Patent ID: 9290367
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B66F,F16B,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A tissue roll-handling clamp mountable on a vehicle, said clamp having opposed tissue-engagement clamping surfaces capable of selectively clamping outwardly curved surfaces of a tissue roll, said clamp including a frame assembly for movably supporting respective proximal ends of a pair of selectively openable and closable elongate opposing clamp arms having respective distal ends to which respective ones of said clamping surfaces are connected, said clamp arms being supported by said frame assembly at said respective proximal ends of said clamp arms and connected with said frame assembly by respective opposed hydraulic cylinders so as to enable relative movement of said clamp arms with respect to each other by said hydraulic cylinders, said clamp arms being capable of movement in unison by said frame assembly to alternative positions where said clamp arms extend longitudinally from said frame assembly selectively in either substantially horizontal or substantially downwardly vertical directions of extension, respectively, said frame assembly being capable of maintaining said respective clamping surfaces at substantially equal elevations continuously throughout said movement of said clamp arms from one of said directions of extension to the other, said frame assembly being incapable of causing said respective clamping surfaces to be at substantially unequal elevations.