Patents Assigned to Automated Container Loading Limited
  • Patent number: 4801238
    Abstract: A vehicle for the remote handling of loads, comprising a carrying structure (11) with a driving and steering wheel (32), and a fork structure (2) supported by the carrying structure so that it can be raised and lowered and provided with a hook (5) for connection to a vertically-movable attachment part(S) of a lift truck (C). The support structure has a simplified articulated-parallelogram conformation (11) connected to a rear frame (10) of the fork structure (2) and vertical movement of the latter is controlled by a single hydraulic linear actuator (36) vertically interposed between the rear frame (10) and the parallelogram structure (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignees: Pezzelato Officine Construzioni Mecchaniche S.p.A., Automated Container Loading Limited
    Inventor: Riccardo Pezzolato