Patent ID: 8225537

Claim:
An apparatus for gripping, lifting, rotating and revolving burial containers designed to be interred into the ground when pressed onto the ground and rotated comprising: a first support frame having a first horizontally extending member, a second support frame having an extending member fitted around said first horizontally extending member of said first support frame for rotation of said second support frame around said first horizontally extending member of said first support frame, a first extendible-retractable linear actuator having a first end attached to a fixture mounted on said first support frame and a second end attached to a fixture mounted on said second support frame for controlling the angular relationship between said first support frame and said second support frame, a motor mounted on said second support frame, said motor having an outwardly extending rotary output shaft, a wrenching device shaped to fit the head piece of said burial container on said outwardly extending rotary output shaft of said motor mounted on said second support frame, at least one pivoting frame mounted on said second support frame, at least one extendible-retractable linear actuator coupled between said second support frame and said pivoting frame for controlling the angular relationship between said second support frame and said pivoting frame, a gripping device mounted on said pivoting frame to close around and grip said burial container, at least one third extendible-retractable linear actuator attached between said pivoting frame and said gripping arm for controlling the relationship of said pivoting frame and said gripping arm to where said gripping arm can be raised above the bottom edge of said wrenching device to provide clearance for said wrenching device to operate at or below the surface of the ground during interment of a burial container.