Patent ID: 6176444
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B02C,Y02W

Abstract:
An apparatus for lifting a crushing or hammermill device vertically to enable a user to be able to use mechanical means for raising a heavy bottle crushing or hammer mill to fit on top of a 55-gallon drum receptacle, said apparatus comprising:(a) a wheeled lower frame that has attached four piston rods;(b) expansion lift springs fitted on the outside diameter of each of the four piston rods and attached within four cylindrical housings;(c) said housings attached to an upper frame so that the four cylindrical housings sit on the expansion springs and slide vertically on the four piston rods;(d) an upper frame assembly that includes a bottle crushing or hammermill device;(e) a latching pin assembly with front and rear latch pins; and(f) a latch lever mounted with a fixed pivot so as to enable engagement and disengagement of the latch pins from the piston rods by means of a pull cable.