Mobile apparatus for cutting discarded automobile bodies into pieces of scrap steel

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING DISCARDED AUTOMOBILE BODIES INTO PIECES OF SCRAP STEEL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A WHEELED MOBILE UNIT HAVING A FORWARDLY PROJECTING SHELF, AN UPRIGHT MAST MOUNTED UPON THE SHELF FOR TURNING MOVEMENT ABOUT ITS VERTICAL AXIS, A SLEEVE MOUNTED ON THE MAST FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND FOR PARTICIPATION IN ITS TURNING MOVEMENT, AN ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS REAR END TO THE SLEEVE FOR SUPPORT, PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM THE SLEEVE AND MOVABLE ABOUT ITS PIVOT IN A VERTICAL PLANE, AN EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE LINKAGE MEMBER FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ARM AND HAVING ITS REAR END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SLEEVE AND ITS FRONT END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE ARM, A BRACKET PIVOTALLY PENDENT FROM THE FRONT END OF THE ARM, A CUTTER CARRIED BY THE BRACKET AND CONSISTING OF PIVOTALLY CONNECTED COMPANION SHEAR PARTS OPERATIVE BY THEIR RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS TO CARRY OUT THE CUTTING OPERATION, A SERIES OF POWER OPERATED MOVABLE ELEMENTS SEVERALLY FOR EFFECTING THE TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE MAST IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE SLEEVE IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE MOVEMENTS OF THE LINKAGE MEMBER WITH RESULTANT VERTICAL MOVEMENT IN EITHER DIRECTION OF THE ARM, THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN EITHER DIRECTION OF THE BRACKET FROM AND TO A POSITION IN WHICH IT IS NORMAL TO THE ARM, AND THE RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS OF THE SHEAR PARTS, A SERIES OF CONTROLLING ELEMENTS CARRIED BY THE MOBILE UNIT AND OPERABLE SELECTIVELY BY THE DRIVER OF THE MOBILE UNIT, AND MEANS SEVERALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE PARTICULAR OPERATINS OF THE CONTROLLING ELEMENTS FOR SEVERALLY EFFECTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE POWER OPERATED ELEMENTS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING DISCARDED AUTOMOBILE BODIES INTO PIECES OF SCRAP STEEL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A WHEELED MOBILE UNIT HAVING A FORWARDLY PROJECTING SHELF, AN UPRIGHT MAST MOUNTED UPON THE SHELF FOR TURNING MOVEMENT ABOUT ITS VERTICAL AXIS, A SLEEVE MOUNTED ON THE MAST FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND FOR PARTICIPATION IN ITS TURNING MOVEMENT, AN ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS REAR END TO THE SLEEVE FOR SUPPORT, PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM THE SLEEVE AND MOVABLE ABOUT ITS PIVOT IN A VERTICAL PLANE, AN EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE LINKAGE MEMBER FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ARM AND HAVING ITS REAR END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SLEEVE AND ITS FRONT END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE ARM, A BRACKET PIVOTALLY PENDENT FROM THE FRONT END OF THE ARM, A CUTTER CARRIED BY THE BRACKET AND CONSISTING OF PIVOTALLY CONNECTED COMPANION SHEAR PARTS OPERATIVE BY THEIR RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS TO CARRY OUT THE CUTTING OPERATION, A SERIES OF POWER OPERATED MOVABLE ELEMENTS SEVERALLY FOR EFFECTING THE TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE MAST IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE SLEEVE IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE MOVEMENTS OF THE LINKAGE MEMBER WITH RESULTANT VERTICAL MOVEMENT IN EITHER DIRECTION OF THE ARM, THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN EITHER DIRECTION OF THE BRACKET FROM AND TO A POSITION IN WHICH IT IS NORMAL TO THE ARM, AND THE RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS OF THE SHEAR PARTS, A SERIES OF CONTROLLING ELEMENTS CARRIED BY THE MOBILE UNIT AND OPERABLE SELECTIVELY BY THE DRIVER OF THE MOBILE UNIT, AND MEANS SEVERALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE PARTICULAR OPERATINS OF THE CONTROLLING ELEMENTS FOR SEVERALLY EFFECTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE POWER OPERATED ELEMENTS.