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Forklift forkhook having dams adjacent its vertical contact surface to confine molten weld material

  • US 5,044,869 A
  • Filed: 05/14/1990
  • Issued: 09/03/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A forkhook for welding to a vertical surface of a fork of a forklift, said forkhook having a normally vertical contact surface for contacting said vertical surface of said fork and an elongated beveled surface extending along at least one side of said contact surface whereby, when said contact surface is in contact with said vertical surface of said fork a gap is provided between said beveled surface and said vertical surface of said fork for receiving molten weld material for welding said forkhook to said fork, and a dam at each of the opposite ends of said elongated beveled surface for retaining said weld material during said welding of said forkhook to said vertical surface of the fork, each of said dams extending outwardly from and across said elongated beveled surface and having an upper surface flush with said contact surface and a side surface facing said beveled surface.

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