Patent ID: 6860396

Claim:
A path loader for a timber handling device, which loader includes a base equipped with a turning device, for attaching the loader to a carrier machine, a main boom pivoted on the base, a hinged boom pivoted on the main boom, an arm directly or indirectly attached to the hinged boom, to operate the hinged boom, a maneuvering cylinder attached at its first end to the main boom and at its second end to said arm by a first pivot, a lifting cylinder pivoted at its first end to the base and at its second end to said arm by a third pivot and thus indirectly pivoted to the main boom to operate said main boom so that a desired path of the hinged boom is achieved by operating only the maneuvering cylinder, characterized in that the main boom is telescopic, comprising a frame pivoted to the base and a telescopic component arranged to move linearly in relation to it, the maneuvering cylinder is arranged to operate the telescopic component in relation to the frame of the main boom, the telescopic component is pivoted to the arm by said first pivot, the loader includes a link rod pivoted at one end to the frame of the main boom and at the other end to a second pivot of said arm, which is at a distance from said first pivot and at a distance from said third pivot.