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Pivoted valve and hood for lift truck

  • US 4,312,418 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1980
  • Issued: 01/26/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a lift truck having an operator'"'"'s station and a pivoted hood which normally covers a vehicle drive component of the truck such as a battery means and on which is mounted an operator'"'"'s seat, said hood being pivotable rearwardly of the truck to a position in which said drive component is exposed, operator control means for operating one or more lift truck components supported from a position adjacent the front side of said drive component and having at least a portion thereof which normally overlies in a horizontal direction a portion of said drive component, and an opening in said hood registrable with said control means which extends upwardly through said opening for operation by the operator when said control means is in said latter position and the hood is pivoted to its normally down position, said control means being pivotable forwardly on the support thereof to a position outside the projected area of said drive component in a vertical direction when said hood is pivoted rearwardly out of registry with said control means.

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