WO2018193264A1 - Améliorations apportées à un appareil de déplacement de marchandises - Google Patents

Améliorations apportées à un appareil de déplacement de marchandises Download PDF

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WO2018193264A1
WO2018193264A1 PCT/GB2018/051038 GB2018051038W WO2018193264A1 WO 2018193264 A1 WO2018193264 A1 WO 2018193264A1 GB 2018051038 W GB2018051038 W GB 2018051038W WO 2018193264 A1 WO2018193264 A1 WO 2018193264A1
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  • the invention to which this application relates is to im rovements to goods movement apparatus and, in particular, although not necessarily exclusively, to apparatus for use in the movement of goods via the road network.
  • Goods are typically moved along the road network via articulated vehicles which include a tractor unit which includes and engine and the driver cab and which is connected to and tows a trailer and within the trailer there is defined a storage cavity into which the said goods are placed and transported.
  • the rear opening of the trailer is required to be movable between a closed condition for security in transport of the goods and first and second open configurations, a first open configuration allowing access to the lower cavity portion of the trailer and a second open configuration allowing access to the higher cavity portion of the trailer.
  • the Applicant's co-pending patent application EP2732999 discloses a suitable door arrangement which allows this to be achieved.
  • a goods movement trailer said trailer including a goods storage cavity defined by side walls, a front end wall, a rear end wall in which an access opening is formed, a roof, and first and second vertically spaced floors which define two portions of the said cavity and a door assembly is provided at the access opening, to allow access, when open, to at least one of the said portions of the said cavity, said trailer formed with a plurality of sections, at least a first section extending from the front end wall towards the rear end wall and a second section between the first section and the rear end wall and wherein the first, lower floor of the trailer includes a change in angle so as to increase the height between the said first floor and second floor in part of the said first section.
  • the second floor includes a change in angle so as to increase the height between the said second floor and the roof.
  • the change in angle of the second floor is located closer towards the rear end wall of the trailer than the change in angle of the first floor.
  • the change of angle is located vertically above the change of angle in the first floor.
  • the trailer includes a third section which extends from the second section to the rear end wall.
  • the first and second floors are substantially parallel.
  • first and second floors are parallel with the roof in the third section.
  • the second floor is parallel with the roof in the first section.
  • the change in angle is provided across the width of the respective first and second floors and along a line which is substantially parallel with the end walls of the trailer.
  • the opening at the rear end wall in to the respective first and second portion cavities are substantially the same size.
  • the first section extends from the front end wall of the trailer to the line of change of angle on the second floor
  • the second section extends from that change of angle line to further change of angle lines on the first and second floors
  • the third section extends from the further change of angle lines to the rear end wall.
  • the said further change of angle lines are located on the respective first and second floors and are at substantially the same distance from the rear end wall.
  • the trailer door assembly includes first and second portions which are selectively movable between a closed configuration and first and second open configurations to allow access to the said first and second cavity portions respectively and wherein the door assembly includes a portion which can be moved between extended and retracted conditions .
  • the said portion of the door assembly is an extendable portion which is movable between the extended and retracted conditions and this movement is achieved by movement of at least one of the door portions and typically, movement of one of the door portions relative to the other door portion.
  • the expandable portion is formed in a concertina fashion and is attached to one of the said door portions .
  • the expandable portion is attached to an end of one of the door portions and the opposing end of the expandable portion is selectively contacted with the other of the door portions so that the relative movement of the door portions causes the expandable portion to move between retracted and expanded conditions .
  • the relative movement of the said door portions cause the relative movement of the expandable portion between the expanded and retracted conditions.
  • the door assembly when in a closed configuration, has the expandable portion in an expanded condition so as to fully enclose the opening into the trailer.
  • the expandable portion is permanently attached to one of the door portions and the opposing end of the expandable portion is selectively locatable by the other of the door portions such that when the door assembly is in the closed configuration, the expandable portion contacts both door portions and when in a retracted condition, the expandable portion is only in contact with one of the door portions.
  • the expandable portion is attached at or adjacent to the top edge of the bottom door.
  • the said portion of the door assembly is located at the base of the door assembly and can be pivotally or slidingly movable between an extended position and a retracted position.
  • the door assembly in accordance with one embodiment of the invention allows the door assembly, in the open configuration, to have a reduced area so as to allow increased access space into the particular cavity portion defined between either the first, base, floor and the second, higher floor or the second, higher floor and the roof whilst still allowing the door assembly to be of a size to fully close the opening when the door assembly is in the closed condition.
