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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:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred P Smith, Alpine, UT (US);
William R Johnson, American Fork, UT (US);
Assignee:
The Heil Company, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414786 ; 414408 ; 414555 ;
Abstract
A container handling apparatus having a mounting platform a lifting arm extending from the mounting platform and terminating in a gripper mechanism, mounted on top of a body of a refuse collection vehicle and configured to include three four-bar linkages which interact to produce a reach cycle and a hoist cycle.