Invacare ILIFTEE - Raising;Lowering the Lift

Operation
5.3Raising/LoweringtheLift
WARNING!
RiskofInjury
Theliftcouldtipandendangerthepatientandassistants.
–Invacaredoesnotrecommendlockingoftherear
castersofthepatientliftwhenliftinganindividual.
–Invacaredoesrecommendthattherearcastersbeleft
unlockedduringliftingprocedurestoallowthepatient
lifttostabilizeitselfwhenthepatientisinitiallylifted
fromachair,bedoranystationaryobject.
Raising/LoweringaManual/HydraulicLift
Refertothesafetyinformationin5.3Raising/Loweringthe
Lift,page21beforeperformingthisprocedure.
Therearetwocontrolsonthepumpassembly:
•Thecontrolvalve
•Thepumphandle
1.Toraisethelift:
a.PositionthecontrolvalveintheclosedpositionA(towards
thepumphandleC).
b.MovethepumphandleupanddowntoelevatetheboomD
untilitlocksinthenotchofthebracket.
c.Ensuretheboomhaslockedinthenotchofthebracket.
2.Tolowerthelift:
a.GentlyopenBthecontrolvalve(awayfromthepump
handle).
b.IfthereisnopatientintheslingE,pulldownontheboom.
Therateofdescentoftheboomiscontrolledbythe
amountthatthecontrolvalveisopen.
Asafetygateispartofthehydraulicsystemthatcontrols
themaximumdescentoftheboomregardlessofhowfar
thecontrolvalveisopened.
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