CN223253106U - Cab for working machinery and working machinery - Google Patents
Cab for working machinery and working machineryInfo
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Abstract
The application relates to the field of working machines, and discloses a cab for a working machine and the working machine, wherein the cab comprises a frame, a transparent side door, a transparent side plate and a transparent back door, wherein the frame comprises a first front upright post, a first back upright post, a second back upright post and a second front upright post which are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction, a first side opening is formed between the first front upright post and the first back upright post, a second side opening is formed between the second front upright post and the second back upright post, a rear opening is formed between the first back upright post and the second back upright post, the transparent side door is connected to the frame and can open and close the first side opening, the transparent side plate is connected to the frame and can close the second side opening, and the transparent back door is connected to the frame and can open and close the rear opening. The application can improve the convenience of the driver in and out of the cab, effectively enlarge the visual field range of the driver, reduce the situation that the driver cannot effectively observe the working environment, and is beneficial to improving the working efficiency and the working safety.
Description
Technical Field
The application belongs to the technical field of working machines, and particularly relates to a cab for a working machine and the working machine.
Background
At present, working machines such as tractors and the like are more provided with six-column cabs, and the cabs are not convenient enough to get in and out due to the fact that the distance between two adjacent upright posts is narrow, and when opening and closing structures such as a vehicle door and the like are arranged between the two adjacent upright posts, the space for a driver to pass through is narrow. In addition, the more stand makes navigating mate's field of vision limited, and the navigating mate can sometimes not effectively observe the operational environment, and this certainly can cause adverse effect to operating efficiency and security.
Disclosure of utility model
The application aims to provide a cab for a working machine and the working machine, which can improve the convenience of a driver in and out of the cab and effectively enlarge the visual field of the driver.
In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present application provides a cab for a work machine, comprising:
The frame comprises a first front upright post, a first rear upright post, a second rear upright post and a second front upright post which are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction, a first side opening is formed between the first front upright post and the first rear upright post, a second side opening is formed between the second front upright post and the second rear upright post, and a rear opening is formed between the first rear upright post and the second rear upright post;
a transparent side door connected to the frame and capable of opening and closing the first side opening;
a transparent side plate connected to the frame and closing the second side opening, and
And the transparent back door is connected with the frame and can open and close the rear opening.
In some embodiments, the transparent side door and/or the transparent back door is formed as a roll-over door capable of being roll-over opened and closed, the roll-over door being connected to the frame by a C-shaped hinge.
In some embodiments, the roll-over door and the C-hinge are connected by a clip-through coupling comprising:
the inner end of the fixed sleeve is abutted against the surface of the C-shaped hinge;
The first elastic pad is sleeved outside the fixed sleeve, and the inner end of the first elastic pad is abutted against the surface of the C-shaped hinge;
The second elastic pad is sleeved outside the fixed sleeve, the inner end of the second elastic pad is abutted against the outer end of the first elastic pad, and the roll-over door is clamped between the first elastic pad and the second elastic pad;
A gasket abutted against the outer end of the second elastic pad;
The connecting piece is sequentially connected with the gasket, the fixing sleeve and the C-shaped hinge in a penetrating manner from outside to inside, and the outer end of the connecting piece is provided with a compression joint part which compresses the gasket inwards.
In some embodiments, the frame further comprises a first side enclosing structure, a second side enclosing structure, and a back enclosing structure enclosing the first side opening, the second side opening, and the back opening, respectively, the transparent side door, the transparent side panel, and the transparent back door being connected to the first side enclosing structure, the second side enclosing structure, and the back enclosing structure, respectively;
the transparent side door is connected with the first side enclosing structure, the transparent side plate is connected with the second side enclosing structure, and the transparent back door is connected with the rear enclosing structure in a sealing manner.
