Produits et services

Materials handling attachments for lift trucks, namely power-operated loading and unloading machines in the nature of load-lifting clamps, forklift forks, push pulls, rotators, pallet handlers, fork positioners, and bin dumpers, and structural parts therefor. Materials handling attachments and transfer apparatus for lift trucks in the nature of structural parts for forklift trucks.

Produits et services

(1) Materials handling attachments for lift trucks, namely power-operated loading and unloading machines in the nature of load-lifting clamps, forklift forks, push pulls, rotators, pallet handlers, fork positioners, and bin dumpers, and structural parts therefor. (2) Materials handling attachments and transfer apparatus for lift trucks in the nature of structural parts for forklift trucks.

Abrégé

An electrically powered mast for a lift truck that includes one or more electrically powered actuators positioned within an outermost periphery of a vertically elongate frame of the mast, and selectively moving a carriage along the vertically elongate frame.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/10 - MâtsGuidesChaînes mobiles dans une direction horizontale, par rapport au chariot
• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques

Abrégé

An electrically powered mast for a lift truck that includes one or more electrically powered actuators positioned within an outermost periphery of a vertically elongate frame of the mast, and selectively moving a carriage along the vertically elongate frame.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/08 - MâtsGuidesChaînes
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/16 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge inclinables par rapport au mât
• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques

Abrégé

Hydraulic control circuits, couplers with hydraulic control circuits, and methods for controlling couplers that include a safety knuckle for retaining a first pin and a tongue for retaining a second pin, the safety knuckle automatically resetting upon removal of the safety pin.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02F 9/22 - Entraînements hydrauliques ou pneumatiques
• E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs
• E02F 3/38 - Poutres en porte-à-fauxBras plongeursBras à auges
• E02F 9/02 - Mécanisme de déplacement

Abrégé

Hydraulic control circuits, couplers with hydraulic control circuits, and methods for controlling couplers that include a safety knuckle for retaining a first pin and a tongue for retaining a second pin, the safety knuckle automatically resetting upon removal of the safety pin.

Classes IPC  ?

• F15B 13/01 - Clapets de blocage ou autres dispositifs de détente
• B60D 1/28 - Couplages de tractionAttelagesOrganes de tractionDispositifs de remorquage caractérisés par des dispositions en vue de fonctions particulières pour empêcher un décrochage fortuit, p. ex. accessoires de sécurité

Abrégé

Hydraulic valve circuitry adapted for hydraulic connection to a lift truck having a mast and at least one lift cylinder for alternately raising and lowering the mast. The hydraulic assembly is also adapted for hydraulic connection to an attachment to the lift truck, the attachment having opposed clamps actuated by respective clamp cylinders. The hydraulic assembly preferably comprises a valve circuit capable of causing the at least one lift cylinder to be an accumulator.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01G 19/10 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs à fluide sensibles au poids
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 15/20 - Autres parties constitutives
• B66C 1/42 - Organes de saisie engageant uniquement les faces externes ou internes des objets
• B66C 3/16 - Bennes preneuses ouvertes ou fermées par des moteurs d'entraînement intégrés portés par ces bennes par moteurs hydrauliques
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation

Abrégé

A telescoping weigh fork unit where a base fork has an integrated hydraulic cylinder and a slideable outer shoe on which are supported at least two load cells. Optionally the unit may include an outside telescopic fork shoe to which the load cells are mounted and which supports the outer shoe. Unit may further include a system to alert if distance or weight thresholds are exceeded or if a load cell is inoperable.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01G 19/12 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs électriques sensibles au poids
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• G01G 23/36 - Dispositifs indicateurs, p. ex. pour indication à distanceDispositifs enregistreursÉchelles, p. ex. graduées indiquant le poids par des moyens électriques, p. ex. par utilisation de cellules photo-électriques

Abrégé

Depth detector assemblies for material handling attachments are disclosed. In some embodiments, the depth detector assemblies may include at least one ultrasonic sensor removably attached to the material handling attachment. The depth detector assemblies may additionally include a controller removably attached to the material handling attachment and capable of receiving signals from the at least one ultrasonic sensor. The depth detector assemblies may further include a light display capable of being selectively illuminated by the controller to indicate depth of a load relative to the material handling attachment based on the received signals from the at least one ultrasonic sensor.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques

Abrégé

Depth detector assemblies for material handling attachments are disclosed. In some embodiments, the depth detector assemblies may include at least one ultrasonic sensor removably attached to the material handling attachment. The depth detector assemblies may additionally include a controller removably attached to the material handling attachment and capable of receiving signals from the at least one ultrasonic sensor. The depth detector assemblies may further include a light display capable of being selectively illuminated by the controller to indicate depth of a load relative to the material handling attachment based on the received signals from the at least one ultrasonic sensor.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01R 19/00 - Dispositions pour procéder aux mesures de courant ou de tension ou pour en indiquer l'existence ou le signe
• G01R 1/28 - Disposition prévue dans des appareils de mesure pour des valeurs de référence, p. ex. tension étalon, forme d'ondes étalon
• G01R 31/317 - Tests de circuits numériques

Abrégé

A swing frame roll clamp may include a mounting plate mountable to a lift truck and a pair of opposed clamp arms. The clamp arms may be configured to selectively and alternately grasp and release a cylindrical load, and each opposed clamp arm may be capable of becoming either a short arm or a long arm relative to the other opposed clamp arm.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/16 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge inclinables par rapport au mât

Abrégé

A swing frame roll clamp may include a mounting plate mountable to a lift truck and a pair of opposed clamp arms. The clamp arms may be configured to selectively and alternately grasp and release a cylindrical load, and each opposed clamp arm may be capable of becoming either a short arm or a long arm relative to the other opposed clamp arm.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B25J 15/00 - Têtes de préhension
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

