Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
  • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
  • B66C13/00—Other constructional features or details
  • B66C13/04—Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or preventing cable slack
  • B66C13/08—Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or preventing cable slack for depositing loads in desired attitudes or positions

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• TITLE HANDLING DEVICE FOR THE INTRODUCTION IN BIAIS OF AN EQUIPMENT IN A SYSTEM
• the invention relates to handling devices which are intended to allow the handling by people of equipment to be introduced into systems.
• a handling device In order to facilitate this installation, and in particular to avoid that the person in charge of it is forced to perform complex movements (not very ergonomic) while carrying the equipment, a handling device is used.
• the latter generally comprises a support part intended to be suspended near the system (into which an equipment must be introduced) and to which is coupled a fixing assembly to which is intended to be temporarily fixed this equipment in a standby position.
• the support piece generally comprises a ring which is secured to an arm of a gantry which is movable relative to the system.
• the handling device described above is no longer perfectly suited. This is particularly the case, for example, when one is forced to install in a vehicle a front seat while it is pre-equipped with its headrest, because the latter is connected to the backrest by at least an electric cable (for example connected to built-in speakers).
• the headrest must be electrically connected to the backrest to guarantee electrical continuity and to avoid additional stains and operations on the assembly line.
• the invention therefore aims in particular to improve the situation.
• a handling device on the one hand, intended to allow the handling by a person of equipment to be introduced at an angle into a system, and, on the other hand, comprising a support piece intended to be suspended near the system and to which is coupled a fixing assembly to which is intended to be temporarily fixed the equipment in a standby position.
• the handling device according to the invention may include other characteristics which can be taken separately or in combination, and in particular:
• the fixing assembly can be intended to keep the equipment in a vertical standby position
• the fixing assembly In its final position, the fixing assembly can be intended to keep the equipment in a remote position and inclined by an angle between 30 ° and 60 ° relative to the waiting position;
• its curvilinear rail may include a notch.
• its slide may include a protuberance intended to be housed in this notch when the curvilinear rail is in its final position, in order to maintain the curvilinear rail in this final position;
• the notch can be defined in a part of the manipulation handle
• its slide can include a notch.
• its curvilinear rail may include a protuberance intended to be housed in this notch when the curvilinear rail is in its final position, in order to maintain the curvilinear rail in this final position;
• the protuberance can be defined in a part of the manipulation handle
• Its slide can include a side face provided with a holding handle allowing the person to hold the support piece in a fixed position during the sliding of the curved rail.
• a handling device of the type presented above can be used to handle equipment constituting a seat in order to introduce it at an angle into a system constituting a vehicle.
• this equipment may constitute a front seat comprising a backrest comprising a headrest connected to at least one cable, and this vehicle may be of the automobile type.
• FIG. 1 schematically illustrates, in a perspective view, an embodiment of an upper part of a handling device according to the invention
• FIG. 2 schematically illustrates, in a front view, the handling device of FIG. 1 without the equipment to be handled and with its curvilinear rail placed in its initial position
• FIG. 3 schematically illustrates, in a front view, the handling device of FIG. 1 without the equipment to be handled and with its curvilinear rail placed in its final position, and
• FIG. 4 schematically illustrates, in a perspective view, a small part of the handling device of FIG. 1.
• the object of the invention is in particular to propose a handling device 1 intended to allow the handling by a person of equipment to be introduced at an angle into a system.
• the equipment constitutes a seat to be introduced at an angle into a system constituting a vehicle.
• the invention is not limited to this type of equipment or to this type of system.
• the vehicle is of the automobile type.
• it is a car.
• the invention is not limited to this type of vehicle. It relates in fact to any type of vehicle comprising at least one door giving access to a passenger compartment and through which at least one seat must be inserted at an angle. Consequently, the invention relates at least to land vehicles (and in particular motor vehicles, utility vehicles, road vehicles, trucks, coaches (or buses), site machines and all-terrain vehicles), some boats, and some aircraft.
• FIG. 1 There is schematically shown in Figures 1 to 3, at least partially, part of an embodiment of a handling device 1 according to the invention, without the equipment (here a front seat with a headrest) that it is intended to introduce at an angle in a system (here a motor vehicle).
• equipment here a front seat with a headrest
• a motor vehicle here a motor vehicle
• a handling device 1 As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, a handling device 1, according to the invention, comprises a support part 2, a curved rail 3, and a fixing assembly 4.
• the fixing assembly 4 is intended to allow the temporary fixing of equipment, to be introduced at an angle into the system (here via a vehicle door passage), in a standby position.
