Patent ID: 7086819
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. A load handling apparatus for a counterbalance type forklift, comprising: one tiltable operating lever disposed on a body of the forklift; a mast tiltable in an anteroposterior direction and disposed on said forklift; a liftable fork disposed on said mast; a solenoid proportional control valve, in which a tilting speed of said mast and lifting and lowering speeds of said fork are controlled by a degree of opening of said solenoid proportional control valve, said degree of opening, being proportional to a tilting angle of said operating lever; a switch attached to said operating lever; and a controller that tilts said mast when said operating lever is tilted and said switch is in a first switching state, that lifts or lowers said fork when said operating lever is tilted and said switch is in a second switching state, and that prevents lifting and lowering of said fork when said switch is changed from said first switching state to said second switching state while said operating lever is tilted.