Material or article handling – Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor – Tilting carrier
Patent
1993-11-15
1994-12-13
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor
Tilting carrier
414422, 414607, B66F 912
Patent
active
053724704
ABSTRACT:
A manually movable lift truck having a base with a self-contained power plant therein and a column rising therefrom. The column includes a hollow post with a rotatable featureless shaft therein. A flexible chain has an outer end connected with a lift fork, and runs upwardly and then down into the interior of the post. Miter gears and a sprocket are mounted at the top of the post, and the chain runs over this sprocket. The portion of the chain between the sprocket and lift fork is the only active portion thereof, and the remaining portion remains loose and free.
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Floreani David
Wilke Rudeger H.
Gallagher Paul H.
Huppert Michael S.
Keenan James W.
Savage Bros. Co.
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