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2. Shoulder dolly - Wikipedia

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   Moving personnel moving a piano using a trolley and carrying harnesses attached to hip belts. A trolley and carrying moving straps used to move a grand piano over a stair. A shoulder dolly, also known as moving straps, lifting straps, furniture moving straps, and similar names, is a lifting strap and harness used in transport and logistics which allows moving personnel to distribute the load ...

3. Casualty lifting - Wikipedia

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   The strap is slid under the casualty: the flat profile can slide easily under the back and the pelvis without lifting the casualty. This strap will form two handles, thus, the team member at the pelvis will have a better grip and a vertical back; the strap crosses in the middle of the back, thus the team member at the head (lifting with four ...

4. Forklift - Wikipedia

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   A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark , which made transmissions , and Yale & Towne ...

5. Clark Material Handling Company - Wikipedia

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   According to the company, there are over 350,000 CLARK forklift trucks currently in operation around the world. [2] CLARK is credited with having invented the world's first truck with a hydraulic lifting mechanism in 1924, an attachment to the Duat tow tractor. This internal combustion truck with hydraulic lifting mechanism became the ...

6. Lewis (lifting appliance) - Wikipedia

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   The slab lifter uses two safety devices. Safety chains and a support bracket allow safe lifting of large slabs. This lifting appliance also has a safety locking device that is engaged when the gripping pads are activated by the weight of the stone. This prevents any jerking movement from releasing the stone.

7. Material-handling equipment - Wikipedia

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   A counterbalanced lift truck (sometimes referred to as a forklift truck, but other attachments besides forks can be used) can transport and stack pallets and allows the operator to ride on the truck. The weight of the vehicle (and operator) behind the front wheels of truck counterbalances weight of the load (and weight of vehicle beyond front ...

8. Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas - Wikipedia

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   Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc., previously known as Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America is a material handling equipment manufacturer based in Houston, Texas, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Logisnext .

9. Jib (crane) - Wikipedia

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   Animation of main (green truss structure) and jib boom (purple truss structure) articulation. This specific example uses a level luffing mechanism to maintain the load at approximately the same vertical height as the jib moves through its range of travel.