Drum tilting apparatus

Claim 1

AN ATTACHMENT FOR A LIFT TRUCK HAVING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE LIFT MECHANISM, SAID ATTACHMENT ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AN OPEN MOUTH DRUM AND TO ROTATE SAID OPEN MOUTH DRUM WHILE PREVENTING THE EMPTYING OF THE CONTENTS THEREFROM DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID DRUM, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A FRAME MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT TO SAID LIFT MEANS OF SAID TRUCK FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND FOR ROTATABLE MOVEMENT REALTIVE TO SAID TRUCK, SIDE CLAMP MEANS EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND MOVABLE INTO CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDES OF SAID DRUM, SAID SIDE CLAMP MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME MEANS, SUPPORT MEANS ON SAID FRAME MEANS EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE SIDES OF SAID DRUM, A PAIR OF LID MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND EACH MOVABLE BETWEEN A GENERALLY VERTICAL POSITION AND A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, SAID LID MEANS EXTENDING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER WHEN IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION TO COVER THE OPEN MOUTH OF SAID DRUM, MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID SIDE CLAMP MEANS TO ENGAGE THE SIDES OF SAID DRUM TO HOLD SAID DRUM TO SAID FRAME MEANS FOR LIFTING BY SAID LIFT TRUCK, AND MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID LID MEANS TO A CLOSED POSITION TO COVER SAID OPEN MOUTH DRUM AND FOR PIVOTING SAID LID MEANS TO OPEN POSITIONS TO SERVE AS A CHUTE FOR GUIDING THE MATERIAL FROM SAID DRUM.