CN1586935A - Amphibious tricycle - Google Patents
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The amphibious tricycle contains front wheel, fork, steering control mechanism, back wheels, clutch, propeller and sealed carriage. It has also main chain wheel and gear rack installed on the vertical fixed shaft in the back part, two subsidiary chain wheels in the front part and connected to the main chain wheel via chains, saddle in the middle part, slide rails on two sides, pedals on the slide rails and connected to chains in the same side, driving pipe sleeved on the back wheel shaft fixed to the bottom and connected via the clutch to the shaft, two ratchet wheels on the driving pipe and meshed to the gear rack and conic gear on the propeller and connected to the driving pipe via clutches and other parts. The present invention has lower gravitation center and high stability.
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One. technical field: the present invention designs a kind of three-wheel vehicle, particularly relates to a kind of amphibious three-wheel vehicle.
Two. background technology: self-propelled vehicle and rickshaw mostly are unidirectional use greatly now, promptly can only move on land, common ship is also done unidirectional use simultaneously, only in water, move, can travel on land but can be in water floating mostly be military equipment and large-scale transportation device, as military der Amphibien-Tank and air cushion vehicle etc., generally civilian but this is not suitable for, particularly, more inapplicable to the individual.At this situation, people develop many small-sized, amphibious three-wheel vehicle and bicycle lie fallow, (publication number is CN2246084Y as Chinese patent, the patent No. is 95229736.1) a kind of " amphibious RV recreational vehicle " disclosed, it is by hermetic type ship shape vehicle body, motor power, inside has the circular wheel group of several slurries, direction control handle and yaw rudder constitute, hermetic type ship shape interior of body is a hollow, its vehicle body top is provided with can take advantage of a portion and vehicle body below to be provided with three steamers with motor driven, when its during in land, walk in the three-wheel vehicle mode, if on the water surface time, then by several slurry paddling waters surface of rear wheel in-to-in, with the yaw rudder controlling party to, can directly sail in the water surface, easy to use, but it needs motor as power, belong to self-propelled vehicle, travelling on urban highway exists many inconvenience; (publication number is CN2301385Y to Chinese patent, the patent No. is 97221044.X) a kind of " portable amphibious three-wheel vehicle " disclosed, it is pitched by car, handlebar, pedal, vehicle frame and two front and back wheel that umbrella type framework coating film wheel combines relatively, wheel adopts hard rim, be suitable for amphibious, full car is designed to collapsible, is easy to carry about with one, after coating film type wheel is uncarted, also can be assembled into parasols, but the center of gravity of this car is higher, and less stable is travelled in water, running into stormy waves easily turns over and sinks, while umbrella formula cloth film wheel inner chamber need be done very big, could produce enough buoyancy, causes volume bigger, in water, be difficult for turning, the ability of opposing stormy waves is relatively poor, and resistance is too big, and manpower is difficult to make it to travel; And for example (publication number is CN2190073Y to Chinese patent, the patent No. is 93227126.X) a kind of " three-wheel vehicle " disclosed, it is that the front and back wheel of existing three-wheel vehicle is designed to spherical wheel, and spherical wheel is provided with the rudder plate that is used to turn to, and sets up the wheel of striking at the vehicle frame rear portion, form amphibious three-wheel vehicle, but adopt spherical vehicle wheel volume bigger, center of gravity is higher, and safety performance is relatively poor, travelling on land simultaneously, it is big to take path area, influences the walking of other vehicles.
Three. the content of invention:
Purpose of the present invention: it is higher to overcome the prior art center of gravity, causes the defective of less stable, provides that a kind of center of gravity is lower, good stability, is applicable to the amphibious three-wheel vehicle that manpower is suitable for.
Technical scheme of the present invention: a kind of amphibious three-wheel vehicle, contain front-wheel, the car fork, turn to control mechanism, trailing wheel, power-transfer clutch, the airtight vehicle body of screw propeller and ship shape, on the vertical anchor shaft of the airtight body tail of ship shape, be set with and be fixed with head sprocket and gear ring, at body forward structure two auxiliary chain wheels are installed, connect by chain between head sprocket and the auxiliary chain wheel, at the vehicle body middle part vehicle seat is installed, be fixed with a slide rail respectively in the vehicle body both sides, the pedal activity is fixed on the slide rail, and be fixed together with the chain of homonymy, on the axletree of trailing wheel, be set with transmission tube, this transmission tube is fixed on the vehicle body inner bottom part by bracing frame, and be connected with described axletree by power-transfer clutch, suit is fixed with two ratchet-gear wheels on the transmission tube, the engagement of relative with the gear ring respectively both sides of described ratchet-gear wheel, this transmission tube is connected with finishing bevel gear cuter on being fixed on the screw propeller rotating shaft by one group of power-transfer clutch and finishing bevel gear cuter.
