Forklift transfer truck for transport loading station - has slewing lifting frame extending downwards from crab on travelling gantry with programme control

摘要

The forklift truck transfers palletised loads delivered to a particular position from a conveyor to a lorry or rail truck parked at an adjacent point. The forks are mounted on a lifting frame raised and lowered on a travelling truck. The truck is in the form of a crab (12) travelling on a horizontal track spanning the transfer area and above it, and from which the frame (10) extends downwards, slewing also on the truck on a vertical axis. The track is a gantry (6, 7)driven sideways by motors (8) on rails (3, 4). The lifting and lowering, slewing, and crab and gantry travel motions are automatically controlled by a programme, which can be overridden by a hand control unit if desired.