EP0224914B1 - Hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for pantograph type motor vehicle lifts - Google Patents
Hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for pantograph type motor vehicle lifts Download PDFInfo
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- EP0224914B1 EP0224914B1 EP86116771A EP86116771A EP0224914B1 EP 0224914 B1 EP0224914 B1 EP 0224914B1 EP 86116771 A EP86116771 A EP 86116771A EP 86116771 A EP86116771 A EP 86116771A EP 0224914 B1 EP0224914 B1 EP 0224914B1
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- cylinder
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F15B15/00—Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
- F15B15/20—Other details, e.g. assembly with regulating devices
- F15B15/26—Locking mechanisms
- F15B15/261—Locking mechanisms using positive interengagement, e.g. balls and grooves, for locking in the end positions
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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
- B66F3/00—Devices, e.g. jacks, adapted for uninterrupted lifting of loads
- B66F3/24—Devices, e.g. jacks, adapted for uninterrupted lifting of loads fluid-pressure operated
- B66F3/25—Constructional features
- B66F3/30—Constructional features with positive brakes or locks
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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
- B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
- B66F7/06—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement
- B66F7/0641—Single levers, e.g. parallel links
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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
- B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
- B66F7/06—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement
- B66F7/08—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement hydraulically or pneumatically operated
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- This invention relates to a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for motor vehicle lifts of the pantograph type.
- Motor vehicle lifts of the pantograph type are known. They generally comprises a pair of runways and cylinder-piston units which raise said runways, on which the vehicle to be lifted has been previously positioned.
- Known safety systems generally consist of racks engaged by pawl assemblies which allow the racks to move freely relative to them during the raising of the lift, but prevent their opposite movement, thus ensuring stability of the attained configuration.
- US-A-2 540 578 discloses a hydraulic internal locking jack comprising a cylinder, a hollow piston operable in the cylinder and emerging from one end closure member of said cylinder, a toothed post fixed to the other end closure member, and a releasable locking means preventing accidential retraction of the piston.
- the locking means includes a spring actuated pawl assembly associated with the piston and cooperating with the teeth of the post. The pawls are slidingly received in a cage which is fixed to the piston.
- a drawback of this hydraulic locking jack consists in that it requires a further device actuable by hand, for releasing the pawl assembly from the teeth of the post. This is particularly disadvantageous when the hydraulic jacks are placed, due to constructive reasons, in positions not well accessible and when they, if more than one, must actuated simultaneously; this happens, in particular, in the case of hydraulic jacks for lifting ramps.
- An object of the invention is to obviate these drawbacks by providing a double-acting hydraulic cylinder-piston unit with an associated mechanical safety device which is without bulk and requires no special additional installation work.
- a furthere object of the invention is to provide a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit with an associated mechanical safety device which for disengaging this latter uses the actual hydraulic feed circuit of the cylinder-piston unit.
- a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for motor vehicle lifts of pantograph type and comprising a cylinder having a closed endpiece and in which there slides a piston provided with a hollow rod emerging from the opposite endpiece of said cylinder, said rod housing in its interior a second toothed rod which is fixed at one end to the closed endpiece of said cylinder, is movable axially relative to said hollow rod by means of said piston, and cooperates with a pawl assembly housed in the piston and comprising at least a stop member which during the elongation state of the cylinder-piston unit moves relative to the toothed rod by yielding elastically in its passage from one tooth to the next, whereas during the retraction state it engages in the facing notch defined by two successive teeth to thus form the mechanical safety stop, characterised in that the pawl assembly comprises for each stop member a plunger communicating with the rod end chamber of the cylinder and acting, when in the presence of slight
- the hydraulic cylinder-piston unit comprises a cylinder 1 closed lowerly by a solid endpiece 2, and closed upperly by and endpiece 3 comprising a central circular hole for the oil-tight passage of a rod 4.
- the endpiece 2 When used in a lift (see Figure 1), the endpiece 2 is provided with a lug for its connection and hinging to a lower longitudinal member 6 of the lift, and the outer end of the rod 4 is provided with a head 5 for its connection and hinging to an upright 8.
- the rod 4 which is hollow, is connected to a piston 9 slidable in an oil-tight manner inside the cylinder 1.
