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Lifting mast of an industrial truck

Granted 6 Aug 2019 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Linde Material Handling GmbH

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Inventors: Heiko Eizenhofer, Stephen Schmidt, Johannes Hossbacher, Steffen Geissler +1 · Examiner: Diem M Tran · AU 3654 · TC 3600

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Abstract

A lifting mast of an industrial truck includes two vertical rails at a distance from each other that are connected with one another by two cross members, wherein the lifting mast, to raise and lower a lifting carriage on the vertical rails, is provided with a lifting cylinder device which is supported on the bottom cross member, wherein the lifting cylinder device is in an operational connection with a lifting arrangement that is fastened with a first end to the lifting carriage, is fastened with a second end to the lifting mast, and is reversed on the lifting cylinder device. The second end of the lifting arrangement is fastened to the bottom cross member, or the lifting arrangement is fastened with the second end to the additional cross member, wherein at least one traction device that transmits a tractive force connects the additional cross member with the bottom cross member.

Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section B — Performing operations; transporting
  • B66F9/08
  • B66F9/22

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Pendency
2.7 y
999 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
no RCE
Examiner
Diem M Tran
art unit 3654 · TC 3600
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related publicationUS 20170129755 A111 May 2017

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