Patent · US Expired

Pallet lifting fork truck

US6616395B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
3References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62B2301/20
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Springing for support wheels of low lifting trucks arranged below the forks includes a common spring device arranged in the transfer mechanism of the lifting movement to the support wheels. The spring device includes a cylinder, a piston, a spring package of cup springs and an extending push rod that in the cylinder is connected a ring shaped element located between the spring package and the cylinder end through which the push rod extends. The piston is arranged in the other end of the spring package and the cylinder is via a return valve coupled in parallel with the load lifting hydraulic system of the truck so that the pressure in this pretensions the ring shaped element towards the cylinder end proportionally to the load, so that springing does not take place until the dynamics forces overcome the pretension.

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