JPH0930450A - Industrial vehicle hood - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a driver to safely get off/on from a vehicle by preventing the slipping of his hands in the vehicle with the peripheral part of a seat installing part provided with a slope. SOLUTION: A vehicle is constructed to have a standing form in a part covering a housing part for and engine, a battery and the like and a seat installing part 7 is provided in its upper surface. The peripheral part of the seat installing part 7 is formed to have a slope 8. An assist grip 2 for riding/ leaving is arranged on the slope 8. A driver gets on/off from the vehicle by grasping the riding/leaving assist grip 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hood for an industrial vehicle that covers a storage section such as an engine or a battery in an industrial vehicle such as a forklift and has a seat installation section on its upper surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a hood of a forklift truck, there is a hood that covers a storage portion such as an engine or a battery and is provided with a seat installation portion on the upper surface (for example, the actual exploitation Sho 57-94).
No. 581). The top panel (corresponding to the hood in the present invention) of this publication has a flat plate shape. Some conventional hoods have a rectangular box shape. Further, recently, many hoods have a three-dimensional shape such as a box shape and a rounded shape. For example, a hood (also referred to as an engine hood) 1 in a forklift 3 shown in a side view in FIG. 5 has a three-dimensional shape that covers an engine room that is a storage part of an engine, and an installation portion of a seat 5 (also referred to as a seat installation portion) on an upper surface. ) 7. Further, the hood 1 has a rounded shape, and the peripheral portion of the seat setting portion 7 forms a slope 8. The hood 1 is
It is rotatably attached to the vehicle body 4, and the engine room is opened and closed by the rotation. In addition, the driver often gets on and off the seat 5 with his / her hand (mainly the left hand) on the hood 1 especially when getting off.

[0003]

When the hood has a flat plate shape or a rectangular box shape as in the prior art, even if the driver gets off while holding his / her hand on the hood, the hood is substantially horizontal. There is no slip in the hands. Also,
Since flat hoods or rectangular box-shaped hoods have been used for a long time in industrial vehicles, it is often customary for a driver to get off while holding his / her hand on the hood. The handle on the top panel shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 57-94581 is for opening and closing the hood, and is not considered as an assisting grip for getting on and off for convenience of getting on and off. If it is a box-shaped hood, it makes no sense to attach an assist grip for getting on and off. By the way, the hood 1 with a rounded shape in FIG.
In this case, if the driver habitually tries to get off by holding his / her hand on the hood 1, it is predicted that the hand will slip on the slope 8 and the hand will slip easily and fail to get off. It should be noted that it is easy to think of a means of attaching a non-slip rubber plate to the slope 8 of the hood 1, but this cannot be expected to have a sufficient anti-slip effect.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is as follows.
An object of the present invention is to provide a hood for an industrial vehicle that allows a driver to safely get on and off without sliding his / her hand when the seat installation portion has a sloped area.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, a three-dimensional shape for covering a storage part such as an engine or a battery is provided, and a seat installation part is provided on an upper surface, and the periphery of the seat installation part is provided. In a hood of an industrial vehicle having a sloped portion, a boarding / alighting assist grip is arranged on the slope. According to the hood of the industrial vehicle of the first aspect, the driver can get on and off while being held by the assist grip for getting on and off the slope.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the hood of an industrial vehicle according to the first aspect, a resin hood body as an outer shell body and a metal frame as a skeleton body are provided, and the boarding / alighting assist is provided on the metal frame. It has a grip attached. According to the hood of the industrial vehicle of the present invention, by mounting the getting on / off assist grip on the metal frame, the hood can be installed more firmly than when the resin hood main body itself is provided with the getting on / off assist grip. .

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention will be described in order. [First Embodiment of the Invention] A hood according to the first embodiment is shown in FIG.
Is shown in perspective view. This hood 1 is used for the forklift 3 shown in FIG. 5, and as described above, has a three-dimensional shape that covers the engine room that is the storage part of the engine, and is provided with the concave seat installation portion 7 on the upper surface. Further, the hood 1 has a rounded shape, and the peripheral portion of the seat setting portion 7 forms a slope 8. The hood 1 includes a resin hood body 6 as an outer shell and a metal frame 10 as a skeleton. In this hood 1, a U-type assisting grip 2 for getting on and off is provided at a portion of the slope 8 corresponding to a position where the driver's left hand easily reaches when getting on and off the seat 5. The boarding / alighting assist grip 2 is made of a metal pipe and is attached to a metal frame 10 embedded in the hood body 6 by welding.

