Patent ID: 11945647
Assignee: THE HEIL CO.
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A grabber assembly comprising:
a beam;
a first grabber arm;
a second grabber arm;
a bracket assembly operatively coupling the first and second grabber arms to the beam, the bracket assembly comprising:
a first bracket attached to and extending from the beam;
a second bracket aligned with the first bracket;
a first shaft and a second shaft, each of the first and second shafts having opposing first and second end portions and being rotatably mounted to the first bracket at the first end portions and to the second bracket at the second end portions, the first shaft defining a longitudinal axis, and wherein the first shaft is offset from the second shaft in a horizontal direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis;
a first arm pad mounting bracket and a second arm pad mounting bracket supported on and rotatable with the first and second shafts, respectively, and comprising a mounting pad coupled to the first and second grabber arms, respectively;
a first gear section and a second gear section supported on and rotatable with the first and second shafts, respectively;
a driver mount connected to the first shaft and axially positioned between the first bracket and the first gear section along the longitudinal axis;

a pair of first thrust bearings secured to the first bracket and residing at the first end portions of the first and second shafts, respectively;
a pair of second thrust bearings secured to the second bracket and residing at the second end portions of the first and second shafts, respectively; and
an actuating driver connected to the first shaft through the driver mount, the actuating driver configured to, upon actuation, selectively move in alternative retracted and extended states, thereby rotating the first shaft with the first gear section,
wherein the first gear section is configured to drive the second gear section with the second shaft as the first shaft rotates, and
wherein at least a portion of the driver mount resides in a space horizontally between the first shaft and the second shaft during at least one of the alternative retracted and extended states of the actuating driver.