means by at least one flexible conductor, said flexible conductor allowing full lifting of said tilting means with said carriage member;
- (j) a first controlling means for independently controlling said lifting and lowering means;
- (k) a second controlling means for independently controlling said turning means;
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- (l) a third controlling means for independently controlling said tilting means.