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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1993
Ira J Campbell, East Bradford, PA (US);
Cletus L Schartner, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
David A Daugherty, Upper Chichester, PA (US);
Walter B Vogel, Brookhaven, PA (US);
Lawrence J Coyle, Wilmington, DE (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention in its broadest form includes a device for inverting a cover with a predetermined weight from a horizontal position to an inverted position, the device comprising a crane for lifting the cover; at least two pivotable brackets each attached to both the cover and the crane and positioned to suspend a substantial amount of the weight of the cover for pivoting the cover; and a cable attached to the cover at one end and to the crane at its other end and positioned to suspend a nominal amount of the weight of the cover for supporting the cover.