  • the increased access space is provided at the opening into the lower cavity portion so as to allow space for the loading and unloading of goods onto and from the second floor when it has been lowered to lie above the first base floor and so the expandable portion allows the depth of the two floors, one on top of the other, to be accommodated.
  • At least a portion of the second floor is movable with respect to the roof and base floor and, most typically, is movable from a raised position in which goods are supported thereon, to a lowered position closer to the base floor to allow goods to be moved from and onto the said second floor from external loading apparatus.
  • the second floor and the first, base, floor have front portions which are substantially parallel and portions which extend from the front portions towards the rear which diverge. In one embodiment the said portions which extend towards the rear diverge from each other and from the roof.
  • the said front portion of the first, base floor and at least part or all of the front portion of the second floor are fixed in position and it is the remainder of the second floor which extends to the rear of the trailer which is movable in height.
  • the configuration of at least the movable portion of the second floor can be retained in the raised and lowered positions and in positions during movement between the same.
  • the width of the second floor is at least 2450mm.
  • any variation in angle of the path of one or both of the floors of the trailer is confined to the floors. This therefore means that it does not affect the shape of the side walls of the trailer.
  • a goods movement trailer said trailer including a goods storage cavity defined by side walls, a front end wall, a rear end wall, an access opening, a roof, and first and second vertically spaced floors which define two portions of the said cavity and a door assembly is provided at the access opening, to allow access, when open, to at least one of the said portions of the said cavity, said trailer formed with a plurality of sections, at least a first section extending from the front end wall towards the rear end wall and a second section between the first section and the rear end wall and wherein in the first section there is a first height between the first floor and the second floor and a first height between the second floor and the roof and in the second portion at the rear end wall there is provided a second height between the first floor and the second floor and second height between the second floor and the roof and at least one of the said second height values is greater than the said first height values.
  • both the second height values are greater than the respective first height values .
  • the said second height values are the same.
  • the said first height values are in the range of 1760-1780mm and the second height values are in the range of 1850-1870mm.
  • a goods movement trailer said trailer including a goods storage cavity defined by side walls, a front end wall, a rear end wall in which an access opening is formed, a roof, and a first base floor and a second floor which define two portions of the said cavity and a door assembly is provided at the access opening, and wherein at least portion of the second floor is movable vertically between a lowered position for loading and unloading goods onto and from the same, and a raised position thereby allowing said trailer to be used with a loading bay which is provided at a fixed height and a loading bay which has a vertically movable platform.
  • the said portion of the second floor is angularly movable between a position in which the same is substantially parallel with a base floor and/or roof and a second position in which the said portion is angularly offset to the roof and/or base floor. In one embodiment the said portion is located towards the rear end wall of the trailer.
  • the said portion comprises the entire second floor.
  • the trailer door assembly includes two portions which are selectively movable in a vertical direction to allow the same to be moved to a first open position to allow access to be gained to a cavity portion defined between the second floor and the roof and a second open position to allow access to be gained to a cavity portion defined between the base floor and the second floor.
  • a goods movement trailer said trailer including a goods storage cavity defined by side walls, a front end wall, a rear end wall in which an access opening is formed, a roof, a first, base, floor and a second floor located above the first floor which define two portions of the said cavity and a door assembly is provided at the access opening, and wherein the second floor is provided so as to be angularly offset with respect to the roof such that the distance between the upper surface of the second floor and the inner surface of the roof progressively increases from the front end wall towards the rear end wall.
  • drive means are provided to allow the second floor to be moveable between a transport position and a loading/unloading position and the distance of the second floor from the roof when in the loading/unloading position is greater than when the second floor is in the transport position.
  • the angular offset of the second floor is maintained at and during movement between the loading/unloading and transport positions.
  • the base floor is formed such that there is provided a portion towards the front end wall which is substantially parallel with the roof and a portion towards the rear which is angularly offset from the roof towards the rear end wall.
  • the chassis of the trailer includes a kink which extends across the width of the same which is located substantially at the transition between the first and second portions of the base floor so as to define the same.
  • the kink reflects and allows the change in angle of the first floor from the front end to the rear end so as to increase the height between the first and second floors towards the rear end wall.
  • a goods movement trailer said trailer including a goods storage cavity defined by side walls, a front end wall, a rear end wall in which an access opening is formed, a roof, a first, base, floor and a second floor located above the first floor which define two portions of the said cavity and a tail lift provided at the access opening, wherein said tail lift is operable in a first mode to have an external platform which is movable upwardly and downwardly along at least part of the height of the access opening and in a second mode in which to have a platform located externally and internally of the trailer which is movable upwardly and downwardly along at least part of the height of the access opening.
