Appeal No. 2003-2134 Page 6
Application No. 09/421,675
upwardly. The fork members 26 are mounted onto a pair of sliding members 32 each
of which is slidably mounted on a different one of the upright rails 27. The members 32
may be suitably connected together with one or more cross members, for example 28A
adjacent forks 26, and are controlled by a pair of parallel connected hydraulic cylinders
33 that have base ends mounted to the cross member 28 and have extendable and
retractable rods with rod ends 33A extending upwardly.
Szarkowski 's lift truck is powered by an engine 35 which is mounted onto the
frame 11, and has an output drive shaft for driving through a conventional clutch to a
pair of series connected transmissions 36 which drive the differential assembly of the
axle 13 in conventional manner. The engine is situated just to the rear of an operator's
seat 37 which is adjacent steering wheel 18.
The frame 11 includes a pair of rear upright members 40 which are braced
rearwardly with braces 41 attached to the bridge 14, and at the upper end of the
upright members 40, a cross member 42 is mounted (see Figure 4). A hydraulic
cylinder 43 is attached to the cross member 42 on an ear and with a pin so that it can
pivot about a generally horizontal axis. The cylinder 43 extends forwardly and is a
double acting cylinder having an extendable, retractable rod 44 that in turn has a
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