초록 ▼

A wheeled platform provides a storage space for logs below an elevated track supported on standards rising from the platform. A trolley device movable along the track supports an easily adjustable log gripping and release device which is utilized to place logs in a fireplace or in the fire box of a

A wheeled platform provides a storage space for logs below an elevated track supported on standards rising from the platform. A trolley device movable along the track supports an easily adjustable log gripping and release device which is utilized to place logs in a fireplace or in the fire box of a stove or furnace. The user of the crane need not place the logs by hand, thus avoiding the possibility of being burned.

대표청구항 ▼

A crane for handling fire logs comprising a wheeled support, a substantially horizontal track on said support, a log grapple having relatively movable log engaging grapple jaws and means for releasably locking said jaws in selected relative positions, and a flexible suspension means for said grapple

A crane for handling fire logs comprising a wheeled support, a substantially horizontal track on said support, a log grapple having relatively movable log engaging grapple jaws and means for releasably locking said jaws in selected relative positions, and a flexible suspension means for said grapple on said track and movable freely with the grapple in opposite directions on said track, said log grapple being a manually operated grapple in which said jaws are relatively movable on a linear path, and said means for releasably locking said jaws comprising a spring-biased manually released friction locking device for one jaw and having engagement with the other jaw.