AAT S-max, Original User Manual

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Now the main wheels and the clim bing fra me are mo ved for ward
Œ
- away
from the ope ra tor.
Af ter wards the main wheels and the fra me are lo we red

by re trac ting the
clim ber. This re sults in a small shift in load dis tri bu ti on, which you will feel
at the hand le by a slight pull for ward.
The main wheels touch down on the next step
Ž
and re su me the load of the
clim ber

which is re trac ted further.
Sin ce the sing le step mode is ac ti vat ed every time you turn on the de vi ce,
the clim ber is pul led in en ti re ly and then the des cen ding pro cess ends at
this point.
8.
Again push the s-max all the way to the edge of the step, i.e. un til
the sen si ti ve rolls of the se cu ri ty bra kes stop the s-max.
To con ti nue des cen ding you need to press the UP/DOWN switch again, di -
rec ti on DOWN.
At this point the clim bing pro cess re pe ats it self as des cri bed in point 7.
6.13 Laying the s-max on the stairs
In an emer gen cy the s-max may tilt bac kwards and lay down on the stairs.
The sa fe ty bra kes pre vent the s-max from rol ling down.
6.14 Transportation
For trans por ta ti on you may re mo ve the hand le (see as sem bly chap ter 3.1)
and car ry the clim bing unit at the up per rod.
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Note that the de vi ce weighs 15.8 kg!
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Al ways turn off the s-max for trans por ta ti on!
F
When trans por ting the s-max in a ve hi cle, al ways se cu re the de vi ce
ac cor ding to the le gal ru les and re gu la tions.
F
The sea led lead acid bat te ries used in the s-max are not con si de red
dan ge rous ac cor ding to the IATA spe ci al gui de li nes A67 and GGVS
Rn-Nr. 2801 A Abs.2 and ad mit ted to air tra vel by DOT and IATA.
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Be fo re using mass trans por ta ti on such as bu ses or sub ways, etc. or
your per so nal ve hi cle, plea se de tach the s-max from you wheel chair!
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