The described control mechanism that turns to contains connecting rod and pull bar, wherein connecting rod one end is fixed on car and sticks, the other end is provided with the bar shaped groove, one end of pull bar is fixed in the described groove by the pin activity, its other end is fixed with handle, the body of rod of pull bar and the supporting seat bearing fit that is fixed on the vehicle body.
Described gear ring and ratchet-gear wheel are respectively two groups, form different transmitting ratios, and wherein two gear rings are set with and are fixed on the anchor shaft, and two groups of ratchet-gear wheels are separately fixed on the transmission tube, and carry out clutch for clutch control by corresponding power-transfer clutch respectively.
Described gear ring and ratchet-gear wheel are the conical gear group that is complementary.
Described ratchet-gear wheel is the unidirectional rotation ratchet-gear wheel.This transmission tube is connected with finishing bevel gear cuter on being fixed on the screw propeller rotating shaft by another group power-transfer clutch and finishing bevel gear cuter, makes the screw propeller backward rotation.
Described ratchet-gear wheel is two-way rotation ratchet-gear wheel, and this ratchet-gear wheel is provided with the ratchet control mechanism.
Rear outside at the airtight vehicle body of ship shape is respectively equipped with a stabilizing float, in Wai Ce the screw propeller rotating shaft universal-joint is installed on the quarter, and screw propeller can be packed up and put down.
Be provided with water seal in axletree of rear wheel and screw propeller rotating shaft and vehicle body junction, front-wheel and trailing wheel are board-like wheel, and on trailing wheel or axletree of rear wheel braking mechanism are installed.
Beneficial effect of the present invention:
1. center of gravity of the present invention is lower, so good stability.At the airtight vehicle body of ship shape middle part vehicle seat is installed, in its both sides slide rail and pedal are installed, chaufeur is sitting on the vehicle seat or partly lies on the vehicle seat, and bipod is pedaled pedal forward in turn, the legs and feet of chaufeur almost are horizontal motion, this design can reduce the center of gravity of vehicle body to greatest extent, helps smooth-ride in water, the difficult rollover, so good stability, can be used in the water surface of stormy waves, in addition, the chaufeur driving indefatigability of partly lying.
2. the present invention does not need other power machines as the energy, is not subjected to the restriction in place, and people can arbitrarily play to everywhere, is the desirable vehicle of amusement and recreation.
3. the present invention is reasonable in design, chaufeur travels forward the both sides pedal in turn, head sprocket rotates and reverse to regularity thereupon, making rotating and reverse of head sprocket regularity be converted into the unidirectional not stall of transmission tube by two ratchet-gear wheels moves, thereby travelling for land and water provides power, adopt power-transfer clutch and conical gear group to drive the motion of wheel and screw propeller respectively in addition, simple in structure, compact, volume is little, in light weight.
4. the present invention is safe in utilization, and the contact position of airtight hull of ship shape and axletree and screw propeller rotating shaft is provided with water seal, guarantees that vehicle body is water-tight, therefore it is fool proof to travel in the water, be provided with in addition and turn to control mechanism and cable brake, can control turning to and stopping of vehicle body, reduce the traffic hidden danger of land locomotion.
5. speed ratio of the present invention is adjustable, adopts different speed ratios according to different needs.The gear cluster of different pitch circle diameters is installed on transmission tube, different gears is installed on anchor shaft simultaneously, therefore can realize different speed ratios, be convenient for people to trip.
6. vehicle body of the present invention is a stream line pattern, and resistance is little, is easy to control in water, and flexible operation is light, is well suited for travelling in the water.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of amphibious three-wheel vehicle
Fig. 2 is one of A-A cutaway view shown in Figure 1
Fig. 3 is two of an A-A cutaway view shown in Figure 1
Five. the specific embodiment:
Embodiment one: referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, among the figure, a car fork 18 that can rotate is installed by the front end central authorities of the airtight vehicle body 9 of the ship shape of amphibious three-wheel vehicle, lower end at car fork 18 is equipped with front-wheel 19, captive joint with an end of connecting rod 1 in the top, the other end of connecting rod 1 is provided with the bar shaped groove, one end of pull bar 3 is fixed in the described groove by pin 2 activities, its other end is fixed with handle, the body of rod of pull bar 3 drives the left-right rotation of front-wheel 19 with supporting seat 4 bearing fits that are fixed on the vehicle body 9, seesawing of pull bar 3.
