Scissors lift for light platform truck
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ACOVENTRY CLIMAX PF electric platform truck used by Verwo AG, of Pfaffikon, near Zurich, has been equipped with scissors-action arms to provide elevation for the load platform. This enables the static height of the 2,200 lb. capacity platform to be increased from 33 in. to any height up to 51 in.
The increased loading versatility which the lifting provides is designed particularly for work among railway wagon ramps, bays and lorries; the standard fixed-platform
Coventry Climax truck is already uSed elsewhere on railway and resort work in Switzerland and a three-way tipper version is employed at Zermatt.
The scissors-lift model has a single central hydraulic ram deriving power from a 12V d.c. electric motor. Control is by cabmounted button and lever.
The conversion from a standard platform was undertaken by Maschinen AG, of Berne.