DE9106171U1 - Truck with external mounting for a forklift truck or similar. - Google Patents

Description

"Truck with external mounting for a forklift truck or similar"

In the distribution industry, goods loaded on pallets are transported on a large scale by truck. The goods or pallets must be moved to the buyer's or customer's location for temporary storage or loading, for which forklifts or stackers are usually used. There is often a requirement that the local distribution must also be carried out by the forwarding company. In these cases, the forwarding company provides forklifts with the appropriate operating personnel at the respective location. The appropriate equipment and personnel must be kept on site, and the corresponding costs are only economically justifiable if this equipment and personnel can be used intensively.

However, it has already been suggested that a forklift truck be carried along with a truck. A truck is known in which a forklift truck is attached to the rear of the vehicle.

frame has holders for the forks of a forklift. For transport, these forks are inserted into the corresponding devices. Using its own lifting power, the forklift lifts itself off the ground to the required transport height. The position of the forklift is secured at the rear of the vehicle frame. Parts of the forklift are dismantled. At the loading location, the forklift is reassembled and lowered accordingly and can begin operation. The forklift used is a special vehicle that is tailored to the truck and its mounting device. The weight of this forklift must be kept relatively low, so that only forklifts with a relatively low lifting power can be used.

In practice, it turns out that forklifts generally have to be used on at least two levels when loading and unloading. They are used for transport at street level and for transport on unloading ramps that are kept at the same height. With the known vehicle, it is not possible to lift the forklift to ramp level and set it down there.

The object of the invention is to propose a truck with an external mount for a forklift truck, in which forklift trucks of different designs and sizes can be transported and set down at different heights.

This task is solved with a truck with all the features of claim 1. The arrangement of a hydraulically raised, lowered and tiltable platform on the rear side of the truck enables the accommodation of different types of forklifts, so that this combination vehicle does not have to be equipped exclusively with a specially designed forklift. The platform, which is preferably attached to a hydraulic lifting frame,

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is arranged, the forklift can be unloaded both at street level and at the level of unloading ramps. To facilitate unloading, the flap on the platform serves as an entry or exit ramp according to claim 2.

The inclination of the platform allows the angle difference between the road and the unloading level to be compensated, so that it is possible to set up both the flap and the platform parallel to the desired driving level or unloading level of the forklift.

The forklift can be quickly driven onto the platform and secured there for transport. The platform itself is equipped with the necessary rear and brake lights and is electrically coupled to the truck. The hydraulic lifting frame provided on the vehicle frame enables the vertical raising and lowering of forklifts with a high dead weight and correspondingly high lifting capacity due to its design.

The invention is explained in more detail below using an illustrated embodiment. Shown are:

Fig. 1 shows the basic representation of the rear view of a truck with lifting frame and receiving ramp for a forklift or the like,

Fig. 2 shows an enlarged section according to

the line I-I through the representation in Fig.1 with a forklift truck indicated by a dashed line.

Shown is a truck 1, on whose vehicle frame 11, which is shortened compared to the usual distance from the rear wheel axle 12, a lifting frame 2 is arranged,

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which can be adjusted to inclination positions around the horizontal axis 13 via the hydraulic cylinder 4. The platform designated with the number 3 is arranged on this lifting frame 2 and can be moved in the vertical direction.

A hydraulically pivotable flap 5 is arranged on the side of this platform 3, which in the folded-down position serves as a ramp for loading or unloading a forklift truck indicated by the dashed number. When this flap 5 is folded down, the forklift truck is driven onto the platform, secured there for transport and then raised to the necessary transport height via the lifting frame 2. Appropriate support skids 8 and fixing elements 7 can therefore be provided on the platform. The frame 31 serves as a protective device, which can be closed on its open side by the raised flap 5.

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Claims (5)

Protection claims 1. Truck with an external mount for a forklift or the like, characterized in that the mount is a platform (3) arranged on the rear of the vehicle body or the vehicle frame (11), which can be raised, lowered and tilted hydraulically and has devices (7, 8) for securing the forklift (6) in a transportable manner. 2. Truck according to claim 1, characterized in that a flap (5) serving as a loading ramp is provided on the side of the platform (3). 3. Truck according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a hydraulic lifting frame (2) is arranged on the vehicle frame (11), on which the platform (3) can be moved in a vertical direction in the manner of a stage. 4. Truck according to claim 3, characterized in that the lifting frame (2) is held on the vehicle frame (11) so as to be tiltable about a horizontal axis (13) and can be set up in various tilt positions via a correspondingly arranged hydraulic cylinder (4). 5. Truck according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the platform (3) is surrounded on three sides by a frame (31) and the flap (5) serving as a loading ramp is pivotably arranged on the open side. Whether &Ggr;&Mgr;