On the vertical anchor shaft 15 at the airtight vehicle body of ship shape 9 rear portions, be set with and be fixed with head sprocket 14 and gear ring 16, in vehicle body 9 front portions two auxiliary chain wheels 5 are installed, connect by chain 6 between head sprocket 14 and the auxiliary chain wheel 5, at vehicle body 9 middle parts vehicle seat 17 is installed, be fixed with a slide rail 8 respectively in vehicle body 9 both sides, pedal 7 activities are fixed on the slide rail 8, and be fixed together with the chain 6 of homonymy, on the axletree 11 of trailing wheel 10, be set with transmission tube 28, this transmission tube 28 vertically runs through anchor shaft 15, and its two ends are fixed on vehicle body 9 inner bottom parts by bracing frame 20 respectively, this transmission tube 28 is connected with described axletree 11 by power-transfer clutch 25, suit is fixed with two two-way rotation ratchet- gear wheels 21 and 26 on the transmission tube 28, described two-way rotation ratchet-gear wheel 21 meshes with gear ring 16 corresponding both sides respectively with 26, and this transmission tube 28 is by power-transfer clutch 22, finishing bevel gear cuter 23 is connected with finishing bevel gear cuter 24 on being fixed on screw propeller 13 rotating shafts.Cable brake 12 is installed on axletree 11, is used for brake; Be provided with water seal in axletree 11 and screw propeller 13 rotating shafts and vehicle body 9 junctions, keep vehicle body 9 not leak water inlet.Front-wheel 19 and trailing wheel 12 are board-like wheel, and be littler than spoke type wheel resistance in water, stabilising direction.
During use, chaufeur can be sat or partly lie on the vehicle seat 17, bipod is pedaled pedal 7 forward in turn, pedal 7 motions just drive chain 6 and do motion in the same way, head sprocket 14 just obtains regular rotating and reverse, making rotating and reverse of head sprocket 16 regularity be converted into transmission tube 28 unidirectional not stalls by two two-way rotation ratchet- gear wheels 21 and 26 moves, thereby travelling for land and water provides forward power, adjust the rotation direction of two-way rotation ratchet- gear wheel 21 and 26 simultaneously by the ratchet control mechanism, make the switched in opposite of transmission tube 28, provide backward power thereby travel for land and water.
Need be when land locomotion, operate the clutch 22 and conical gear 23, make their break away from spline 27, operate the clutch 25 simultaneously, it is slided on spline, and the power of transmission tube 28 just is sent on the axletree 11, travels forward thereby drive trailing wheel 10, one is connected with axletree in two trailing wheels 10, as drive wheel, another is unpowered the wheel, plays differential action when turning on land, by adjusting the ratchet control mechanism of two-way rotation ratchet-gear wheel, realize moving forward and backward.
Need be when the water surface travels, operate the clutch 25, make it break away from spline, operate the clutch 22 and conical gear 23 simultaneously, they are slided to conical gear 24 on spline 27, and then conical gear 24 fixing in conical gear 23 and screw propeller 13 rotating shafts is meshed, the power of transmission tube 28 just is sent on the screw propeller 13, thereby drives the screw propeller rotation, and vehicle body 9 is travelled forward, by adjusting the ratchet control mechanism of two-way rotation ratchet-gear wheel, realize advancing, stopping and retreating.
Embodiment two: referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, the representative meaning that numbering is identical with embodiment one among the figure is identical, something in common does not repeat, difference is: ratchet- gear wheel 21 and 26 is the unidirectional rotation ratchet-gear wheel, this transmission tube 28 is connected with finishing bevel gear cuter 24 on being fixed on screw propeller 13 rotating shafts by another group power-transfer clutch 29 and finishing bevel gear cuter 30, make screw propeller 13 backward rotation, can realize like this stopping or retreating.
