Patent ID: 7032289

Claim:
A handler for flexible bars, comprising: a mobile carriage; a lift boom assembly rotatably attached to rotate around a vertical axis of the carriage to swing a distal end of the boom assembly back and forth and pivotally attached to pivot around a horizontal axis of the carriage to raise and lower the distal end of the boom assembly to fit one flexible bar at time; and a lift bracket comprising an elongated rail with receptor-shaped cross section to handle said flexible bar and defined by a transverse direction across the rail width, the receptor shaped cross section extending the length of the rail to lengthwise accommodate a bar, the lift bracket being attached at a point on its length at the distal end of the longitudinal boom assembly opposed to a counter weight attached at an opposite proximal end of the boom assembly, wherein the lift bracket is pivotally attached to a horizontal pin at the point to permit the lift bracket to tilt to one side or the other so as to raise and lower respective ends of the lift bracket.