Apparatus (1) for transporting an item (2) for fitting on a lifting vehicle (3), in particular on a transporting device (3) of a fork-lift truck, comprising a means (4), in particular tines, for at least temporarily accommodating the item (2), also comprising an adjustment means for adjusting the means (4) for at least temporarily accommodating the item (2), to provide for parallel lateral adjustment, in particular of the tines, in the lateral direction (6), further comprising a control means (9) for controlling the functions of the add-on unit, wherein the control means is arranged, in particular, in the lifting vehicle, and additionally comprising a measuring means (7) for measuring a lateral displacement path (8) of the means (4) for at least temporarily accommodating the item (2), wherein, with the aid of the measurement by way of the measuring means (7), the lateral displacement path (8) is limited to a predetermined length (15) via the control means (9) and the adjustment means (5). A corresponding method for using the apparatus (1) for transporting an item (2) for fitting on a lifting vehicle (3).

An apparatus for operating the fork holder supports of forks of a manually or automatically driven forklift, including a first frame slidable within a vertical upright of said forklift. The first frame comprises connection means for a second frame, which supports the connection means, configured for allowing a rotation of the second frame with respect to the first frame, and first actuator means for rotating the second frame with respect to the first frame. The connection means include guiding means and sliding means, or a cam element, which allow a substantially vertical arrangement of the first actuator means within the apparatus; in addition, the first actuator means include at least one linear electric actuator of commercial type, or a trapezoidal screw actuator, or a worm screw actuator with recirculating ball nut.

An industrial truck is described, the industrial truck comprising a chassis, a mast arranged on the chassis in an upright position, a load-carrying apparatus, which is configured for receiving a load that is to be transported, a support structure that supports the load-carrying apparatus on the mast and can be moved, together with the load-carrying apparatus, upwards and downwards on the mast, and comprising a device for reducing vibrations, wherein the device for reducing vibrations has at least one additional mass body, which is supported by the mast or the components connected thereto and is not constantly rigidly coupled to the mast or the support structure or the load-carrying apparatus, but is movably mounted by a bearing arrangement such that it is movable relative to the mast 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 mast, a load-carrying apparatus, which can be moved upwards and downwards thereon and which has at least one load-receiving assembly for receiving a load that is to be transported, and a support structure connecting the load-receiving assembly to the mast, the load-receiving assembly having a load-carrying arrangement connected to the support structure, and a device for reducing vibrations, characterized in that the device for reducing vibrations has at least one load support, which covers the load-carrying arrangement at the top at least in regions, on which support a load received by the load-carrying apparatus can be supported and which support is provided so as to be movable to a limited extent on the load-carrying arrangement such that it can perform vibration-reducing movements relative to the load-carrying arrangement.

A variety of vehicle-based and warehouse-based solutions are provided to increase the adaptability, utility, and efficiency of materials handling vehicles in the warehouse environment, such as a materials handling vehicle comprising a hand-held drive unit comprising a user interface and an operational command generator responsive to the user interface. The hand-held drive unit is configured to send operational commands generated in response to user input at the user interface to the vehicular controller(s) to control operational functions of the traction control unit, the braking system, the steering assembly, the mast assembly, the picking attachment, or combinations thereof.

A carriage for a lift truck arranged to provide for both lateral shifting and tilting of attachments such as forklift forks, in which an outer frame of the carriage is supported by a side-shifter cylinder-and-piston assembly incorporated in an inner frame, and in which the outer frame can be tilted with respect to the inner frame, about a laterally-extending central axis of the side-shifter cylinder-and-piston assembly.

A method for operating an industrial truck with an operating element comprising at least one operating for a vehicle function, an unlocking apparatus for the vehicle function, and a resetting apparatus configured to interact with the at least one operating lever generating a resetting force depending on a deflection of the least one operating lever. Upon an actuation of the operating lever without previously unlocking the operating lever, the resetting force acting on the at least one operating lever is changed in order to report an unsuccessful unlocking procedure.

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),
characterized 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.

The order picker (1) comprising a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); and a control unit, which is configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from a selection pallet (21) positioned in the working range (R_R) onto an order pallet (16) carried in the working range (R_R). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding method for order picking an order pallet (16) comprising load units (59) from a goods warehouse having selection pallets (20) arranged in rows and/or racks (23) using a vehicle (2, 25, 30) and a robot device (3) arranged thereon having a working range (R_R).

A device for lifting and transporting sheet material includes a base portion; wheels on which the base portion is supported; a mast that extends upwardly from the base portion; a boom that extends from a first end outwardly from the mast to a second end; a supporting head that is configured to support sheet material; and a pivot coupling at the second end of the boom. The pivot coupling is arranged to couple the supporting head to the boom, and enable the supporting head to be rotated about a pivot axis between a first position in which sheet material supported by the supporting head is in a generally transverse orientation relative to the boom, and a second position in which the angle between sheet material supported by the supporting head and the boom is reduced.