Abstract: A low-lift fork truck including a driving part which has a driving wheel disposed on the longitudinal axle and is driven by an electric motor, which is supported in a steering bolster adapted to be pivoted about a vertical axis, and a drawbar hinged to the steering bolster and a lifting cylinder. The truck further including a load-carrying part adjustable in height to a certain extent towards the driving part which has two parallel-spaced wheel arms and a rigid transverse member interconnecting the wheel arms wherein the transverse member is adapted to be coupled to the lifting cylinder and a linkage coupled to the transverse member is joined by a hinge to a forcing bar in the wheel arms which, in turn, actuates the rocker of a load-carrying roller at the end of the wheels arms to perform a lift.

Abstract: A forklift truck which includes a chassis (10) and a housing (12). Two parallel spaced wheel arms are attached to the chassis. The housing includes a battery-operated driving motor as well as a hydraulic lift. A pole (16) including control means for the control of said motor and said hydraulic lift is connected to a stand (203), the stand being rotatably mounted about a vertical axis and connected to a driving wheel (202). A monomast (20) is arranged centrally between the wheel arms and integral with the housing, the monomast have front and back sides, the back side facing the pole. A carriage (22) for a load fork is attached to the hydraulic lift. A box-shaped cover is attached to the back side of the monomast, and the pole is arranged asymmetrically with respect to the monomast.