A telescoping weigh fork unit where a base fork has an integrated hydraulic cylinder and a slideable outer shoe on which are supported at least two load cells. Optionally the unit may include an outside telescopic fork shoe to which the load cells are mounted and which supports the outer shoe. Unit may further include a system to alert if distance or weight thresholds are exceeded or if a load cell is inoperable.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01G 19/12 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs électriques sensibles au poids
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• G01G 23/36 - Dispositifs indicateurs, p. ex. pour indication à distanceDispositifs enregistreursÉchelles, p. ex. graduées indiquant le poids par des moyens électriques, p. ex. par utilisation de cellules photo-électriques

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/075 - Caractéristiques de construction ou détails
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules

Abrégé

Attachment assemblies for industrial material handling equipment are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator fixedly attached to the carriage. The carriage is mountable to industrial material handling equipment. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage. The attachment assembly further includes a faceplate assembly fixedly attached to the frame assembly. The faceplate assembly is configured to receive one or more support members for supporting a load. The faceplate assembly includes one or more load cells configured to measure horizontal and vertical forces applied to the one or more support members. The linear actuator slides the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/075 - Caractéristiques de construction ou détails
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules

Abrégé

A material handling clamp having a proportional relief valve delivering pressurized fluid to clamp arms that grasp a load, and having a controller configured to receive load geometry data and variably control the proportional relief valve to provide a target clamp force.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher
• B25J 15/00 - Têtes de préhension
• B25J 15/02 - Têtes de préhension servocommandées

Produits et services

Attachments for construction machines in the nature of machine parts, namely, conversion couplers and quick couplers used to connect attachments to machines

Abrégé

A material handling clamp having a proportional relief valve delivering pressurized fluid to clamp arms that grasp a load, and having a controller configured to receive load geometry data and variably control the proportional relief valve to provide a target clamp force.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66C 1/28 - Organes jumelés, p. ex. pivotants, s'engageant sous la charge de deux côtés à la fois
• B66C 1/62 - Éléments ou dispositifs de prise de la charge adjoints aux mécanismes de levage, de descente ou de halage, ou adaptés pour être utilisés avec ces mécanismes et transmettant les efforts à des articles ou à des groupes d'articles par moyens mécaniques comportant des organes de saisie ayant une forme complémentaire de celle des objets à manipuler
• B66F 9/075 - Caractéristiques de construction ou détails
• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques

Abrégé

A material handling clamp having a proportional relief valve delivering pressurized fluid to clamp arms that grasp a load, and having a controller configured to receive load geometry data and variably control the proportional relief valve to provide a target clamp force.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66C 1/28 - Organes jumelés, p. ex. pivotants, s'engageant sous la charge de deux côtés à la fois
• B66C 1/62 - Éléments ou dispositifs de prise de la charge adjoints aux mécanismes de levage, de descente ou de halage, ou adaptés pour être utilisés avec ces mécanismes et transmettant les efforts à des articles ou à des groupes d'articles par moyens mécaniques comportant des organes de saisie ayant une forme complémentaire de celle des objets à manipuler
• B66F 9/075 - Caractéristiques de construction ou détails
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 15/20 - Autres parties constitutives
• B66C 1/42 - Organes de saisie engageant uniquement les faces externes ou internes des objets
• B66C 3/16 - Bennes preneuses ouvertes ou fermées par des moteurs d'entraînement intégrés portés par ces bennes par moteurs hydrauliques
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation

Produits et services

Materials handling attachments for lift trucks, namely power-operated loading and unloading machines in the nature of load-lifting clamps, forklift forks, push pulls, rotators, pallet handlers, fork positioners, and bin dumpers, and structural parts therefor Materials handling attachments and transfer apparatus for lift trucks in the nature of structural parts for forklift trucks

Abrégé

Attachment assemblies for industrial material handling equipment are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator fixedly attached to the carriage. The carriage is mountable to industrial material handling equipment. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage. The attachment assembly further includes a faceplate assembly fixedly attached to the frame assembly. The faceplate assembly is configured to receive one or more support members for supporting a load. The faceplate assembly includes one or more load cells configured to measure horizontal and vertical forces applied to the one or more support members. The linear actuator slides the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• G01G 19/12 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs électriques sensibles au poids
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules

Abrégé

A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad mounted on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. A load sensor may be located between a pivot pin and a bearing block, or strain gauges may be mounted in the pivoting bearing block so as to measure forces carried through the bearing block. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66C 1/40 - Crochets de grues formés ou munis de dispositifs de mesure ou d'indication de charge
• B66C 1/44 - Organes de saisie engageant uniquement les faces externes ou internes des objets et leur appliquant des forces de friction
• B66C 13/16 - Utilisation de dispositifs indicateurs de positionnement ou de pesée
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• G01L 5/00 - Appareils ou procédés pour la mesure des forces, du travail, de la puissance mécanique ou du couple, spécialement adaptés à des fins spécifiques

Abrégé

A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad mounted on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. A load sensor may be located between a pivot pin and a bearing block, or strain gauges may be mounted in the pivoting bearing block so as to measure forces carried through the bearing block. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/20 - Moyens pour actionner ou commander des mâts, des plates-formes ou des fourches
• G01L 5/00 - Appareils ou procédés pour la mesure des forces, du travail, de la puissance mécanique ou du couple, spécialement adaptés à des fins spécifiques

Abrégé

A side shift limiting attachment for a material handing vehicle alerts the vehicles operator and restricts side shifting, lifting, tilting and/or rotation of the attachment when the side shift displacement is approaching or has reached a limit for a lift height.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques
• B66F 9/075 - Caractéristiques de construction ou détails
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage

