Loadhandling equipment, a vehicle incorporating the equipment and a method of raising a load with the equipment
US6712578B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60P1/6463
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Loadhandling equipment enables a vehicle to put down on the ground or pick up a load such as a dumpster and to tip the load, which has a lifting bar on a front face. The equipment includes a deformable and tilting handling arm which can assume, in addition to a transport position and a putting down on the ground or picking up position, a tipping position to which a hook adapted to interengage with the lifting bar is pivoted by a tilting actuator about a transverse pivot axis at the rear end of the equipment. The articulation about the transverse pivot axis is releasable and an actuator is provided to raise a link which is part of the handling arm by pivoting it upward and forward. The equipment can stand on its end a load which is at a greater height when standing on end than when it is positioned on the equipment.
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