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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1982
Bradley A Rice, Salem, OR (US);
Towmotor Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
Special attachments mounted on a carriage assembly of a lift truck normally require one or more hydraulic cylinders to effect the various work tasks. A plurality of flexible hoses are normally routed over a mast assembly of the lift truck and are suitably connected to the cylinders to communicate pressurized hydraulic fluid. Such routing arrangements normally impair the forward visibility of the operator and do not always provide for a compact and protected disposition of the hoses on the mast assembly. The routing arrangement (24) of this invention includes a plurality of sheaves (28) and brackets (33) for mounting and guiding loop portions (25) of flexible hoses (21) on a movable upright assembly (14) in vertically spaced and closely compacted relationship to permit vertical movements of the movable upright assembly (14) relative to the hoses (21). The hoses (21) are attached between a fixed upright assembly (12) of a mast assembly (11) and a carriage assembly (18), slidably mounted on the movable upright assembly (14).