Abstract: The present invention relates to a large-size manipulator, and also to truck-mounted concrete pumps with such a large-size manipulator, that comprises a boom (1) made up of several (2 to 5) and especially 3 to 5 segments and arranged on a frame, especially a vehicle frame, said boom being especially designed as a foldable distribution boom that preferably comprises a slewing track ring (6), so that by means of a driving unit it can be rotated about a substantially vertical axis of rotation, where the boom segments, by means of further driving units, can be swivelled with respect to each other and with respect to the slewing track ring about substantially horizontal and mutually parallel axes, where a distant steering system comprising a steering organ is provided to operate the driving units and to set a desired position of the driving units and/or the boom segments and the slewing track ring, where there is also provided a control system that comprises at least one monitoring unit (15) to ascertain a paramet

Abstract: The present invention board-conveying robot, and its aspect is] provides a board-conveying robot which improves the construction of a horizontal axis arm and hands to reduce a working radius of the board-conveying robot and increase work efficiency thereof. The board-conveying robot of the present invention includes at least one vertical axis arm to control a height of the board-conveying robot and a horizontal axis arm arranged to allow at least one hand to move rectilinearly to hold an object. The horizontal axis arm is fixedly connected to a head. The head is rotatably connected to an upper end of the vertical axis arm to move the horizontal axis arm between vertical and horizontal orientations. The board-conveying robot has two hands which are constructed to move parallel with each other along two guide rails formed in parallel with each other on the horizontal axis arm.

Abstract: Transport system for transporting components on transport vehicles between stations that includes a movement unit, holding device, and lifting/lowering device for holding device. Lifting/lowering device includes a plurality of constructional elements, which are connected by at least one joint, and at least two constructional elements form a Y-shape. Transport system also includes at least one lifting drive. A point of action of lifting drive is arranged on holding device or in vicinity of an attachment point of holding device to lifting/lowering device, which is located on a constructional element connected to holding device. Point of action is spaced from constructional element with attachment point by a distance between 0 and 50% of length of longest constructional element connected to holding device. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: The invention provides a lifting apparatus with variable and independently selectable height and reach which comprises a base supporting a lifting structure. The lifting structure comprising two upwardly extending variably extendible support structures, an arm having a proximal end portion and an intermediate portion, which are pivotally connected to an upper end portion of respective ones of said variably extendible support structures; and a load support structure depending from a distal end portion of the arm.

Abstract: An offset connection for a skid steer loader or other work vehicle having right and left boom assemblies, an implement connected to boom assemblies, and a body. An offset connection assembly is provided that includes (i) a seat member attached to one of the triangular plate member and the lower link member, the seat member having a first passage formed therethrough, and a seat formed therein, (ii) a hollow offset pin journaled within a hole in the other of the triangular plate and the link member, the offset pin having (a) a surface offset from a center of the pin constructed to engage the seat of the seat member at a selectable orientation, and (b) a second passage formed therethrough, and (iii) a fastener passing through the first and second passages and securely fastening the hollow offset pin and the seat member in the selectable orientation.

Abstract: A working robot is used in space for inspecting the state of a structure of a house module in space or for replacing M/D shields. A robot body is provided with four multifunctional arms (or two moving arms and two multifunctional arms), which are equipped with manipulation tools at their leading ends. The robot is moved by the manipulation tools of each of the multifunctional arms gripping a working socket or the head of a bolt of an M/D shield and by the arms extending/contracting themselves. The M/D shield is fixed and lifted by the multifunctional arms 10 by inserting the manipulation tool into a T-handle socket. The bolts are removed by the manipulation tool of the multifunctional arms.

Abstract: A manipulator is provided whose drive transmission is carried out by using flexible tubes into which wire cables are inserted, drive portions are disposed at an appointed portion other than the manipulator, and respective joints are operated by the respective drive portions, wherein working efficiency and productivity are excellent. A manipulator is provided including joint portions and moving and rotating mechanisms which move and rotate the above joint portions, wherein the moving and rotating mechanism is provided with pulleys disposed at the joints, an endless wire which is rotated by motors each disposed at an appointed position of the supporting base and has an appointed portion fixed at the pulley, and a flexible tube having one end fixed in the vicinity of the side of the pulley and the other fixed in the vicinity of the motor, into which the wire is inserted, and one of the motors is disposed for one of the pulleys.

