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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jay L. Kuck, St. Marys, OH (US);
Lee M. Wente, Minster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/14 (2006.01); B66F 9/08 (2006.01); B66F 9/10 (2006.01); B66F 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/148 (2013.01); B66F 9/06 (2013.01); B66F 9/08 (2013.01); B66F 9/087 (2013.01); B66F 9/10 (2013.01); B66F 9/122 (2013.01); B66F 9/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A materials handling vehicle is provided including a vehicle power unit, a monomast coupled to the vehicle power unit, and a fork carriage apparatus supported on the monomast. The fork carriage apparatus includes a mast carriage assembly directly coupled to the monomast for vertical movement, a fork carriage mechanism to which forks are mounted, and a reach mechanism coupled to the mast carriage assembly and to the fork carriage mechanism for actuating the fork carriage mechanism to move between an extended position and a retracted position.