Front scanner level for a material handling vehicle
AssigneeToyota Material Handling, Inc.
InventorAlexander Philip Schlink
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Abstract
A material handling vehicle including a sensor leveling apparatus is provided. The leveling apparatus extends outwardly from an underbody panel of the material handling vehicle. The apparatus includes a frame defined by a first arm, a second arm, a mast coupling plate, and a sensor. The mast coupling plate is positioned between the first and second arms and is coupled to a mast of the material handling vehicle. The sensor is positioned forward and above the mast coupling plate and between the first and second arms and coupled to the mast coupling plate. The sensor is configured to move in the opposite direction of the mast coupling plate in response to the mast of the material handling vehicle being protracted and retracted.
Claims20
A material handling vehicle, comprising:
- a body having an underbody panel;
- a mast tiltably engaged with the body;
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- a sensor engaged with the body and the mast, the sensor having a top surface, wherein the top surface remains parallel to the underbody panel when the mast tilts relative to the body.
A leveling apparatus for a material handling vehicle, comprising:
- a mast coupling plate;
- a first bracket rotatably engaged with the mast coupling plate;
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- a second bracket engaged with and vertically and horizontally translatable relative to the first bracket, wherein the first bracket is maintained in a substantially fixed angular position relative to the second bracket.
A material handling vehicle, comprising:
- a body;
- a mast pivotably engaged with the body, the mast having an end;
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- a sensor pivotably engaged with the end and vertically and horizontally translatable relative to the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.