公开(公告)号：US06543986B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US09845988

申请日：2001-04-30

申请人： Eric D. Springston ,  John R. Pratt ,  John Schoenma ker ,  Dale A. Williams

发明人： Eric D. Springston ,  John R. Pratt ,  John Schoenma ker ,  Dale A. Williams

IPC分类号： B65G6502

CPC分类号： B66F9/082 ,  B66F9/195

摘要： The present invention discloses either an apparatus that is adapted for selective mounting to and demounting from a pallet jack for use therewith or a transport vehicle having an apparatus permanently mounted thereto, which can effectively and efficiently transport articles or stacks of objects, such as boxes, furniture, trays, or the like from one location to another. The apparatus comprises a housing and an article engaging and lifting member, which includes a base and a back support member for supporting the article or stacks of objects. The article engaging and lifting member is pivotally mounted to the housing, preferably adjacent the bottom of the back support member. In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes a first clamp member for maintaining the article adjacent the back support member. In another embodiment, the apparatus further includes an upper displacement member which can engage and displace an upper object from the stack of objects to reduce the effective height of the tilted stack for transport. In another embodiment of the present invention, the base is linearly moveable along the back support member for raising and lowering articles along the length of the back support member. The base comprises a plurality of laminated forks or a laminated platen projecting outwardly from the back support member.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种适于选择性地安装到用于其的托盘吊架上拆卸的装置或具有永久安装在其上的装置的运输车辆，其可以有效地和有效地运输诸如箱子的物品或物品堆叠， 家具，托盘等从一个位置到另一个位置。 该装置包括壳体和物品接合和提升构件，其包括用于支撑物品或物品堆叠的基座和后支撑构件。 物品接合和提升构件枢转地安装到壳体，优选地邻近后支撑构件的底部。 在一个实施例中，该装置还包括用于将物品保持在邻近后支撑构件上的第一夹紧构件。 在另一个实施例中，该装置还包括上移位构件，其能够将上物体从物体堆叠接合并移位，以减少用于运输的倾斜堆叠的有效高度。 在本发明的另一个实施例中，基座沿着后支撑构件线性移动，用于沿着后支撑构件的长度升高和降低制品。 基座包括多个层压叉或从后支撑构件向外突出的层压压板。