Operating Instructions - Sunrise Medical Oxford STOWAWAY 140 User Instruction Manual

O x f o r d R a n g e o f M o b i l e H o i s t s
Sa fe t y P r eca u t i o ns (cont.)
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DO NOT park a loaded lift on ANY sloping surface.
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DO NOT use electric lifts in a shower.
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DO NOT charge an electric lift in a bathroom or shower room.
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DO NOT lift a patient unless you are trained and competent to do so.
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YOUR lift is for patient lifting. DO NOT use it, or allow it to be used, for any other
purpose.
Operating Instructions for the Oxford Mobile Hoists
1. Leg adjustment. The legs on the Mobile Hoists are adjustable for width. The legs can
be opened to enable access around armchairs or wheelchairs. For transferring and
negotiating narrow doorways and passages the lift legs should be in the closed
position. To achieve the adjustment, the leg adjuster handle, located at the rear of the
mast, is moved in towards the mast and then sideways from RIGHT (fully closed) to
LEFT (fully open). The adjustment can be carried out with the patient in the lift, but
loaded or unloaded the adjustment should be made when the lift is moving.
2. Castors and Braking. The lift has two braked castors which can be applied for
parking. When lifting, the castors should be left free and unbraked. The lift will
then be able to move to the centre of gravity of the lift. If the brakes are applied it
is the patient that will swing to the centre of gravity and this may prove disconcerting
and uncomfortable.
3. Straight line steering (where supplied). One of the rear castors is fitted with a
straight line steering device. To engage the device simply swing the 'U' shaped
bar over the end of the leg. There is no need to fit the bar over the castor as it will
automatically engage as you move off.
4. Raising and lowering the boom (electric models). The movement of the boom is
achieved by a powerful electric actuator which is controlled by a simple handcontrol
unit. The handcontrol has two buttons with directional arrows UP and DOWN. The
actuator stops automatically at the limit of travel in both directions. The handcontrol
plugs into a socket at the base of the Controller. There is a magnetic backing to the
handcontrol which allows it to be "parked" on the mast or boom when not in use.
5. Emergency Stop (Electric only). The red Emergency Stop Button is located on the
Controller and is activated by pressing in. This will cut all power to the lift and
can only be reset by twisting the button anticlockwise and releasing.
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