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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Frederick C. Edman, Mesa, AZ (US);
Gary E. Jones, Mesa, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Frederick C. Edman, Mesa, AZ (US);
Gary E. Jones, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A blade handling apparatus includes a mount frame; a stinger boom carried by the mount frame; and a lift block assembly including a lift block carried by the stinger boom; a pair of rod housings carried by the lift block; a pair of push rods slidably carried by the pair of rod housings, respectively; and a pair of blade lock pins carried by the pair of rod housings, respectively, and engaged by the pair of push rods, respectively.