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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:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
May. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A Bauer, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Savage Bros. Co., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; B65G / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99337 ; 99348 ; 99407 ; 99409 ; 99427 ; 99492 ; 366 47 ; 366185 ; 414408 ; 414420 ;
Abstract
A lift truck having horizontal arms straddling the kettle it is to lift, carry, and tilt. On the outer end of each arm is a tilting unit, one being a drive unit, and on the other an idler unit. These units grip the handles of the kettle. They are symmetrical, but otherwise identical. Each includes a swinging pendant latch, which yields on engaging the kettle handle, and then swings back into latching position. The units and the arms have interengaging elements preventing sliding of the kettle when it is in tilted position. A magnetic switch is included for shutting off the tilting driving motor when the movable parts are not in safe position.