Abstract: A ceiling mount assembly for moving and positioning of objects in a space has a ceiling mounting device, a rotary bearing part, a turning arm mounted on the rotary bearing part for vertical movements around a main axis near a vertical rotary axis of the rotary bearing part, a threaded spindle drive which is driven by an electric motor and providing the vertical movements of the turning arm about the main axis, and a load part at an end of the turning arm for carrying objects, and the electric motor being provided with a worm gear transmission and the electric motor, the worm gear transmission and the threaded spindle drive being stationarily connected with one another, the threaded spindle drive being arranged parallel to the vertical rotary axis of the rotary bearing part while the electric motor is arranged horizontally to the vertical rotary axis, a vertical drive for driving the turning arm about the main axis, formed by a threaded spindle nut and a cardan connection, and a telescopic arm connection provi

Abstract: An automotive vehicle with a telescopic load carrying arm 30, comprises a rigid chassis 32 carried by two front and rear axles 1 and 2, a driver's cab 33 and a support 31 for articulation of a telescopic load charging arm 30 disposed in front of the cab 33. The chassis 32 has a first compartment 34 containing an internal combustion motor 21 and a radiator 23, a second compartment 35 containing two reservoirs of onboard fluid, and a securement 36 adapted to receive agricultural tractive equipment.

Abstract: A self propelled transportable lift truck (A) having a frame (1) formed by two spaced parallel longitudinal front members and a rear transverse member, at least two front wheels (5, 6) and at least one steerable rear wheel (7), such that the lifting mechanism thereby extends from a most retracted position between the longitudinal members of the frame. The lifting mechanism to raise and/or lower the lifting tines comprises a telescopic lifting arm (4) articulated about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the lift truck. An operator's cab (2) is located to one side of the lifting mechanism; the motive drive unit (3) is housed beneath the lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism is provided with a yaw control to facilitate the lateral movement of the lifting lines. In addition, the yaw control has, on demand, the capability to automatically self centre the lifting mechanism.

Abstract: When operating a work machine having more than one function, there are situations in which an operator may need to simultaneously control both functions. For instance, when a backhoe loader operator would like to perform a maneuver referred to as the “duck walk”, the operator must simultaneously control at least one aspect of a backhoe and one aspect of a loader. A work machine that has an operator control station with at least two controllers, which may be assigned a first mode pattern, a second mode pattern, and a hybrid mode pattern. When the at least two controllers are in the first mode pattern, the at least two controllers are operably coupled to a first set of equipment, such as a loader. When the at least two controllers are in the second mode pattern, the at least two controllers are operably coupled to a second set of equipment, such as a backhoe.

Abstract: A front lifting equipment for an agricultural crawler tractor with considerable offset (D) of the front art relatively to an intermediate girder (1) whereto are fixed the track-layer assemblies (Cg), an axle (4) being provided at the rear. The equipment includes a reinforcing member arranged on each side of the tractor, fixed to the intermediate girder and to the rear axle, and formed by a flank (18g) substantially parallel to the tractor median vertical plane, and whereof the height is arranged to ensure satisfactory mechanical resistance in spite of a reduced thickness such that adjusting the narrow gauge track of the tractor is not hindered. A link (L) between the front part (19g) of the reinforcing flank and a fixing point located towards the tractor front is provided for picking up effort.

Abstract: A transportation and installation assist device (16) for at least one pre-cast concrete tilt panel (18). The panel(s) (18) are generally rectangular and have a first shorter end (44) with at least one lifting anchor therein, a second opposed shorter end (48) and a longitudinal axis (50) therebetween. The device (16) includes at least one frame (20) adapted to releasably engage an associated one of said panel(s) (18) substantially adjacent the second end (48) and support the panel (18) in a loading/transport orientation with the face of the associated panel (18) substantially vertical and said axis(es) (50) substantially horizontal. The frame (20) is also adapted for pivotal mounting to a table bed (14) of a truck (10) or trailer (12).

