Battery powered forklift
A battery powered forklift including a fork mounted on a front of a body to which a front wheel and a rear wheel are attached, a counter weight provided on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor that allows the body to travel, the forklift includes: a battery mounted on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor configured to generate oil pressure on operating oil that operates the fork; a control device configured to control the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; a storage space provided in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body for storing the cargo-handling electric motor and the control device; and a fan that exhausts air in the storage space to an outside.
1. A battery powered forklift including a fork mounted on a front of a body to which a front wheel and a rear wheel are attached, a counter weight provided on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor that allows the body to travel, the forklift comprising:
a battery mounted on the body above the rear wheel;
a cargo-handling electric motor configured to generate oil pressure on operating oil that operates the fork;
a cargo-handling control device configured to control the cargo-handling electric motor;
a driving control device configured to control the driving electric motor;
a storage space provided in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body for storing the cargo-handling electric motor, the cargo-handling control device and the driving control device, the storage space including an opening on a front of the storage space;
a heat radiator provided in the storage space and attached on the bottom of the body, the heat radiator having a length side and a width side, the length side being parallel to a lengthwise direction of the body, and
a fan that exhausts air in the storage space to an outside, wherein the fan includes at least one fan on each side of the body in a widthwise direction,
wherein the cargo-handling control device and the driving control device are mounted onto the length side of the heat radiator, and the driving control device is arranged in front of the cargo-handling control device.
2. The battery powered forklift according to claim 1 , wherein the storage space further stores an operating oil tank that holds the operating oil.
3. The battery powered forklift according to claim 1 , wherein the storage space further stores a charging device that charges the battery.
4. The battery powered forklift according to claim 3 , wherein the fan is provided posterior to the control device or the charging device.
5. The battery powered forklift 1 according to claim 1 , wherein the fan is provided on a rear of the storage space.