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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Shaw Industrial Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);
Inventors:
Wes Moore, Rock Spring, GA (US);
Charles H. Russell, Woodstock, GA (US);
Assignee:
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/66 (2006.01); B66C 1/02 (2006.01); B66C 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/66 (2013.01); B66C 1/0256 (2013.01); B66C 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly, method and system for lifting a package defining an internal aperture. The lifting assembly has an elongate handle configured for attachment to a vacuum lift system, and a lifting tool. The lifting tool has a connecting end configured to attach the lifting tool to the distal end of the handle and a lifting end insertable into the aperture of the package. The lifting end can define an internal chamber. A pin or spindle of a package processing apparatus is insertable into the internal chamber so that the lifting tool can place the package on the spindle.