Abrégé

A quick coupler which features a safety mechanism which facilitates ease of use and assures safe use in the workplace by use of hydraulic circuits designed to automatically reset the safety locking mechanism on intentional removal of a front pin, including use of a 2-line hydraulic supply to the coupler.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs

Abrégé

A quick coupler which features a safety mechanism which facilitates ease of use and assures safe use in the workplace by use of hydraulic circuits designed to automatically reset the safety locking mechanism on intentional removal of a front pin, including use of a 2-line hydraulic supply to the coupler.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs

Abrégé

A quick coupler which features a safety mechanism which facilitates ease of use and assures safe use in the workplace by use of hydraulic circuits designed to automatically reset the safety locking mechanism on intentional removal of a front pin, including use of a 2-line hydraulic supply to the coupler.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25B 5/06 - Dispositions pour transmettre le mouvement aux mâchoires
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

The improved hydraulic system utilizes a secondary hydraulic force control circuit that changes the gripping force on the load independently of movement of the clamp arms.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 3/00 - Amplificateurs ou convertisseurs de pression de fluide, p. ex. échangeurs de pressionTransmission de la pression d'un système à fluide à un autre, sans contact entre les fluides
• F15B 11/028 - Systèmes comportant essentiellement des moyens particuliers pour commander la vitesse ou la puissance d'un organe de sortie pour régler la puissance
• F15B 11/032 - Systèmes comportant essentiellement des moyens particuliers pour commander la vitesse ou la puissance d'un organe de sortie pour régler la puissance au moyen de convertisseurs de pression de fluide
• F15B 11/16 - Systèmes de servomoteurs dépourvus d'asservissement avec plusieurs servomoteurs

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B25B 5/06 - Dispositions pour transmettre le mouvement aux mâchoires

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the afore-mentioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines. Electromechanical controls for materials handling equipment, namely, machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic lifts and lifting machines. Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles.

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 15/20 - Autres parties constitutives
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66C 1/42 - Organes de saisie engageant uniquement les faces externes ou internes des objets
• B66C 3/16 - Bennes preneuses ouvertes ou fermées par des moteurs d'entraînement intégrés portés par ces bennes par moteurs hydrauliques

Produits et services

Structural parts, forks and load handling attachments for land vehicles

Abrégé

A fork-carriage apparatus for a lift truck and configured for pulling a load, including: (a) a mounting frame assembly; (b) a side shifter frame assembly slidably mounted to the mounting frame assembly; (c) a pivot frame assembly pivotably mounted to the side shifter frame assembly for translating therewith; (d) a fork assembly mounted to the pivot frame assembly for pivoting therewith; and (e) at least one load-pulling connector mounted to the pivot frame assembly and configured to connect the load to the fork-carriage apparatus for pulling the load.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/16 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge inclinables par rapport au mât

Abrégé

Attachment assemblies for industrial material handling equipment are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator attached to the carriage. The carriage is mountable to industrial material handling equipment. The linear actuator includes a body and longitudinally opposed piston rods slidably received in the body. Each piston rod has an end. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage. The frame assembly has upper and lower transverse frame members and end vertical frame members connecting the upper and lower transverse frame members in a spaced relationship to define a frame central cavity therebetween. The linear actuator is disposed within the frame central cavity such that the ends of the piston rods contact the end vertical frame members allowing the linear actuator to slide the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

Attachment assemblies for industrial material handling equipment are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator attached to the carriage. The carriage is mountable to industrial material handling equipment. The linear actuator includes a body and longitudinally opposed piston rods slidably received in the body. Each piston rod has an end. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage. The frame assembly has upper and lower transverse frame members and end vertical frame members connecting the upper and lower transverse frame members in a spaced relationship to define a frame central cavity therebetween. The linear actuator is disposed within the frame central cavity such that the ends of the piston rods contact the end vertical frame members allowing the linear actuator to slide the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

Lift truck attachment assemblies are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the lift truck attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator attached to the carriage. The carriage is mountable to a lift truck, and the linear actuator includes a body and longitudinally opposed piston rods slidably received in the body, each of the piston rods having an end. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage. The frame assembly includes upper and lower transverse frame members and end vertical frame members connecting the upper and lower transverse frame members in a spaced relationship to define a frame central cavity therebetween. The linear actuator is disposed within the frame central cavity such that the ends of the piston rods contact the end vertical frame members allowing the linear actuator to slide the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B66F 9/075 - Caractéristiques de construction ou détails

Abrégé

Attachment assemblies for industrial material handling equipment are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage, wherein the carriage is mountable to industrial material handling equipment. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly connected to the carriage. The attachment assembly further includes a faceplate assembly fixedly attached to the frame assembly. The faceplate assembly is configured to receive one or more support members for supporting a load. The faceplate assembly includes one or more load cells configured to measure horizontal and vertical forces applied to the one or more support members.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation

Abrégé

A method for welding at least one hanger to a fork. A friction welding process may be used to create a weld between the hanger and the fork, after which the heat-affected zone (HAZ) may be allowed to cool. Preferably the cooling occurs until martensite is formed, after which a post-tempering current is applied to the HAZ.

Classes IPC  ?

• B23K 15/00 - Soudage ou découpage par faisceau d'électrons
• B23K 26/20 - Assemblage
• B23K 26/21 - Assemblage par soudage
• B23K 26/24 - Soudage de joints continus
• B23K 26/32 - Assemblage tenant compte des propriétés du matériau concerné
• B23K 26/60 - Traitement préliminaire

Abrégé

A method for welding at least one hanger to a fork. A friction welding process may be used to create a weld between the hanger and the fork, after which the heat-affected zone (HAZ) may be allowed to cool. Preferably the cooling occurs until martensite is formed, after which a post-tempering current is applied to the HAZ.