In some embodiments, the multi-foam sealing strip comprises a foam body serial connection structure and an elastic clamping structure, wherein the foam body serial connection structure comprises a plurality of foam bodies which are sequentially connected in serial, and the elastic clamping structure is provided with a clamping groove;
The two ends of the foaming body serial connection structure are respectively connected with the elastic clamping structure and the corresponding enclosing structure in the frame, and the clamping groove is fixedly inserted with the corresponding transparent structure.
In some embodiments, the transparent side door is formed as a horizontal roll-over door capable of being turned over and opened horizontally, and/or the transparent back door is formed as an up-and-down roll-over door capable of being turned over and opened up and down.
In some embodiments, the transparent side door, the transparent side panel, and the transparent back door all adopt a glass structure.
In some embodiments, the glass structure is a green wave glass structure and/or the glass structure is an ultraviolet resistant insulating glass structure.
In some embodiments, the glass structure has an ultraviolet blocking rate of not less than 99%, and/or the glass structure has an infrared blocking rate of not less than 80%, and/or the glass structure has a light transmittance of not less than 70%.
The second aspect of the application also provides a work machine comprising a cab as described above for a work machine.
According to the technical scheme, compared with the existing six-column cab, the cab for the working machine is wide in the first side opening, the second side opening and the rear opening due to the fact that the number of the upright posts is reduced under the condition that the overall size of the cab is unchanged, the cab is wide in the distance between two adjacent upright posts, so that a driver can conveniently and normally enter and exit the cab from the first side opening by opening the transparent side door, escape from the rear opening by opening or damaging the transparent back door, escape from the second side opening by damaging the transparent side plate is facilitated, and convenience in entering and exiting the cab can be improved overall. In addition, open transparent back of body door when normal operation, wider back opening is more favorable to promoting the air circulation and the thermal diffusivity in the driver's cabin to promote driver's travelling comfort and driving experience. Furthermore, the reduction of stand quantity and transparent side door, transparent curb plate and transparent back door all adopt large tracts of land transparent structure, can effectively enlarge navigating mate's field of vision, reduce its unable effective condition of observing operation environment, are favorable to promoting operating efficiency and operation security.
Additional features and advantages of embodiments of the application will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.
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The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the application and together with the description serve to explain, without limitation, the embodiments of the application. Other figures may be made from the structures shown in these figures without inventive effort for a person of ordinary skill in the art. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a partial construction of a cab for a work machine according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view B-B of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view C-C of FIG. 1;
Fig. 5 is a sectional view D-D of fig. 1.
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101. Transparent side door of first side sealing strip 102
103. First C-shaped hinge of first side closing structure 104
105. First elastic pad of pad 106
107. Fastening sleeve 108 is threaded
109. Second elastic pad 201 rear sealing strip
202. Rear enclosing structure of transparent back door 203
301. Transparent side plate of second side sealing strip 302
303. Second side closing structure
Detailed Description
The following describes specific embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating and illustrating the application, are not intended to limit the application.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a first exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a cab for a work machine, including:
The frame comprises a first front upright post, a first rear upright post, a second rear upright post and a second front upright post which are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction, a first side opening is formed between the first front upright post and the first rear upright post, a second side opening is formed between the second front upright post and the second rear upright post, and a rear opening is formed between the first rear upright post and the second rear upright post;
a transparent side door 102 connected to the frame and capable of opening and closing the first side opening;
A transparent side plate 302 connected to the frame and closing the second side opening, and
A transparent back door 202 connected to the frame and capable of opening and closing the rear opening.
Through the arrangement, compared with the existing six-column type cab, under the condition that the overall size of the cab is unchanged, the cab is wider in the distance between two adjacent columns due to the reduction of the number of the columns, so that the first side opening, the second side opening and the rear opening are wider, a driver can conveniently enter and exit the cab normally through opening the transparent side door 102, escape through opening or damaging the transparent back door 202 and escape through damaging the transparent side plate 302, and the convenience of entering and exiting the cab can be improved overall.
In addition, the transparent back door 202 is opened in normal operation, and the wider rear opening is more beneficial to improving air circulation and heat dissipation in the cab, so that comfort and driving experience of a driver are improved.
