Load handling equipment

Abstract

Load handling device (1) with forks that can be mounted on a carrier vehicle (20), and comprising an arm (8) or a mast for connecting the forks (6) to the chassis (2), a first lifting actuator (10), forks (6), a second actuator (11) for tilting the forks (6) forward / backward, a control system (12) for said actuators, comprising a control device (13) (10, 11) for issuing a request to load the device (1) and a request to unload the device (1) from the carrier vehicle (20), a piloting unit (14). The device (1) includes two non-contact distance measurement sensors (15, 16) arranged, one (15), vertically and below the active part of the forks in a low position and close to the frame (2) of the forks, and oriented towards the forks, the other (16), on the frame (2), behind the rear end of the forks (6), at a height greater than the height of the wheels, and oriented towards the front of the frame (2).The device (1) includes a memory (17) for storing setpoint distances. The control unit (14) is configured to control the first and second actuators (10, 11) based at least on the received loading / unloading request, the data provided by the sensors (15, 16), and the stored setpoint distances. Figure for the abbreviation: Fig. 2.