Classes IPC  ?

• B23K 20/12 - Soudage non électrique par percussion ou par une autre forme de pression, avec ou sans chauffage, p. ex. revêtement ou placage la chaleur étant produite par frictionSoudage par friction
• B23K 20/22 - Soudage non électrique par percussion ou par une autre forme de pression, avec ou sans chauffage, p. ex. revêtement ou placage tenant compte des propriétés des matériaux à souder
• B23K 20/24 - Traitement préalable

Abrégé

A method for welding at least one hanger to a fork. A friction welding process may be used to create a weld between the hanger and the fork, after which the heat-affected zone (HAZ) may be allowed to cool. Preferably the cooling occurs until martensite is formed, after which a post-tempering current is applied to the HAZ.

Classes IPC  ?

• C21D 9/50 - Traitement thermique, p. ex. recuit, durcissement, trempe ou revenu, adapté à des objets particuliersFours à cet effet pour joints de soudure
• B23K 20/12 - Soudage non électrique par percussion ou par une autre forme de pression, avec ou sans chauffage, p. ex. revêtement ou placage la chaleur étant produite par frictionSoudage par friction

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the afore-mentioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines Electromechanical controls used for weighing purposes on materials handling equipment, namely, machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic lifts and lifting machines

Abrégé

A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad mounted on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. A load sensor may be located between a pivot pin and a bearing block, or strain gauges may be mounted in the pivoting bearing block so as to measure forces carried through the bearing block. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

Hydraulic valve circuitry adapted for hydraulic connection to a lift truck having a mast and at least one lift cylinder for alternately raising and lowering the mast. The hydraulic assembly is also adapted for hydraulic connection to an attachment to the lift truck, the attachment having opposed clamps actuated by respective clamp cylinders. The hydraulic assembly preferably comprises a valve circuit capable of causing the at least one lift cylinder to be an accumulator.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• G01G 19/10 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs à fluide sensibles au poids
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

A load alignment aid with range finding sensors positioned diagonally on a mounting platform to calculate range, vertical alignment, and horizontal alignment. Each sensor measures a distance (d) from the mounting platform to the load. Where d(1) does not equal d(2) and d(1) does not equal d(3), a misalignment due to tilt or chassis misalignment is detected. The aid further includes a display which may show a graphic representation of the approach to a load and an alert for misalignment notification.

Classes IPC  ?

• G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit comprises: an input port for receiving pressurized fluid from a pump and returning unpressurized fluid to a reservoir; a first output port connectable to a first hydraulic actuator and a second output port connectable to second hydraulic actuator. Each of the first second output ports is configured to receive pressurized fluid from the input port and also to simultaneously deliver said pressurized fluid to its respectively connected hydraulic actuator and receive fluid discharged therefrom. The circuit further comprises a selector capable of selectively using fluid discharged from the first hydraulic actuator to pressurize fluid delivered into the second hydraulic actuator. The first and second output ports are each configured to deliver the pressurized fluid from the first input port to its respectively connected hydraulic actuator regardless of whether the selector is in the first position or the second position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25B 5/06 - Dispositions pour transmettre le mouvement aux mâchoires
• B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B25B 5/06 - Dispositions pour transmettre le mouvement aux mâchoires
• B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B23Q 1/28 - Moyens pour fixer les éléments coulissants dans la position désirée
• B25B 5/16 - Parties constitutives, p. ex. mâchoires, fixations des mâchoires

Abrégé

A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B25B 5/06 - Dispositions pour transmettre le mouvement aux mâchoires
• B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher

Produits et services

Forks for forklift trucks containing a sound dampening mechanism to minimize fork chatter during unladen travel

Abrégé

A pivot frame assembly pivotably mountable in a fork-carriage apparatus includes: (a) a lower cross member; (b) an upper cross member; (c) a pair of laterally spaced apart first and second side members connecting the upper and lower cross members; (d) a fork assembly mounting shaft supported by the first and second side members; and (e) a reinforced central support member laterally intermediate the first and second side members and connecting the upper and lower cross members.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/16 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge inclinables par rapport au mât

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the afore-mentioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines Electromechanical controls for materials handling equipment, namely, machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic lifts and lifting machines Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles

Abrégé

A load-handling clamp mountable on a lift truck is capable of clamping a load between respective opposed clamp arms each capable of hydraulic movement selectively toward or away from each other. One of the clamp arms is preferably substantially incapable of movement toward the other clamp arm unless actuated independently of the other clamp arm. One of the clamp arms also preferably has a lesser maximum range of hydraulic movement than the other of the clamp arms and is hydraulically movable at a maximum hydraulic pressure greater than that of the other clamp arm.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

A load-handling clamp mountable on a lift truck is capable of clamping a load between respective opposed clamp arms each capable of hydraulic movement selectively toward or away from each other. One of the clamp arms is preferably substantially incapable of movement toward the other clamp arm unless actuated independently of the other clamp arm. One of the clamp arms also preferably has a lesser maximum range of hydraulic movement than the other of the clamp arms and is hydraulically movable at a maximum hydraulic pressure greater than that of the other clamp arm.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25J 15/04 - Têtes de préhension avec possibilité pour l'enlèvement ou l'échange à distance de la tête ou de parties de celle-ci
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B66C 1/42 - Organes de saisie engageant uniquement les faces externes ou internes des objets
• B66C 1/62 - Éléments ou dispositifs de prise de la charge adjoints aux mécanismes de levage, de descente ou de halage, ou adaptés pour être utilisés avec ces mécanismes et transmettant les efforts à des articles ou à des groupes d'articles par moyens mécaniques comportant des organes de saisie ayant une forme complémentaire de celle des objets à manipuler
• B66C 1/00 - Éléments ou dispositifs de prise de la charge adjoints aux mécanismes de levage, de descente ou de halage, ou adaptés pour être utilisés avec ces mécanismes et transmettant les efforts à des articles ou à des groupes d'articles

