Patent ID: 6032998
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A power assisted roll handling attachment for a lifting apparatus including:(a) a support frame including an attaching means, a gearmotor assembly, and a guiding means;(b) a roll support assembly including a support beam, a roll core mandrel assembly, and a rack member, said support beam having a selected cross section including a flanged portion and a web portion, said flanged portion further including a first end, a second end and a radial portion, said radial portion connecting said first end with said second end and forming an L-shape, said roll core mandrel assembly being located near one of said ends and being further arrayed for selectively gripping an inside diameter of a roll of material, said rack member being supported and carried by said web portion, said rack member having a pitch line that is aligned in a spaced parallel relationship with the first end, said second end, and said radial portion, a curved portion of said pitch line sharing a common center with said radial portion of said flanged portion; andwherein said flanged portion of said roll support assembly being movably carried by said guiding means and said roll support assembly being selectively movable with respect to said support frame by engagement of a drive member of said gearmotor assembly with driven members along the pitch line of said rack member, and selective operation of said gear motor assembly displaces a center axis of said roll of material from a first angular position to a second angular position.