A device being designed for picking up containers and applicable to garbage collecting trucks

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EP 1 584 577 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	12.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/41

(21)	Application number: 05380016.5

(22)	Date of filing: 31.01.2005

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65F 3/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

25.02.2004 ES 200400426 U
05.03.2004 ES 200400535 U

(71)	Applicant: Ros Roca, S.A.
	25300 Tarrega (Lleida) (ES)

(72)	Inventors:
	Laliena, Jalle 25300 Tarrega (Lleida) (ES) Casellas Sole, Domingo 25300 Tarrega (Lleida) (ES) Roca, Enrich 25300 Tarrega (Lleida) (ES) Riba, Romeva, Charles 08009 Barcelona (ES) Domenech Mestres, Carlos 08009 Barcelona (ES)

(74)	Representative: Pastells Teixido, Manuel
	c/o PASTELLS & ARAGONES, S.L., Pau Claris, 138 5o 1a 08009 Barcelona 08009 Barcelona (ES)

(54)	A device being designed for picking up containers and applicable to garbage collecting trucks

(57) The device comprises a cross member (1) having laterally fitted to each of its lateral portions a respective arm (2,3) being provided with container picking up means (13,14) and with gripping means (26,27), complementary fastening means (28) being centrally fitted to the cross member (1). The lateral arms (2,3) are fitted in a sliding arrangement onto the cross member (1), and the central fastening means (28) comprise two subarms (29,30) being apt to adopt an active position being parallel to said arms (2,3) and a passive position being parallel to the cross member (1). The gripping means (26,27) are formed by two halves (37,38) at their mutually opposite edges being each linked in a pin-jointed connection to a respective pin (39,40) being fixed to a support (41) being solid with the corresponding arm (2,3), said halves (37,38) being mutually related with means (42) being actuated by a cylinder (43) in order to thus have said halves (37,38) acting as a gripper.

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