A low-lift fork truck including a driving part which has a driving wheel
disposed on the longitudinal axle and is driven by an electric motor,
which is supported in a steering bolster adapted to be pivoted about a
vertical axis, and a drawbar hinged to the steering bolster and a lifting
cylinder. The truck further including a load-carrying part adjustable in
height to a certain extent towards the driving part which has two
parallel-spaced wheel arms and a rigid transverse member interconnecting
the wheel arms wherein the transverse member is adapted to be coupled to
the lifting cylinder and a linkage coupled to the transverse member is
joined by a hinge to a forcing bar in the wheel arms which, in turn,
actuates the rocker of a load-carrying roller at the end of the wheels
arms to perform a lift. The lifting cylinder is disposed in a position
approximately centric to the pivoting axis of the steering bolster, a
rigid load-carrying part carrier firmly connected to the transverse member
is hinged to the upper adjustable end of the lifting cylinder, and the
transverse element of the load-carrying part is hinged to the frame of the
driving part via two parallel levers disposed below the lifting cylinder
for guidance of the load-carrying part and actuation of the forcing bars.