Apparatus
AssigneeManitou Italia S.R.L.
InventorMarco Iotti
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Abstract
Described is an apparatus (2) for a self-propelled operating machine (10) comprising a supporting frame (21, 22, 23) designed to be fastened at the rear to an attaching device wherein an operating arm (102) of the machine (10) is provided and designed to be coupled at the front to a tool (3). The frame includes two lateral uprights (21, 22) joined at the top by a transversal plate (23).
Claims18
An apparatus (2) for a self-propelled operating machine (10) comprising a supporting frame (21, 22, 23) configured to be (A) fastened at the rear to an attaching device (101) coupled to an operating arm (102) of the machine (10), and (B) coupled at the front to a tool (3), wherein the supporting frame includes two lateral uprights (21, 22) joined adjacent the top by a transversal plate (23), wherein the transversal plate (23) has opposite upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface having a front edge and a back edge, the front edge being closer than the back edge to the front of the supporting frame (21, 22, 23);
- the apparatus (2) being configured and arranged so that (A) a first viewing area is provided above the upper surface of the transversal plate (23) and (B) a second viewing area is provided below the lower surface of the transversal plate (23), the first viewing area having a bottom, the bottom of the first viewing area being defined by the upper surface of the transversal plate (23), wherein a load-supporting grid (5) is removably attached to the upper surface of the transversal plate (23).
An accessory for a self-propelled operating machine, comprising:
- a fork-carrier;
- and
- a fork equipped with prongs, said fork being removably mounted to the fork-carrier,
- wherein the fork-carrier comprises a supporting frame (21, 22, 23) configured to be (A) fastened at the rear to an attaching device (101) coupled to an operating arm (102) of the machine (10), and (B) coupled at the front to fork, wherein the supporting frame includes two lateral uprights (21, 22) joined adjacent the top by a transversal plate (23), wherein the transversal plate (23) has opposite upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface having a front edge and a back edge, the front edge being closer than the back edge to the front of the supporting frame (21, 22, 23),
- wherein the fork-carrier is configured and arranged so that (A) a first viewing area is provided above the upper surface of the transversal plate (23) and (B) a second viewing area is provided below the lower surface of the transversal plate (23), the first viewing area having a bottom, the bottom of the first viewing area being defined by the upper surface of the transversal plate (23), and
- wherein the transversal plate (23) lies in a plane which defines with a plane of the prongs (31, 32) an angle of between 20 and 30 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.