Furthermore, the reduction of the number of the upright posts and the adoption of the large-area transparent structures of the transparent side door 102, the transparent side plate 302 and the transparent back door 202 can effectively enlarge the visual field range of a driver, reduce the situation that the driver cannot effectively observe the working environment, and are beneficial to improving the working efficiency and the working safety.
It should be noted that the transparent materials, such as glass, polycarbonate, acryl, polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, etc., used in the transparent side door 102, the transparent side plate 302, and the transparent back door 202 are not limited to the present application, and may be selected according to practical needs.
In some embodiments, transparent side door 102 and/or transparent back door 202 are formed as roll-over doors that are capable of roll-over opening and closing, and the roll-over doors are connected to the frame by C-hinges. For example, referring to fig. 1, when the transparent side door 102 is a roll-over door, the transparent side door 102 may be hinged to the frame by a first C-hinge 104, thereby effecting roll-over opening and closing of the first side opening of the transparent side door 102.
Because the first side opening and the rear opening of the cab of the application are wider, the dimensions of the transparent side door 102 and the transparent back door 202 are correspondingly larger, and in order to ensure the rigidity and strength of the door body, the embodiment particularly adopts a C-shaped hinge with larger volume to connect the door body and the frame, thereby improving the opening and closing stability and durability of the door body.
Further, the roll-over door and the corresponding C-shaped hinge may be connected by a clip-on through connection. Referring to fig. 5, the clip-on attachment structure may include:
A fixing sleeve 107, the inner end of the fixing sleeve 107 is abutted against the surface of the C-shaped hinge;
The first elastic pad 106 is sleeved outside the fixed sleeve 107, and the inner end of the first elastic pad 106 is abutted against the surface of the C-shaped hinge;
The second elastic pad 109 is sleeved outside the fixing sleeve 107, the inner end of the second elastic pad 109 is abutted against the outer end of the first elastic pad 106, and the roll-over door is clamped between the first elastic pad 106 and the second elastic pad 109;
A pad 105 abutting against the outer end of the second elastic pad 109;
The penetrating piece 108 sequentially penetrates through the gasket 105, the fixing sleeve 107 and the C-shaped hinge from outside to inside, and the outer end of the penetrating piece 108 is provided with a pressing part for pressing the gasket 105 inwards.
Through setting up above-mentioned clamp and wear to link the structure, the roll-over door can be pressed from both sides firmly between first elastic pad 106 and second elastic pad 109, both guaranteed installation stability, assembly accuracy and the matching accuracy of door body and C hinge, can prevent again to press from both sides bad roll-over door, especially when the roll-over door adopts glass structure, above-mentioned clamp wears to link the structure and can effectively reduce the probability that glass breaks, promotes the durability of the door body.
Moreover, each part in the clamping penetrating structure can be made of easily available materials or produced parts, is convenient to install, and can effectively control cost. For example, the first elastic pad 106 and the second elastic pad 109 may be rubber pads, the fixing sleeve 107 may be a steel sleeve, and the penetrating member 108 may be a hexagon flange bolt.
Referring to fig. 1, when the transparent side door 102 employs a roll-over door, it may be provided as a horizontal roll-over door capable of being turned over and opened and closed horizontally, and/or, when the transparent back door 202 employs a roll-over door, it may be provided as an up-and-down roll-over door capable of being turned over and opened and closed up and down.
Of course, the specific turning opening and closing directions of the transparent side door 102 and the transparent back door 202 are not limited in the present application, and may be set according to actual use requirements.
In some embodiments, when any one of the transparent side door 102, the transparent side panel 302, and the transparent back door 202 adopts a glass structure, the thickness of the glass structure may be set to 4mm to 7mm in consideration of the large size of the transparent side door 102, the transparent side panel 302, and the transparent back door 202, while taking into consideration factors such as sound insulation, difficulty in window breaking escape, and the like.