Produits et services

Providing extended warranties on forklift attachments and parts therefor

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the aforementioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines

Abrégé

Slide-bearing assemblies capable of enabling sliding of a load-carrying implement relative to a load-supporting structure, having first and second load-carrying surfaces, respectively, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the slide-bearing assembly includes substantially nonmetallic first and second elongate bearing elements extending in parallel to support the first load-carrying surface of the load-carrying implement slidably upon the load-supporting structure. One of the bearing elements being composed of multiple elongate pieces each shorter in length than a length of the other of the bearing elements. The slide-bearing assembly additionally includes a post that extends from a surface of each of the multiple elongate pieces, which is a surface that is opposed to the second load-carrying surface, each post is sized to fit in a respective recess of the second load-carrying surface. The slide-bearing assembly further includes at least one coating on the first load-carrying surface made of high-performance thermoplastic material(s).

Classes IPC  ?

• F16C 33/20 - Surface de glissement principalement constituée de matériaux plastiques
• F16C 17/02 - Paliers à contact lisse pour mouvement de rotation exclusivement pour charges radiales uniquement
• F16C 29/02 - Paliers à contact lisse

Abrégé

Slide-bearing assemblies capable of enabling sliding of a load-carrying implement relative to a load-supporting structure, having first and second load-carrying surfaces, respectively, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the slide-bearing assembly includes substantially nonmetallic first and second elongate bearing elements extending in parallel to support the first load-carrying surface of the load-carrying implement slidably upon the load-supporting structure. One of the bearing elements being composed of multiple elongate pieces each shorter in length than a length of the other of the bearing elements. The slide-bearing assembly additionally includes a post that extends from a surface of each of the multiple elongate pieces, which is a surface that is opposed to the second load-carrying surface, each post is sized to fit in a respective recess of the second load-carrying surface. The slide-bearing assembly further includes at least one coating on the first load-carrying surface made of high-performance thermoplastic material(s).

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/00 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement
• F16C 29/00 - Paliers pour pièces à déplacement uniquement linéaire
• F16C 32/00 - Paliers non prévus ailleurs
• F16C 33/02 - Éléments des paliers à contact lisse
• F16C 33/20 - Surface de glissement principalement constituée de matériaux plastiques
• F16C 33/12 - Composition structuraleEmploi de matériaux spécifiés ou de traitement particulier des surfaces, p. ex. contre la rouille
• B05C 19/00 - Appareillages spécialement adaptés pour appliquer des matériaux en particules à des surfaces

Abrégé

Slide-bearing assemblies capable of enabling sliding of a load-carrying implement relative to a load-supporting structure, having first and second load-carrying surfaces, respectively, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the slide-bearing assembly includes substantially non metallic first and second elongate bearing elements extending in parallel to support the first load-carrying surface of the load-carrying implement slidably upon the load-supporting structure. One of the bearing elements being composed of multiple elongate pieces each shorter in length than a length of the other of the bearing elements. The slide-bearing assembly additionally includes a post that extends from a surface of each of the multiple elongate pieces, which is a surface that is opposed to the second load-carrying surface, each post is sized to fit in a respective recess of the second load-carrying surface. The slide-bearing assembly further includes at least one coating on the first load-carrying surface made of high-performance thermoplastic material(s).

Classes IPC  ?

• B05C 19/00 - Appareillages spécialement adaptés pour appliquer des matériaux en particules à des surfaces
• B66F 9/00 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement
• F16C 29/00 - Paliers pour pièces à déplacement uniquement linéaire
• F16C 32/00 - Paliers non prévus ailleurs
• F16C 33/02 - Éléments des paliers à contact lisse
• F16C 33/12 - Composition structuraleEmploi de matériaux spécifiés ou de traitement particulier des surfaces, p. ex. contre la rouille
• F16C 33/20 - Surface de glissement principalement constituée de matériaux plastiques

Abrégé

A telescoping weigh fork unit where a base fork has an integrated hydraulic cylinder and a slideable outer shoe on which are supported at least two load cells. Optionally the unit may include an outside telescopic fork shoe to which the load cells are mounted and which supports the outer shoe. Unit may further include a system to alert if distance or weight thresholds are exceeded or if a load cell is inoperable.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/20 - Moyens pour actionner ou commander des mâts, des plates-formes ou des fourches
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• F15B 15/28 - Moyens pour indiquer la position, p. ex. fin de course
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules
• G01G 19/12 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs électriques sensibles au poids

Abrégé

A telescoping weigh fork unit where a base fork has an integrated hydraulic cylinder and a slideable outer shoe on which are supported at least two load cells. Optionally the unit may include an outside telescopic fork shoe to which the load cells are mounted and which supports the outer shoe. Unit may further include a system to alert if distance or weight thresholds are exceeded or if a load cell is inoperable.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• F15B 15/28 - Moyens pour indiquer la position, p. ex. fin de course
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules
• G01G 23/01 - Test ou calibrage des appareils de pesée

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the aforementioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines. Electromechanical controls for materials handling equipment, namely, machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic lifts and lifting machines. Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles.

Abrégé

A lever-based clamping device.

Classes IPC  ?

