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In order to decrease the number of handling components of a parking brake unit without increasing a length of a wheel base, there is provided a forklift including a main input shaft which is rotationally driven by a hydraulic motor, a differential input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the mai

In order to decrease the number of handling components of a parking brake unit without increasing a length of a wheel base, there is provided a forklift including a main input shaft which is rotationally driven by a hydraulic motor, a differential input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the main input shaft, and a differential mechanism which is provided between the differential input shaft and a front axle, the forklift being configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the front axle through the main input shaft, the differential input shaft, and the differential mechanism, wherein an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the differential input shaft, a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears and is interposed between the differential input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft.

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1. A forklift comprising: a hydraulic pump that is mounted on a vehicle body in a state where a pump input shaft follows a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and a front end of the pump input shaft faces a rear side of the vehicle body;a hydraulic motor that is mounted on the vehicle body in

1. A forklift comprising: a hydraulic pump that is mounted on a vehicle body in a state where a pump input shaft follows a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and a front end of the pump input shaft faces a rear side of the vehicle body;a hydraulic motor that is mounted on the vehicle body in a state where a motor output shaft follows the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and a front end of the motor output shaft faces a front side of the vehicle body, the hydraulic motor being driven by oil supplied from the hydraulic pump;a first input shaft which is rotationally driven by the hydraulic motor, the first input shaft being disposed so as to be concentric with the motor output shaft of the hydraulic motor;a second input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the first input shaft; anda differential mechanism which is provided between the second input shaft and an axle that is disposed along to a horizontal direction of the vehicle body, whereinthe forklift is configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the axle through the first input shaft, the second input shaft, and the differential mechanism,the motor output shaft of the hydraulic motor is disposed so as to be offset to a left lower side of the vehicle body with respect to the pump input shaft,the second input shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the first input shaft,an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the second input shaft at a position below the pump input shaft of the hydraulic pump and so as to be offset to the first input shaft and second input shaft, respectively,a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears is interposed between the second input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft. 2. The forklift according to claim 1, wherein in the power transmission mechanism, a transfer gear is provided in the second input shaft, an idle input gear with a friction gear mechanism is provided in the idle shaft, and the idle input gear meshes with the transfer gear. 3. The forklift according to claim 1, wherein the power transmission mechanism transmits the rotation of the second input shaft to the idle shaft by increasing the speed thereof. 4. The forklift according to claim 2, wherein an input gear is provided in the first input shaft and the input gear meshes with the transfer gear. 5. The forklift according to claim 1, wherein the idle shaft is disposed at a position equal to or lower than the height of the second input shaft.