EP0399280A2 - Dispositif d'accouplement d'un moyen de levage à un conteneur - Google Patents

Dispositif d'accouplement d'un moyen de levage à un conteneur Download PDF

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EP0399280A2
EP0399280A2 EP90108588A EP90108588A EP0399280A2 EP 0399280 A2 EP0399280 A2 EP 0399280A2 EP 90108588 A EP90108588 A EP 90108588A EP 90108588 A EP90108588 A EP 90108588A EP 0399280 A2 EP0399280 A2 EP 0399280A2
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Alfred Kinshofer
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/12—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor with devices facilitating emptying
    • B65F1/125—Features allowing the receptacle to be lifted and emptied by its bottom

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  • Containers of the type mentioned are known for example from EP 0 280 008 A1.
  • the coupling pieces of the container are designed as eyelets, into which load and pull hooks of a hoist engage.
  • the load and towing hooks have to be rotated and moved in each case by means of the hoist until they can be hooked into the eyes.
  • the help of operating personnel or a specially provided device for detecting the two hooks is necessary.
  • Preferred embodiments of the container according to the invention result from the features of subclaims 2-5. It is particularly advantageous if the flange-shaped edges are ring-shaped and each have an annular groove on their underside with a flank sloping outwards. As a result, the hooks of the coupling device of a hoist do not have to be aligned, but can engage at any point on the circumference of the respective flange-shaped edge. The engaging hooks are pulled under the weight of the raised container inwards into the circumferential grooves, so that they are secured against self-unlocking.
  • the pull-out device of the coupling device can advantageously consist of a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit, the cylinder of which is fastened with a yoke carrying the pivotable hooks and the piston rod of which is fastened with its upper end to the upper end region of the housing, the piston-cylinder unit from a compression spring acting on the piston in the pull-out direction is enclosed.
  • a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit the cylinder of which is fastened with a yoke carrying the pivotable hooks and the piston rod of which is fastened with its upper end to the upper end region of the housing, the piston-cylinder unit from a compression spring acting on the piston in the pull-out direction is enclosed.
  • the piston-cylinder units are provided with freely extendable pistons for releasing the upper pair of hooks. With these, the top Swing the hook outwards against the spring force. So that the pull-out device is not pushed up by this handling, an upwardly projecting locking lever is pivotably mounted on at least one pivot axis of a lower hook, on which the piston of the hydraulic piston-cylinder unit acting on the associated hook is articulated.
  • This piston is connected to the associated hook via a slot bolt guide in such a way that the at least one lever engages over at least one abutment-forming projection of the yoke when the hook is opened before the hooks are pivoted out completely.
  • the upper coupling piece is thus held in position by the lever when the lower and upper pair of hooks is pivoted out of the engagement position with the first and second coupling pieces of the container.
  • This mechanism thus enables the lower and upper hooks to be pivoted out of the engagement position with the first and second coupling pieces of the container without interference.
  • the lever In the pivoted-out position of the hooks, the lever remains in engagement with the projection of the yoke forming the abutment at the lower end of the pull-out device. This also ensures that when the coupling device is placed on the coupling mechanism of the container, a change in position of the pull-out device against the compression spring is prevented by the placement pulse. This means that the lower and upper hooks can be swiveled into their correct engagement position with the coupling pieces even when they are put on.
  • the coupling device consists in that the housing is divided into two, the lower part of the housing being rotatable via a rotary motor. Both housing parts are separated from each other by a rotating union Cut.
  • the piston of the pull-out device is suspended in a cage that rotates with the lower part and protrudes into the upper housing part.
  • the cage is suspended in an oscillating manner in order to enable a corresponding pendulum movement of the hydraulic piston-cylinder unit of the pull-out device during the coupling process.
  • the invention relates to a coupling piece for use in the container described above, which in addition to a shaft part has a head part with flange-like projecting edges and, in a preferred embodiment, has a convex surface in the form of a mushroom cap.
  • This shape of the head part allows the engaging coupling element to engage in a form-fitting or almost form-fitting engagement, thereby centering the coupling element within the gripper and thus damping or even preventing any rocking movements of the container when it is lifted off the floor.
  • the head part has on its underside an annular circumferential groove in which corresponding hook elements or the like of the gripper can securely engage.
  • a container 10 placed on the floor is shown in an igloo shape.
  • the container 10 consists of a container-side closing mechanism 12 for emptying flaps 14, which are provided on the container.
  • the emptying flaps 14 are designed as bottom flaps that can be folded downward about a central hinge 15.