• F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires
• F41A 23/12 - Trépieds

Abrégé

A carriage for a lift truck arranged to provide for both lateral shifting and tilting of attachments such as forklift forks, in which an outer frame of the carriage is supported by a side-shifter cylinder-and-piston assembly incorporated in an inner frame, and in which the outer frame can be tilted with respect to the inner frame, about a laterally-extending central axis of the side-shifter cylinder-and-piston assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/16 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge inclinables par rapport au mât
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B66F 9/07 - Dispositifs pour stocker du plancher jusqu'au toit, p. ex. "pont stockeur", "transtockeur"

Abrégé

A carriage 24 for a lift truck 20 arranged to provide for both lateral shifting and tilting of attachments such as forklift forks 28, in which an outer frame 34 of the carriage 24 is supported by a side-shifter cylinder-and-piston assembly 50 incorporated in an inner frame 36, and in which the outer frame 34 can be tilted with respect to the inner frame 36, about a laterally-extending central axis 80 of the side- shifter cylinder-and-piston assembly 50.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/00 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement
• B66F 9/06 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement se déplaçant, avec leurs charges, sur des roues ou sur un dispositif analogue, p. ex. chariots élévateurs à fourche

Abrégé

An opposable clamp arm (22, 24) of a load handling device such as a lift truck attachment (20). An upper clamp pad portion may have a generally planar plate (44) as a main member and may have a load-gripping face layer (48). A lower clamp pad assembly (60) has a plurality of separately replaceable wear-compensating load-contacting elements (68, 70, 72, 74, and 76) mounted interchangeably on a backing plate (66) attached to a stabilizer member (137) of the clamp arm. The load- contacting elements (68, 70, 72, 74, and 76) may be secured to the backing plate (66) by retainer bars (80, 82, 84) fastened to the backing plate (66) with flanges (100, 102) of the retainer bars overlapping margins (94, 96) of the load contact elements (68, 70, 72, 74, and 76).

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B62D 65/00 - Tracé, fabrication, p. ex. assemblage, mesures pour faciliter le désassemblage, ou modification de la structure des véhicules à moteurs ou des remorques, non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

An opposable clamp arm of a load handling device such as a lift truck attachment. An upper clamp pad portion may have a generally planar plate as a main member and may have a load-gripping face layer. A lower clamp pad assembly has a plurality of separately replaceable wear-compensating load-contacting elements mounted interchangeably on a backing plate attached to a stabilizer member of the clamp arm. The load-contacting elements may be secured to the backing plate by retainer bars fastened to the backing plate with flanges of the retainer bars overlapping margins of the load contact elements.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B62D 65/00 - Tracé, fabrication, p. ex. assemblage, mesures pour faciliter le désassemblage, ou modification de la structure des véhicules à moteurs ou des remorques, non prévus ailleurs

Produits et services

(1) Material handling equipment, namely, hydraulic fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; material handling equipment in the nature of load lifting forks and arms for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; load lifting hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines and load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines. (2) Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles, namely, power tailgates and fork lifts.

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the aforementioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles

Produits et services

an integrated system comprised of an interactive electronic display screen, an electronic controller, downloadable or recorded computer software, electronic actuators and sensor inputs to control fork positions and assist in lift truck load handling

Produits et services

(1) Material handling equipment, namely, hydraulic fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; material handling equipment in the nature of load lifting forks and arms for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; load lifting hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines (2) Electromechanical controls for materials handling equipment, namely, machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic lifts and lifting machines (3) Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles, namely, power tailgates and fork lifts.

Produits et services

(1) Material handling equipment, namely, hydraulic fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; material handling equipment in the nature of load lifting forks and arms for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; load lifting hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines (2) Electromechanical controls for materials handling equipment, namely, machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic lifts and lifting machines (3) Structural parts and load handling attachments for land vehicles, namely, power tailgates and fork lifts.

Abrégé

A layer-picking load-clamping and lifting assembly for mounting on a lift truck is capable of bidirectionally side-shifting a load-clamping assembly substantially straightly along a side-shifting length. The load clamping assembly has opposed clamp arms each selectively movable along a direction parallel to the side-shifting length so as to be selectively separable in a plurality of different possible relationships.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/19 - Moyens additionnels pour faciliter le déchargement

Abrégé

A layer-picking load-clamping and lifting assembly for mounting on a lift truck is capable of bidirectionally side-shifting a load-clamping assembly substantially straightly along a side-shifting length. The load clamping assembly has opposed clamp arms each selectively movable along a direction parallel to the side-shifting length so as to be selectively separable in a plurality of different possible relationships.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

A fork-carriage apparatus for a lift truck includes: (a) a mounting frame assembly mountable to the lift truck for vertical movement; (b) a side shifter frame assembly slidably mounted to the mounting frame assembly; (c) a pivot frame assembly pivotably mounted to the side shifter frame assembly for translating therewith; (d) a fork assembly mounted to the pivot frame assembly for pivoting therewith; and (e) at least one load-pulling connector mounted to the pivot frame assembly and configured to connect a load to the fork-carriage apparatus for pulling the load.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/16 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge inclinables par rapport au mât

Abrégé

A fork-carriage apparatus for a lift truck includes: (a) a mounting frame assembly mountable to the lift truck for vertical movement; (b) a side shifter frame assembly slidably mounted to the mounting frame assembly; (c) a pivot frame assembly pivotably mounted to the side shifter frame assembly for translating therewith; (d) a fork assembly mounted to the pivot frame assembly for pivoting therewith; and (e) at least one load-pulling connector mounted to the pivot frame assembly and configured to connect a load to the fork-carriage apparatus for pulling the load.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66C 1/10 - Éléments ou dispositifs de prise de la charge adjoints aux mécanismes de levage, de descente ou de halage, ou adaptés pour être utilisés avec ces mécanismes et transmettant les efforts à des articles ou à des groupes d'articles par moyens mécaniques
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

