BOOM LIFT PROVIDED WITH A CONTROL CONSOLE

• US 20140332314A1
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Haulotte Group (Solem)
• Original Assignee: Haulott Group
• Inventors: Beji, Slaheddine, Carrillo, Christophe, Godineau, Gatan
• Application Number:
  US14/366,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20140332314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 182/19
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 11/04 for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations Working platforms on fork-lift trucks B66F9/127; vehicle aspects of service vehicles B60P3/14; platforms for cleaning windows A47L3/02; devices for rescuing persons from buildings A62B1/02; liftable or lowerable platforms for use on ladders E06C7/16; maintenance travellers for bridges E01D19/10; scaffolds on an extensible sub-structure E04G1/22
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 17/006 for working platforms

Abstract

The invention relates to a boom lift, including a frame provided with a means for moving on the surface of the ground, a platform, a means for lifting the platform relative to the frame, and a console (8) for controlling, from said platform, the moving means and/or the lifting means. The control console (8) includes two half-consoles (81, 82), each of which is provided with at least one lever (811, 821) or button (812, 822, 813, 823) for manually controlling the boom lift, and arranged on either side of an operator on the platform in a position for using the levers or button with both hands, while the space (V8) located opposite the operator in said position has no control levers or buttons.

Claims

1. A boom lift comprising a frame equipped with means for moving on the surface of the ground, a platform, means for elevating the platform relative to the frame, and a console for controlling the movement means and/or elevation means from that platform, wherein the control console comprises two half-consoles each equipped with at least one control lever or button for controlling the lift manually and positioned on either side of an operator present on the platform in a position for using those levers or buttons with both of his hands, while the space positioned across from the position of the operator has no lever and control button.

2. The lift according to claim 1, wherein the half-consoles are mounted on the lift independently of one another.

3. The lift according to claim 2, wherein at least one half-console is mounted pivotably relative to the platform.

4. The lift according to claim 3, wherein the half-console is capable of pivoting around a vertical axis relative to the platform.

5. The lift according to claim 1, wherein the lift is equipped with at least one detector which, when the half-console abuts during pivoting, emits a signal to activate emergency stop means of the lift.

6. The lift according to claim 1, wherein the two half-consoles are connected to each other by a central bracket wherein the width of the central bracket, measured in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a straight line connecting the two half-consoles, is smaller than the size of those half-consoles in that direction.

7. The lift according to claim 6, wherein the central bracket faces the operator present on the platform in the position for using the levers or buttons of the half-consoles with both of his hands, and it is equipped with information devices with no protruding parts.

8. The lift according to claim 1, characterized in that wherein the half-consoles are mounted on a railing of the platform.

9. The lift according to claim 8, wherein the each half-console is mounted and articulated on a vertical upright of the railing.

10. The lift according to claim 1, characterized in that wherein the height of at least one of the half-consoles can be adjusted relative to the platform.

11. The lift according to claim 2, wherein both half-consoles are-mounted pivotably relative to the platform.