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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
  • B62K5/00—Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels
  • B62K5/02—Tricycles
  • B62K5/05—Tricycles characterised by a single rear wheel
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
  • B62B1/00—Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheels; Equipment therefor
  • B62B1/18—Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheels; Equipment therefor in which the load is disposed between the wheel axis and the handles, e.g. wheelbarrows
  • B62B1/24—Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheels; Equipment therefor in which the load is disposed between the wheel axis and the handles, e.g. wheelbarrows involving tiltably-mounted containers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
  • B62B3/00—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
  • B62K5/00—Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels
  • B62K5/02—Tricycles
  • B62K5/027—Motorcycles with three wheels
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
  • B62K5/00—Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels
  • B62K5/02—Tricycles
  • B62K5/06—Frames for tricycles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
  • B62K7/00—Freight- or passenger-carrying cycles
  • B62K7/02—Frames
  • B62K7/04—Frames having a carrying platform
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
  • B62B2202/00—Indexing codes relating to type or characteristics of transported articles
  • B62B2202/90—Vehicles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
  • B62B2203/00—Grasping, holding, supporting the objects
  • B62B2203/02—Grasping, holding, supporting the objects suspended
  • B62B2203/04—Grasping, holding, supporting the objects suspended pivotally, e.g. for keeping it horizontally

Definitions

• the invention relates to a multi-purpose motorized sweeping trolley for picking up sweepings.
• the sweeping is traditionally carried out by an employee equipped with a wheelbarrow, a broom and a shovel.
• This equipment limits the length of trips per road maintenance employee, resulting in considerable loss of time. Insofar as it is desired to keep the entire city clean daily, a large number of employees is necessary. In addition, long trips are tiring, especially for the return to load in the emptying area. This work is very tedious for the staff and expensive for the city.
• the versatile sweeping cart according to the invention overcomes these drawbacks.
• the improved carriage according to the invention comprises:
• a wheelbarrow with dump body provided with a metal frame provided with two pivots cooperating with supports fixed on the side walls of the bucket and being mounted on said pivots;
• the bucket is equipped, at the base of one of its lateral sides, with an additional locking means on said wheelbarrow chassis, enabling said bucket to be placed: in the road position on the moped or in the dumping position in the bins for storing sweepings, or else in the position of use in a wheelbarrow, said complementary means cooperating with a lock secured to the chassis of the wheelbarrow,
• the wheelbarrow chassis further comprises a vertical, lateral and longitudinal tilting and immobilization crossmember, in cooperation with two U-shaped assemblies fixed on the front transverse beam of the moped and with a fixed stop also integral with the long tudinal beam of the moped, cooperating with a second vertical and longitudinal immobilization cross member of the chassis, said second cross member being immobilized vertically by a lock.
• the trolley according to the invention ' comprises, as a variant:
• the wheelbarrow bucket is suspended on two pivots fixed on its side walls, it is mounted on two open half-bearings of a metal frame with two large diameter wheels.
• the specific equipment of the wheelbarrow to immobilize it on the moped includes:
• the variant of the connecting equipment fixed on the moped to receive the wheelbarrow comprises: - a support plate fixed on the transverse and longitudi ⁇ nal beams of the receiving moped:
• the agent becomes the supervisor of his sector, he quickly sends the information collected on the roads to the services concerned; because of the clear weather, the agent becomes an informant of projects in the neighborhood towards the people met during his tours; . modification of the cleaning method, the streets are not systematically swept, but monitored and maintained as and when soiled;
• FIG. 2 shows an example of wheelbarrow chassis
• - fig.3 shows the bucket in fig.1 in place on the wheelbarrow chassis
• - Fig.4 shows an example of setting up the wheelbarrow on the moped
• - Fig.6 shows the moped mounted on a dumping platform with the bucket in the position of dumping sweepings in a large bin
• - Fig.7 shows schematically an example of moped whose connecting plate includes a lifting means for the direct dumping of sweepings in a trash can in the absence of a dumping platform - Fig.8 shows an example of lifting means.
