Loadhandling equipment and vehicle incorporating it
US6761524B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 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 is provided on a front face with a lifting bar. 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 in which a hook interengages with the lifting bar on the load on being pivoted by a tilting actuator about a transverse pivot axis at the rear of the equipment and spaced downwardly from the longitudinal section of the handling arm. The transverse rear pivot axis is behind and under the side members of the chassis frame of the vehicle and the frame of the equipment has an L-shaped profile with a first branch on top of the side members of the chassis frame. An upper portion of the second branch is against the rear of the side members.
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