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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles R Chelin, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Towmotor Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ; B66F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187 95 ; 187 / ; 308 / ;
Abstract
A load force bypassing apparatus is provided for a work engaging support assembly, such as a lift truck fork and mast assembly, having a plurality of rollers movably mounting a carriage assembly on a generally upright support with the rollers normally subjected to load forces imparted against the carriage assembly during a normal load crowding operation. The bypassing apparatus is positioned between the carriage assembly and the upright support in direct force transmitting relation to effectively isolate the rollers from the load forces during the normal load crowding operation.