An apparatus, such as a grapple device, may include a mounting plate that includes a top end and a bottom end. The grapple device may include a first fork coupled near the top end of the mounting plate and a second fork coupled near the bottom end. The first fork may include a first elongated member and a second elongated member and the second fork may include a third elongated member and a fourth elongated member. The first elongated member may be longer than the second elongated member. The grapple device may also include a lifting member coupled to the mounting plate and a lifting ring configured to move along the lifting member. The grapple device may also include a locking plate that includes an aperture. The grapple device may also include a cylinder and a locking pin coupled to the cylinder and configured to engage the aperture.
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GRAPPLING INSTRUMENTS
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM GREIFEN VON INSTRUMENTEN
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉS POUR INSTRUMENT DE PRÉHENSION
2024-12-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66C Krane , CRANES / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / G21C NUCLEAR REACTORS , Kernreaktoren |
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