Patent ID: 6957804
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: B66D,E02F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for moving an elongated blade that has a plurality of apertures, towards a support, that has a plurality of apertures that correspond with the apertures on the blade, said apparatus comprising: (a) a frame; (b) a shaft attached to the frame; (c) at least two flexible hoisting means, each having a free end and a fixed end, the free end and the flexible hoisting means sized to pass through an aperture in the support and through a corresponding aperture in the blade; (d) a drum mounted to the shaft, to which the fixed end of each flexible hoisting means is attached; (e) a drive means for rotating the shaft mounted to the shaft, and (f) a stabilizing means that stabilizes the apparatus when in use on the support.