An automotive lift system includes a plurality of posts and yoke assemblies. The yoke assemblies are slidably coupled to the posts such that the yoke assemblies are vertically moveable between a lowered position and a raised position. A pair of runways are secured between a respective pair of yoke assemblies and are configured to engage an automobile to thereby communicate vertical movement of the yoke assemblies to the automobile. The yoke assemblies include a structural frame and a pair of contact assemblies configured to engage opposing surfaces of the posts. The contact assemblies include an axle assembly having a pair of contact members (e.g., rollers, sliders, etc.) that are configured to engage an interior or exterior surface of the post. The axle assemblies are rotatable and/or articulable about a vertical axis parallel with the posts to thereby maintain proper engagement between the posts and the pairs of contact members.

A lifting apparatus for lifting and lowering vehicles or the like, including a support which is movable up and down and on which a load receiver is provided, the load receiver having at least one supporting arm. An articulated connection is formed between the supporting arm and an add-on part and once the add-on part is oriented in an angular position with respect to the supporting arm, the add-on part and the supporting arm are mountable and fixable with respect to each other by a toothed element, a blocking element and a lock pin.

The invention relates to a lifting apparatus (11) for lifting and lowering vehicles, with a support (17) which is movable up and down and on which at least one length-adjustable supporting arm (21) is mounted on a lower section (19) of the support (17) so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis (22), and a free end of the supporting arm (21) is movable under the vehicle to the support point of the vehicle, wherein the length-adjustable supporting arm (21) has a supporting arm body (52) which extendably accommodates at least one supporting arm piece (58, 59) forming an extension, wherein the section (19) of the support (17) comprises an upper and lower support section (48, 49), with respect to which the supporting arm body (52) is mounted rotatably by means of a pivoting arrangement (50) which is formed by an upper and lower pivot bearing (55, 70) which opens up an interior space of the supporting arm body (52) for at least one supporting arm piece (58, 59) which is positionable therein.

This invention provides a lifting apparatus which holds a work by clamping the work vertically, and lifts the work. The lifting apparatus includes upper and lower clamping units, a guide mechanism which guides lifting movements of the upper and lower clamping units, a driving mechanism which drives the lower clamping unit to lift along the guide mechanism, and a stopper which is set so that the upper clamping unit is stopped before the lower clamping unit reaches a downward movement lower limit during the downward movement of the units, and which defines a downward movement lower limit of the upper clamping unit.

Conventional vehicle lifts typically operate at a standard speed that is statically configured for the system, which may result in vehicles that are below the weight rating for the lift being raised at the standard speed while the lift motor is capable of safely raising at greater speeds. A set of lift controls may be configured to determine the load on the motor by a vehicle of an unknown weight during operation at a standard lift speed and use such information to determine a potential speed that the motor may raise the vehicle at while staying within safe operational levels for the motor. One or more of a magnitude of electrical power drawn, a pressure generated by a hydraulic lifting, or a sensed vehicle weight may be used to provide an indication of load on the motor and/or a higher potential speed.

A lifting mechanism for raising and lowering a substrate holder that holds a plurality of substrates in a shelf-like manner, includes: a support configured to support the substrate holder; a first lifter connected to the support and configured to raise and lower the support; and a second lifter provided in parallel with the first lifter and configured to raise and lower the first lifter.

The present disclosure relates to a control device 4 for a lifting platform 10 with an integrated energy storage 4e, and to a lifting platform 10, in particular a mobile lifting platform for vehicles, which has the control device 4, and to a system which contains one or more of the lifting platforms 10.