Patent ID: 6038858
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B60T,B60W

Abstract:
An inching and braking system for a hydraulically operated apparatus including a brake system and a drive system, wherein the drive system and the brake system may be controlled for generating a braking effect by actuation of an actuating part of the inching and braking system, and wherein the inching and braking system comprises an inching valve arrangement and a brake valve arrangement through which the drive system or the brake system, respectively, may be controlled, wherein an axially displaceable brake valve slide of said brake valve arrangement is arranged in series with and on the same axis as an axially displaceable inching valve slide of said inching valve arrangement, which inching valve slide is located more distant from the actuating part base than the brake valve slide, and wherein said inching valve slide is positioned to be actuated by a transmission device, said transmission device being slidable on said axis in an axial direction and being in operative connection with the actuating part.