Patent ID: 6994012
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A liner hydraulic drive unit, comprising: a transverse frame member having a downwardly directed recess; a hydraulic cylinder having a sidewall forming a piston chamber, a closed end, a rod end, a piston head within the piston chamber, a piston rod connected to the piston head and extending axially of the hydraulic cylinder out through the rod end of the hydraulic cylinder, and an end member at the closed end of the hydraulic cylinder having a radial wall portion and a tubular nipple portion extending axially outwardly from the radial wall portion, said radial wall portion including an outer surface extending radially outwardly from the nipple; a removable clamp member connectable to the frame member, said clamp member including a recess for receiving a portion of said tubular nipple; said tubular nipple being received in the recess in the frame member with the radial outer surface of the radial wall portion of the end member being contiguous a surface of the frame member bordering the recess in the frame member; said recess in said removable clamp member receiving a portion of said tubular nipple that is not within the recess in the frame member; said clamp member having a radial side surface that is contiguous the outer surface of the radial wall portion of said end member; and bolts removably connecting the clamp member to the frame member, with the tubular nipple portion of the end member being received in and clamped by and between the recess in the frame member and the recess in the clamp member.