Patent ID: 6732831
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
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; and a mast is provided on the front end of the vehicle body, and forks are provided on the mast; said mast being installed between the right and left-hand front wheels at a front end of the vehicle to be rotatable in the front-and-rear direction by means of a coupling axle positioned in the lateral direction of the vehicle above the front wheels, and a rotational drive device for effecting front-and-rear rotation is provided between the vehicle body and the mast, whereby when the mast is rotated by this rotational drive device, the lower section of the mast is moved to a position where the mast does not interfere with steering of the front wheels.