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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407038 | Lifting framework for an industrial truck A lifting framework for an industrial truck has an extendible mast guided on a guide mast by rollers. Means are provided for bracing the extendible mast with the guide mast so as to prevent the extendible mast from inclining in the lateral direction of the lifting f... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398859 | Mast construction for a lift truck A mast includes a base section, an outer telescopic section and an inner telescopic section which are raised and lowered by a pair of main lift cylinders. A fork carriage is slidably mounted to the inner telescopic section and is raised and lowered thereon by a pair... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7334658 | Steering system with joystick mounted controls A steering system is provided for a work machine. The steering system may include at least one hand-operated work implement control device and a steering mechanism configured to control a direction of travel of the work machine. The system may also include a first s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322786 | Mobile loader for transfer of containers between delivery vehicles and marine terminal cranes A mobile loader is driven to a dockside location underlying the spreader bar of a marine terminal crane. A delivery vehicle such as a train or a truck is driven into the loader at such dockside location so that containers maybe transferred between the delivery vehic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7290777 | Cart for loading, transporting and storing an imaging media cartridge A transportable device, such as a cart, for transporting and elevating an imaging media cartridge into a press printer may include a base platform, first and second elevation members disposed thereon, a panel disposed between the first and second elevation members, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7255202 | Truck mounted forklift with double-acting freelift mast A forklift truck for mounting on the rear of a carrying vehicle comprises a u-shaped chassis having a crossbar and a pair of side bars mounted at the ends of the crossbar and projecting forwardly therefrom. A wheel is located adjacent the free end of each of the sid... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7205730 | Article transport vehicle The invention provides an article transport vehicle that includes: a vehicle body; a first wheel that supports the vehicle body; a second wheel that is disposed spaced apart from the first wheel in a fore-and-aft direction, and that supports the vehicle body; a firs... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7096999 | Mast construction for a lift truck A mast includes a base section, an outer telescopic section and an inner telescopic section which are raised and lowered by a pair of main lift cylinders. A fork carriage is slidably mounted to the inner telescopic section and is raised and lowered thereon by a pair... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7021595 | Slide rail A slide rail has a pair of inside rails in which V-grooves having a V shape in cross section are formed in a lengthwise direction in outside faces of the pair of inside rails which have inside faces provided so as to face each other. V-grooves are formed in inside f... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6971696 | Hay bale spike assembly A lift truck assembly for impaling, lifting, and transporting large bales of hay. The assembly has a frame that is adapted for attachment to a standardized Industrial Truck Association (ITA) carriage. The assembly frame has several forwardly projecting spikes for im... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6877945 | Forklift A forklift has a travelling carriage, a straddle arm disposed on the travelling carriage, a mast disposed on the straddle arm to be reciprocally movable in a horizontal direction, a fork disposed on the mast to be movable up and down, and a cover disposed on the tra... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6851915 | Load handling device for an industrial truck The subject of the invention is a load handling device for an industrial truck having a lift frame, a lift carriage which can be displaced along the lift frame, and a reach carriage guided so as to move on the lift carriage. A load pick-up device is arranged on the ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6805527 | Fork lift truck A fork lift truck is provided with a lifting frame, a rear weight and a driver's cab. The driver's cab forms a load-bearing component of the fork lift truck, whereby there are two bearings for the lifting frame at some vertical distance from each other, by which the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6767175 | Forklift A forklift having a pallet lock device. On an upper face of a top end of a lock bar to lock a pallet, a tapered portion is disposed. When a fork is inserted into the pallet, the tapered portion comes into contact with an end face of the pallet and the lock bar rotat... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6675937 | Fork-lift truck A fork-lift truck for selectively displacing a load forward or sideways, comprising a horizontal, substantially U-shaped frame, a lifting mechanism for carrying the load, wherein legs of the frame extend along the lifting mechanism, and wheels on the legs... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6547041 | Lifting device for a counterweight lift truck The present invention relates to a device at counterweight lift trucks (1) for giving the operator a substantially free field of view in the driving direction (F). A lifting device (11) comprises a vertically movable frame (13) which is mounted on a fixed... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543566 | Tractor-mounted forklift A tractor-mounted forklift comprising a first frame having its rearward end secured to the underside of the tractor and having its forward end secured to the forward end of the tractor about a longitudinally extending pivot axis. A second frame is pivotal... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6398480 | Fork lift truck The invention relates to a fork-lift truck including a vehicle body which has rear wheels and a lift frame for load-carrying means, and including a wheel bearing means. For an increase in stability in standing of the fork-lift truck, a shifting or pivotin... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6152676 | Multi-function lever for an industrial truck A multi-function lever for an industrial truck has a lever that can be pivoted around at least a first axis and at least one control element located on the lever. By pivoting the lever around the first axis and by actuating the control element, it is poss... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6099234 | Tractor-mounted forklift A tractor-mounted forklift comprising a first frame having its rearward end secured to the underside of the tractor and having its forward end secured to the forward end of the tractor about a longitudinally extending pivot axis. A second frame is pivotal... