Patent ID: 7562616
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: B66F,F15B

Abstract:
1. Device for the emergency lowering of a load carrying means for a reach-type forklift truck, with a valve arrangement accommodated in a valve block, via which the inflow and outflow of a hydraulic means is controlled to and from a lift cylinder for the load carrying means, with a bypass between the lift cylinder and a tank, with a barrier element in the bypass and an actuating device containing a cable which may be actuated by an operator and by means of which the barrier element may be brought in a closed position, the bypass being formed by a bypass branch in the valve block, the barrier element comprising a grub screw which actuates a shut-off element, a male thread of the grub screw being screwed into a threaded bore of the valve block, and in the fully screwed-in position the shut-off element closing the bypass branch, the cable transmitting a torque to being rotationally fixedly connected with one end to the grub screw, and a handle for turning the cable being attached to the other end of the cable.