- a further rod 10 which comprises a plurality of equidistant circumferential notches 11 having a profile such as to form a sawtooth pattern, as can be seen from Figure 2.
- the rod 10 is mobile axially relative to the rod 4, and is fixed at one end to the endpiece 2 of the cylinder 1.
- the rod 10 also traverses the piston 9, without any need for sealing.
- an aperture 12 for the passage of oil into and from the cylinder 1
- an aperture 13 is provided in the lateral surface of the cylinder 1 in proximity to the endpiece 3.
- the piston 9 consists substantially of a pair of annular flanges indicated overall by 14 and 14', and joined together by screws.
- These flanges have an outer profile which is complementary to the profile of a rubber gasket 15 which seals the piston 9 against the inner lateral surface of the cylinder 1.
- the upper flange 14, which is screwed to the rod 4, comprises three radial recesses 16 disposed at 120° apart, in which stop blocks 17 can slide.
- each stop block 17 has its front profile curved to correspond to the facing surface of the toothed rod 10, and comprises two cylindrical cavities 18 for housing small helical springs 19 interposed between said block 17 and the shoulder 20 which delimits the rear of the corresponding recess 16. It also comprises an inner cavity having an inclined surface 21 facing upwards in Figure 3. On said inclined surface there rests the eccentric stem 22 of a plunger 23 mobile axially in a sealed manner within a corresponding cylindrical cavity 24 -formed in the upper flange 14 and communicating with the interior of the cylinder 1.
- the three cylindrical cavities 24 are also disposed at 120° apart.
- the operation of the hydrolic cylinder-piston unit according to the invention is as follows : when in the rest state (minimum elongation) the piston 9 is in its lower end-of-stroke position, that cylindrical portion of the rod 10 not provided with toothing faces the three blocks 17, the three blocks 17 are urged by the respective springs 19 to adhere to the cylindrical surface of the rod 10, and the plungers 23 are raised.
- the cylinder-piston units are firstly made to elongate slightly by normal methods in order to disengage _ the stop blocks 17 from the relative notch 11. Oil is then fed through the aperture 13. Its pressure acts initially on the plungers 23, which descend and press by way of their stem 22 against the inclined surface 21 of the corresponding stop block 17. By virtue of this, the blocks 17 are withdrawn into the piston 9 along the respective recesses 16, so that they no longer interfere with the toothed rod 10. By continuously feeding oil through the aperture 13 with simultaneouse discharge of other oil through the aperture 12, the piston 9 is made to descend, with the toothed rod 10, which is no longer hindered by the stop blocks 17, simultaneously retracting into the rod 4.
- the cylinder-piston unit according to the invention is used advantageously in pantograph lifts of the type shown diagrammatically in Figure 1.
- the stop blocks are effectively in their disengaged state before lowering the lift, so as to prevent any possible dangerous consequences deriving from unbalanced loads.
- a member such as a microswitch 25, which enables the lift to be lowered only if activated by the block when in its rear end-of-travel position.
