EP0655413B1 - Cabine de conducteur pour chariots élévateur - Google Patents

Cabine de conducteur pour chariots élévateur Download PDF

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EP0655413B1
EP0655413B1 EP19940850212 EP94850212A EP0655413B1 EP 0655413 B1 EP0655413 B1 EP 0655413B1 EP 19940850212 EP19940850212 EP 19940850212 EP 94850212 A EP94850212 A EP 94850212A EP 0655413 B1 EP0655413 B1 EP 0655413B1
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Jonasson Sten
Carl Olof Jacobsson
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F9/00—Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes
    • B66F9/06—Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
    • B66F9/075—Constructional features or details
    • B66F9/20—Means for actuating or controlling masts, platforms, or forks

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  • This invention concerns an arrangement at the drivers compartment at lifting trucks including a steering wheel for the controlling of the travel direction and different control means for the controlling of the lifting device of the truck.
  • Lifting Trucks are frequently used during long work shifts in an environment that is arduous for the driver through time strain, noise, cold, heat and high demands on accuracy etc.
  • the complication is added that the driver normally sits in a driving seat directed perpendicularly in relation to the common longitudinal and traveling direction.
  • the steering wheel is frequently supported on a console that can be moved from or towards the driver and there are further different supports for arms and elbows.
  • Hitherto known trucks however have stationary control means for the controlling of the lifting device etc while steering wheel and drivers seat normally are adjustable.
  • control means must be done according to some chosen normal value while the steering wheel can be adjusted individually for each driver.
  • the control means will therefor be placed too far away for a short driver and too close for a big one. This influences not only the ergonomics but also the driving safety in particular in situations where precision and swiftness is required.
  • One purpose of this invention is therefor to achieve an arrangement at drivers compartments for truck drivers, that is so built that the mentioned inconveniences can be avoided. Another object is to obtain a more efficient and more easily handled unit for the steering and controlling of the truck.
  • the steering wheel and the control means are arranged on a common control panel and that this is carried by a movable arm that is adjustable in different positions for adaption to different drivers and that the control panel is an elongate body with an upper side and a lower side and that the steering wheel is mounted on the upper side of one end of the body.
  • Fig 1 shows a so called movable mast truck intended for indoor handling of palleted goods.
  • the truck includes, as is usual, a chassis 11 and a lifting mast 12 mounted on the chassis 11 and in turn carrying a lifting device 13 in the shape of a lifting fork movable in a carriage along the mast.
  • a driving compartment in the shape of a drivers cabin 14 is arranged on the rear part of the truck.
  • the driver of the truck will be seated essentially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the truck and consequently the drivers seat 19 is located at one 14 of the lateral walls and turned towards the other 15.
  • a steering wheel 20 for the steering of the truck is located at the latter wall while different control means 21 for the controlling of travel direction and lifting means are arranged on the front wall 17 of the cabin.
  • an arm support in the shape of a cushion 22 is also provided on the front wall 17 of the cabin.
  • This invention concerns as mentioned a further development of drivers compartments of the kind that is apparent from fig 1.
  • fig 2 the same reference numerals are used for corresponding details and the figure thus shows a cabin interior seen towards one lateral wall 15 of the cabin and the front wall 17.
  • this truck has a control panel 25 common to these controls that is supported on a movable supporting arm 26.
  • the control panel 25 is an elongate body with an upper and a lower side 27, 28, the steering wheel 20 being mounted on the upper side 27 at one end 29 of the elongate body.
  • the steering wheel is in miniature with a diameter of about one hundred millimeters and the entire length of the control means is about 500 millimeters.
  • the steering wheel is in a known manner arranged for electrical control of the driving and steered wheels 23 of the truck why only small easy movements are required for steering the truck.
  • the control means 21 further includes a number of control sticks 31 - 34 intended for different special functions. With the control stick 31 the lifting device 13 is moved vertically along the lift mast 12 and with the control stick 32 the entire mast 12 can be moved forwards along the chassis away from and back to the front cabin wall 17.
  • the control stick 33 is arranged for an inclining of the forks 13, so called tilting, while the control stick 34 can move the forks 13 laterally, so called side shift.
  • the control sticks 31-34 are preferable controlled with the fingertips of the hand, the palm of which lies against the travel direction switch 30 why many of these functions can be executed simultaneously by a trained driver.
  • common for all control means are that they are arranged for electric control which makes them very easy to move and at the same time the positioning becomes very exact.
  • the control panel 25 is as mentioned carried on the support arm 26 that in turn is supported on a slide device 35 mounted in the cabin wall 17.
  • the slide device runs along a pair of rails 36 inside the wall and can be displaced according to the arrows 37 in fig 3 from or towards the driver.
  • the support arm is hingedly fastened in slide as well as in control panel and can be pivoted around the pivot axles 38 and 39 as the arrows 40 and 41 also illustrate.
  • the support arm 26 is coupled to a gas spring 42 that in addition to general damping and balancing also is arranged to force the control panel 25 upwards after ended driving and the release by a lock or fixing device. In this way the drivers passing in and out is facilitated.
  • the support arm is preferably further placed close to the truck wall 17 to simplify passing in and out and to reduce the risk of casualties to the drivers legs and knees.
  • the control panel 25 protrude from the wall, at least half the panel length. The width of the panel allow a comfortable extending forward of the arms of the driver.
  • the described control panel 25 can thus by movements in the different free movement directions according to the arrows 37 40 and 41 be adjusted so that the height and the distance to the drivers seat always is adapted to the present driver and his wishes. Since steering wheel and control means will be situated symmetrically on the same distance from the driver, unnecessary oblique positioning of the body is avoided since the two hands of the driver does not have to work on two different distances. In the shown example one hand of the driver may rest on and around the steering wheel 20 while the other can rest on the travel direction plate 30 or on the panel 30 itself.
  • the same arm and hand that is used for the actuation of the control means can preferably also be supported via an elbow support 43 on the wall, the support cushion 44 of which may be pivotable inward towards the drivers seat around an axle 45. Thereby the support cushion 44 may be directed straight towards the control means 21 and provide a longer and more comfortable support for the forearm.
  • control sticks mounted on the laterally slidable direction plate 30.
  • the direction plate 30 may be substituted for a thumb switch gripping the thumb on both sides for lateral displacement either way.
  • the arm itself may be adjustable to its length, which provides more room for other devices.
  • the panel can be tiltable sideways or pivotable in a horizontal plane. The latter in case the driver tends to sit slightly turned.
  • the arm may in its ends be movable and fixable in ball joints to enable any desired adjustment of the steering and control panel according to the invention.