• FIG. 9 and 10 show, seen in elevation and from above, an exemplary embodiment of a moped / wheelbarrow link plate, equipped with adequate means of locking the wheelbarrow chassis and the bucket in horizontal position or in position spill;
• - Fig.11 shows an example of locking the bucket pivot on the bearing, open from the wheelbarrow chassis
• - Figs 12 and 13 show, seen in elevation and seen from the front, an example of a mobile bin mounted on the moped instead of the wheelbarrow;
• FIG.14,15 and 16 show an example of a dump body according to the invention, with its means for supporting pivot pins and a means of immobilization on the wheelbarrow;
• FIG.17 shows, seen in perspective, an example of simplified and narrower wheelbarrow chassis according to the invention supported on its crutches;
• Fig.17 shows the chassis of Fig.17 seen in perspective from another angle
• FIG.19 shows the bucket of Fig.14 in place on the chassis of the wheelbarrow according to the invention
• - Fig.20 shows the moped equipped with a wheelbarrow according to the invention locked in place
• - fig. 1 and 22 show, seen in perspective and in elevation, an example of equipment of the front transverse beam and of the longitudinal beam of the moped to receive the wheelbarrow according to the invention equipped with its complementary means ensuring its locking in place
• FIG.23 shows an example of a bucket lock secured to the wheelbarrow chassis
• Fig.24,25 and 26 show variants of the form of the crutches of the chassis of the wheelbarrow intended to ensure the vertical, lateral and longitudinal immobilization of the chassis on the transverse beam of the moped.
• Fig.1 shows an example of a bucket 1 according to the invention, in the form of a truncated pyramid with rectangular base, made of sheet metal or of thermoplastic material, provided, on its side walls, with a pivot 2 attached, with a first stirrup handle 3 arranged at the rear in the lower part to allow it to be locked in a horizontal position either on its carrying frame or on the moped, and a second stirrup handle 4 arranged on the front wall. It further comprises, in the upper part at the front of its two side walls, a brush holder hook on one side and a scoop holder hook on the other 5 optionally provided with a means for rapid tightening of the handle.
• Fig. 2 shows an example of a wheelbarrow chassis according to the invention.
• I has two large diameter wheels 6,7, each fixed in a yoke on two lugs integral with the chassis 8 comprising two arms 9,10 extend giant towards the wheels 6,7 and rising above them to come to be connected to a cross member 11.
• Two open bearings 12, 13 of pivot 2 of the bucket 1 are brought in internally to the wheels 6,7.
• These bearings include a pivot locking means which will be described in fig.11.
• a tubular cross-member 14 is disposed between the arms 9, 10, above the cross-member 11, at a height such that it can be placed on the bearing 15 (fig.
• the connecting plate 16 comprises two abutment washers 18, 19 cooperating with the sides of the 1/2 bearing 15 to ensure the lateral positioning of the chassis on the moped.
• a third tubular cross member 20 is provided in particular to stiffen the chassis and to complete the locking of the latter on the connection plate 16.
• the free end of the arms 9, 10 each comprises a piece of tube 21, 22 closed on the side of the free end of the arms, to receive the handle of a broom or a shovel resting on the corresponding hook 5 of the bucket 1.
• Fig.3 shows the wheelbarrow consisting of its chassis 8 and its bucket 1 in the position of use by an agent.
• FIG. 5 is shown schematically the wheelbarrow in place on the moped.
• the bucket was placed in the horizontal position locked by its lower handle 3 in the lock 25.
• FIG. 6 the moped mounted on a dumping platform 2 was shown.
• the bucket 1 is tilted in the dumping position to empty the sweeps. in a very large storage bin 27.
• the dumping position is locked by means of the front handle 4 engaged in the lock 25 of the plate 16.
• fig.7 there is shown a moped equipped with a plate 16, articulated at 30 on the longitudinal beam of the moped, provided, at the front, with a lifting means 31 allowing the sweepings to be discharged directly into a large bin in the absence of a dumping platform.
• the bucket is shown tilted on its pivot 2 and locked in this position by the bolt 25.
• the lifting means 31 can, for example, be constituted (fig.8) of a system of levers 32 moved by a screw-nut assembly , or even by means of a hydraulic cylinder controlled by a small hydraulic pump with manual operation by lever. This arrangement limits the height of the bins 33 for storing sweepings. It is preferable to use a dumping platform as shown in fig. 6.
• the lifting means comprises a known type of non-return means allowing the bucket to be held in the dumping position.
• a locking means subjects the articulated plate to the lateral cross member 36 of the moped in the rest position. Figs.
• FIGS. 9 and 10 show an example of a connecting plate 16 between the moped and the wheelbarrow with its means for locking the chassis of the wheelbarrow. It is fixed to the longitudinal beam 35 and to the transverse beam 36 of the moped. T-shaped, it has, at the front, the 1/2 bearing 15 in which is engaged and rests the cross member 14 of the chassis of the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow chassis is guided laterally against the 1/2 bearing 1 by the thrust washers 18,19.
• This half-bearing 15 is formed by an open plia of the plate 16 extending by a raised flat part 37 to receive the two latches 38, 39 with elastic return by means of a compression spring 40 engaged on an axis 41 exiting at -through the rear bottom of the lock support and comprising a stop clip 42 bearing on the bottom in the normally locked position.
• the free end of Tax 41 receives a pulling cable leading to an operating lever, not shown, having a position maintaining unlocking while removing or replacing the wheelbarrow. This position can be ensured by an annex locking means, or by an "all or nothing" position of the lever.