For example, when the transparent side door 102 adopts a glass structure, the thickness of the transparent side door 102 may be set to 6mm, when the transparent side panel 302 adopts a glass structure, the thickness of the transparent side panel 302 may be set to 5mm, and when the transparent back door 202 adopts a glass structure, the thickness of the transparent back door 202 may be set to 5mm.
In some embodiments, the glass structure may be a green wave glass structure, and/or the glass structure may be an ultraviolet-proof insulating glass structure, so as to improve the heat-insulating and ultraviolet-proof effects of the glass structure, thereby improving the comfort of the driver.
In some embodiments, the glass structure has an ultraviolet blocking rate of not less than 99%, and more preferably, the glass structure has an ultraviolet blocking rate of not less than 99.5%, and/or the glass structure has an infrared blocking rate of not less than 80%, and more preferably, the glass structure has an infrared blocking rate of not less than 82.5%, and/or the glass structure has a light transmittance of not less than 70%.
In some embodiments, the frame further includes a first side enclosing structure 103, a second side enclosing structure 303, and a back enclosing structure 203 enclosing the first side opening, the second side opening, and the back opening, respectively, and the transparent side door 102, the transparent side panel 302, and the transparent back door 202 are connected to the first side enclosing structure 103, the second side enclosing structure 303, and the back enclosing structure 203, respectively. In addition, multi-bubble sealing strips (for example, double-bubble sealing strips, triple-bubble sealing strips, etc.) are hermetically connected between the transparent side door 102 and the first side enclosing structure 103, between the transparent side plate 302 and the second side enclosing structure 303, and between the transparent back door 202 and the rear enclosing structure 203.
In some embodiments, the multi-foam sealing strip comprises a foam serial structure and an elastic clamping structure, wherein the foam serial structure comprises a plurality of foam bodies which are serially connected in sequence, and the elastic clamping structure is provided with a clamping groove. In addition, two ends of the serial connection structure of the foam body are respectively connected with the elastic clamping structure and the corresponding enclosing structure (namely, the first side enclosing structure 103, the second side enclosing structure 303 or the rear enclosing structure 203) in the frame, and the corresponding transparent structure (namely, the transparent side door 102 corresponding to the first side enclosing structure 103, the transparent side plate 302 corresponding to the second side enclosing structure 303 or the transparent back door 202 corresponding to the rear enclosing structure 203) is inserted and fixed in the clamping groove of the elastic clamping structure.
More specifically, for example, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the transparent side door 102 and the first side closure structure 103 may be sealed with a first side seal bar 101 having a multi-bubble sealing structure. Referring to fig. 1 and 3, a rear sealing strip 201 having a multi-bubble sealing structure may be used to seal between a transparent back door 202 and a rear enclosing structure 203. Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the transparent side plate 302 and the second side sealing structure 303 may be sealed by using a second side sealing strip 301 having a multi-bubble sealing structure.
By adopting the multi-bubble sealing strip, the tightness between the transparent side door 102 and the first side enclosing structure 103, between the transparent side plate 302 and the second side enclosing structure 303 and between the transparent back door 202 and the rear enclosing structure 203 can be ensured, and the sound insulation, dust prevention and pollution prevention effects of the cab can be effectively improved.
When the transparent side door 102 is opened, the first side sealing strip 101 is separated from the first side enclosing structure 103, and when the transparent side door 102 is closed, the first side sealing strip 101 is in sealing connection with the first side enclosing structure 103, and meanwhile, the multi-bubble structure can achieve a good door closing buffer effect.
Similarly, when the transparent back door 202 is opened, the back sealing strip 201 is separated from the back enclosing structure 203, and when the transparent back door 202 is closed, the back sealing strip 201 is in sealing connection with the back enclosing structure 203, and meanwhile, the multi-bubble structure can achieve a good door closing buffering effect.
Further, a second exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a work machine including the cab for a work machine described above. For example, work machines of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, tractors, truck cranes, and the like.
In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.
