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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1981
Charles R Chelin, Mentor, OH (US);
Towmotor Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
A guide assembly in a material-handling device (10) is disclosed which includes a frame (18), a mast assembly (12) pivotally mounted adjacent its bottom end (16) to the frame, and hydraulic cylinders (20) for rotating the mast assembly to tilt forwardly and rearwardly. The assembly further includes a bar (22) attached to the frame spaced from the mast assembly. The assembly also includes a guide tongue (29) pivotally mounted to said mast assembly further above the bottom end thereof than is the pivotal mounting thereof to the frame (18) and slidingly disposed intermediate its ends to the guide bar (22). The hydraulic cylinders are positioned to act between the frame (18) and the tongue (29).