Electric Extending Fork for a Fork-Lift Truck of Pallet Truck, Fork-Lift Truck or Pallet Truck Provided Therewith and Method Therefor
AssigneeMeijer Holding B.V.
InventorHendrik Meijer
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Abstract
An electric extending fork, a fork-lift truck or pallet truck provided therewith, and method therefor. The electric extending fork comprises a base fork arrangeable on a fork-lift truck or pallet truck, a sliding fork connected slidably to the base fork, an electrical drive system configured to slide the sliding fork out and in relative to the base fork, wherein the drive system is provided with a flexible coupling to the sliding fork, and a support element arranged in or on the base fork.
Claims20
Electric extending fork for a fork-lift truck or pallet truck, the extending fork comprising:
- a base fork arrangeable on a fork-lift truck or pallet truck;
- a sliding fork connected slidably to the base fork;
- an electrical drive system configured to slide the sliding fork out and in relative to the base fork, wherein the drive system is provided with a coupling to the sliding fork;
- and
- a support element arranged in or on the base fork.
Fork-lift truck or pallet truck comprising an electric extending fork comprising:
- a base fork arrangeable on a fork-lift truck or pallet truck;
- a sliding fork connected slidably to the base fork;
- an electrical drive system configured to slide the sliding fork out and in relative to the base fork, wherein the drive system is provided with a coupling to the sliding fork;
- and
- a support element arranged in or on the base fork.
Method for displacing goods with a fork-lift truck or pallet truck, comprising of:
- providing an electric extending fork comprising:
- a base fork arrangeable on a fork-lift truck or pallet truck;
- a sliding fork connected slidably to the base fork;
- an electrical drive system configured to slide the sliding fork out and in relative to the base fork, wherein the drive system is provided with a coupling to the sliding fork;
- and
- a support element arranged in or on the base fork;
- determining the desired length of the fork;
- if desired, sliding the sliding fork out and/or in relative to the base fork until the desired length is reached;
- and
- displacing the goods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.