In the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed, mechanically connected, electrically connected, or communicable with each other, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intervening medium, or in communication between two elements or in an interactive relationship between two elements, unless otherwise explicitly specified. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples may be combined and combined by those skilled in the art without contradiction.
While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and not to be construed as limiting the application, and that variations, modifications, alternatives and variations may be made to the above embodiments by one of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the application.
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1. A cab for a work machine, comprising:
The frame comprises a first front upright post, a first rear upright post, a second rear upright post and a second front upright post which are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction, a first side opening is formed between the first front upright post and the first rear upright post, a second side opening is formed between the second front upright post and the second rear upright post, and a rear opening is formed between the first rear upright post and the second rear upright post;
a transparent side door (102) connected to the frame and capable of opening and closing the first side opening;
a transparent side plate (302) connected to the frame and closing the second side opening, and
A transparent back door (202) connected to the frame and capable of opening and closing the rear opening.
2. The cab for a work machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the transparent side door (102) and/or the transparent back door (202) are formed as a roll-over door which can be roll-over opened and closed, the roll-over door being connected to the frame by a C-hinge.
3. The cab for a work machine of claim 2, wherein the roll-over door and the C-hinge are connected by a clip-through coupling, the clip-through coupling comprising:
a fixed sleeve (107), wherein the inner end of the fixed sleeve (107) is abutted against the surface of the C-shaped hinge;
the first elastic pad (106) is sleeved outside the fixed sleeve (107), and the inner end of the first elastic pad (106) is abutted against the surface of the C-shaped hinge;
The second elastic pad (109) is sleeved outside the fixed sleeve (107), the inner end of the second elastic pad (109) is abutted against the outer end of the first elastic pad (106), and the roll-over door is clamped between the first elastic pad (106) and the second elastic pad (109);
a spacer (105) abutting the outer end of the second elastic pad (109);
The connecting piece (108) sequentially penetrates through the gasket (105), the fixing sleeve (107) and the C-shaped hinge from outside to inside, and a crimping part for inwards compressing the gasket (105) is arranged at the outer end of the connecting piece (108).
4. The cab for a work machine according to claim 1, wherein the transparent side door (102) is formed as a horizontal roll-over door that can be turned horizontally and opened and closed, and/or the transparent back door (202) is formed as an up-and-down roll-over door that can be turned upside down and opened and closed.
5. The cab for a work machine according to claim 1, wherein the frame further includes a first side enclosing structure (103), a second side enclosing structure (303), and a rear enclosing structure (203) enclosing the first side opening, the second side opening, and the rear opening, respectively, the transparent side door (102), the transparent side plate (302), and the transparent back door (202) being connected to the first side enclosing structure (103), the second side enclosing structure (303), and the rear enclosing structure (203), respectively;
wherein, transparent side door (102) with between first side wall structure (103), transparent curb plate (302) with between second side wall structure (303) and transparent back door (202) with all seal connection have the bubble sealing strip between back wall structure (203).
6. The cab for a work machine according to claim 5, wherein the multi-bubble weather strip includes a foam tandem structure including a plurality of foam bodies sequentially tandem, and an elastic clamping structure formed with a clamping groove;
The two ends of the foaming body serial connection structure are respectively connected with the elastic clamping structure and the corresponding enclosing structure in the frame, and the clamping groove is fixedly inserted with the corresponding transparent structure.
7. The cab for a work machine according to claim 1, wherein the transparent side door (102), the transparent side panel (302), and the transparent back door (202) each have a glass structure.
8. The cab for a work machine of claim 7, wherein the glass structure is a green wave glass structure and/or the glass structure is an ultraviolet resistant insulating glass structure.
9. The cab for a work machine according to claim 7, wherein the ultraviolet ray blocking rate of the glass structure is not less than 99%, and/or the infrared ray blocking rate of the glass structure is not less than 80%, and/or the light transmittance of the glass structure is not less than 70%.
10. Work machine, characterized by comprising a cab for a work machine according to any of claims 1-9.
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