Patent · US Expired

Lift truck

US5368130A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1993
Grant dateNov 29, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B9/16
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A manually movable lift truck having a base with a self-contained power plant therein and a single column rising therefrom. The column includes a single hollow post with a drive transmitting screw shaft therein and a ball carriage on the shaft. A flexible chain has an outer end connected with the lift fork, and runs upwardly and then down into the interior of the post. The chain is drivingly connected with the ball carriage.

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