• the two locks 38 and 39 cooperate with a 3rd lock 43, identical to the locks 38, 39, intended to hold the crosspiece high 20 of the wheelbarrow chassis. This lock can be placed on one side or the other of the cross member 20.
• the plate 16 further comprises the double-function latch 25 mounted on a support 45 welded to the plate.
• This double bolt comprises a first bolt 46 with spring return 40 and whose rod 47 is folded up and whose free end is provided with a ball facilitating direct manual operation.
• the function of this lock is to release or hold the handle 3 of the bucket to ensure its horizontal position on the moped.
• a cond lock 48 has also been mounted, also returned to the locking position by a spring 40.
• This lock is automatically moved back in the direction of arrow 51 by the front handle 4 of the bucket 1 acting as a cam on the front part of said reverse slope lock 49 when it passes from the horizontal position to the dumping position, then abuts under the lock 46 in the locking space 50, while the lock 48 returns to the locking position under the action of its return spring 40.
• the upper lock is manually operated when you wish to lower the wheelbarrow by releasing the handle 3, or else to tilt the bucket by also releasing the handle 3 to trap the handle 4 located on the other side of the bucket.
• Fig.11 shows an example of a locking means of the pivots 2 of the bucket 1, on the open bearings 12,13 of the wheelbarrow chassis.
• a latch 55 constituted by a lever pivoting on an axis 56 on which it is welded at the end, the upper end of which is bent and engaged in a hole in the bearing 12,13 for support on pivot 2 under the action of a return spring 57.
• Figs. 12 and 13 show an example of a mobile bin mounted on the moped instead of the wheelbarrow.
• the bottom 60 of said tank is raised so as to be just above the lock 25 for holding the bucket in horizontal position;
• the tank is provided, in the vicinity of its two lateral sides, with walls 61, 62 forming a lateral stop on the half-staircase. of the connection plate and receiving a first added tubular cross member 63 disposed on the 1/2 bearing and a second cross member 64 disposed at the same distance as the cross member 20 of the wheelbarrow so as to allow it to be locked by the latch 43 (fig.10).
• Said tank is provided, at the front, with two wheels 65, 66 preferably mounted in a yoke, and two rear handles for maneuvering in a wheelbarrow.
• the front wall 68 of the tank is provided with a hinge 69 in the lower part and lateral locking means 70 to keep it closed when it is raised.
• This bin can be used in particular for transporting a lawn mower for the maintenance of green spaces on the route of road maintenance agents. It further comprises, on each of its low lateral walls 61, 62, rectangular openings 71, 72 for receiving the arms of a handling lift truck.
• the bucket 53 shown in fig.14 is made of plasti ⁇ material, either by injection or by molding of pre-impregnated plastic material on a form. It comprises two supports 54, 55 of the wheelbarrow pivot pivot fixed for example by rivets to the bucket, symmetrically with vertical tax XX ', on the two side walls of the bucket, above the center of gravity.
• An additional locking means 56 immobilizing the bucket on the chassis of the wheelbarrow is attached to the lower part of one of the side walls of the bucket.
• This means consists of a molded plastic part, comprising a friction piston 57 of the end of the chassis lock, on which are provided holes 58, 59, 60 for positioning and immobilizing the bucket on the.
• Fig.15 and 16 there is shown, seen in elevation and in section along Taxe XX ', an example of pivot support for tilting the bucket 53 attached attached thereto.
• Each of the two supports is made up of a molded part, for example made of plastic.
• the attached supports comprise a base plate 66 from which a boss emerges forming an open groove 63 preferably arranged along an oblique axis YY *.
• Said groove has a horizontal inlet 64 on one side and a curved part 65 towards the groove on the other side to form a stop for placing the pivots on the bucket.
• the thickness H of the boss forming the groove corresponds to the length of the pivot 68 engaged in the latter (fig.16) with a slight clearance in positioning avoiding the friction of the end of the pivot on the wall of the bucket.
• a welded washer 69 can be provided on the pivot 68 for the lateral positioning of the bucket on the chassis of the wheelbarrow.
• the bottom of the groove is formed by the wall 66 resting on the bucket. Holes 67 are provided for attachment to the bucket.
• FIGS. 17 and 18 show, seen in perspective from different angles, the metal frame 70 of the wheelbarrow. It consists of welded tubes. It comprises two arms 72, 73 each provided with an axle support 74 on which the wheel 75 is mounted in cantilever; a tilting cross member 76 and an immobilizing cross member 77 connect them together.
• the tilting cross member 76 extends on each side beyond the arms 72, 73 by folding over the top of each wheel 75 to the end 68 forming the pivots., In the vicinity of which it is welded; each arm 72,73 is bent upwards and receives a crutch 78,79. The arm is further extended and is folded horizontally 90 ° inward to form the pivot 68 of the bucket 53 facing the opposite pivot of the second arm.
