CA1054979A - Combined lift-pallet truck - Google Patents

Combined lift-pallet truck

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Publication number
CA1054979A
CA1054979A CA258,906A CA258906A CA1054979A CA 1054979 A CA1054979 A CA 1054979A CA 258906 A CA258906 A CA 258906A CA 1054979 A CA1054979 A CA 1054979A
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truck
materials handling
lift
load
handling
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French (fr)
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Kenneth Cook
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Total Mechanical Handling Ltd
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Total Mechanical Handling Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66FHOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F9/00Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes
    • B66F9/06Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
    • B66F9/075Constructional features or details
    • B66F9/12Platforms; Forks; Other load supporting or gripping members
    • B66F9/122Platforms; Forks; Other load supporting or gripping members longitudinally movable

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Forklifts And Lifting Vehicles (AREA)
  • Loading Or Unloading Of Vehicles (AREA)

Abstract

COMBINED LIFT-PALLET TRUCK
ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE

Mechanical handling equipment comprises a lift truck and a self powered pallet truck which is lifted into a trailer, etc to be loaded by the lift truck with the load. The pallet truck is then remotely controlled by the lift truck driver to position the load at a desired loca-tion in the trailer.

Description

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This in~ention relates to mechanici~ll handling equipment and more particularly to equipment suitable for loading and unloading,cargo vehicles.
In a materials handling application which . ,~
5. requires the loading and unloading of pa~letised goods, partlcu]arly into and onto the decks of containers and lorl~s~ where the floor of the contàiner or lorry is ~ ~ abo~e the normal work area, there is difficulty in obtaining ;, ~ access to the interior of an enclosed container or lorry 10. by means of conventional fork lift *rucks. More particularly, while a conventional fork lift truck can be used to lift a ~ loaded pallet onto the floor of a lorry or container, it ; ~ often cannot be used to move the pallet to a desired posit-ion in the lorry or container. For example, when loading a 15. long container through open rear doors, a conventional fork lift truck cannot be used to position a load against the front end wall of the container because of the limited reach of s~ the forks.
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~ Attempts have been made to o~ereome this ; ~ 20. problem by pro~iding loading bays and bridges or ramps to , ~ enable fork lift trucks to drive onto the floor of the container or lorry being loaded. This solution is not wholly ;~ ~ satisfactory however, since it limits the loading and unloading of the lorry or container to specific locations 25- having the required facilities, and since the confined ~orking space and limited floor strength of a lorry or conta-iner limit the size of fork lift truck which can be employed.
Further~ the use of large fork lift trucks within the confined working space of a lorry or container is ¦ 30- not wholly satisfactory from the safety aspect and may result `,''' ''~ I
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i in injury to personnel working in the vicinity, or damage to the lorry or container or to the goods being loaded.
According to the present invention there is pro~
~` vided mechanical handling eguipment comprising: a power-operated materials handling truck having self-contained operating power storage means; a lift truck havillg a lift carriage adapted to engage coupling means on the materials - handling truck to couple the materials handling truck to the lift truck whereby the lift truck can lift the materials handling truck and a load together from the ground and position the materials handling truck and the load on an elevated surface with the load supported on the materials handling truck; and control means mounted on the lift truck ~or controlliny the operation of the materials handling , truck The term l'materials handling truck" às used herein ~"; means a truck capable of moving a load along a floor surface to a desired location and there depositing the ~ load. The materials handling truck mayi for example, be - 20 a pallet truck.
;~ The control means mounted on the lift truck may comprise a control box mounted on the lift truck and oper-able by the lift truck driver, and a control cable connec-~; ting the control box to ~he powered materials handling truck~
In a particularly preferred embodiment, in addition to the ., ~ control means mounted on the lift truck, control means are . . .
; provided on the materials handling truck to enable an : . ................................................................... .
operator standing on or near the materials handling truck to control at least some of its functions. This arrangement is particularly advantageous when an operator sitting on the lift truck cannot see the materials handling truck f,j~, clearly because, Eor example, of an intervening obstruction.
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The inVention will be better understood ~rom the ~ollowing des~rip~ion of preferred embodimen-ts, given by way .' ~ ' ~ . .

