Device for handling logs and the like

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING LOGS AND THE LIKE OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A CARRIAGE AND A LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, THE IMPROVEMENT IN SAID MACHINE COMPRISING A RETAINER HAVING AN INNER END PIVOTALLY JOINED TO SAID CARRIAGE ABOVE SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND PIVOTABLE BETWEEN A LOWERED POSITION AND A RAISED POSITION, WHEN IN SAID LOWERED POSITION SAID RETAINER ESTABLISHING WITH SAID CARRIAGE AND SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AN ENCLOSURE, JACK MEANS ATTACHED ADJACENT ONE END TO SAID CARRIAGE AND ATTACHED ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END TO SAID RETAINER FOR MOVING SAID RETAINER BETWEEN SAID LOWERED AND RAISED POSITIONS, WHEN IN SAID RAISED POSITION SAID RETAINER ESTABLISHING AN OPENING BETWEEN THE LOWERED END THEREOF AND SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE TO PERMIT THE LOAD TO BE MOVED FROM AND TO SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, AT LEAST ONE RIGID ARM PIVOTALLY JOINED TO SAID RETAINER AND PIVOTABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION, AN ADDITIONAL JACK MEANS ATTACHED ADJACENT ONE END TO SAID RETAINER AND ATTACHED ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END TO SAID ARM FOR MOVING SAID ARM BETWEEN SAID FIRST POSITION AND SAID SECOND POSITION, WHEN SAID RETAINER IS IN SAID LOWERED POSITION AND WHEN SAID ARM IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION SAID ARM EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ABOVE SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP THERETO TO ESTABLISH A LIMITED SPACE FOR RECEIVING A QUANTITY OF LOGS AND THE LIKE, WHEN SAID RETAINER IS IN SAID LOWERED POSITION AND WHEN SAID ARM IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION SAID ARM EXTENDING UPWARDLY AT AN ANGLE ACROSS A CORNER OF SAID ENCLOSURE TO ESTABLISH A GREATER SPACE FOR RECEIVING A GREATER QUANTITY OF LOGS AND THE LIKE.