FORK LIFT WITH LATERALLY MOVING SYSTEM

摘要

A fork lift with laterally moving system, wherein, when a running mode is switched from a normal running in which right and left front wheels (3) and rear wheels (4) face in longitudinal direction to a lateral running, rotating means (29) is operated to rotate a turning member (24) about a vertical axis (27) in order to change the direction of the front wheels relative to that of a body (2), a change in running direction can be performed smoothly because the front wheels are formed integrally with a running drive device (21), and the front wheels are driven in forward and reverse directions by the running drive device after the front wheels are turned to face sideways so that the fork lift (1) can run laterally and the rear wheels can be changed in direction followably by a turning caster system or can be changed in direction forcibly in the same manner as the front wheels, whereby the front wheels of a drive system, though the fork lift is of a type capable of performing a normal forking operation, can be steered to face sideways so that it can run laterally to, for example, perform the transportation of long materials easily through a fork (13).