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US 6,079,935 AGranted
Forklift truck
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsNorbert Brunner, Bernhard Gotz, Rudolf Mundkowski, Wilhelm Spennemann
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Abstract
A forklift truck has a frame, a cab including a roof to protect the driver and a lift support structure connected to the frame. A load-carrying fork is mounted on the lift support structure for vertical movement and the lift support structure, the roof and the frame are all welded together to form a single load-bearing assembly.
Claims21
A forklift truck having:
- a frame having a plurality of ground engaging wheels with at least one of said wheels being steerable;
- a cab including a roof to protect the driver and a lift support structure connected to said frame wherein at least a portion of said lift support structure is stationary relative to said roof;
- load-carrying means mounted on said lift support structure for vertical movement;
- means for powering said forklift truck and said load-carrying means;
- means for inclining said load-carrying means relative to said lift support structure and said frame, wherein said lift support structure, said roof and said frame are connected to form a load bearing assembly;
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- wherein said lift support structure, said roof and said frame are substantially rigidly connected.
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A forklift truck including:
- a frame having a plurality of ground engaging wheels with at least one of said wheels being steerable;
- a cab including a roof to protect the driver and a lift support structure connected to said frame, wherein said lift support structure, said roof and said frame are substantially rigidly connected to form a load-bearing assembly;
- load-carrying means mounted on said lift support structure for vertical movement;
- means for powering said forklift truck and said load-carrying means;
- said plurality of ground engaging wheels including spaced front wheels mounted on said frame close to said load-carrying means;
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- said plurality of ground engaging wheels further including at least one rear wheel mounted on said frame longitudinally spaced from said spaced front wheels, wherein said lift support structure includes a vertically extending mast with a forward edge of said vertically extending mast located in the longitudinal direction between a vertical plane connecting a forward edge of said spaced front wheels and a vertical plane connecting a rearward edge of said spaced front wheels.
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A forklift truck including:
- a frame having a plurality of ground engaging wheels with at least one of said wheels being steerable;
- a cab including a roof to protect the driver and a lift support structure connected to said frame, wherein said lift support structure, said roof and said frame are connected substantially rigidly to form a load-bearing assembly;
- load-carrying means mounted on said lift support structure for vertical movement;
- means for powering said forklift truck and said load-carrying means;
- said plurality of ground engaging wheels including spaced front wheels mounted on said frame close to said load-carrying means;
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- means for moving said spaced front wheels horizontally to a forwardmost position toward the load when said load-carrying means is raised above the top of said spaced front wheels, wherein said forwardmost position positions a rearward edge of said spaced front wheels longitudinally behind a forward edge of said lift support structure.
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A forklift truck comprising:
- a short frame defining an operator station with a floor defining a space for a standing operator wherein said frame has a plurality of ground engaging wheels with at least one of said wheels being steerable;
- at least one of said wheels defines a front axis of said forklift truck;
- a lift support structure connected to said frame near said front axis, said lift support structure not displaceable longitudinally relative to said frame;
- a load-carrying device mounted on said lift support structure for vertical movement, wherein a load supported on said load-carrying device is positioned in front of said front axis;
- means for powering said forklift truck and said load-carrying means;
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- a cab including a roof connected to said lift support structure and said frame, said cab covering said space for a standing operator and wherein said cab, said lift support structure and said frame are substantially rigidly connected to form a stable, rigid load bearing assembly conducting loads from the middle and top of said lift support structure to a rear end of said forklift truck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.