Gathering and guiding arrangement for the loading and unloading of containers or platforms onto vehicles

A vehicle as in any preceding claim in which the lifting mechanism includes at least two relatively pivotable frames, movable in a substantially vertical plane, and driven by respective fluid-operable piston-cylinder devices.

A vehicle for carrying load-carrying means comprising a lifting mechanism having at least one pivotable frame movable in a substantially vertical plane and being operable to lift said load-carrying means onto the vehicle over the rear of the vehicle, there being roller means rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and located at the rear of the vehicle, and a gathering and guiding means constituted by a rotatable roller whose rotation axis extends, in a direction outwardly of the vehicle, upwardly and forwardly, is located at each side of the vehicle forwardly of the roller means and is positioned to be encountered by and to guide and centralize the load-carrying means during a loading operation.