1. A rod holding apparatus comprising:
an elongated rod holding tube having a side and two end portions, one end portion being adapted to removably hold a rod therein, said elongated rod holding tube having a hand guard fixedly attached to the side thereof;
an elongated stake having a head on one end and being generally pointed on the other end thereof;
an elongated stake guide fixedly attached in and extending from said rod holding tube other end portion for slidably supporting said stake therein, said stake guide having a stake head stop on one end thereof to thereby block said stake from sliding from said elongated rod holding tube; and
a hammering member fixedly attached in said elongated rod holding tube between the ends thereof and slidable with said elongated rod holding tube to impact onto said stake head when sliding said elongated rod holding tube on said stake said hammering member including a metal rod extending through said elongated rod holding tube and having cushioning attached therearound;
whereby an elongated rod holding tube has a slide hammer for driving an elongated stake into the earth.
2. The rod holding apparatus in accordance with claim 1 including a weight member attached in said elongated rod holding tube adjacent said hammering member.
3. The rod holding apparatus in accordance with claim 2 including a stake locking bolt threadedly attached into said elongated rod holding tube and into said stake guide for locking said elongated stake to said elongated rod holding tube and to said stake guide.
4. The rod holding apparatus in accordance with claim 3 said hammering member includes a rod locking bolt threadedly attached through said elongated rod holding tube.
5. The rod holding apparatus in accordance with claim 4 including a carrying strap removably attached between said rod locking bolt and said stake locking bolt.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A container openingclosing device for opening and closing a lid of a container, the container comprising a container body and the lid, the container body including an opening through which a workpiece is loaded and unloaded, the lid being detachably attached to the opening and closing the opening, said device comprising:
an openingclosing mechanism which includes a holding portion for holding said lid, said openingclosing mechanism opening and closing the opening by moving said holding portion between a closing position at which said lid closes the opening, and an open position at which said lid is separated from the opening;
a pressing mechanism which presses a peripheral edge of said holding portion toward said container body when said openingclosing mechanism moves said lid from the open position to the closing position;
a wall member extending in a vertical direction and including a hole which opens in a horizontal direction and through which said lid can pass; and
a lock mechanism which is provided in said holding portion and switches engagement and disengagement between said lid and said container body,
wherein said holding portion includes a holding surface opposing said lid, and
said pressing mechanism comprises:
a projecting portion which moves in a direction parallel to a surface direction of said holding surface, and projects from said holding portion;
a driving mechanism which is operated by said lock mechanism and moves said projecting portion; and
a guide portion which is provided on said wall member, and, when said projecting portion abuts against said guide portion, gives said projecting portion a counterforce for moving said holding portion toward said container body.
2. The container openingclosing device according to claim 1, wherein
said projecting portion comprises:
a pressing bar extending in a direction parallel to a surface direction of said holding surface; and
a cam follower which is provided at one end of said pressing bar and abuts against said guide portion,
said driving mechanism comprises a cam mechanism which is provided at the other end of said pressing bar and actuated by said lock mechanism, and
said guide portion comprises a guide member provided on said wall member and including a cam surface which guides said cam follower such that said holding portion moves toward said container.
3. The container openingclosing device according to claim 2, wherein said cam mechanism comprises:
a plate cam to be actuated by said lock mechanism; and
a cam follower which is provided at the other end of said pressing bar and abuts against said plate cam.