Hydraulic grapple assembly with side rotation mechanism

A grapple assembly, comprising:

• a coupling portion, including a fixed part structured to be coupled to a link pivot and to a dipper pivot of an arm of an equipment, a movable part, and a swinger mechanism for rotating the movable part about a swinger axis approximately aligned with an imaginary line drawn between the link pivot and the dipper pivot when the grapple assembly is coupled to the arm;
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• a grapple coupled to the movable part of the coupling portion, including a fixed law being approximately aligned with the swinger axis, and a movable law being pivoted to open and close against the fixed jaw.

A grapple assembly, comprising:

• a coupling portion, including a fixed part structured to be coupled to a link pivot and to a dipper pivot of an arm of an equipment, a movable part, and a swinger mechanism for rotating the movable Dart about a swinger axis approximately aligned with an imaginary line drawn between the link pivot and the dipper pivot when the grapple assembly is coupled to the arm;
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• a grapple coupled to the movable part of the coupling portion, including first and second jaws, one of the jaws being pivoted to open and close against the other of the jaws, wherein each of the first and second jaws has an aspect ratio, which is defined by the ratio of its length to its front-to-back depth, being at least approximately 2:1.

A grapple assembly, comprising:

• a coupling portion, including a fixed part structured to be coupled to a link pivot and to a dipper pivot of an arm of an equipment, a movable part, and a swinger mechanism for rotating the movable part about a swinger axis approximately aligned with an imaginary line drawn between the link pivot and the dipper pivot when the grapple assembly is coupled to the arm;
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• a grapple coupled to the movable part of the coupling portion, including first and second jaws, one of the jaws being pivoted to open and close against the other of the jaws, wherein a distal end of each of the first and second jaws includes tines that interlace with the tines of the other law when the jaws are closed together.

A grapple assembly, comprising:

• a coupling portion, including a fixed part structured to be coupled to a link pivot and to a dipper pivot of an arm of an equipment, a movable part, and a swinger mechanism for rotating the movable part about a swinger axis approximately aligned with an imaginary line drawn between the link pivot and the dipper pivot when the grapple assembly is coupled to the arm;
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• a grapple coupled to the movable part of the coupling portion, including first and second jaws, one of the jaws being pivoted to open and close against the other of the jaws, wherein each of the first and second jaws includes a plate extending across the law that inhibits material being held by the grapple from falling out of the grapple.