An article handling apparatus including a holder into which an article can be lowered and from which it can be lifted and which can rotate the article about a substantially horizontal axis, the article including a projection on at least one side of the article, the holder including a member rotatable about the axis and having a radially outwardly open channel for receiving the projection when the article is lowered into position, in the channel in response to a predetermined rotary movement of the member and the article away from the loading and unloading position such that the article is securely held during rotation. The preferred use is for holding baskets of impregnated castings in an enclosure for draining, cold water washing or hot water curing.
A clamp assembly that is mounted to a carriage assembly of a lifting apparatus. The carriage assembly is adapted for linear and rotational movement with respect to a column of the lifting apparatus. The carriage assembly includes a pair of lifting forks that are spaced for mating with a pair of apertures formed in a support frame assembly of an article to be lifted. The clamp assembly includes an L-shaped locking arm that is arrayed for both angular movement and a biased linear movement with respect to the carriage assembly. The angular movement being selectively moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position by a manual or powered actuator. The engaged position retains the support frame assembly on the carriage assembly when and while the lifting forks are mated with the pair of apertures. The disengaged position allowing removal of the support frame from the forks.
A container mixer comprising a loadbearing device, a mixer arm (5) and a docking unit (6) for holding a container (7). The mixer arm (5) is mounted on the rotatable part of a first rotary device (10) having a horizontal first axis of rotation (14), whose fixed part is held on a loadbearing device, and the docking unit (6) is mounted on the rotatable part of a second rotary device (11) having a second axis of rotation (15), whose fixed part is held on the mixer arm (5). The fixed part of the first rotary device (10) can also be mounted on a lifting carriage (4) which is vertically displaceably mounted on the loadbearing device. The axes of rotation of the first and second rotary device (10, 11) can be arranged in such a way that their axes of rotation (14, 15) intersect within the container (7).