Abstract: Method of sharing hydraulic fluid, includes: inputting first signal from a first manual control and second signal from a second manual control; sending a first control signal controlling a first valve in response to first signal; sending a second control signal controlling a second valve in response to second signal, wherein the first valve and second valve direct flow through a first sub-circuit and a second sub-circuit, respectively, wherein the first sub-circuit moves a boom arm and the second sub-circuit moves an implement; determining whether the boom arm and implement are in a first, second, third, or fourth condition; modifying at least one of the first and second control signals when the boom arm and implement are in first or second conditions; and controlling the first valve using the unmodified or modified first control signal and controlling the second valve using unmodified or modified second control signal.

Abstract: A remotely-controlled manipulator for mounting to the end of a telescopic boom, includes at least one releasable support mounted to a cross member for releasably holding or clamping an elongate object.

Abstract: A stabilizing leg for a backhoe is formed with a tubular outer member, a stabilizer rod connected telescopically to the tubular outer member, and a clearance adjusting mechanism for adjusting the clearance between the tubular outer member and the stabilizer rod. The clearance adjusting mechanism is provided with at least one adjusting pad fitted to the tubular outer member so as to rest on an edge between two contiguous outer lateral surfaces of the stabilizer rod.

Abstract: The hitch attachment has a base plate with a toe-heel receiver for the attachment carrier of a front end loader on one face side and a hydraulically operable hitch on the other face side. The hydraulically operable hitch has a draw bar extending out from the base plate with a hitching opening at its outer end. A boom mounted to the upper edge of the base plate projects angularly upward to an elevated location above the hitch opening of the draw bar, and a hydraulic ram assembly equipped with a hitching pin is removably suspended from the outer end of the boom. A mid-level assembly has a circumscribing bracing structure that holds the hydraulic ram assembly in stable condition for the entry of the hitching pin into the hitching opening of the draw bar. A removable link in the circumscribing bracing structure facilitates easy removal of the hydraulic ram assembly for replacement.

Abstract: A cargo carrier system includes at least one cargo carrier for use with a vehicle having a front, a rear, a first side, a second side and roof rack. The carrier includes a base adapted to be coupled to the roof rack and a cargo holder coupled to the base. In one exemplary embodiment, the base is pivotably coupled to the roof rack about an axis extending parallel to the first side. In one exemplary embodiment, the cargo holder is coupled to the base by a first link having a first end pivotably coupled to the base about an axis extending parallel to the first side and a second end pivotably coupled to the holder about an axis extending parallel to the first side. In another exemplary embodiment, the cargo holder is also coupled to the base by a second link having a first end pivotably coupled to the base about an axis extending parallel to the first side and a second end pivotably coupled to the holder about an axis extending parallel to the first side.

Abstract: A small loader has a frame, and drive tracks on opposite sides of the frame. The drive tracks are mounted over drive sprockets and idler wheels to establish lengths of track at upper sides. The frame includes upright members at a rear portion for mounting a lift arm assembly made of two lift arms joined together. Each lift arm has a rear portion pivotally mounted on the upright portion of the frame and extending downwardly and forwardly to join side portions of the lift arms that are substantially parallel to the upper lengths of the respective tracks in a lowered position of the lift arm assembly. Actuators for pivoting the lift arm assembly are mounted on the frame, below the side portions and above the tracks, and extend generally parallel to both the side portions and the upper length of the tracks when the lift arm assembly is in a lowered position.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement includes a multi-functional arm mounted in a mounting receiver. The arm includes a forward enlarged section, an intermediate recessed section, and a rearward enlarged section. The mounting receiver includes a forward mounting portion, an intermediate open portion, and a rearward mounting portion. The arm is mounted by aligning the intermediate recessed section of the arm over a top opening in the forward mounting portion, lowering the arm and sliding it rearwardly. A pair of pins on the arm engage a pair of aligned apertures on the front surface of the forward mounting portion to minimize looseness between the arm and the mounting receiver. A latch mechanism engages the arm to secure the arm in the mounting receiver and provides a visual indication that the arm is properly engaged. When the latch mechanism is pivoted by an operator inwardly, the latch mechanism disengages the arm, allowing removal of the arm from the mounting receiver.

