Patent ID: 6499169
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A recycling control system for a dock leveler including a pivotally mounted deck, a powered lifting unit for raising the deck, and a lip pivotally mounted to the deck for movement between pendant and extended positions, the control assembly comprising:a lip-position member couplable to the lip for movement therewith such that the position of the lip-position member is indicative of lip position; a switch couplable to the lifting unit and operable to a first condition wherein power is provided to the lifting unit, and operable to a second condition wherein power is not provided to the lifting unit; an actuator disposed on the lip-position member for movement relative thereto, and which follows a first path during movement of the lip from the pendant to the extended position wherein the switch remains in the second condition, and which follows a second path during movement of the lip from an extended to the pendant position wherein the actuator operates the switch to the first condition.