Patent ID: 6675927
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B62D,B66F

Abstract:
A fork lift with a laterally traveling system including a pair of right and left-hand front wheels and a pair of right and left-hand rear wheels each provided on a vehicle body, characterized in that:the front wheels and the rear wheels are respectively provided to be steerable; the pair of right and left-hand front wheels are respectively coupled in linkage to driving shafts of travel drive devices; each of said travel drive devices is attached to turning members provided to be rotatable about a vertical axis with respect to the vehicle body, and rotating means is provided for rotating the turning members; said rotating means comprising coupling sections of the turning members disposed in mutually opposing directions in a front-and-rear direction with respect to the vertical axis, a link member in a lateral direction of the vehicle, the link member being coupled between these coupling sections to enable the turning members to be relatively rotatable, and an actuation device for moving this link member in the lateral direction of the vehicle; and a mast is provided on the front end of the vehicle body, and forks are provided on the mast.