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US 4,252,495 AGranted
Mechanical handling apparatus
AssigneeTotal Mechanical Handling Limited
InventorKenneth Cook
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Abstract
Mechanical handling equipment comprises a lift truck and a self powered pallet truck which is lifted into a trailer, etc. to be loaded by the lift truck with the load. The pallet truck is then remotely controlled by the lift truck driver to position the load at a desired location in the trailer.
Claims5
Mechanical handling equipment comprising:
- a material handling truck;
- a lift truck adapted, constructed and arranged to lift the material handling truck and a load together from the ground and to position the material handling truck and the load on an elevated surface with the load supported on the material handling truck;
- powering means including a first self-contained energy source carried by said lift truck, self-powering means including a second self-contained energy source carried by said material handling truck, the energy source carried by said material handling truck being electrically controlled and being independent of the energy source carried by said lift truck, a control box carried by said lift truck, and flexible electrical cable means connecting said control box to the controls for the self-contained energy source on said material handling truck to control from said lift truck the operation of said self-powering means by the self-contained energy source on the material handling truck when the latter is separated from said lift truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.