(19)
(11) EP 1 043 266 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/41

(21) Application number: 00830230.9

(22) Date of filing: 28.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B66F 9/065, B66F 9/075
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 02.04.1999 IT MO990064

(71) Applicant: MANITOU COSTRUZIONI INDUSTRIALI S.r.l.
41013 Castelfranco Emilia (Modena) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Magni, Riccardo
    41100 Modena (IT)

(74) Representative: Gotra, Stefano 
BUGNION S.p.A. Via Emilia Est 25
41100 Modena
41100 Modena (IT)

   


(54) A high lift truck


(57) The high lift truck for raising loads to considerable heights comprises a vehicle having a chassis (2) which is mobile on wheels or tracks. A load-bearing arm (7) has a lower end constrained to a slide (4) which is slidable on the chassis (2) in a horizontal direction. A counterweight (11) is constrained to the chassis (2) and can translate on command in a parallel direction to the sliding direction of the slide (4), in both senses, between two extreme endrun positions. The translations of the counterweight (11) and the slide (4) are correlated so that when the counterweight (11) slides in one direction, the slide (4) moves in the opposite direction. The counterweight (11) is predisposed to balance the tilting moment exerted on the chassis (2) by a load (9) borne by the arm (7) and raised to a considerable height.







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