Load lifting carriage for an industrial lift truck

A load lifting carriage of the kind mounted for sliding movement up and down a mast of an industrial lift truck, comprises a rear part (16) mounted on the mast assembly (10), and a front part (17) pivotally connected to the rear part to tilt about a horizontal axis and carrying a load-supporting fork (12). First actuating means (26 Fig. 3 not shown) operable longitudinally are provided for moving the front part together with the load support thereon relative to the rear part about the horizontal axis. Second actuating means (30) are provided for tilting the front part and the load support thereon relative to the rear part about the horizontal axis. The horizontal axis is coincident with the longitudinal axis of the first actuating means. In an embodiment in which the carriage has a pair of load supporting forks (12), the forks may be interconnected by crossed links (50, 51 Fig. 6 not shown) and means are provided for expanding and contracting the crossed links and thereby altering the spread of the forks.