  • the movement of the said platform is substantially vertically in both modes.
  • the platform in the first mode the platform is formed by an externally mounted portion and in the second mode the platform is formed by the said externally mounted portion and a portion of one of the floors, typically the second floor of the trailer.
  • the portion of the floor typically includes the rear edge of the floor.
  • the range of movement of the platform when it is in the first mode is different to the range of movement when the platform is operating in the second mode.
  • the respective ranges overlap .
  • the externally mounted portion is also movable between an in use positon in which the same extends outwardly from the rear end wall of the trailer and a storage position in which the same lies substantially in line with the rear end wall.
  • the tail lift apparatus includes drives means to allow for the powered movement of the platform in first and second modes .
  • the available space for goods on the platform is greater when the platform is in the second mode.
  • the particular mode of operation of the tail lift apparatus is selected in dependence upon the particular loading/unloading requirements at a particular location of the trailer and this may be any or any combination of the type of goods, whether the goods are provided on roll cages or not, whether there is a warehouse adjacent to the trailer or not, the level of the warehouse floor, and/or whether there is a movable platform provided as part of separate apparatus in relation to which the apparatus is located.
  • the remainder of the second floor is provided to be fixed and locking means are provided to locate the portion of the second floor at substantially the same height as the remainder of the second floor when the portion is not used as part of the second mode of operation of the tail lift.
  • the second floor includes at least a portion which is angularly offset to the roof towards the rear of the trailer.
  • the cavity in which the goods are located is typically a confined space by the base, roof, side walls and end walls, with one of the walls selectively openable via a door assembly.
  • the base, roof and walls are substantially rigid.
  • the second floor is substantially parallel with the roof along its length and first floor diverges from both the floor and roof from the front end wall to the rear end wall.
  • the invention is described herein with respect to a trailer which is connectable and separable from a tractor or drive unit in which the driver sits, to form an articulated vehicle
  • inventive features described herein may be incorporated in a vehicle with a fixed body with a cavity for the storage of goods therein and will provide the same advantages .
  • the vehicle will typically be a road vehicle, the vehicle may alternatively be provided as a train, a ship or parts thereof.
  • FIGS. 2a-d illustrate a loading sequence for goods onto a trailer in accordance with one embodiment of the invention
  • FIGS 3a-e illustrate one embodiment by which goods can be loaded and unloaded onto and from the trailer in accordance with the invention
  • FIGS 4a-c illustrate another embodiment by which goods can be loaded and unloaded onto and from the trailer in accordance with the invention
  • FIGS. 5a-d illustrate side elevations of a door assembly in different positions in accordance with one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a trailer in accordance with another embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 7 illustrates a trailer in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a further embodiment of a trailer in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a further embodiment of a trailer in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. l a-c there is illustrated a trailer 2 and tractor unit 4 combination in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
  • the trailer and tractor unit can be selectively coupled for transport as shown in Figures l a-b or decoupled as shown in Figure l c. In either arrangement goods can be loaded onto and unloaded from the trailer via an opening 6 at the rear which is selectively closed by a door assembly 8.
  • a cavity which is defined by front end 10, rear end 12, side walls 14, 16, a roof 18, a first, base floor 20 which is lower than a second, intermediate floor 22.
  • the second floor 22 splits the interior into a lower cavity portion 24 and a higher cavity portion 26.
  • the chassis of the trailer can include a kink 25 which extends across the width of the same which is located substantially at the transition between the first and second portions 11 ,13 of the base floor so as to define the same.
  • the kink reflects and allows the change in angle of the first floor from the front end to the rear end so as to increase the height between the first and second floors towards the rear end wall.
  • the kink 25 in the different embodiments of trailer described herein.
  • the trailer is formed with three sections, a first section 11 which extends from the front end wall 10, a second section 13 which extends from the first section towards the rear end wall 12 and a third section 15 which lies between the second section and the rear end wall 12.
  • the first, lower floor 20 of the trailer includes a change in angle at line 17 so as to increase the first height 19 (in this embodiment 1772mm) between the said first floor 20 and second floor 22 to a second height 19' (in this embodiment 1860mm) by the end of the said first section from which the second height remains the same to the rear end wall 12.
