Patent ID: 8128064
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: B60P,B65G,B66F

Abstract:
1. Floor-bound transportation vehicle for the transportation of containers, comprising: at least one lifting platform arranged on a vehicle frame of the transportation vehicle and at least one lifting drive raising said at least one lifting platform from a lowered transportation position to a raised transfer position and lowering said at least one lifting platform from the transfer position to the transportation position; at least two toggle levers, each comprising a first toggle lever arm and a second toggle lever arm, which are connected to each other by a toggle joint, wherein said first toggle lever arm is mounted to said vehicle frame via a lower axis of articulation at an end away from said toggle joint and said second toggle arm is mounted to said at least one lifting platform via an upper axis of articulation at an end away from said toggle joint, said at least two toggle levers jointing said at least one lifting platform with said vehicle frame, said toggle levers oriented in the driving direction of the transportation vehicle, wherein said at least one lifting drive acts jointly on the at least two toggle levers for lifting and lowering said at least one lifting platform; and wherein each of said toggle levers extends for more than half the width of the lifting platform as viewed from the driving direction of the transportation vehicle.