Plastic pipe placer mechanism

Claim 1

IN A PIPE PLACER DEVICE FOR USE WITH A TRENCHING APPARATUS, SAID PIPE PLACER DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED PANELS OF GENERALLY TRIANGULAR FORM, REINFORCING MEANS ABOUT CERTAIN OF THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID PANELS, SPACERS CONNECTING THE REINFORCING MEANS, A SKID DEVICE FOR SAID SPACERS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE WELDED TO THE BOTTOM SIDE EDGES OF SAID PANELS THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH AND DEPENDING THEREBELOW, THE FRONT END OF SAID SKID DEVICE HAVING A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY INCLINED CLOSED END AND THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SKID DEVICE BEING SPACED FORWARDLY FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF THE DEVICE, A GUIDE ROLLER FIXED TO AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE WALLS OF THE PANELS AT THE DISCHARGE END OF THE DEVICE AND SPACED UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID SKID DEVICE, AND UPPER AND LOWER SPACED HORIZONTAL GUIDE PLATES EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE FRONT END OF THE PIPE PLACER DEVICE TO A POINT FORWARD OF SAID ROLLER WITH THE LOWER END OF THE LOWER PLATE TERMINATING FORWARDLY OF THE SAID OPPOSITE END OF THE SKID DEVICE AND SAID UPPER PLATE TERMINATING REARWARDLY OF SAID OPPOSITE END TO DIRECT A PLASTIC PIPE TO A POSITION BENEATH SAID GUIDE ROLLER, SAID SPACED GUIDE PLATES BEING FIXED AT THEIR MARGINAL EDGES TO SAID SIDE PANELS.