6.3
Climbers
The clim bers (see pic tu re) must be pul led in to top most po si ti on by me ans
of the UP/DOWN switch if you want to:
•
dri ve on le vel ground and on slo pes
•
check the sa fe ty bra kes
•
be gin clim bing up stairs or downs tairs
Ho we ver, you need to fold out the clim bers by ac ti va ting the UP/DOWN
switch, di rec ti on up, whe ne ver a per son ta kes a seat in the c-max, so the de -
vi ce is sup por ted by the clim bers (plea se also see chap ter 6.5.1).
6.4
Safety brakes
The re are sa fe ty bra kes lo ca ted on the clim bing fra me on both si des.
F
Plea se check the sa fe ty bra kes each time be fo re you use the
C
-max
.
You may check the bra ke ef fect eit her on top of the stairs or on le vel ground
as des cri bed in 6.4.1 and 6.4.2.
6.4.1
Test the required brake effect
Pull in the clim bers to their up most po si ti on and tilt the
C
-max
bac kwards
un til the back rest is in an al most ho ri zon tal po si ti on (see pic tu re).
If the
C
-max
can not be pus hed for ward by the hand les in said po si ti on, but
me re ly rolls bac kwards, then the re qui red bra ke ef fect for the safe ope ra ti on
of the
C
-max
is gran ted (see pic tu re).
F
Im por tant
: If the re qui red bra ke ef fect is not gua ran teed, you may,
un der no cir cums tan ces, use the
C
-max
any more. Plea se con tact
your aut ho ri zed AAT Al ber dea ler or the ma nu fac tu rer im me di ate ly.
F
Should the bra ke not kick in, you may un der no cir cums tan ces use
the de vi ce. Plea se con tact your aut ho ri zed dea ler or an AAT re pre -
sen ta ti ve im me di ate ly.
6.4.2
Test the required brake effect at the top edge of the stairs
F
Plea se make this test wit hout a per son sit ting in the chair.
Pull in the clim bers to their up most po si ti on and tilt the de vi ce bac kwards
un til the back rest is in an al most ho ri zon tal po si ti on. Drive for ward to the
first step’s edge (wit hout per son). If you can not push the de vi ce over the
edge of the step, the re qui red bra king ef fect for a safe ope ra ti on of the
C
-max
is gran ted.
F
Im por tant
: If the re qui red bra ke ef fect is not gua ran teed, you may,
un der no cir cums tan ces, use the
C
-max
any more. Plea se con tact
your aut ho ri zed AAT Al ber dea ler or the ma nu fac tu rer im me di ate ly.
F
Should the bra ke not kick in, you may un der no cir cums tan ces use
the de vi ce. Plea se con tact your aut ho ri zed dea ler or an AAT re pre -
sen ta ti ve im me di ate ly.
20
c
-
max
160 kg
