Arrangement for picking up goods, e.g. for fork lift truck or stacker - contains light detector on the forks for detecting when forks have reached far side of goods to be lifted

摘要

The arrangement, e.g. a fork lift truck, has a horizontal carrying arm and a vertical mounting arm. A light detector arrangement is mounted on the free end of the carrying arm The light detector arrangement (16) contains a light emitter and a light receiver. Both are mounted on the upper side of the carrying arm (7) and are slightly inclined upwards. Light conductors (13,14) with upward pointing free ends are connected at their other ends to the light source and receiver. USE/ADVANTAGE - The arrangement enables the danger of the forks protruding through a palette to damage goods behind it to be eliminated by detecting when they have reached the far side of the goods to be raised.