A forklift includes a vehicle and a cargo handling device. The cargo handling device includes a mast, a lift bracket, and a pair of forks that includes claw portions, the forks being separated from each other in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle includes a vehicle main body, and a pair of straddle legs that is provided such that the straddle legs extend to the front side from a lower portion of the vehicle main body and the cargo handling device is interposed between the straddle legs in the vehicle width direction and that supports the mast such that the cargo handling device is movable forward and backward between an advance position and a retreat position, and front ends of the claw portions are positioned behind front ends of the straddle legs when the cargo handling device is at the retreat position.

An industrial truck includes a base chassis, a rigid transport frame having at least one transport platform on which goods are transportable and at least one supporting beam which is arranged above the at least one transport platform, a lifting apparatus which raises, lowers and laterally shifts the rigid transport frame, and a moving apparatus which raises, lowers and laterally shifts the goods at least relative to the rigid transport frame. The moving apparatus is mounted on the at least one supporting beam.

An industrial truck includes a base chassis, a rigid transport frame having at least one transport platform on which goods are transportable and at least one supporting beam which is arranged above the at least one transport platform, a lifting apparatus which raises, lowers and laterally shifts the rigid transport frame, and a moving apparatus which raises, lowers and laterally shifts the goods at least relative to the rigid transport frame. The moving apparatus is mounted on the at least one supporting beam.

A horizontal conveying carriage includes: a carriage body including: a base part; a drive wheel; and a steering wheel; a forklift attached to the carriage body, and configured to pick up a conveyed object and unload the conveyed object; an extending and shrinking mechanism configured to extend and shrink the forklift in a front-and-rear direction; a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to lift and lower the forklift in a vertical direction; a supporting mechanism configured to support the forklift from a lower side; an own position estimation unit configured to estimate an own position of the carriage body; a positional relation recognition unit configured to recognize a positional relation between the own position and the conveyed object; and a control unit configured to control movement of the carriage body and to control an operation of the forklift based on the own position and the positional relation.

A horizontal conveying carriage includes: a carriage body including: a base part; a drive wheel; and a steering wheel; a forklift attached to the carriage body, and configured to pick up a conveyed object and unload the conveyed object; an extending and shrinking mechanism configured to extend and shrink the forklift in a front-and-rear direction; a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to lift and lower the forklift in a vertical direction; a supporting mechanism configured to support the forklift from a lower side; an own position estimation unit configured to estimate an own position of the carriage body; a positional relation recognition unit configured to recognize a positional relation between the own position and the conveyed object; and a control unit configured to control movement of the carriage body and to control an operation of the forklift based on the own position and the positional relation.

A forklift includes a vehicle including a pair of straddle legs extending forward from a lower part of a vehicle body and provided at an interval in a vehicle width direction, a cargo handling device including a mast provided between the pair of straddle legs and extending in an up-down direction, a lift bracket provided at the mast such that the lift bracket is capable of being raised and lowered, and a pair of forks extending forward from the lift bracket, a reach mechanism including an advance/retract drive unit capable of performing advance/retract drive in a front-back direction on each of the pair of straddle legs, and a coupling portion coupling the mast and the advance/retract drive unit, in which the coupling portion includes a protrusion provided at one of the advance/retract drive unit and the mast and extending in the up-down direction toward the other of the advance/retract drive unit and the mast, and an accommodating portion provided at the other of the advance/retract drive unit and the mast and including an accommodating hole into which the protrusion is inserted from the up-down direction with a gap.

An industrial vehicle comprising a tag reader, a reader module, and a diagnostic tag, wherein the diagnostic tag is coupled to the industrial truck within a read range of the tag reader. The reader module and the tag reader cooperate to identify the diagnostic tag and individual tags of a tag layout and the reader module discriminates between the individual tags of the tag layout and the diagnostic tag and the individual tags of the tag layout, correlates an identified individual tag of the tag layout with tag data, correlates an identified diagnostic tag with operation of the tag reader, and generates a missing tag signal if the diagnostic tag is not identified or the operation of the tag reader is not within specified operating parameters.

An industrial vehicle comprising a tag reader, a reader module, and a diagnostic tag, wherein the diagnostic tag is coupled to the industrial truck within a read range of the tag reader. The reader module and the tag reader cooperate to identify the diagnostic tag and individual tags of a tag layout and the reader module discriminates between the individual tags of the tag layout and the diagnostic tag and the individual tags of the tag layout, correlates an identified individual tag of the tag layout with tag data, correlates an identified diagnostic tag with operation of the tag reader, and generates a missing tag signal if the diagnostic tag is not identified or the operation of the tag reader is not within specified operating parameters.

A transportation apparatus (30), includes a bracket (31), a telescopic apparatus (32) and a manipulator (33), where the bracket is mounted to a storage shelf (20), the telescopic apparatus is mounted to the bracket, the manipulator is mounted to the telescopic apparatus, and the telescopic apparatus is used for driving the manipulator to move along a horizontal first reference line (S5) or a horizontal second reference line (S6). The manipulator is driven to move on the first reference line and second reference line that are disposed orthogonally, and thereby the manipulator is able to load or unload goods at any position on the first reference line or second reference line, so as to avoid time being wasted on adjusting an angle of a transportation robot (100). The transportation apparatus has a high transportation efficiency.

A transportation apparatus (30), includes a bracket (31), a telescopic apparatus (32) and a manipulator (33), where the bracket is mounted to a storage shelf (20), the telescopic apparatus is mounted to the bracket, the manipulator is mounted to the telescopic apparatus, and the telescopic apparatus is used for driving the manipulator to move along a horizontal first reference line (S5) or a horizontal second reference line (S6). The manipulator is driven to move on the first reference line and second reference line that are disposed orthogonally, and thereby the manipulator is able to load or unload goods at any position on the first reference line or second reference line, so as to avoid time being wasted on adjusting an angle of a transportation robot (100). The transportation apparatus has a high transportation efficiency.