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- Actuator (AREA)
- Fluid-Pressure Circuits (AREA)
- Forklifts And Lifting Vehicles (AREA)
- Braking Systems And Boosters (AREA)
- Current-Collector Devices For Electrically Propelled Vehicles (AREA)
- Vehicle Cleaning, Maintenance, Repair, Refitting, And Outriggers (AREA)
- Types And Forms Of Lifts (AREA)
- Hydraulic Motors (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT8415985 | 1985-12-05 | ||
IT8584159A IT1214977B (it) | 1985-12-05 | 1985-12-05 | Martinetto fluodinamico provvistodi dispositivo meccanico disicurezza, particolarmente per ponti sollevatori a pantografo per autoveicoli. |
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EP0224914A1 EP0224914A1 (en) | 1987-06-10 |
EP0224914B1 true EP0224914B1 (en) | 1990-03-07 |
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EP86116771A Expired - Lifetime EP0224914B1 (en) | 1985-12-05 | 1986-12-02 | Hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for pantograph type motor vehicle lifts |
EP87900094A Expired - Lifetime EP0293368B1 (en) | 1985-12-05 | 1986-12-02 | Hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for pantograph type motor vehicle lifts |
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EP87900094A Expired - Lifetime EP0293368B1 (en) | 1985-12-05 | 1986-12-02 | Hydraulic cylinder-piston unit provided with a mechanical safety device, particularly for pantograph type motor vehicle lifts |
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EP (2) | EP0224914B1 (it) |
AT (1) | ATE53896T1 (it) |
AU (1) | AU604673B2 (it) |
CA (1) | CA1302206C (it) |
DE (1) | DE3670888D1 (it) |
ES (1) | ES2013593B3 (it) |
GR (1) | GR3000525T3 (it) |
IL (1) | IL80838A (it) |
IT (1) | IT1214977B (it) |
WO (1) | WO1987003655A1 (it) |
Families Citing this family (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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IT1237417B (it) * | 1989-01-18 | 1993-06-01 | Eride Rossato | Dispositivo sollevatore di autoveicoli, particolarmente per carrozzerie. |
IT1282522B1 (it) * | 1995-05-19 | 1998-03-23 | Eride Rossato | Ponte sollevatore a pantografo per autoveicoli |
AU701019B2 (en) * | 1995-11-14 | 1999-01-21 | Hilland Pty Ltd Trading As Edmo Equipment | Vehicle jack and stand |
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USRE25334E (en) * | 1963-02-19 | Piston cylinder apparatus | ||
GB211412A (en) * | 1923-07-23 | 1924-02-21 | Charles Frederick Webb | Improvements relating to pneumatic lifting jacks |
GB490886A (en) * | 1936-11-27 | 1938-08-23 | Servo Frein Dewandre Sa | Control device with pre-determined successive positions |
US2540578A (en) * | 1945-09-27 | 1951-02-06 | Lockheed Aircraft Corp | Hydraulic internal locking jack |
FR952142A (fr) * | 1946-08-15 | 1949-11-09 | C V Fabriek Voor Auto En Machb | Système de blocage et de freinage |
US3020888A (en) * | 1959-07-02 | 1962-02-13 | Gen Electric | Linear motion-producing device with lock |
US3104593A (en) * | 1960-12-28 | 1963-09-24 | Regent Jack Mfg Co Inc | Fluid actuators |
US3180234A (en) * | 1963-07-25 | 1965-04-27 | Jarry Hydraulics Ltd | Dual-position lockable actuator |
AU557669B2 (en) * | 1981-08-04 | 1987-01-08 | Alfarm Australia Limited | Hydraulic cylinder with locking mechanism |
IL67722A0 (en) * | 1982-02-05 | 1983-05-15 | Plessey Overseas | Container with memory |
AU548927B2 (en) * | 1982-06-11 | 1986-01-09 | Terrance Arthur Baroody | Tubing tee joint |
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1985
- 1985-12-05 IT IT8584159A patent/IT1214977B/it active
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1986
- 1986-12-02 AT AT87900094T patent/ATE53896T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-12-02 ES ES86116771T patent/ES2013593B3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-02 IL IL80838A patent/IL80838A/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-12-02 DE DE8787900094T patent/DE3670888D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-02 WO PCT/EP1986/000696 patent/WO1987003655A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1986-12-02 EP EP86116771A patent/EP0224914B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-02 AU AU68313/87A patent/AU604673B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1986-12-02 EP EP87900094A patent/EP0293368B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-12-03 CA CA000524460A patent/CA1302206C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 1990-05-31 GR GR90400341T patent/GR3000525T3/el unknown
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ES2013593B3 (es) | 1990-05-16 |
IT1214977B (it) | 1990-01-31 |
AU604673B2 (en) | 1991-01-03 |
DE3670888D1 (de) | 1990-06-07 |
AU6831387A (en) | 1987-06-30 |
ATE53896T1 (de) | 1990-06-15 |
WO1987003655A1 (en) | 1987-06-18 |
EP0293368B1 (en) | 1990-05-02 |
CA1302206C (en) | 1992-06-02 |
IT8584159A0 (it) | 1985-12-05 |
EP0224914A1 (en) | 1987-06-10 |
GR3000525T3 (en) | 1991-07-31 |
EP0293368A1 (en) | 1988-12-07 |
IL80838A (en) | 1991-01-31 |
IL80838A0 (en) | 1987-03-31 |
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