Mechanical drum dumping device

Claim 1

A FORK LIFT ATTACHMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED APART L-SHAPED BARS, A CROSS BAR SECURED TO ONE END OF SAID L-SHAPED BARS, SAID CROSS BAR BEING OF INVERTED U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION HAVING DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING SIDES AND A HORIZONTAL CONNECTING PORTION, OPENINGS WITHIN SAID CROSS BAR FOR RECEIVING A PAIR OF FORK LIFT ARMS OF A FORK LIFT VEHICLE TO ENABLE SAID FORK LIFT ARMS TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID CROSS BAR AND UNDER ONE SIDE OF EACH OF SAID LIFT ELEMENTS SECURED NEAR THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID L-SHAPED BARS, SAID LIFTS ON EACH OF SAID L-SHAPED BARS DEFINING A GROOVE, SAID CROSS BAR AT ITS CENTER BETWEEN ITS OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL ENDS HAVING A PAIR OF DEPENDING PLATES, EACH ONE OF SAID DEPENDING PLATES, SAID OPENINGS BEING IN ALIGNMENT, A SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, A PAIR OF TRIANGULAR BLOCKS SECURED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID SHAFT, REMOTE CONTROL MEANS FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT THROUGH SAID OPENINGS COMPRISING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING PIN ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SHAFT, AN L-SHAPED BRACKET AFFIXED TO ONE OF SAID SIDES OF SAID CROSS BAR, SAID SIDE BEING OPPOSITE THE SIDE ADJACENT THE SAID L-SHAPED BARS, A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING LEVER PIVOTED AT ITS ONE END TO SAID L-SHAPED BRACKET, SAID LEVER EXTENDING PLATE AND SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING PIN, SAID LEVER BEING CONNECTED TO A CONTROL LEVER AND SAID SHAFT HAVING A COMPRESSION SPRING, ONE END OF SAID SPRING BEING AFFIXED TO SAID SHAFT, THE OTHER END OF SAID SPRING BEARING AGAINST ONE OF SAID DEPENDING PLATES, SAID LEVER PROVIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT IN ONE DIRECTION AND SAID SPRING PROVIDING MOVEMENT FOR RETURN OF SAID SHAFT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.