Fork positioner for facilitating replacement of forks on lift trucks
AssigneeCascade Corporation
InventorJeffrey Henning
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Abstract
A fork positioner for a forklift truck has power-actuated yokes, each having a base from which a pair of transversely spaced legs depend, for engaging respective load lifting forks and adjusting their spacing transversely along a fork-supporting member. Each of the yokes is selectively movable between a fork-engaging position and a fork-disengaging position, the latter position permitting the fork to be lifted upwardly off of the fork-supporting member for easy replacement of the fork.
Claims7
A fork positioner for mounting upon a fork lift truck to selectively move respective forwardly-protruding load-lifting forks transversely, said fork positioner comprising:
- (a) a first fork-engaging member slidably supported by a transversely extending first elongate moveable power actuator and a second fork-engaging member slidably supported by a transversely extending second elongate moveable power actuator, said first and second elongate moveable power actuators being transversely offset with respect to each other;
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- (b) movement of said first elongate power actuator causing said second fork-engaging member to slide transversely along said second elongate power actuator and movement of said second elongate power actuator causing said first fork-engaging member to slide transversely along said first elongate power actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.