IP Library Granted Patent US 7,503,380
Granted Patent B2
US 7,503,380 · App. 10/712,974 · Granted Mar 17, 2009

Industrial truck with a radiator and a filter

Assignee: Linde Material Handling GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,503,380
App. No.
10/712,974
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An industrial truck includes a radiator ( 3 ), a cooling air line ( 4 ), and a filter ( 6 ) that is located in the vicinity of the cooling air line ( 4 ). A cleaning device that can be effectively connected with the filter ( 6 ) can be integrated into the cooling air line ( 4 ). The cleaning device has a wiper ( 9 ) that can be moved along the outside surface of the screen ( 6 ) and is equipped so that it can be engaged with a drive device and can be fastened to a lever arm in the form of a parallel arm ( 10 ).

Claims (16)

1. An industrial truck, comprising:

a radiator;

a cooling air line;

a filter device located in the flow path of the cooling air line, the filter device including a stationary screen non-removably integrated into the cooling air line;

a cleaning device effectively connected with the screen the cleaning device including a single wiper movable up and down along an outside surface of the screen, a lever arm fastened to the wiper and connected with a hand lever located outside the cooling air line such that the lever arm is manually actuated from outside the cooling air line; and

a tube connected to a suction device and having a plurality of inlet openings, wherein the tube is located underneath the screen.

2. The industrial truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wiper comprises a brush.

3. The industrial truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lever arm is a parallel arm.

4. The industrial truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the single wiper is movable up and down in a substantially vertical path along an outside surface of the screen.

5. An industrial truck, comprising:

a radiator;

a cooling air line;

a stationary filter screen non-removably installed in the cooling air line;

a cleaning device operatively connected to the filter screen, the cleaning device comprising a wiper comprising a brush configured to contact a surface of the filter screen to remove material from the filter screen while the filter screen is inside the cooling air line, a lever arm connected to the wiper and to a hand lever located outside the cooling air line such that the lever arm is manually actuated from outside of the cooling air line, wherein the lever arm is a parallel arm; and

a tube having a plurality of inlet openings and positioned under the filter screen and in flow communication with a suction device.

6. The industrial truck as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the lever arm moves the wiper in a substantially vertical path along the surface of the filter screen.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2007
From: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: LINDE MATERIAL HANDLING GMBH
Reel/Frame 019688/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2004
From: JAKOB, BERNHARD
To: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 015204/0235 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102 52 933 · Nov 14, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050051308A1 · Mar 10, 2005