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092976 | Delayed-action empty-seat safety interlock for forklift controls A tilt control valve controls the flow of hydraulic oil to actuate the tilt cylinders of a forklift mast. The tilt control valve is switched between two positions by the forklift operator by means of a tilt lever. When at one position, the tilt control va... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6027303 | Non-counterweighted lift truck and method of operation A lift truck, especially for lifting boats, includes a self-propelled main frame having a pair of parallel rails extending in a fore-and-aft direction. The main frame is supported by front drive wheels and rear castor wheels. A mast is movable forwardly a... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5890563 | Lift truck mast hose reeving system with chain guideway Hydraulic hose lines between an inner rail and an adjacent outer rail of a lift truck mast are reeved within a hollow chain guideway. Opposite ends of the chain are fixed to vertical channels; one channel is mounted to the outer rail and the other, to a c... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5879124 | Vehicle with retractible rear wheel assembly A collapsible forklift vehicle has three frame sets, namely a main frame, a pair of front wheel frames which can be retracted into the main frame, and a mast frame which runs partly on the main frame and partly on the front wheel frames. The main frame de... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5816768 | Reach type forklift truck with a mast assembly of reduced jerking motion A reach type forklift truck is provided with a vehicle body and a reach leg extending forwards from the vehicle body. The reach leg has a guide rail fixedly attached thereto and provided with a vertical wall, a top flange and a bottom flange cooperating t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5788016 | Lifting frame for an industrial truck A lifting carriage for use on an industrial truck is connected to a lifting frame which moves vertically along a lift mast. The lifting carriage includes a rotatable guide roller arrangement for adjusting the position of the lifting carriage. The guide ro... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788452 | Forklift vehicle A forklift vehicle having front wheels mounted on retractible horizontally extending legs which are normally locked in position, by cylinder operated locking pins, to slide plates on the rear frame of the vehicle. To collapse the vehicle, the fork carriag... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5685555 | Lift truck with inertial damper A lift truck 100 has an inertial damper 150 coupled between the base frame 116 and a A-frame holding a suspended wheel. The damper has a slider plate 170 frictionally engaged by friction pads 161, 169 on outer plate 160 and friction pads 181, 189 on the o... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5674043 | Retractable wheelchair lift mechanism for storage compartment of a commercial vehicle A wheel chair lift mechanism which can be installed in a storage compartment of a commercial vehicle to assist mobility-impaired persons in their ingress and egress to and from such vehicles is made up of a retractable control mechanism between fixed and ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5505576 | Side loader for curbside refuse container A side loader for picking up curbside refuse containers includes a hydraulic telescopic boom located adjacent a top open refuse compartment of a vehicle. The boom is adapted for inward/outward movement transverse to the forward/rearward axis of the vehicl... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5409346 | Self-loading and unloading forklift truck The chassis of a forklift truck includes a front assembly and a rear assembly which, in certain embodiments, are movable toward and away from each other between an extended stable normal working condition and a contracted compact condition for storage or ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5346355 | Roof top carrier the roof top carrier of the present invention has a roof top platform that moves horizontally between a storage position at the center of the roof of a motor home and an extended position adjacent the side of the motor home. A drop cradle moves vertically... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5346356 | Fork-lift truck A materials-handling fork-lift truck comprising a chassis (11) which is fitted with two forwardly extending, mutually parallel support legs (18), and a chassis-mounted lifting mast assembly (16) provided with a raisable and lowerable lifting fork (17). Th... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5330032 | Lift trucks and extensible mast structures therefor An extensible mast structure having a fixed mast section and at least one movable mast section mounted on the fixed mast section. A load carrying carriage mounted on the movable mast section for vertical movement relative to the movable mast section. A pr... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5328321 | Multi-stage mast for a forklift truck A three-stage mast (1) for a forklift truck and a forklift truck incorporating the mast (1). The mast (1) has an outer mast section (2) for mounting on the truck. A middle mast section (5) is slidably movable on the outer mast section (2) by rams (7). An ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5217342 | Self-loading and unloading forklift truck The chassis of a forklift truck includes a front assembly and a rear assembly movable toward and away from each other between an extended stable normal working condition and a contracted compact condition for storage or transport of the forklift truck. Th... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5211527 | Load-handling device A load-handling device is designed as a carriage movable along a floor and having a load-handling assembly whose load-engaging member is vertically movable as well as extendable and retractable relative to the carriage. According to the invention, the dri... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5184699 | Control device for forklift In a control device for forklift on which a flow control signal is sent from a controller in accordance with a manipulated variable of work machine lever operated by the operator and this flow control signal regulates the degree of opening of an electroma... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5143180 | Load lift truck A load lift truck having a vertically extendible mast adapted for longitudinal displacement along a length of the truck chassis is disclosed. The truck includes a carriage mounted on the mast adapted for lateral displacement along the mast. The carriage f... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5087166 | Handling vehicle for printed product reels A handling vehicle is used for the interchanging or replacement of printed product reels and empty reel cores. The vehicle body has a substantially U-shaped frame in plan. On the frame is a structure (1), into which is integrated a working module (35) wit... | 02/11/1992 |