More specifically, the metal frame 10 is
As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 2, two left and right side pipes 11 and 12 made of pipes and both side pipes 11 and 1 thereof are provided.
The back plate 13 made of a strip plate connected to the rear end of 2, the bracket mounting bracket 14 made of a strip plate installed in the central portions of both side pipes 11 and 12, and the central portions of the side pipes 11 and 12 The seat mounting seat 15 is made of a flat plate and is installed above. Each of these components is joined by welding. The seat frame of the seat 5 is fixed to the seat mounting seat plate 15 by screws or the like.

Between the front part of the side pipe 11 and the left part of the damper mounting bracket 14 corresponding to the left side of the driver seated on the seat 5, both end portions 2a of the boarding / alighting assist grip 2 are provided. Joined by welding. In addition, in the assist grip 2 for getting on and off, the portion exposed on the slope 8 of the hood body 6 has a U shape, and both end portions 2a which are embedded portions thereof are extended so as to be connected to the side pipe 11 or the bracket 14. There is.

According to the hood 1 of the industrial vehicle described above, the driver can get on and off while being held by the U-type assisting grip 2 for getting on and off the slope 8. Therefore, the driver can get on and off safely without slipping the hand on the slope 8. Further, by mounting the boarding / alighting assist grip 2 on the metal frame 10, it is possible to install the boarding / riding assist grip 2 more firmly than when the boarding / alighting assist grip 2 is mounted on the resin hood body 6 itself, and thus the resin hood body is thin. Is possible.

[Second Embodiment of the Invention] A hood according to a second embodiment of the present invention is shown in a perspective view in FIG. This hood 11
Is made of resin without a metal frame, and like the first embodiment, has a three-dimensional shape that covers the engine room that is the storage part of the engine of the forklift and has a concave seat installation portion 17 on the upper surface. . Further, the hood 11 has a rounded shape, and the peripheral portion of the seat setting portion 17 forms a slope 18.

In the hood 11, a slope 1 corresponding to a position where the driver's left hand can easily reach when getting on and off the seat.
A step-shaped convex type entry / exit assist grip 12 is integrally formed at a portion 8 of the figure. The upper surface of the boarding / alighting assist grip 12 is substantially horizontal, and a large number of mountain-shaped anti-slip projections 12a are integrally formed on the upper surface. The manner of forming the protrusion 12a is well shown in the enlarged view of FIG.

Also in this example, the same operational effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, according to the hood 11 of this example, the hood of the industrial vehicle according to claim 1 is made of resin and the assist grip 12 for getting on and off is integrally formed. Therefore, a separate part is not required for forming the assist grip 12 for getting on and off. Instead, the mold of the hood 11 itself can be used, and the number of parts does not have to increase.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, as the shape of the boarding / alighting assist grip, a T type type, an L type type and the like can be considered in addition to the embodiment. It is also conceivable that the boarding / alighting assist grip also serves as an operation member for locking and unlocking the hood lock. It is also possible to use the boarding / alighting assist grip as a handle for opening and closing the hood. To attach the boarding / alighting assist grip 2 to the metal frame 10,
In addition to the above-mentioned welding, it is also possible to adopt means such as screwing, caulking, and clip fixing. Further, the boarding / alighting assist grip is not limited to the left side of the hood, but may be arranged on the right side or on both the left and right sides.

[0015]

According to the hood of the industrial vehicle of the first aspect, the driver can get on and off safely without slipping his / her hand on the slope by grasping the assist grip for getting on / off the slope. According to the hood of the industrial vehicle of the second aspect, the resin hood body can be made thinner than when the boarding / alighting assist grip is attached to the resin hood body itself.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a hood according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a frame.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a hood according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the forklift.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,11 Hood 2,12 Assist grip for getting on and off 3 Forklift 5 Seat 6 Hood body 8,18 Slope 10 Frame

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hood of an industrial vehicle having a three-dimensional shape for covering a storage part such as an engine or a battery, a seat installation part is provided on an upper surface, and a peripheral part of the seat installation part is an inclined surface, on the inclined surface. A hood for industrial vehicles that has an assist grip for getting on and off. 2. The industrial vehicle hood according to claim 1, comprising a resin hood body as an outer shell body and a metal frame as a skeleton body, and the metal frame having an assist grip for getting on and off. Vehicle hood.