Embodiment three: present embodiment and embodiment one are basic identical, something in common does not repeat, difference is: gear ring and ratchet-gear wheel are respectively two groups, form different transmitting ratios, wherein two gear rings are set with and are fixed on the anchor shaft, two groups of ratchet-gear wheels are separately fixed on the transmission tube, and carry out clutch for clutch control by corresponding power-transfer clutch respectively.
Embodiment four: present embodiment and embodiment two are basic identical, something in common does not repeat, difference is: gear ring and ratchet-gear wheel are respectively two groups, form different transmitting ratios, wherein two gear rings are set with and are fixed on the anchor shaft, two groups of ratchet-gear wheels are separately fixed on the transmission tube, and carry out clutch for clutch control by corresponding power-transfer clutch respectively.
Embodiment five: present embodiment and embodiment one are basic identical, and something in common does not repeat, and difference is: the rear outside at the airtight vehicle body of ship shape is respectively equipped with a stabilizing float, strengthens buoyancy, strengthens its stability, helps simultaneously above the people stands in.
Embodiment six: present embodiment and embodiment two are basic identical, and something in common does not repeat, and difference is: the rear outside at the airtight vehicle body of ship shape is respectively equipped with a stabilizing float, strengthens buoyancy, strengthens its stability, helps simultaneously above the people stands in.
Certainly, replace chain and sprocket wheel with transmission devices such as belt and belt pulleys, and change different conical gear groups, realize that different transmitting ratios can form a lot of embodiment, this not auspicious one by one stating.
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1. amphibious three-wheel vehicle, contain front-wheel, the car fork, turn to control mechanism, trailing wheel, power-transfer clutch, the airtight vehicle body of screw propeller and ship shape, it is characterized in that: on the vertical anchor shaft of the airtight body tail of ship shape, be set with and be fixed with head sprocket and gear ring, at body forward structure two auxiliary chain wheels are installed, connect by chain between head sprocket and the auxiliary chain wheel, at the vehicle body middle part vehicle seat is installed, be fixed with a slide rail respectively in the vehicle body both sides, the pedal activity is fixed on the slide rail, and be fixed together with the chain of homonymy, on the axletree of trailing wheel, be set with transmission tube, this transmission tube is fixed on the vehicle body inner bottom part by bracing frame, and be connected with described axletree by power-transfer clutch, suit is fixed with two ratchet-gear wheels on the transmission tube, the engagement of relative with the gear ring respectively both sides of described ratchet-gear wheel, this transmission tube is connected with finishing bevel gear cuter on being fixed on the screw propeller rotating shaft by one group of power-transfer clutch and finishing bevel gear cuter.
2. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: turn to control mechanism to contain connecting rod and pull bar, wherein connecting rod one end is fixed on car and sticks, the other end is provided with the bar shaped groove, one end of pull bar is fixed in the described groove by the pin activity, its other end is fixed with handle, the body of rod of pull bar and the supporting seat bearing fit that is fixed on the vehicle body.
3. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: gear ring and ratchet-gear wheel are respectively two groups, form different transmitting ratios, wherein two gear rings are set with and are fixed on the anchor shaft, two groups of ratchet-gear wheels are separately fixed on the transmission tube, and carry out clutch for clutch control by corresponding power-transfer clutch respectively.
4. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described amphibious three-wheel vehicles, it is characterized in that: gear ring and ratchet-gear wheel are the conical gear group that is complementary.
5. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 4 is characterized in that: ratchet-gear wheel is the unidirectional rotation ratchet-gear wheel.
6. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 5 is characterized in that: this transmission tube is connected with finishing bevel gear cuter on being fixed on the screw propeller rotating shaft by another group power-transfer clutch and finishing bevel gear cuter, makes the screw propeller backward rotation.
7. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 4 is characterized in that: ratchet-gear wheel is two-way rotation ratchet-gear wheel, and this ratchet-gear wheel is provided with the ratchet control mechanism.
8. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the rear outside at the airtight vehicle body of ship shape is respectively equipped with a stabilizing float, in Wai Ce the screw propeller rotating shaft universal-joint is installed on the quarter, and screw propeller can be packed up and put down.
9. amphibious three-wheel vehicle according to claim 1 is characterized in that: be provided with water seal in axletree of rear wheel and screw propeller rotating shaft and vehicle body junction, front-wheel and trailing wheel are board-like wheel, and on trailing wheel or axletree of rear wheel braking mechanism are installed.
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