  • the second floor 22 in this embodiment also includes a change in angle at line 21 so as to increase the first height 21 (in this embodiment 1772mm) between the said second floor 22 and the roof 18 and the change in angle 21 of the second floor 22 is located closer towards the rear end wall 12 of the trailer than the change in angle line 17 of the first floor and changes the first height 23 to a second height 23' (in this embodiment 23') in the third section 15 and which continues to the rear end wall 12.
  • the change of angle lines 7,21 are located vertically above each other.
  • the third section 15 is provided such that the first and second floors are substantially parallel and are substantially parallel with the roof 18.
  • the first and second floors 20,22 are substantially parallel but diverge from the roof 18 and the second floor 22 is parallel with the roof 18 in the first section 11.
  • the lines 17,21 at which the change of angle occurs extend across the width of the trailer and the lines 17,21 are substantially parallel with the end walls 10, 12 of the trailer.
  • the opening at the rear end wall into the respective first and second portion cavities 24, 26 are substantially the same heights 19' 23' and size.
  • the first section 11 extends from the front end wall of the trailer to the line 21 of change of angle on the second floor
  • the second section 13 extends from that change of angle line 21 to further change of angle lines 23, 25 on the first and second floors 20, 22 respectively
  • the third section 15 extends from the further change of angle lines 23,25 to the rear end wall 12.
  • the said further change of angle lines 23,25 are located on the respective first and second floors 20,22 at substantially the same distance from the rear end wall.
  • the second floor 22 is movable by powered means such as a hydraulic ram, guide means and elongate members which are located at the side walls 14,16.
  • the second floor can be moved from the transport location 22 shown in full lines to a loading position 22'.
  • a barrier 28 is provided at the sides of the second floor for the safety of operators loading and unloading goods .
  • the base floor 20 and second floor 22 are each provided with a front portion 30, 32 respectively and these portions are substantially parallel with each other and, typically, the roof 18. From each front portion there is a further portion 34, 36 respectively which extend towards the rear 6 and which diverge from each other and also diverge from the roof 18.
  • This arrangement enables roll cages 38 in which goods are stored to be moved and stored at all locations on the first and second floors as there is provided sufficient height on both floors, and thereby maximises the usage of the interior of the trailer, raising the capacity significantly in comparison to a conventionally formed trailer.
  • the second floor 20 can be provided such that the entire floor is angularly offset with respect to the trailer roof 18 as shown in Figure 7 and the angular offset is provided such that the distance X towards the front end of the trailer between the upper surface 37 of the second floor 22 and the inner surface 39 of the roof 18 is less than the distance Y between the upper surface 37 of the second floor 22 and the inner surface 39 of the roof 18 towards the rear of the trailer.
  • the angle of offset Z is substantially constant along the length of the second floor 22.
  • Figure 6 an alternative embodiment of the trailer in accordance with the invention is shown, again with the side wall 14 removed for clarity of illustration.
  • the parts of the trailer formed in the same manner as the trailer of Figures l a-c are provided with the same reference numerals.
  • the second floor 22 is physically split into the front portion 32 and the rear portion and are split at the interface 33.
  • the front portion 32 is fixed in position and it is only the rear portion 34 with barrier 28 which is movable vertically as indicated by arrow 35. This allows the rear portion and barrier to be lowered to the positions 34', 28' shown in broken lines and at which location goods from an external fixed height loading bay 39 can be moved onto and from the portion 34' which can then be raised to allow the loading of the goods onto the base floor 20 for transport.
  • FIGS. 2a- d illustrate the trailer 4 with side wall 14 removed for ease of illustration of the loading of the interior of the trailer.
  • Figure 2a illustrates the trailer in an empty condition with the floors 20,22 located in their transport positions and with the door assembly 8 in a first open condition so as to allow access to be gained to the lower cavity 24.
  • the second floor 22 is then lowered down to rest at the base floor 20 as shown in Figure 2 and a ramp, not shown can be used to allow roll cages 38 to be moved along the second floor 22 as indicated by arrow 40 to allow all of the same to be filled with the same.
  • the second floor 22 is raised as indicated by arrow 42 back to the transport position as indicated in Figure 2c and this then allows the lower cavity 24 to again be empty and allow roll cages 38 to be moved into position as indicated by arrow 40.
  • Figures 4a-c illustrate a further loading arrangement and in this case the trailer 4 is shown having been manoeuvred into an abutting relationship with lifting apparatus 52 which has a platform 54 which is movable between raised and lowered positions as indicated by arrow 56.