Abstract: A robot calibration system for calibrating a robot and a method of determining a position of the robot to calibrate the robot are disclosed. The system includes an electrical ground defining a return for an electrical circuit. The robot, which is electrically connected to the ground, includes an arm having a tool surface operating within a robot workspace. The system also includes an electrical supply and a detection device. The electrical supply defines a source for the circuit and provides a charge and a reference voltage to the system. The detection device communicates with the electrical supply to detect variations in either the charge, the reference voltage, or both. The system further includes a calibration object. The calibration object is electrically insulated from the ground and is electrically connected to the electrical supply.

Abstract: A multi-axis electric spraying robot adapted for use in a hazardous environment includes a base having a first pressurized compartment and an arm assembly having a second pressurized compartment in which compartments electric motors are respectively located. The arm assembly is supported for movement on the base at one end thereof. The arm assembly includes a wrist adapted for connecting the opposite end of the arm assembly with a spraying tool. One electric motor is provided to drive each axis. The compartments are pressurized to prevent flammable gases or vapors from entering the first and second compartments during operation of the robot.

Abstract: The tire removal machine comprises an upper member (15) which rigidly supports the rim of a wheel positioned coaxial to it, and is positioned at the top of a coaxial vertical rotary shaft (12) projecting upwards from a machine casing (11). The device of the invention comprises a support means (20) for supporting a wheel resting thereon, and transfer means for raising and lowering the support means (20) to move it from a first position, in which the means (20) is disposed close to the floor surface in order to receive/unload the wheel, to an upwardly raised position in which the wheel rests on said upper member (15), and vice versa.

Abstract: A work vehicle adapted to be towed from one job site to the next at highway speeds, and then converted upon reaching a job site to be self-propelling. The towable work vehicle includes lift arms with an attachment system allowing for ready attachment to, and detachment from, a variety of materials handling attachments that are used to perform diverse tasks at the job site. Tow arms attachable to the towing vehicle may be swept forward when not in use to a position underneath the vehicle so as to not interfere with work operations at the job site. A ballast system in one form uses movable weights to allow redistribution of weight on the vehicle to convert the vehicle between towing and operational modes, and in another form uses a fluid fillable tank to allow ballast to be added for use of the vehicle on a job site.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electromechanical arm and complementary accessories, which are mountable on a battery powered wheelchair, and adapted to grasp objects at low level and intermediate level reach areas of the personal environment of the operator. The device is designed for simplicity of operation and generally comprises a motor base having an electromechanical arm pivotally connected thereto. The electromechanical arm comprises lower arm, mid arm, and forearm components which are rotationally and pivotally interconnected and selectively rotated through the utilization of a controller which is preferably disposed upon the battery powered wheelchair.

Abstract: A vehicle designed to be operated either as a lifting machine or as an agricultural tractor, comprising a bearing structure with motor-driven wheels, a control and driving cab, a telescopically extendable and retractable lifting boom arranged on one side of the control and driving cab and swingable relative to the bearing structure around a transverse axis located at the front end of the lifting boom, whose rear end carries a three-point hitch for agricultural implements to be operated by a rear power take-off. The lifting boom itself provides a power-lift for agricultural implements.

Abstract: A loader boom has arms constructed as tubes that are rectangular in cross section and taper from a bracket for mounting the arms to a tractor. The tubes are each formed by bending a blank of steel material so as to create four 90° corners with opposite ends of the blank extending parallel to each other and forming a gap along, and in the center of, an under side of the tube. A reinforcing bar is located in the gap and secured to the tube by fillet welds.

Abstract: A semi-automated load balancing mechanism includes a load balancing arm supported for vertical swingable movement and a second arm. The second arm is mounted on a distal end of the load balancing arm for horizontal movement. The second arm has a part holder on a distal end thereof for receiving and supporting a load thereon. An actuator is disconnectably coupled to the load balancing arm for moving it while allowing manual movement independent of the actuator.