• This fixing assembly 4 is suitable for the equipment to be fixed on it.
• the invention does not relate directly to this fixing assembly 4 (illustrated in Figures 2 and 3), it is not described here in detail. Those skilled in the art will understand that it can be substantially identical to that which is commonly used in the prior art, for example for the introduction of front seats without a headrest.
• the curvilinear rail 3 is fixedly secured to the fixing assembly and includes a handling handle 5 suitable for gripping by a hand of a person (or a technician) responsible for introducing the equipment. in the system.
• This fixed connection can be made by welding or by bolting, for example.
• the support piece 2 is intended to be suspended near the system (here a vehicle).
• the support part 2 may include a ring 6 which is intended to be secured to an arm of a gantry (not shown), movable relative to the system. This gantry is possibly part of the handling device 1.
• This support piece 2 comprises a curved slide 7 in which is slidably mounted on the curvilinear rail 3.
• the fixing assembly is coupled to the support piece 2 via the curvilinear rail 3.
• the curvature of the slide 7 is identical to that of the curved rail 3, even if the length of the latter (3) is preferably significantly greater than that of the slide 7. Thanks to this arrangement, when the person slides the rail curvilinear 3 relative to the slide 7, by means of the manipulation handle 5, the curvilinear rail 3 passes from an initial position (illustrated in FIG. 2) to a final position (illustrated in FIG. 3) in which the equipment is in an offset and inclined position suitable for its biased introduction into the system.
• the angular sector over which the curved rail 3 extends is a function of the angle of inclination that the equipment must have in its offset and inclined position in order to be able to be easily introduced into the system.
• the person no longer has to exert a lifting effort on the lower part of the seat to rotate it with the fixing assembly, and effort to keep the fixing assembly inclined with headquarters. It must however exert an effort by means of the manipulation handle 5 to cause the curvilinear rail 3 to pass from its initial position to its final position, but this effort is notably weaker and much more ergonomic than the effort of raising the prior art. Furthermore, once the curvilinear rail 3 is in its final position (illustrated in FIG. 3), the person handling it automatically knows that the angle of introduction of the seat into the system (here a vehicle) is the right one. .
• the fixing assembly 4 may be intended to keep the equipment in a standby position which is vertical. In this case, the entire sliding stroke of the curved rail 3 is used to place the equipment (here a seat) in its predefined offset and inclined position.
• the fixing assembly 4 may be intended to keep the equipment in an offset position inclined by an angle between 30 ° and 60 ° relative to the waiting position.
• angle of inclination are well suited to the case where the equipment is a front seat equipped with a headrest connected by wire to the backrest.
• substantially rectangular shape of the manipulation handle 5, illustrated in Figure 1 is illustrative. Therefore any other form can be considered as long as it allows gripping by one hand.
• this shape can be U or I or even C, for example.
• the curvilinear rail 3 can comprise a notch 8
• the slide 7 can comprise a protuberance 9 intended to be housed in this notch 8 when the curvilinear rail 3 is in its final position, in order to maintain this curvilinear rail 3 in this final position.
• the protrusion 9 may have a sawtooth shape (substantially triangular), and in this case the notch 8 has a triangular shape substantially homologous to that of the protrusion 9 for house her.
• the notch 8 can be defined in a part of the manipulation handle 5. This part is, here, located on one of the two connections between the rail curvilinear 3 and the handle 5.
• the slide 7 can comprise a notch
• the curved rail 3 can comprise a protuberance intended to be housed in this notch when the rail curvilinear 3 is in its final position, in order to maintain the curvilinear rail 3 in this final position.
• the protuberance may have a sawtooth shape (substantially triangular), and in this case the notch has a triangular shape substantially homologous to that of the protuberance to accommodate it.
• the protuberance can be defined in a part of the manipulation handle 5. This part can be located on one of the two connections between the curved rail 3 and the manipulation handle 5.
• the slide 7 can advantageously include a lateral face 10 provided with a holding handle 1 1 allowing the person to hold the support piece 2 in a fixed position during the sliding of the curvilinear rail 3. This makes it possible to stabilize the support piece 2 and therefore facilitate the aforementioned sliding. In addition, this makes it easier to control the movement of the mobile gantry to the arm of which the support piece 2 is coupled.
• the U-shape of the holding handle 11, illustrated in FIG. 1, is illustrative. Therefore any other form can be considered as long as it allows gripping by one hand.
• this shape may be a rectangular or I or even C shape, for example.

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