Carousel rod loader.

摘要

A fully self-contained drill rod loader is disclosed. The loader stores drill rod in a carousel (24). A first member (38), includes an arm (40) that is rotatable between a vertical position (as shown) and a horizontal position in which the arm lies alongside a slot (32) in the carousel (24) and can receive a rod from the carousel. The rod is grasped by a clamp (42) on the and the arm is rotated to its vertical position where it hands the rod onto a clamp (62) secured on a second arm (58) which is rotatable about a vertical axis (68) to position the rod on the drill (12). By reversing the movement, drill rods can be taken from the drill (12) and returned to the carousel (24).