(19)
(11) EP 1 577 255 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/38

(21) Application number: 05101718.4

(22) Date of filing: 04.03.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B66F 7/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 05.03.2004 GB 0404927
18.09.2004 GB 0420752

(71) Applicant: S. Cartwright & Sons (Coachbuilders) Ltd
Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 5DH (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cartwright, Steven
    Knutsford Cheshire WA16 8NP (GB)

(74) Representative: Quest, Barry 
Wilson Gunn 5th Floor Blackfriars House The Parsonage
Manchester M3 2JA
Manchester M3 2JA (GB)

   


(54) Loading apparatus


(57) Wheeled apparatus for use in loading and unloading load haulage vehicles has a support structure with linked side members (5, 10, 11, 110, 111, 210, 211) and a vertically movable platform (21, 120, 220, 320) carried on an upright structure (6, 115, 116, 215, 216, 315, 316) mounted on the support structure. The side members have ground-engaging wheels (8, 114, 214, 314) to enable the apparatus to be moved. One or more feet (14, 118, 218, 318) can be moved down into contact with the ground to hold the apparatus in position. The feet contact the ground together with the wheels so that the wheels contribute to stability. The feet and the platform may be moved by rams in the upright structure.







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