  • the goods roll cages 38 which are to be moved into the trailer are therefore first collated or moved across the platform 54 and then passed onto the floor of the trailer via a bridging ramp portion 58.
  • the platform 54 can be raised and lowered, the second floor 22 can be maintained in the transport position as shown in Figures 4a- c.
  • the platform 54 is moved onto the platform 54 as shown in Figure 2a and the platform 54 is then moved to be at the height of the base floor 20 and the door assembly 8 is at the first open position and the roll cages 38 can be moved onto the base floor 20 from the platform 54 as shown in Figure 2b and as indicated by arrow 60.
  • This movement of the platform to receive more cages 38 can be repeated until the floor 20 is filled.
  • the platform 54 is again lowered to receive more roll cages and the door assembly 8 is moved to a second open condition to allow access to be gained to the upper cavity 26.
  • the platform 54 is then raised to the height of the second floor 22 and the roll cages 38 can be moved onto that floor to fill the same as indicated in Figure 4c by arrow 62.
  • the door assembly is provided with a portion 70 which is extendible and retractable along a vertical axis and the particular retraction or expansion of the said portion is dependent on the respective location of the door portions 72, 74 of the door assembly 8.
  • This portion 70 allows the access height into the lower cavity portion, when the second floor is lowered, to be of a sufficient height to allow access for operators and roll cages by reducing the required height of the door portion 72, 74 of the door assembly and the portion 70 extends when the door as sembly is in the closed position and as shown in Figures 5a and d to extend across the gap between the adjacent edges of the door portions 72, 74 and thereby close the opening 6 fully.
  • This extension of the portion is achieved by the location of engagement means 76 on the extendable portion 70 and engagement means 78 on the lower edge of the door portion 74 as shown in detail in Figure 5d such that continued movement of the door portions apart to the fully closed position cause the door assembly to move the fully closed position of Figure 5a.
  • the portion 70 is moved to the retracted position but, when the lower door portion is moved to a lower position so as to close the opening, the said portion is moved to an extended position such that the two door portions 72, 74 and the extendable portion 70, in combination, extends across the height of the opening 6 to close the same.
  • a barrier portion is provided at the lower edge of the opening 6 and which can be selectively moved between a position in which the same is substantially in line with the door assembly 8 and a position in which the same is withdrawn so as to allow increased access to the opening.
  • the retractable portion is retracted by pivotal movements or sliding movement.
  • FIG. 8 An alternative loading/unloading arrangement is now described with reference to Figure 8.
  • a tail lift apparatus 82 which is operable in a first mode to have an external platform 84 which is movable upwardly and downwardly along at least part of the height of the access opening and below the access opening down to the surface 80 and possible positions of the same are shown as 84' and 84".
  • the apparatus is also operable in a second mode with a platform formed from the external portion 84 located externally and a portion 86 located internally of the trailer and in this mode the platform which is formed can be moved upwardly and downwardly within the height between the second floor and the base floor access opening, examples of which are shown at 86' and 86".
  • the portion 86 is a portion of one of the floors 20, 22 which could be a portion of the second or first floors and the portion 86 is engaged with the portion 84 to be movable therewith and the drive is typically provided in the same manner as that for a conventional taillift with control means which limit the movement of the platform depending on the mode in which the same is being operated at that time.
  • the portion 86 can be positioned as shown to form part of the second floor 22 so that the capacity of that floor is maintained.
  • the external portion 84 can be moved to a position 90 by pivotal movement as indicated by arrow 88.
  • the invention as described herein allows the full closure of the opening into the trailer as and when required, allows the accommodation of a second floor, at least part of which can be moved to a lower position while still allowing access to the lower cavity of the trailer to be of a sufficient height to allow roll cages, operators and the like to be moved into and from the same.

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L'invention concerne un appareil pour transport avec des marchandises situées dans celui-ci et, dans un mode de réalisation, se présente sous la forme d'une remorque qui peut faire partie d'un véhicule articulé ou peut être fournie en tant que corps fixe d'un véhicule. La remorque comprend une cavité de stockage de marchandises qui est divisée en deux parties, une première partie entre le premier plancher de base et un second plancher espacé au-dessus du premier plancher, et une seconde partie entre le second plancher et le toit de la remorque. La configuration inclinée des planchers est fixe et/ou peut être ajustée lors de l'utilisation de telle sorte que la hauteur d'une ou des deux parties respectives augmente vers l'arrière de la remorque. L'invention concerne également un ensemble porte qui offre un accès amélioré aux planchers respectifs lorsque l'ensemble porte est ouvert.
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