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' I of ~xarrlple only, reference being had to the accompanying drawings; whel~ein: , .
Figures 1 ~nd 2 show a first embodiment of ~ ' ¦ mechanica]. handling equipment; and ; 1 5~ , Figures 3 and 4 show a second embodiment of mechanical handling equipment.
i ~ Figures 1 and 2 show a covered trailer 1 ~hich is being loaded with a palletised cargo 9 one pallet load ¦ 2 of which is shown in the drawing. Loading the trailer ~ ~ lOo is a mechanical handling device comprising a fork lift truck '' ¦ 3 having forks 4, and a self powered pallet truck 5. The .
pallet truck may, for example, be an electric pallet truck which derives its operating power from batteries housed within i-ts 'oody. The pallet truck is designed to be lifted 15. from the ground by the fork carriage of the lift truck 3 .
; at the same time as a loaded pa].let is lifted, and to be ~ , positioned on the floor 6 of the lorry 1 with its forks 7 ;` beneath the loaded palle-t (Figure 1) so that it can be used ,~l to move the loaded pal],et to a position remote from the 20. lift truck, The pallet truck is controlled by the lift ,: ~
:~ truck driver vi~ a control box and a control cable 8 which ., .~ extends between the control box and,the pallet truck.

~, ' Once the pallet truck has positioned a loaded ,., pallet at a desired location it lowers the loaded pallet 25. under the control of the lift truck driver and is recalled (Figure 2) for removal from the trailer by the lift truck ;' ~
.~;' ready to load another pallet.

,~ In the case of the embodiment of ~igures 3 and ,'',' ~ 4, the lift -truck 3A is not provided with forks but with a 30. lift carriage 9 adapted to engage brackets on the pallet ~, .".
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, ¦ truck Thus, when the pallet truck brackets are engaged ¦ with the lift carriage ~Figure 3), the forks 7 of the pallet truck are, in effect, the forks of a fork lift truck.
To load a pallet on-to the trailer 1, the forks of the j 5. pallet truck are inserted under the pallet and the pallet I is raised by moving the pallet truck up the mast of the ; lif~ i!uck on the lift carriage. The palle-t truck is then lowered onto the floor of the trailer 1, and is detached ¦ from the lift carriage~ The loaded pallet is then posit-10. 1oned on the trailer as described with respect to Figures 1 and 2.
Preferably, -the controls of the materials handling truck are duplicated, one set of controls being ~ithin the reach of the lift truck driver and the other set 15- being located on the materials handling truck so that if a load is to be deposited precise]Ly or at a location out of ; the view of the lift truck driver, an operator standing on or near the materials handling truck may control i-ts .:
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20. The control cable 8 may be a coiled extensible cable, or may be a flexible cable wound on a suitable dispensing reel on the li~t truck. The cable may include separate conductors to control each function of the ~aterials , handling truck, or may have less conductors than the number 25. f controlled functions, in which case the control box will include suitable encoding circuitry and the materials handling : ~
truc~s will include suitable decoding circuitry. For example~ a truck having raise/lower/steer left/ steer right/reverse forward/ fast/slow/ and brake control functions may be -; 30. controlled through a 5~core control cable if suitable diode , , -~ 5 .

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encoding circuitry is provided in the control box and adecoder unit is provided at the materials handling truck end of the control ca~le.
Whiist the materials handling truck of the ~ ~ 5. preferred embodiment is an e]e-tric pallet truck, it `~ ~ should be appreciated that any suitable self-powered materials handling -truck may be sed, for example a straddle truck or a counter-balanced truck or a stand-on truck. If the materials handling truck is electrically 10. powered, the various control functions may be obtained . ~ ~ using electric motors and mechanical transmissions or by - ~ means o-f hydraulic drive devices fed from one or more electrically powered pumps.
`~ The materials handling equipment described ~ 15. above can, of course, be used for unloading lorries and !,/' ~ for other mechanical handling applications where more ~ reach than that offere^d by conventional fork lift trucks ,.! ~ iS desired. ~ ~

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Claims (6)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. Mechanical handling equipment comprising: a power-operated materials handling truck having self-contained operating power storage means; a lift truck having a lift carriage adapted to engage coupling means on the materials handling truck to couple the materials handling truck to the lift truck whereby the lift truck can lift the materials handling truck and a load together from the ground and position the materials handling truck and the load on an elevated surface with the load supported on the materials handling truck; and control means mounted on the lift truck for controlling the operation of the materials handling truck.
2. The mechanical handling equipment of claim 1, wherein the materials handling truck is electrically con trolled, and said control means comprises a control box connected to the materials handling truck by a cable.
3. The mechanical handling equipment of claim 2, wherein the control box is mounted on the lift truck.
4. The mechanical handling equipment of any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein control means are additionally provided on the materials handling truck to permit control of the materials handling truck by an operator standing on or near the materials handling truck.
5. The mechanical handling equipment of any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the lift truck is a fork lift truck the forks of which support the load during lifting of the materials handling truck and load.
6. The mechanical handling equipment of any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the materials handling truck is a battery powered pallet truck.
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GB1350676 1976-04-02

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