Patent ID: 6556796
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
Apparatus for facilitating the loading and unloading of a hollow cylindrical drum on a drum axle, said drum axle having a free end extending outwardly in a cantilever manner from a support frame and having a longitudinally-extending axis, said apparatus comprising:a plurality of slide mechanisms, each of said slide mechanisms comprising a pair of elongated slide members extending parallel to each other and being slidably connected to enable said slide members to move in parallel directions; and at least one bracket member operating to (i) rigidly interconnect one of said slide members of each of said pairs to said drum axle, (ii) establish a parallel relationship between each of said slide mechanisms and said axle axis; (iii) equally space said slide mechanisms about said axis; and (iv) support the other of said slide members in a position to support said drum from the inside.