Attachment for flood and yarn trucks with a lift mast, especially for fork lift trucks

• US 6,279,686 B1
• Filed: 01/24/2000
• Issued: 08/28/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KAUP GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: KAUP GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Kaup, Otmar
• Primary Examiner(s): SALATA, ANTHONY J
• Application Number:
  US09/490,407
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 187/285, 187/222, 187/224, 187/225, 187/226, 187/227, 187/230, 187/233, 187/237, 187/238, 414/607, 414/912, 414/420, 414/422
• US Class Current: 187/285
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/143 Movements of forks relative to each other - symmetric
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 414/125 Combined or convertible implements

Abstract

Attachments for floor and yard trucks with a lift mast, especially for fork lift trucks, have a lift carriage (8) which has two side plates (9, 10) and two horizontal beams (12/14, 13) situated one over the other with a clearance (“h”) between them, on which there is held at least one hydraulically powered element from the group: load carrier, “transport securing means,” rotating device, tilting device, pushing device, pulling device, holding device, lifting device, fork shifting device, lateral shift frame (1), each with the corresponding hydraulic drive (14). The front sides of the horizontal beams (12/14, 13) and the rear edges of the side plates (9, 10) of the lift carriage (8) are disposed between two vertical planes defining between them a space (7) wherein the at least one hydraulic jack (14) is arranged and the corresponding control unit (18) is disposed. To avoid or reduce the number of hydraulic hoses, within the said space (7), in addition to the at least one hydraulic jack (14), there is also at least partially arranged the control unit (18), plus at least one drive means from the group of hydraulic pump (19a), pump motor (19b), storage battery, pump sump, pressure accumulator (20) and radio receiver.

Claims

1. Attachment for floor and yard trucks with a lift mast, especially for fork lift trucks, with a lift carriage (8) guided on the lift mast, which has two horizontal beams (12, 13) lying at a clear distance (“

h”

) one above the other, on which there is held at least one hydraulically powered element from the group;

load carrier, transport securing means, turning device, tipping device, pushing device, pulling device, holding device, lifting device, fork adjusting device, and lateral shifting frames with hydraulic drive corresponding to each, is held, wherein the front sides of the horizontal beams (12, 13) lie in a first vertical plane (E1) and the back edges of the side plates (9, 10) of the lift carriage (8) lie in a third vertical plane (E3), the said planes (E1, E3) defining between them a space (7) in which the at least one hydraulic drive (14) is disposed, which is connected with one of the horizontal beams (12) of the lift carriage (8), and wherein at least one control unit (18, 24) is associated with the hydraulic drive, characterized in that within the said space (7) between the first (E1) and the third vertical plane (E3), in addition to the at least one hydraulic drive (14), also the corresponding control unit (18, 24) and at least one drive element from the group;

hydraulic pump (19a, 35), pump motor (19b), storage battery, pump sump (28), pressure accumulator (20) and radio receiver, are at least partially disposed, such that the said elements of the hydraulic drive are disposed in back of the first plane (E1).

2. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (18, 24) is rigidly attached to the at least one hydraulic drive.

3. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the horizontal beam (12) and the cylinder body (14a) of the at least one hydraulic drive (14) are made in one piece.

4. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the case of arrangement of one lateral shift frame (1) for fork arms on the horizontal beams (12, 13) of the lateral shift frame (1) has in its turn two horizontal rails (2, 3) lying one over the other, which are guided for longitudinal displacement on the horizontal beams (12, 13) of the lift carriate (8), and that the hydraulic drive (14) and the corresponding control unit (18, 24) for the horizontal shifting of the lateral shift frame (1) is disposed between the planes (E1, E3).

5. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the hydraulic drive (14) has a dual cylinder with pistons (15, 16) moving in the same sense, and that the control unit (18, 24) is a control valve by which the discharge end of a hydraulic ump (19a, 35) can be switched to the one or the other piston (15, 16) according to the direction of movement.

6. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that in the pressure line (31) between the discharge end of the hydraulic pump (19a, 35) and the control unit (18, 24) a pressure accumulator is disposed.

7. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the discharge end of the hydraulic pump (19a) is switched to a pressure switch (32) by which the hydraulic pump (19a) is stopped after a given pressure is reached in the pressure accumulator (20).

8. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the hydraulic drive (14) has a dual cylinder with pistons (15, 16) moving in the same sense, that the pumping direction of the hydraulic pump (35) is reversible, and that the control unit (24) has a control valve (25) and two oppositely connected pressure limiting valves (26, 27).

9. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (18, 24) can be operated from the floor and yard truck via electrical lines.

10. Attachment according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (18, 24) can be operated by radio remote control.