Abstract: A multiaxial robot with a frame and a structure with at least one robot arm having a robot hand is proposed, more particularly for use in the food sector. The robot has an envelope surrounding it in a substantially gas and liquid-tight manner and which has a flexible construction at least on a section facing the robot hand, whilst at least partly exposing a tool and sealingly engages on the transition area between the robot hand and the tool. According to a preferred construction, the envelope is constructed in the manner of a cabin receiving at least the robot frame and provided with at least one passage for the robot arm, the passage being connected about its circumference with a flexible membrane tightly engaging on the robot hand.

Abstract: A robot has a plurality of components which can pivot relative to each other, in particular robot arms. Changes in separation between individual points of the robot thereby occur. This must be taken into consideration when guiding the operation cables for robot elements and in particular robot tools. The cables must be capable of accommodating length changes while being loaded to as little extent as possible during motion of the robot so that they have high durability and are not prematurely damaged. In accordance with the invention, a robot having cables extending at least partially on the outside, in particular operation cables for robot tools such as a welding tool, has cables guided in a substantially circular loop at the height of a robot arm which can pivot about an axis of the robot.

Abstract: A semi-automated load balancing mechanism includes a load balancing arm supported for vertical swingable movement and a second arm. The second arm is mounted on a distal end of the load balancing arm for horizontal movement. The second arm has a part holder on a distal end thereof for receiving and supporting a load thereon. An actuator is disconnectably coupled to the load balancing arm for moving it while allowing manual movement independent of the actuator.

Abstract: A bearing journal (21), which is introduced into a central opening (22) in the reel (10) and is anchored releasably inside a reel core (11), serves for automatically receiving reels (10). Provided for the connection between the bearing journal (21) and the reel core (11) are clamping webs (23) which are extended laterally and take up a connection with the inner side of the reel core (11) in a non-positive and/or positive-locking manner. The bearing journal (21) is provided with a plurality of mechanical monitoring members which indicate any incorrect position of the bearing journal (21). The movements is of the bearing journal (21) are controlled automatically by means of a camera (38).

Abstract: An automotive vehicle with a telescopic load carrying arm 30, comprises a rigid chassis 32 carried by two front and rear axles 1 and 2, a driver's cab 33 and a support 31 for articulation of a telescopic load charging arm 30 disposed in front of the cab 33. The chassis 32 has a first compartment 34 containing an internal combustion motor 21 and a radiator 23, a second compartment 35 containing two reservoirs of onboard fluid, and a securement 36 adapted to receive agricultural tractive equipment.

Abstract: A pivot device for supporting a working device is disclosed. The pivot device has a load-bearing structure, an arm and a control rod. A first end of the arm is pivotably mounted in the load-bearing structure. The working device is pivotably connected to the second end of the arm. A first end of the control rod is hinged to the pivotable working device. A hinged quadrangle acts as a pivot point for the second end of the control rod. The quadrangle encompasses the load-bearing structure as a chassis, the arm acting as a driven element, as well as two coupling elements which close the quadrangle. The control rod is hinged, by its second end, to one of the two coupling elements. When the arm pivots, the pivot point of the second end of the control rod remains on the same side of the arm, so that the control rod does not cross the arm during pivoting.

Abstract: A manipulator includes a first arm having a first reduction gear unit built therein, a second arm fitted through the first arm and having a second reduction gear unit built therein, and a third arm fitted through the second arm and having a third reduction gear unit built therein. To avoid any possible interference between, for example, a welding torch, and a portion of the manipulator during operation of the manipulator, the drive axis of the third reduction gear unit is spaced apart a distance from a drive axis of the second reduction gear unit.

Abstract: Workpieces such as chips are removed from a receiving plane by a transfer unit, which carries them to a delivery plane. The workpieces are transported in two segments during two phases, each workpiece being deposited between the phases on an intermediate station arranged in the region of the feed path. The transfer unit has two working heads, which simultaneously transport one workpiece from the receiving plane to the intermediate station, and another workpiece from the intermediate station to the delivery plane. The workpiece can be pivoted or rotated at the intermediate station so that its lower surface can be grasped by the depositing head.