A load handler is capable of loading and unloading tall unitary resilient loads such as large construction tires or other tall compressible loads such as bales normally considered incompatible for shipment in standard closed-top containers, to enable such compatibility economically.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 67/02 - Chargement ou déchargement des véhicules terrestres
• B65G 67/24 - Déchargement des véhicules terrestres
• B65G 7/12 - Porte-charges, p. ex. crochets, courroies, harnais, gants, modifiés pour porter les charges

Abrégé

A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad mounted on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. A load sensor may be located between a pivot pin and a bearing block, or strain gauges may be mounted in the pivoting bearing block so as to measure forces carried through the bearing block. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

Hydraulic valve circuitry adapted for automatic weight-responsive control of load-clamping members of a load-lifting system having a free lift mast. The load-lifting system generally includes one or more fluid power actuator for applying a gripping force to a load, at least one elongate, longitudinally-extensible fluid power lifting device having a free lift range of motion and at least one main lift range of motion, and manually operated load-clamping and load-lifting selector valves. The hydraulic valve circuitry provides, independently, weight-responsive control of the load-clamping members when lifting a load, full-time automatic weight-responsive force control of the load-clamping members without concurrent manual actuation of load-clamping or load-lifting selector valves, and equalization of sensed load weight so that the sensed load weight is substantially independent of the longitudinally-extensible position of the lifting device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01G 19/10 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs à fluide sensibles au poids
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

Methods and systems for wirelessly transmitting power and/or data.

Classes IPC  ?

• H02J 50/00 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/20 - Moyens pour actionner ou commander des mâts, des plates-formes ou des fourches
• B66F 9/24 - Dispositifs ou systèmes électriques
• H04B 5/00 - Systèmes de transmission en champ proche, p. ex. systèmes à transmission capacitive ou inductive
• H02J 50/10 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique utilisant un couplage inductif
• H02J 50/90 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique mettant en œuvre la détection ou l'optimisation de la position, p. ex. de l'alignement
• H02J 50/80 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique mettant en œuvre l’échange de données, concernant l’alimentation ou la distribution d’énergie électrique, entre les dispositifs de transmission et les dispositifs de réception
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

A load-weighing assembly has a substantially laterally-extending beam-type
load-weighing platform and a substantially
laterally-extending cantilever-type fork blade member located beneath the
platform, interconnected by a load weight- measuring cell.
The weight measuring cell is laterally movable with respect to at least one of
the platform and blade member during an initial part of
a load weighing process so as to minimize transmission of lateral force
between the platform and the weight-measuring cell, thereby
compensating for load-weighing errors which would otherwise occur.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules
• G01G 19/12 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs électriques sensibles au poids

Abrégé

A load-weighing assembly has a substantially laterally-extending beam-type load-weighing platform and a substantially laterally-extending cantilever-type fork blade member located beneath the platform, interconnected by a load weight- measuring cell. The weight measuring cell is laterally movable with respect to at least one of the platform and blade member during an initial part of a load weighing process so as to minimize transmission of lateral force between the platform and the weight-measuring cell, thereby compensating for load-weighing errors which would otherwise occur.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• G01G 19/12 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules ayant des dispositifs électriques sensibles au poids

Abrégé

An improved hydraulic control system is proposed for a lift truck attachment
having opposed
clamp arms that selectively grip and release a load. The improved hydraulic
system utilizes a
secondary hydraulic force control circuit for limiting clamp pressure applied
by opposed clamp
arms against a load, the clamp arms moveable towards and away from the load by
first and second
hydraulic cylinders when supplied with pressurized first hydraulic fluid. Each
clamp ann is fitted
with at least one bladder holding a second fluid. The hydraulic control
circuit has a charging system
for expanding at least one bladder using the first pressurized hydraulic fluid
and at least one fluid
line, together capable of selectively pressurizing the second hydraulic fluid
in the bladder(s) of each
clamp arm. The system is employed in a method for limiting clamp pressure
applied by opposed
clamp arms against a load. In the method, pressurized fluid is provided in the
first and second
cylinders until the clamp arms contact the load, and after the clamp arms
contact the load, the system
automatically increases bladder pressure in a manner independent of further
movement of the clamp
arms toward the load.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/00 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

A load-weighing assembly has a substantially laterally-extending beam-type load-weighing platform, and a substantially laterally-extending cantilever-type fork blade member located beneath the platform, interconnected by a load weight-measuring cell. The weight measuring cell is laterally movable with respect to at least one of the platform and blade member during an initial part of a load weighing process so as to minimize transmission of lateral force between the platform and the weight-measuring cell, thereby compensating for load-weighing errors which would otherwise occur.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 17/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité, p. ex. pour limiter ou indiquer la force de levage
• B66F 9/12 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge
• G01G 19/08 - Appareils ou méthodes de pesée adaptés à des fins particulières non prévues dans les groupes pour incorporation dans des véhicules

Abrégé

An improved hydraulic control system for a lift truck attachment having opposed clamp arms that selectively grip and release a load. The improved hydraulic system utilizes a secondary hydraulic force control circuit that increases the gripping force on the load independently of inward movement of the clamp arms.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 11/028 - Systèmes comportant essentiellement des moyens particuliers pour commander la vitesse ou la puissance d'un organe de sortie pour régler la puissance
• F15B 3/00 - Amplificateurs ou convertisseurs de pression de fluide, p. ex. échangeurs de pressionTransmission de la pression d'un système à fluide à un autre, sans contact entre les fluides
• F15B 11/032 - Systèmes comportant essentiellement des moyens particuliers pour commander la vitesse ou la puissance d'un organe de sortie pour régler la puissance au moyen de convertisseurs de pression de fluide
• F15B 11/16 - Systèmes de servomoteurs dépourvus d'asservissement avec plusieurs servomoteurs

Abrégé

An improved hydraulic control system for a lift truck attachment having opposed clamp arms that selectively grip and release a load. The improved hydraulic system utilizes a secondary hydraulic force control circuit that increases the gripping force on the load independently of inward movement of the clamp arms.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/00 - Dispositifs pour lever ou descendre des marchandises volumineuses ou lourdes aux fins de chargement ou de déchargement

Produits et services

rubber faced steel backed pallet pads for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the afore-mentioned machines

Produits et services

Materials handling equipment, namely, fittings for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines, in the nature of attachments for the afore-mentioned machines; hydraulic assemblies and parts therefor for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines; parts for machines for load handling, fork lifts, hydraulic loaders and lifting machines. Downloadable brochures, manuals and video recordings promoting the features and benefits of fork lift attachments. Printed brochures, manuals and marketing literature promoting the features and benefits of fork lift attachments.

