A base frame for a reach truck includes a wheel arm subassembly with two wheel arms each having a front end and an opposing rear end. A load wheel receiver is positioned on each rear end and a counterweight is positioned at the front end of the wheel arms and coupled to the wheel arm subassembly by a plurality of screw connections. The plurality of screw connections comprise a first portion of screw connections and a second portion of screw connections. The first portion of screw connections each extend in a first direction and the second portion of the screw connections each extend in a second direction which is different from the first direction.

An autonomous transport vehicle includes a frame forming a transport payload area of the vehicle. The payload area includes a payload contact support surface that defines a payload support plane that supports the payload. The payload area further includes an articulated underpick end effector that engages and underpicks the payload with respect to the support plane, and extends and retracts with respect to the payload area effecting payload transfer. Payload registration facets are mounted to the frame to engage the payload. The registration facets are disposed to provide, upon engagement with the payload, at least two degrees of registration capturing and securing the payload in a predetermined position in the payload area, and are configured to effect payload engagement with the at least two degrees of registration registering the payload substantially coincident with seating of the payload on the payload support plane of the payload area.

A forklift includes a vehicle body, a fork that mounts a pallet, and a sensor provided in an insertion portion of the fork. The forklift inserts the insertion portion into an insertion opening, while moving the fork. When the sensor detects a proximity state, in which the insertion portion has approached a facing surface to such an extent that a distance between the insertion portion and the facing surface is less than or equal to a specified value, the forklift executes a stopping process that stops movement of the fork. The forklift executes an avoidance process that tilts and vertically moves, after the stopping process, the fork to separate the insertion portion away from the facing surface such that a position of the insertion portion with respect to an entrance of the insertion opening does not change in an up-down direction of the vehicle body.

A cargo transport system is provided that has an ability to move cargo in an autonomous or semi-autonomous manner, using a compact lift vehicle capable of lifting relatively heavy objects. The system includes a cargo loading system, a sensor suite coupled with a controller, dunnage detection, cross-decking capability, cargo stacking capability, autonomous navigation, tip detection and prevention, or any combinations thereof. The system may include a fork assembly coupled with a mast and movable in a vertical direction relative to the mast. Further, the mast may be coupled with a platform or deck and movable in a horizontal direction relative to the platform, to allow the fork assembly to be lowered below a top plane of the platform when the mast is at a forward location relative to the platform. The controller and sensor suite and may provide for autonomous or semi-autonomous control and movement of the cargo transport system.

The invention relates to an industrial truck comprising a chassis (6), which is supported by at least two front wheels (2) and by at least one rear wheel (3) on the ground (4), a mast (8) for a load-carrying apparatus (36), which is arranged in an upright position thereon in a mast support region (54) of the chassis (6), wherein the front wheels (2) are rotatably arranged on wheel arms (50, 50) that protrude forwards from the mast support region (54) of the chassis (6), and means (62, 64; 162, 164; 262, 264) for suppressing and reducing vibrations, wherein at least one of the wheel arms (50, 50), preferably both wheel arms (50, 50), is/are split into at least two wheel arm portions (50a, 50b), which are mounted by means of a bearing arrangement (56; 156) so as to be able to perform movements relative to one another, wherein the means for suppressing or reducing vibrations are designed or operable to influence relative movements of the wheel arm portions (50a, 50b), in order to ensure that any impacts owing to unevenness of the ground during travel can only be passed on to the chassis (6) and the mast (8) by means of the wheel arms (50, 50) in a reduced, and absorbed and damped manner, and that any mast vibrations are damped.

A cargo transport system is provided that has an ability to move cargo in an autonomous or semi-autonomous manner, using a compact lift vehicle capable of lifting relatively heavy objects. The system includes a cargo loading system, a sensor suite coupled with a controller, dunnage detection, cross-decking capability, cargo stacking capability, autonomous navigation, tip detection and prevention, or any combinations thereof. The system may include a fork assembly coupled with a mast and movable in a vertical direction relative to the mast. Further, the mast may be coupled with a platform or deck and movable in a horizontal direction relative to the platform, to allow the fork assembly to be lowered below a top plane of the platform when the mast is at a forward location relative to the platform. The controller and sensor suite and may provide for autonomous or semi-autonomous control and movement of the cargo transport system.

The invention relates to an industrial truck comprising

a chassis (6),
a mast (8) arranged on the chassis (6) in an upright position, a load-carrying apparatus (36), which has at least one load-receiving means (42) for receiving a load that is to be transported,
a support structure (9) that supports the load-carrying apparatus (36) on the mast (8) and can be moved, together with the load-carrying apparatus (36), upwards and downwards on the mast (8), and comprising
a device (54) for reducing vibrations,
wherein the device (54) for reducing vibrations has at least one additional mass body (60), which is supported by the mast (8) or the components connected thereto and is not constantly rigidly coupled to the mast (8) or the support structure (9) or the load-carrying apparatus (36), but is movably mounted by means of a bearing arrangement (62) such that it is movable relative to the mast (8) in response to mast vibrations, in particular to mast vibrations having horizontal vibration components, in order to counteract mast vibrations.

The invention relates to an industrial truck comprising

a chassis (6),
a mast (8) arranged on the chassis (6) in an upright position, a load-carrying apparatus (36), which has at least one load-receiving means (42) for receiving a load that is to be transported,
a support structure (9) that supports the load-carrying apparatus (36) on the mast (8) and can be moved, together with the load-carrying apparatus (36), upwards and downwards on the mast (8), and comprising
a device (54) for reducing vibrations,
wherein the device (54) for reducing vibrations has at least one additional mass body (60), which is supported by the mast (8) or the components connected thereto and is not constantly rigidly coupled to the mast (8) or the support structure (9) or the load-carrying apparatus (36), but is movably mounted by means of a bearing arrangement (62) such that it is movable relative to the mast (8) in response to mast vibrations, in particular to mast vibrations having horizontal vibration components, in order to counteract mast vibrations.

A doffing apparatus can be configured to couple to an automatically guided vehicle (AGV). The doffing apparatus can comprise at least one elongate arm, each elongate arm having a proximal end, a distal end, and a length, and at least one driver, each driver being configured to move along a respective elongate arm to move a bobbin toward the distal end of the elongate arm. The doffing apparatus can further comprise at least one alignment device. The doffing apparatus can further comprise a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive feedback from the at least one alignment device, provide a control signal to cause the AGV to align the elongate arm with a receptacle at a loader, and move the driver a select distance along the length of the elongate arm.

Industrial truck, in particular a tri-lateral sideloader, comprising

a chassis (6),
a mast (8) arranged on the chassis (6),
a cab (12),
a support structure (9) supporting the cab (12), which can be moved up and down on the mast (8) together with the cab (12) and has at least one cantilever arrangement (24; 124) projecting from the mast (8), which arrangement extends underneath the cab (12) and supports a load-carrying assembly (36) arranged in front of the cab (12),
and a device for reducing vibrations having vibration components transverse to the main direction of travel (G) of the industrial truck, which device allows vibration-reducing movements of the load-carrying assembly (36) relative to the mast (8),
characterised in that
the cantilever arrangement (24; 124) has a division, having a first cantilever portion (50a; 150a), which is coupled to the mast (8) and guided thereon in a height-adjustable manner, as a first part, and having a second cantilever portion (50b; 150b), which supports the load-carrying assembly (36) and is connected to the first cantilever portion (50a; 150a), as the other part, such that, together with the load-carrying assembly (36), it can perform vibration-reducing movements relative to said first cantilever portion, in particular having movement components transverse to the main direction of travel (G) of the industrial truck.