Fork lift truck with a single front wheel
AssigneeTranslift Bendi Limited
InventorFrederick Leslie Brown
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Abstract
A fork lift truck (10) has a truck body (12), a lift mechanism (14) connected to the truck body (12) by means of a vertically extending pivot (52) and means (24) for turning the lift mechanism (14) relative to the truck body (12) about said pivot (52) to steer the truck (10), the truck body (12) having a pair of rear ground engaging wheels (16) mounted on transverse axes, the lifting mechanism (14) having a single ground engaging front wheel (40) mounted centrally on a transverse axis, the front wheel (40) having independent drive means (44, 46).
Claims12
A fork lift truck (10) comprising a lift truck body (12), a lift mechanism (14) connected to the lift truck body (12) by means of a vertically extending pivot (52) and means (24) for turning the lift mechanism (14) relative to the lift truck body (12) about said pivot (52) to steer the lift truck (10), an arm (50) extending from the lift truck body (12), a remote end of the arm (50) being coupled to the pivot assembly (52) such that the arm (50) distances the lift mechanism (14) from the turning means (24) and the lift truck body (12), the lift truck body (12) having a pair of rear ground engaging wheels (16) mounted on transverse axes, without any drive means being provided for driving the rear wheels (16), and the lifting mechanism (14) only having a single ground engaging front wheel (40) mounted centrally on a transverse axis,
- wherein a sole drive means (40, 46) is drivingly connected to the front wheel (40) only for driving the lift truck (10).
A fork lift truck (10) only having a single drive means (44, 46) and three ground engaging wheels, the fork lift truck comprising a lift truck body (12) and a lift mechanism (14) connected to the lift truck body (12) by a vertically extending pivot (52), the lift truck body (12) having steering controls (24) for turning the lift mechanism (14), relative to the lift truck body (12), about the pivot (52), and steering the fork lift truck (10) during operation of the fork lift truck (10), an arm (50) extending from the lift truck body (12), a remote end of the arm (50) being coupled to the pivot assembly (52) such that the lift mechanism (14) is remote from the truck lift body (12) and the steering controls (24), the lift truck body (12) only having a pair of nondriven rear ground engaging wheels (16) and the lifting mechanism (14) only having a single front ground engaging wheel (40), the vertically extending pivot (52) being located between the pair of rear ground engaging wheels (16) and the single front ground engaging wheel (40) and the single drive means (44, 46) drives the fork lift truck (10) and the single drive means (44, 46) is only drivingly connected to the front wheel (40) while both of the rear wheels being nondriven.
A fork lift truck (10) only having a single drive (44, 46) and three ground engaging wheels, the fork lift truck comprising a lift truck body (12) and a lift mechanism (14), an arm (50) extends from the lift truck body (12) and has a remote end coupled to a vertically extending pivot assembly (52), the lift truck body (12) having steering controls (24) for turning the lift mechanism (14), relative to the lift truck body (12), about the pivot assembly (52), and steering the fork lift truck (10) during operation of the fork lift truck (10), the lift truck body (12) only having a pair of nondriven rear ground engaging wheels (16) and the lifting mechanism (14) only having a single front ground engaging wheel (40), the vertically extending pivot assembly (52) couples the remote end of the arm (50) and the lift mechanism (14) and holds the front ground engaging wheel (40), and only the single front ground engaging wheel (40) being driven by the single drive (44, 46) for maneuvering the lift truck (10) while both of the rear wheels always being nondriven.
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