MY124822A - Drum handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

A DRUM HANDLING DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT TO, OR FORMING, THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT APPARATUS COMPRISES AN ELONGATE, GENERALLY PLANAR, BIFURCATE FRAME (1) COMPRISING TWO GENERALLY PARALLEL SIDE MEMBERS (3) CONNECTED BY A CROSS MEMBER (4) AT OR TOWARDS A FRONT END OF THE FRAME, AND A DRUM SUPPORTING MEMBER (2) COMPRISING A GENERALLY PLANAR MEMBER (9) EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE FRAME (1) AND HAVING A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF THE FRAME (1), AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SPACED, ELONGATE, LOWER DRUM SUPPORT ARMS (13A) AND AT LEAST ONE UPPER DRUM SUPPORT ARM (13B) ASSOCIATED WITH THE OR EACH PAIR OF LOWER DRUM SUPPROT ARMS (13A), THE SUPPORT ARMS (13) EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY FROM A FRONT SURFACE OF THE PLANAR MEMBER (9), SUCH THAT A HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED DRUM CAN BE INTRODUCED BETWEEN THE SUPPORT ARMS (13) TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE LOWER SUPPORT ARMS (13A), THE DRUM SUPPORTING MEMBER (2) BEING PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE FRAME (1)FOR FREE ROTATION BETWEEN A DRUM SUPPORTING POSITION IN WHICH THE SUPPORT ARMS (13) EXTEND PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE FRAME (1) AND A POSITION IN WHICH THEY HANG AT AN ANGLE TO THAT PLANE, AND LOCKING MEANS (8, 12) FOR LOCKING THE DRUM SUPPORTING MEMBER (2) IN THE DRUM SUPPORTING POSITION.(FIG. 1)