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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Anand Pal Singh, Akron, OH (US);
Sivaram Addanki Krishnayya, Hudson, OH (US);
William Forte Franchim, Stow, OH (US);
Anand Pal Singh, Akron, OH (US);
Sivaram Addanki Krishnayya, Hudson, OH (US);
William Forte Franchim, Stow, OH (US);
McNeil & NRM, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A loader basket for gripping, transporting, and releasing tires, including a fixed ring, a rotating ring operatively interrelated with the fixed ring, a plurality of shoe arms pivotally attached to the fixed ring, shoe assemblies pivotally mounted on each of the shoe arms, alignment links pivotally mounted on the fixed ring and pivotally attached to each of the shoe assemblies, shoe arm actuating rods pivotally attached to each of the shoe arms and the rotating ring for pivoting the shoe arms about the fixed rings while maintaining the shoe assemblies in concentric relation during movement between collapsed and expanded positions, and an actuator for selectively moving the rotating ring relative to the fixed ring.