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  1. Agencement situé au niveau du siège ou du compartiment conducteur dans des chariots élévateurs, comprenant un volant (20) permettant de commander la direction de déplacement et différents moyens de commande (21) pour commander les moyens élévateurs (13) du chariot, caractérisé en ce que le volant et les moyens de commande sont agencés sur un panneau de commande commun (25) et en ce que celui-ci est supporté sur un bras mobile (26) réglable dans différentes positions pour permettre une adaptation à différents conducteurs et en ce que le panneau de commande (25) est un corps allongé avec un côté supérieur (27) et un côté inférieur (28) et en ce que le volant est monté sur le côté supérieur d'une extrémité (29) du corps.
  2. Agencement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le panneau de commande (25) est agencé essentiellement perpendiculairement à la direction d'assise du conducteur.
  3. Agencement selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de commande (21) comprennent plusieurs leviers de commande (31, 34) destinés à être manoeuvrés par les doigts du conducteur.
  4. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de commande (21) comprennent une plaque latéralement coulissante (30) destinée à être manoeuvrée par la paume d'une main ou un pouce du conducteur.
  5. Agencement selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la plaque (30) est agencée sur le côté supérieur (27) du panneau de commande et est coulissante dans le sens de la longueur de celle-ci et en ce que les leviers de commande sont agencés devant la plaque, de sorte que le conducteur, en utilisant une main ou un pouce, peut manoeuvrer la plaque ainsi que plusieurs leviers de commande en même temps.
  6. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bras de support (26) possède une première extrémité qui est supportée sur un dispositif formant coulisseau (35) dans le corps du chariot et une autre extrémité fixée dans le panneau de commande (25).
  7. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bras de support (26) peut pivoter par rapport au dispositif formant coulisseau (35) et en ce que le panneau de commande (25) peut pivoter dans le même plan par rapport au bras de support.
  8. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, le compartiment conducteur comprenant une cabine équipée d'un siège (19) dirigé essentiellement perpendiculairement au sens de la longueur du chariot et situé au niveau d'une paroi de cabine (17) en direction de la potence, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif formant coulisseau (35) est contenu dans ladite paroi de cabine (17) et en ce que le bras de support est agencé de manière à s'étendre le long et prés de la paroi de cabine et en ce que le panneau de commande (25) dépasse, au moins la moitié de sa longueur étant essentiellement perpendiculaire à la paroi.
  9. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un accoudoir (43) est agencé sur la paroi de cabine qui comprend un coussin d'accoudoir (44) pouvant pivoter autour d'un axe vertical (45), de sorte qu'un bras du conducteur puisse à la fois reposer sur le coussin d'accoudoir et sur le panneau de commande (25).
  10. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la largeur du panneau (la longueur du corps de panneau) correspond à la largeur du conducteur.
  11. Agencement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bras de support du panneau de commande est télescopique ou extensible.
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SE9303955A SE507063C2 (sv) 1993-11-29 1993-11-29 Bärarm med manöverorgan till lyfttruckar
SE9303955 1993-11-29

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