Gerald R Metzger

US Patent:

57525846, May 19, 1998

Filed:

Nov 25, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/755710

Inventors:

Daniel C. Magoto - Russia OH
Gerald R. Metzger - Coldwater OH

Assignee:

Crown Equipment Corporation - New Bremen OH

International Classification:

B66F 922

US Classification:

187234

Abstract:

An improved pallet truck, having an extended length pair of forks capable of supporting multiple, side-by-side, pallets which may be raised well above the floor to assist an operator in an order selection operation, includes a first fork lifting mechanism connected to one end of a pair of primary forks. A pair of load wheels are mounted on levers at a other end of the forks and are mechanically connected to the first fork lifting mechanism which causes the other end of the primary forks to be raised from a lower level to an upper level simultaneously with the raising of the first end thereby to maintain the primary forks level while lifting the maximum capacity of the truck. A pair of secondary forks are mounted above the primary forks and are movable from a nested position with respect to the first forks to a raised position by a second fork lifting mechanism carried by the primary forks. The ends of the secondary forks are supported by a pair of hydraulic cylinders attached between the secondary forks and the primary forks, thus providing support and rigidity to the secondary forks while they are in a raised position.