Abrégé

A coupler is configured to couple an implement to an earth moving or materials handling machine. The coupler includes a locking member for locking a pin of an implement into a coupler in the recess. The locking member is driven by a hydraulic arrangement, with the hydraulic cylinder body being formed integrally with either the coupler body or the locking member. The coupler may be adapted to accommodate a range of implement pin spacings and/or diameters, so that the coupler can be used with different implements and in particular with different makes of implement.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs

Abrégé

Different exemplary control systems for a hydraulically powered load-handling clamp, of the type usually mountable on industrial lift trucks or automatically guided vehicles, are disclosed. The disclosed systems variably limit a hydraulic force, by which load-clamping arms move a load substantially transversely, automatically depending on the weight of the load being moved, so as to avoid excessive transverse force applied to fragile loads.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/20 - Moyens pour actionner ou commander des mâts, des plates-formes ou des fourches
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 11/16 - Systèmes de servomoteurs dépourvus d'asservissement avec plusieurs servomoteurs

Abrégé

Different exemplary control systems for a hydraulically powered load-handling clamp, of the type usually mountable on industrial lift trucks or automatically guided vehicles, are disclosed. The disclosed systems variably limit a hydraulic force, by which load-clamping arms move a load substantially transversely, automatically depending on the weight of the load being moved, so as to avoid excessive transverse force applied to fragile loads.

Classes IPC  ?

• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques
• F15B 11/16 - Systèmes de servomoteurs dépourvus d'asservissement avec plusieurs servomoteurs
• B66F 9/14 - Plates-formesFourchesAutres organes soutenant ou saisissant la charge mobiles latéralement, p. ex. orientables selon un mouvement de pivotement ou de translation
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge

Abrégé

Different exemplary control systems for a hydraulically powered load-handling clamp, of the type usually mountable on industrial lift trucks or automatically guided vehicles, are disclosed. The disclosed systems variably limit a hydraulic force, by which load-clamping arms move a load substantially transversely, automatically depending on the weight of the load being moved, so as to avoid excessive transverse force applied to fragile loads.

Classes IPC  ?

• B25J 13/08 - Commandes pour manipulateurs au moyens de dispositifs sensibles, p. ex. à la vue ou au toucher
• B66F 9/18 - Moyens pour saisir ou maintenir la charge
• B66F 9/20 - Moyens pour actionner ou commander des mâts, des plates-formes ou des fourches
• B66F 9/22 - Dispositifs ou systèmes hydrauliques

Abrégé

A slide-bearing assembly capable of enabling sliding of a load-carrying surface relative to a load-supporting structure, such that the slide-bearing assembly may include a first arrangement of at least one substantially nonmetallic elongate bearing element capable of extending along a first load-carrying surface and a second arrangement of at least two substantially nonmetallic elongate bearing elements capable of extending longitudinally in series along a second load-carrying surface parallel to the first load-carrying surface such that the second load-carrying surface is in non-coextensive supportive relationship with the first load-carrying surface.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16C 29/08 - Dispositions pour couvrir ou protéger les chemins de roulement
• F16C 32/00 - Paliers non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

A slide-bearing assembly capable of enabling sliding of a load-carrying surface relative to a load-supporting structure, such that the slide-bearing assembly may include a first arrangement of at least one substantially nonmetallic elongate bearing element capable of extending along a first load-carrying surface and a second arrangement of at least two substantially nonmetallic elongate bearing elements capable of extending longitudinally in series along a second load-carrying surface parallel to the first load-carrying surface such that the second load-carrying surface is in non-coextensive supportive relationship with the first load-carrying surface.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16C 33/20 - Surface de glissement principalement constituée de matériaux plastiques
• F16C 33/10 - Structures relatives à la lubrification
• F16C 29/02 - Paliers à contact lisse

Abrégé

A slide-bearing assembly capable of enabling sliding of a load-carrying surface relative to a load-supporting structure, such that the slide-bearing assembly may include a first arrangement of at least one substantially nonmetallic elongate bearing element capable of extending along a first load-carrying surface and a second arrangement of at least two substantially nonmetallic elongate bearing elements capable of extending longitudinally in series along a second load-carrying surface parallel to the first load-carrying surface such that the second load-carrying surface is in non-coextensive supportive relationship with the first load-carrying surface.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16C 29/08 - Dispositions pour couvrir ou protéger les chemins de roulement
• F16C 32/00 - Paliers non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

A load handler is capable of loading and unloading tall unitary resilient loads such as large construction tires or other tall compressible loads such as bales normally considered incompatible for shipment in standard closed-top containers, to enable such compatibility economically. The load handler has a pair of vertically spaced load clamping arms, the upper arm being capable of rotating such a resilient load selectively onto or off of the lower arm while the load is compressed between the load clamping arms.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 67/02 - Chargement ou déchargement des véhicules terrestres
• B65G 67/24 - Déchargement des véhicules terrestres
• B65G 7/12 - Porte-charges, p. ex. crochets, courroies, harnais, gants, modifiés pour porter les charges