Elevator – industrial lift truck – or stationary lift for vehicle – Industrial lift truck or required component thereof – Having extensible vertical guide for load support
Patent
1996-12-27
1999-11-30
Ellis, Christopher P.
Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle
Industrial lift truck or required component thereof
Having extensible vertical guide for load support
187229, B66F 908
Patent
active
059925710
ABSTRACT:
A mast assembly for forklift trucks improves the vehicle operator's front visibility by way of widening the window provided at the center thereof. The mast assembly includes a first hose sheave rotatably attached to the top of an intermediate mast and a second hose sheave rotatably secured to the intermediate mast at a location immediately below the first hose sheave and having a diameter smaller than that of the first hose sheave. First and second fluid hoses wound respectively around the first and second hose sheaves, each of the fluid hoses having a rear end anchored to the outer mast and a front end affixed to the carriage assembly which can slide along an inner mast. The carriage assembly is capable of holding first and second attachment actuators in fluid communication with the first and second fluid hoses.
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Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd.
Ellis Christopher P.
Tran Thuy V.
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