• the locking means 80 of the bucket 53 in the various positions of use, is fixed laterally on the extension of one of the ends 81 of the cross member 76 above the corresponding wheel and opposite the complementary means 56 (fig. 15) of the tilting skip.
• Fig. 19 shows the bucket 53 in place on the pivots 68 of the chassis 70 of the wheelbarrow which rests on its crutches 78,79.
• the bucket can be left free on its pivots or else be locked in the wheelbarrow position on the hole 59 (fig.15).
• Fig. 20 shows the wheelbarrow with its tilting skip in place, locked in the road position on the moped 82.
• the frame 70 of the wheelbarrow tilted in abutment on the longitudinal beam 83 and on the lateral beam 84 supporting the tilting cross-member.
• the detail of the locking of the chassis 70 is shown in FIGS. 21 and 22.
• Fig.1 shows, in perspective, the means of positioning and tilting as well as immobilization of the wheelbarrow chassis, the front side beam 84 receives two identical sets 86,87 fixed on the front face of the beam , symmetrically to the longitudinal axis AA 1 of the moped.
• Said assemblies each form a U whose end 88.89 of the wings is flared to more easily receive the cross member 76 of the wheelbarrow chassis and perform the functions of lateral positioning of the chassis 70, its tilting on the top of the moped, so immobilization vertical and its longitudinal immobilization in coopé ⁇ ration with a complementary means 90 constituted by a stop formed by a vertical fixed sheet plate whose free end 91 is folded obliquely towards T before to facilitate the establishment and immobilization tion of the cross member 77 of the frame 70 with a small longitudinal clearance.
• This stop 90 is integral with the body of the vertical locking means of said cross member 77.
• the cross member 76 of the frame 70 when it is in place in the U 86, 87, pivots in said U when the arms 72,73 of the chassis until the cross-member 77 arrives, along the radius R, bearing on the oblique part 91 of the fixed stop 90.
• the cross-member 76 By pressing on the arms 72, 73, the cross-member 76 is tightened at the bottom of the U 86 87 and the cross member 77 descends to bear on the lock body 92.
• the rod 93 of the lock 80 sliding in the bearing holes 94.95 of the lock body is pushed above the cross-member 77 under the action of a compression spring 96 bearing support on the one hand at the rear on the lock body and at the front on a washer 97 in abutment on a pin 98.
• An unlocked position is obtained by means of a stop 99 on which one end of one pin 98 comes to bear. pulling on the operating handle 100 and turning it 90 ° as shown in dotted lines in 101.
• the lock support is fixed to the top of the longitudinal beam 83. by means of screws or rivetsl02. (fig. 22).
• the Fig.23 shows one embodiment of means Lock ⁇ spinning 53sur the dump chassis 70 of the wheelbarrow, through the complementary means 56 secured by rivets 61 Tune latou ⁇ of the walls of the bucket.
• the lock can be, for example, identical to that of FIG. 22
• the reference numbers designating identical parts have been used.
• the end of the lever 93 under the action of the spring 96 is engaged in the hole 58 of the part 56.
• the hole58 is drilled in a boss connected by a friction track to the other bosses of the holes59,60
• the lock support 110 is welded to the extension 81- of the tilting rod of the chassis 70 of the wheelbarrow so that the end of the rod 93 of the bolt is facing the corresponding positions of the holes 5B, 58 0 of the part 56 of the bucket 53. To ensure the locking of the bucket, it suffices to let the end of the lock rub on track 57 while bringing the bucket to the desired position, the lock sinks into the corresponding hole under the action of the spring as soon as it passes in front of it.
• Figs. 24, 25 and 26 show variants of the tilting means of the chassis 70 of the wheelbarrow shown in Figs. 21 and 22
• This tilting means consists of the folding of a U-shape similar to that of parts 86, 87 of fig. 21, 22 (fig. 24).
• the U thus produced are arranged horizontally, arranged at the rear of each crutch 78, 79 so as to directly straddle the front transverse beam 84 of the cyclo ⁇ motor, while the cross member 77 of the chassis 70 is supported against the stop 90 and on the above the lock body as in fig. 22.
• the U-shaped formed on the rear of each, crutch consists of a first horizontal plate and a second vertical plate 105 cooperating with an attached sheet metal plate welded with an inlet 107
• the shape of the U formed at the back of each stand is made up of a vertical flat part 108 on which two sheet metal plates have been welded in the desired position to get on the beam 84 with little play.
• the lateral positioning can be obtained by two stops (not shown) fixed on the beam84 symmetrically at AA tax '(fig.21).

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