Method of installing a quick change load wheel assembly
AssigneeCrown Equipment Corporation
InventorsKeith G. Bornhorst, Kurt A. Hilgefort
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Abstract
A load wheel assembly for a materials handling vehicle includes first and second spaced side members, at least one rotatable roller extending between the first and second side members. An interface structure provides a substantially rigid connection between the load wheel assembly and a mounting structure on the materials handling vehicle. The mounting structure includes a transverse bar and the interface structure includes a portion that engages and mates with the transverse bar to form a rigid connection between the interface structure and the transverse bar.
Claims17
A method of installing a load wheel assembly on an outrigger for a materials handling vehicle, the outrigger comprising an outrigger box comprising a pair of laterally spaced bearing plates defining a load wheel opening for receiving a load wheel assembly, and a transverse bar extending laterally across said load wheel opening, and said load wheel assembly comprising at least one roller supported on an axle between a pair of side support members and an interface structure extending between said pair of side support members, the method comprising:
- positioning said load wheel assembly in said load wheel opening with said interface structure located above said transverse bar;
- engaging at least one threaded fastener between said interface structure and said transverse bar;
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- rotating said fastener to draw said transverse bar toward engagement with said interface structure.
A method of installing a load wheel assembly on an outrigger for a materials handling vehicle, the outrigger comprising an outrigger box comprising a pair of laterally spaced bearing plates defining a load wheel opening for receiving a load wheel assembly, and a transverse bar extending laterally across said load wheel opening, and said load wheel assembly comprising at least one roller supported on an axle between a pair of side support members and an interface structure extending between said pair of side support members, the method comprising:
- providing an assembly retention tool having side member engagement structure;
- locating said side support members adjacent to said side member engagement structure to define a load wheel preassembly;
- positioning said preassembly over said load wheel opening;
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- lowering said load wheel assembly from said retention tool into said load wheel opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.