Hydraulic hose mounting for material handling apparatus

Claim 1

MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A SUPPORTING FRAME; A SWING UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FRAME FOR HORIZONTAL SLIDING MOVEMENT; A MATERIAL HANDLING MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID SWING UNIT FOR SIDE TO SIDE SWING MOVEMENT ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS; HYDRAULIC CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FRAME; MEANS DEFINING A CHANNEL ON THE PORTION OF SAID SWING UNIT ADJACENT SAID MATERIAL HANDLING MEMBER WITH ITS OPEN SIDE FACING AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT FRAME AND TOWARD THE MATERIAL HANDLING MEMBER; AND A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLY HYDRAULIC HOSES EACH HAVING ONE END CONNECTED WITH THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL MEANS AND EXTENDING THEREFROM UP AND OVER THE SWING UNIT INTO SAID CHANNEL, SAID HOSES EXTENDING FROM THE CHANNEL INTO CONNECTION WITH THE MATERIAL HANDLING MEMBER FOR CONDUCTING HYDRAULIC MEDIUM BETWEEN THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL MEANS AND THE MATERIAL HANDLING MEMBER; AND MEANS CLAMPING SAID HOSES AGAINST MOVEMENT IN SAID CHANNEL; THE PORTION OF SAID HOSES EXTENDING UP AND OVER THE SWING UNIT FORMING A SLACK PORTION TO ACCOMMODATE SLIDING MOVEMENT OF THE SWING UNIT ON THE SUPPORT FRAME; SAID SWING UNIT INCLUDING A BRACKET SLIDEABLY MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORTING FRAME WITH A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED ARMS, AND A MAST FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS UPPER AND LOWER ENDS WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER BRACKET ARMS; SAID CHANNEL EXTENDING VERTICALLY BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF THE MAST FRAME, A HORIZONTAL LEDGE ON SAID MAST FRAME CLOSING THE LOWER END OF SAID CHANNEL; SAID ONE END OF SAID HOSES BEING CONNECTED WITH SAID HYDRAULIC CONTROL MEANS FOR ROTATION ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS DURING HORIZONTAL SLIDING MOVEMENT OF THE SWING UNIT ON SAID SUPPORTING FRAME, AND SAID HOSES EXTENDING FROM SAID ONE END UP AND OVER THE SWING UNIT INTO THE UPPER END OF SAID CHANNEL AND EXTENDING GENERALLY ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID CHANNEL INTO SAID MATERIAL HANDLING MEMBER.