Turn-table attachment for fork lift vehicle
OwnerDavid E. Searsinventor
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Abstract
A turn-table attachment mountable on the tines of a vehicle mounted, vertically moveable, lift fork comprising a base frame with tubular tine receptive sockets, a turn-table rotatable about a fixed vertical axis projecting upwardly from the base frame, an auxiliary lift fork mounted in fixed position on the turn-table and having parallel spaced fork tines projecting radially outwardly of the turn-table periphery, power operated actuators carried by the base frame and selectively coupled to the turn-table for rotating the latter through an arc of at least 180.degree. whereby to position the auxiliary forks on opposite sides of the vehicle as selected.
Claims2
A turn table attachment for use with a vertically moveable lift fork on a front loading lift truck, comprising:
- a generally horizontal base frame having parallel spaced frame members receptive of tines of said lift fork;
- a trunnion post extending upwardly from said base frame to define a vertical axis;
- a substantially horizontal planar turn table mounted on said base frame including hub means engageable with said trunnion post for rotation about said vertical axis;
- plural bearing means mounted on said base frame for engaging upper and lower surfaces of said turn table;
- an auxiliary lift fork mounted over the upper surface of said turn table and having parallel spaced fork tines extending beyond a periphery of said turn table whereby to project forwardly of the latter in parallel alignment with a normal travel axis of said lift truck;
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- plural power actuator means mounted on said base frame beneath said turn table and operable to selectively rotate said turn table through an arc of substantially 180.degree. whereby to align said auxiliary lift fork transversely of said travel axis, so that loads may be engaged, transported and unloaded on either side of said lift truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.