Material handling assembly for machines and thumb assembly thereof
AssigneeRockland, Inc.
InventorsAshley Heiple, Don Keller, Peter Lalos
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Abstract
A material handling assembly mountable on the handle of a machine generally having a bucket pivotally connectable to the handle and a device for pivoting the bucket about the pivotal connection of the bucket to the handle, an arm member pivotally connectable to the handle and cooperable with the bucket when mounted on the handle for clamping material therebetween, a bracket mountable on the handle having a guideway therein, a strut having a first section pivotally connected to the arm member and a second section received within and displaceable along the guideway, and a device for detachably securing the second section of the strut to the bracket at selected points along the length of the guideway.
Claims22
A material handling assembly mountable on the handle of a machine comprising:
- a bucket pivotally connectable to said handle and means for pivoting said bucket about the pivotal connection of said bucket to said handle;
- an arm member pivotally connectable to said handle and cooperable with said bucket when mounted on said handle for clamping material therebetween;
- a bracket mounted on said handle having a guideway therein;
- a strut having a first section pivotally connected to said arm member and a second section received within and displaceable along said guideway;
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- means for detachably securing said second section of said strut to said bracket at selected points along the length of said guideway.
An assembly mountable on a maneuverable handle of a machine to perform various work functions comprising:
- an arm member pivotally connectable to said handle;
- a bracket mountable on said handle, having a guideway therein;
- a strut having a first section pivotally connected to said arm member and a second section received within and displaceable along said guideway;
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- means for a detachably securing said second section of said strut to said bracket at selected points along the length of said guideway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.