Abstract: A disk transfer apparatus includes an elongated arm which is pivotally connected at one end to a mounting block for pivotal movement through a vertical plane. A head is mounted on the free end of the arm, and has a pair of fixed, parallel jaws projecting therefrom forming a slot therebetween to receive a disk. A disk will contact the bottom of the slot between the jaws so that the forward ends of the jaws are juxtaposed through the central aperture in the disk. In this way, the disk will contact the jaws only at the edges of the inner side wall of the aperture and the outer side wall around the perimeter of the disk, during movement of the disk with the arm.

Abstract: Articulating workpiece transfer apparatus comprises a pair of identical housings each of which has a circular flange projecting from one side of the housing and abutting one another. Each flange has adjacent its periphery a beveled edge. A circular clamp has a concave groove in which the peripheral edges of the flanges are accommodated, and such clamp is operable to apply a clamping force on each flange urging the latter into face-to-face engagement with one another. Each housing has a cylindrical opening for the accommodation of an elongate transfer arm which is linearly slideable and rotatable about the axis of the arm. Each housing includes a clamp which enables and disables relative movement between the associated arm and the housing. The housings are rotatable relative to each other about an axis which passes through both flanges and which is normal to the axis of rotation of the respective transfer arms.

Abstract: A mechanism for orienting an end member utilizes paired five-bar linkages wherein two joints on each five-bar linkage may be actuated. Preferably the actuators are mounted at the base-link of the five bar linkages, such base-links being collinearly aligned. Two or three rotational and one translational degrees of freedom are available. This mechanism in its three or two degrees of rotational freedom variants has exceptional motion range, free of singularities, superior structural properties, and is easy to manufacture. This orienting mechanism can be mounted as an end member on a positioning mechanism having four main links herein three joints are actuated. The diagonally oppose joints of the positioning mechanism are respectively spherical and revolute. This positioning mechanism can operate with two actuators that are grounded and one that is elevated.

Abstract: A battery and battery lifting system for a mining or construction vehicle, the vehicle having a frame, the system having a battery, the battery having at least one slot, the at least one slot having vertical sidewalls which extend toward convergence, and at least one wedge-shaped arm for lifting the battery, the at least one wedge-shaped lifting arm having a bellcrank and a leveling arm for pivotally coupling to the frame, whereby the at least one wedge-shaped lifting arm is guided and aligned with the battery as the at least one wedge-shaped lifting arm moves inwardly in the direction of convergence along the vertical sidewalls. The at least one wedge-shaped lifting arm having a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder having a shaft with a locking plate located at the end of the shaft. The locking plate is used to lock the battery to the at least one wedge-shaped lifting arm.

Abstract: A material-handling vehicle including a structure having, a ground engageable propulsion arrangement, a loader arm mounted for up and down swinging movement, an operator's cab, an engine having an output to provide power for the movement of the loader arm and propulsion of the vehicle and drive to connect the output to the ground engageable propulsion arrangement to propel the vehicle. The vehicle has a rear axle and the engine is mounted on the structure rearwardly of the rear axle. The output of the engine is kinematically connected over the rear axle to an input of a change speed gearbox an output of which is kinematically connected to the ground engageable propulsion arrangement. The output of the engine is kinematically connected to an input of a transfer mechanism which has an output, disposed higher than the input, which is kinematically connected to the input of the gearbox.

Abstract: A personal watercraft carrier having a watercraft cradle coupled to a support frame wherein the support frame has two vertical leg support members which are pivotally coupled to advance from an essentially horizontal position to an essentially vertical upright position or from an essentially vertical upright position to an essentially horizontal position. When the vertical leg support members are advance to the essentially horizontal position, the cradle is in close proximity to the ground or other horizontal surface which enables the user to easily mount the personal watercraft in the cradle. The pivotal translation of the vertical leg support members from the horizontal position to the vertical upright position lifts the cradle having placed therein the personal watercraft.

