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US 4,290,730 AGranted
Attachment for fork lift
AssigneeGeneral Foods Corporation
InventorJames A. Weaver
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Abstract
An attachment for a fork lift truck for opening and closing sliding doors such as railway freight car doors. The attachment includes a floor that can be engaged by the tines of the fork lift and two vertically spaced apart door engaging members mounted to the floor for transverse movement with respect thereto. The floor also mounts an upstanding cage assembly so that a person can work inside a protected area.
Claims7
An attachment for a fork lift truck for opening or closing a sliding door comprising:
- a horizontal support member, said horizontal support member comprising elongate receiving means for receiving the forks of a fork lift truck such that the horizontal support member is carried in a substantially horizontal plane on the forks of the fork lift truck;
- a first door engaging member;
- a second door engaging member;
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- means for mounting each of said first and second door engaging members on said horizontal support structure for engaging a sliding door such that once engaged the sliding door can be moved by movement of a fork lift truck on which the attachment is carried, said first and second door engaging members being separated in a vertical direction a substantial distance whereby the upper of said door engaging members is adapted to engage a region of a sliding door a substantial distance above a region of the sliding door which is adapted to be engaged by the lower of said door engaging members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.