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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elmer T Thurmond, Jr, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Equipment Company of America, Hialeah, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 90 ; 294104 ;
Abstract
A drum lifter which provides no-tilt, self-energizing lifting of both closed head type or open-head with completely removable top head type drums. Two arms are pivotally connected at a unique location, and each arm has specially designed gripping surfaces for engaging the drum during a lifting operation.