  • the container could also have any other shape and, for example, movable side flaps.
  • the bushing 22 has a square bore and the pull rod of the second coupling piece 18 has a complementary profile. This ensures that the pull rod does not rotate about its own axis, as a result of which the free movement of the pull elements 23 could be impaired due to twisting or engaging with one another. In principle, however, other bore cross sections of the bushing 22 are also possible.
  • the lower hooks 34 of the coupling device represent the load hooks, ie by means of these hooks the entire container is lifted up via the coupling piece 16 which is firmly connected to the container 10.
  • the Tension elements 23 the emptying flaps 14 are secured against opening when the container 10 is lifted from the floor.
  • the second coupling piece 18 is pulled up by means of the hooks 36 until the tension elements 23 are tensioned, so that this prevents the emptying flaps 14 from opening when the container 10 is lifted off the floor.
  • the inner square pull rod of the second coupling piece is pulled out by approx. 50 cm.
  • the container is raised, for example, by means of a boom 32 of a crane, not shown, and pivoted over the loading area to be filled, for example of a truck.
  • the pull rod and thus the pull elements 23 the emptying flaps 14 are opened, so that the collected content, for example waste, falls out of the container.
  • the container is closed again in the same way as described above and placed on the floor.
  • the hooks 36 which serve to move the pull rod of the second coupling piece 18 up and down, are moved by means of a pull-out device 46 which can be raised and lowered in the housing, as can be seen from FIG.
  • This pull-out device 46 consists of a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit, the cylinder of which is fastened to the upper end region of the housing 38 with a yoke 48 carrying the pivotable hooks 36 and the piston rod 50 of which is fastened with its upper end.
  • the piston-cylinder unit is surrounded by a compression spring which acts on the yoke 48 in such a way that the cylinder is pushed downwards with the hooks 36.
  • hydraulic fluid is displaced from the cylinder through a bore in the piston rod 50 (not shown).
  • Guide rods 60 are also articulated on the upper hooks 36 and are surrounded by compression springs 56. These also act on the hooks 36 in the closing direction, i.e. they pivot the hooks 36 about the axes 44 arranged on the yoke 48 of the pull-out device 46, so that the hooks engage under the flange-shaped edge 26 of the second coupling piece 18.
  • piston-cylinder units 64 act on them at the articulation point of the guide rod 60 with freely extendable pistons 66. In this case too, only one-sided hydraulic supply is required for the piston-cylinder units, since a reset, i.e. the upper hooks 36 pivot into the engagement position with the upper flange-shaped part 26 of the second coupling piece 18, as a result of the spring force of the compression spring 56.
  • a coupling device enables a rotation of the lower part 84 of the housing 38 together with the hook pairs 34 and 36 arranged in the lower part and an attached waste container 10. This is particularly necessary if it is not a rotationally symmetrical container, for example a rectangular container , acts.
  • the upper part 80 of the housing 38 is connected to the lower housing part 84 via a rotating union 82.
  • the lower housing 84 is rotated via a hydraulically drivable rotary motor 88.
  • a pinion 90 flanged to this meshes with a gear 92 which is connected to the lower part 84 of the housing 38.
  • the piston 50 of the pull-out device 46 is suspended in a cage 86.
  • the cage 86 is suspended in the lower housing part 84 so that it rotates with it. However, it projects into the upper housing part 80.
  • the hydraulic rotary motor can be provided in the usual way for left and right rotation and can therefore be connected to two hydraulic lines.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Load-Engaging Elements For Cranes (AREA)
  • Devices For Use In Laboratory Experiments (AREA)
  • Thermally Insulated Containers For Foods (AREA)
  • Catching Or Destruction (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
  • Mechanical Operated Clutches (AREA)
  • Hydraulic Clutches, Magnetic Clutches, Fluid Clutches, And Fluid Joints (AREA)
  • Forklifts And Lifting Vehicles (AREA)
EP90108588A 1989-05-12 1990-05-07 Dispositif d'accouplement d'un moyen de levage à un conteneur Expired - Lifetime EP0399280B1 (fr)

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AT90108588T ATE81486T1 (de) 1989-05-12 1990-05-07 Kupplungseinrichtung eines hebezeuges fuer einen behaelter.

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DE3915580 1989-05-12
DE3915580A DE3915580A1 (de) 1989-05-12 1989-05-12 Behaelter mit handhabungseinrichtung

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DE4237226A1 (de) * 1992-11-04 1994-05-05 Goediker Stahl Und Containerba Einrichtung zum Entleeren von Sammelbehälter
FR2986218A1 (fr) * 2012-01-27 2013-08-02 Neos Systeme de prehension et de levage d'un conteneur de collecte des dechets et de commande d'ouverture/fermeture des trappes de vidage dudit conteneur
EP3121135A1 (fr) 2015-07-24 2017-01-25 Compagnie Plastic Omnium Platine de levage et de manutention pour conteneurs semi enterrés
FR3039141A1 (fr) * 2015-07-24 2017-01-27 Plastic Omnium Cie Platine de levage et de manutention pour conteneurs semi enterres
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EP0399280A3 (en) 1990-12-19
ATE81486T1 (de) 1992-10-15
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US5014870A (en) 1991-05-14
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