Clam for wood handling equipment
OwnerRichard W. Kauppilainventor
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Abstract
A wood handling clam having a pair of hollow curved jaws constructed of side walls and inside and outside covers welded thereto. A hollow carrier housing on which the jaws are pivoted at their upper ends has a downwardly extending center portion received into a slot formed into the upper end of each jaw. A tubular pivot pin extends through each upper end of each of the jaws and a pair of carrier housing side plates, as well as the through the down central portion of the carrier housing. Tubular cross shafts in the jaws and housing anchor devises for mounting each end of a power cylinder for each jaw extending into the slot in the upper end of each jaw.
Claims11
A wood handling clam comprising:
- a swivel motor;
- a carrier housing mounted on said swivel motor;
- a pair of opposed curved jaws pivoted at an upper end to said carrier housing;
- a pair of power cylinders, each pivoted at one end to said carrier housing and at another end to a respective clam jaw;
- the improvement comprising each of said jaws being of hollow construction, defined by a pair of side walls and an inside and outside cover affixed to said side walls;
- each of said jaws having a slot extending in from said upper end thereof in which a respective power cylinder extends;
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- each jaw having a pair of partition plates shaped as said side walls and aligned therewith, spaced apart and from said side walls, said partition plates welded to said inside and outside covers and each pair of partition plates having upper ends extending alongside said slot in said jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.