Abstract: An apparatus for lifting and transporting loads, in particular corresponding containers, preferably in the form of empty containers, including a support chassis, for resting and movement means of the apparatus with respect to the ground, in particular including means, or front wheels, for resting and movement and means, or rear wheels, for resting and movement, in particular said front and/or rear means, or wheels, for resting and movement having a respective transversal, or horizontal, rotation axis; lifting and lowering means of the load, including a respective mast, in particular extending upwards, and gripping means of the load, which gripping means are mobile along said mast; said mast of said lifting and lowering means of the load being positioned at or posteriorly of the respective rotation axis of the front means, or wheels, for resting and movement of the apparatus with respect to the ground.

Abstract: An apparatus for lifting and transporting loads, in particular corresponding containers, preferably in the form of empty containers, including a support chassis, for resting and movement means of the apparatus with respect to the ground, in particular including means, or front wheels, for resting and movement and means, or rear wheels, for resting and movement, in particular said front and/or rear means, or wheels, for resting and movement having a respective transversal, or horizontal, rotation axis; lifting and lowering means of the load, including a respective mast, in particular extending upwards, and gripping means of the load, which gripping means are mobile along said mast; said mast of said lifting and lowering means of the load being positioned at or posteriorly of the respective rotation axis of the front means, or wheels, for resting and movement of the apparatus with respect to the ground.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for transporting a load, in particular for transporting a container, particularly of the gantry type, includes an electrical power user element (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 32a) which has a respective control element (30?a, 30?b, 30?c, 30?d, 32?a), and an element (34, 36) for supplying electrical power to the user element (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 32a). The element for supplying electrical power includes at least an internal combustion engine (34) and an element (36) for transforming the mechanical power generated by the internal combustion engine into electrical power to be supplied to the user element. Advantageously, there are elements which allow a change in the operating speed of the internal combustion engine (34) according to the power required by the user element.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for carrying a load (11), in particular for carrying a container, comprises a framework (12) supported on suitable wheels (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) and supporting load pick up means (18), the latter being mobile between a lowered load pick up or release position and a lifted load carry position. The supporting framework comprises, in particular, a part (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) which is fixed to the wheels (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) and a part (14) supporting the load pick up means (18) and mobile, relative to the fixed part (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), between at least a lowered position and a lifted position. (FIG.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a vehicle for handling coils (2), particularly sheet metal coils, or the like. According to the invention, the vehicle comprises a bridgelike frame structure (1) which forms a tunnel (3) all along the vehicle, for the passage of coils (2) while they lay on the ground, having height and width dimensions slightly greater than the corresponding dimensions of the coils (2), means (18) for griping the coils (2) and means (10) for lifting the coils (2). In accordance with an advantageous improvement, the tunnel (3) is at least partly upwardly open, to allow the coils (2) to be lifted above the height of the tunnel (3). The invention also addresses a combination of the vehicle with a store for coils (2), wherein coils (2) are arranged axially side-by-side on rows (A, B, C, D), whose distance from each other depends on the wheel gauge of the vehicle.