Abstract: A backhoe elevator includes a front, loading arm supported on a frame forward of a driver cab midway between front and rear axles. The frame includes two spaced apart elongated members that define a space for retraction of the arm between the members. The controls for the loading arm are disposed along a central axis of the backhoe elevator. The engine is transversely mounted and includes two outputs, one for a hydraulic pump and one for a gear box that is below the support for the loading arm between the frame members. The support for the loading arm may include two parallel plates, one of which is a vertical extension of one of the elongated members and the other of which is mounted on an upper plate that is between and perpendicular to the elongated members. One of the elongated members may have a rear portion that is curved outwardly so that it is not parallel to the other of the elongated members.

Abstract: A vehicle having a lifting boom, comprising a load-carrying frame (12) having a front section (12a) and a rear section (12b), a lifting boom (18) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and articulated to the frame (12) in the rear section (12b), an operating and driving cab (28) placed on a side of the vehicle (18) and an internal combustion engine placed on the opposite side of the boom (18) with respect to the operating cab (28). The rear section (12b) of the frame has a platform on which a lifting device is mounted, in particular operatively associated to a three-point hitch, whereby the vehicle can be used also as an agricultural machine.

Abstract: An electrically actuated lifting and transferring apparatus for assisting in the mobility of disabled persons. The electrically actuated lifting and transferring apparatus has a mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket has a first support means; an offset bracket, wherein the offset bracket is pivotally mounted to the first support means, and wherein the offset bracket has a second support means; a lift assembly, wherein the lift assembly is pivotally mounted to the second support means, wherein the lift assembly has a third support means, and wherein the lift assembly has an electrical actuator for vertically adjusting the height of the third support means relative to the second support means; a swing arm, wherein the swing arm is pivotally mounted to the third support means, and wherein the swing arm has a fourth support means; and a yoke for supporting a harness, wherein the yoke is pivotally mounted to the fourth support means.

Abstract: The present invention provides an attachment for use with a power machine. An attachment control device includes an ignition switch and a stop switch and allows a user to operate the attachment from outside the operator compartment of the power machine, when the power machine is started from the attachment control device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controllably preventing an implement from damaging a work machine or itself, which may occur if the implement strikes the work machine, by restricting the movement of the implement. A boundary is established a predetermined distance from the work machine. By controllably restricting the movement of the implement when it approaches the boundary, the implement is prevented from making contact with the work machine.

Abstract: A device for controlling the operation of power excavators includes a control lever which is handled simply by one hand, which is different from the prior art systems having multiple control levers necessarily handled by both hands. The control lever consists of a plurality of links which are jointed together in such a way that the intuitive handling directions of the links are identified with the actual moving directions of the actuators. The control lever thus adds significant convenience for the operator when operating the actuators of the excavator. An excavator with the above control device can be easily and effectively operated by an unskilled operator even for delicate work such as a land finishing work or loading work, both of which tasks are generally known in the art to require a highly-skilled operator.

Abstract: One operating lever is provided for moving a traveling vehicle with a working machine back and forth and the working machine vertically and operating a sub-transmission. A sub-transmission switch is provided in a recessed portion formed in a grip of a back-and-forth operating lever so that a quick operation can be effected by a single hand without any mistake. In addition, the working machine vertically moving lever is constructed so as to interlock with a spool of a vertical motion control valve via a motor so that the speed of the motor is gradually reduced when the working machine vertically moving lever (32) is in a lowering operation, thereby preventing a drastic lowering.

Abstract: A rearwardly swinging operator enclosure is provided for a skid-steer loader having vertical lift arms. The enclosure, as well as the links coupling the lift arms to the loader are both pivotally mounted high on laterally spaced apart support posts carried at the rear of the enclosure. The raised pivotal mountings permit the enclosure to swing rearwardly and high above the loader components housed beneath the enclosure to allow maintenance activities to be conveniently carried out from the front of the loader. The raised pivotal mountings further permit the use of a cross member to reinforce both the support posts and lift arm links and yet avoid interference with swinging movement of the enclosure or lift links. With the cross member positioned near the top of the support posts, rear visibility is enhanced.