ES2435322A2 - Hydraulic elevator for riders (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Hydraulic lift for riders comprising a vertical axis (1) through which runs a mobile cylinder (2) operated hydraulically to which a frame (3) for saddle whose seat (6) is independent and engages once fitted to the rider, the turning cylinder being limited by means of a slotted bushing (13) in cooperation with a square (12) vertically welded on the main shaft, stabilized and verticalized the whole by means of a lower support plate (20), to the ground, and a hollow bushing (9), on the upper part of the main shaft, fixed to the nearest wall, in such a way that the assembly is easily removable by lifting and lowering the axle. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

 Hydraulic lift for riders TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention falls within the technical field of lifting devices by hydraulic drive, fixed in facilities, which help people with reduced mobility to raise or lower horses, carriages, etc. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a hydraulic drive lift, which facilitates the action of mounting and dismounting on a horse or vehicles open to disabled, disabled or overweight people, for permanent use in facilities such as riding schools. Equipped with an individualized seat, in the form of a canvas that surrounds the rider by buttocks and thighs, the system releases and captures the rider by means of carabiners or rings that secure or unlock the seat to the chair support with great simplicity and speed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

 To date there are known devices that seek help for the disabled and people with some type of difficulty in their mobility (stair lift chairs, chairs for introduction into swimming pools, etc.) but in no case these teams contemplated entering or removing, without risks , to people with reduced mobility of a horse's rump. From a professional rider (jockey) to overweight people, going through physical and mental handicaps, they need help to ride on a horse, but none of these cases present the same problems or require the same type of help nor do they respond equally to the help provided Therefore, those responsible for the invention have focused on those people who need more attention to offer less responsiveness for the practice of therapeutic riding, so the help they need is almost total. People physically and intellectually disabled have been participating in stimulation therapies called hypo or equine therapy and that consists in using the horse as a means of transmission and is mainly aimed at children with motor or mental disabilities.

These therapies, (hippotherapy, therapeutic riding, adapted riding, therapeutic turning, etc.), have in common that they require a very qualified staff that

It must guarantee the safety of the rider, in addition to avoiding physical damage and damaging his dignity while helping him to get on or off the animal and, until now, he was coming, performing by arm.

Due to their condition, the riders do not facilitate the work of their monitors, on the contrary, they subject them to a hard experience in which they are creditors of a huge responsibility that they manage with very elementary resources where against them they have the rider, his family, the horse, the media, etc.

To facilitate the rider's access to the horse, means such as ramps, assemblers with a wide base or stairs that only manage to raise them to the appropriate height must be used, leaving the monitor to maneuver with him to deposit it in the rump, taking care not to fall to the other side of the mount, have a collaborator to secure the horse while the rider is deposited, etc., which leaves the possibility of an accident happening very open.

In the clearing maneuver, the rider is also put at risk, which will have to be placed on a platform of a certain height and sometimes on the wheelchair with which he moves.

As we can see, people with reduced mobility find serious difficulties, not only for recreational activities, which they also deserve, but also for therapeutic activities.

And not only to ride a horse. There are therapies that recommend carriage rides, feed, pet the animal, participate in hygiene, etc., which can not be done if it is not in the arms of relatives or monitors.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the problems set forth above, the present invention is proposed, which constitutes it a rod or vertical axis, fixed at its two ends to ensure the verticality and stability of the assembly, through which a mobile cylinder or sleeve runs externally. of limited rotation that on the top has been sealed with the corresponding bushing and gasket, but not before leaving a small chamber that will allow the entry / exit of water through an outlet connected to the network, and on the bottom, to in order to avoid a rotation superior to 180º and the collision of the rider with the upper tornapuntas, of inner bush with internal recess for limitation of rotation in cooperation with a welded square that runs vertically through the vertical axis.

In its lower external part, the cylinder has a short piece that allows it to rotate, in any of the directions.

Attached to the cylinder, the lifting device shows a frame where the rider is picked up by means of a seat specially designed to be presented in the proper position to assemble or disassemble, that is, sitting with ajar legs, taking into account the difficulties that certain people present to achieve or hold that position for themselves.

The seat design distinguishes two clearly differentiated areas; one that picks up the buttocks and another, in front, to wrap the thighs and condition them to the optimal separation position, composed of two loose bands that when fixed to the carrier bars, divergent at their outer ends, forces the rider to be suspended in sitting position with ajar legs. The fixing of the canvas or seat, previously adjusted to the rider, to the seat support bars is carried out by means of conventional rings or carabiners

The frame or chair frame is provided with an assurance for the rider in the form of a tilting tubular bar that allows it to be operated by the monitor or responsible both through hands and standing.

The entry of water through the outlet installed in the upper area of the mobile cylinder causes the assembly to rise in an attenuated manner to avoid sudden movements and frighten the animal with noise. The water outlet, through the same intake, motivates the descent of the elevator. Both operations are performed by operating a maneuvering lever connected to a valve that allows the entry, exit and rest of the water passage installed in a support for this purpose.

To prevent theft, the invention allows it to be easily disassembled since the bushing that immobilizes the shaft at its upper part is hollow which allows the shaft to be lifted to dislodge it from the lower fastener and thus remove it, once the connection to the outlet is disconnected. mobile cylinder water.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. For illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented, taking into account that the NORTH position is marked by the free ends of the tornapuntas:

Fig. 1 Top isometric view in SOUTH-EAST orientation, where we can see the complete set with all the pieces that make it up.

Fig. 2 Upper isometric view in South-East orientation, of the detail of the upper anchor of the apparatus, where the Articulation Plate (10), the Tornapuntas (11) and the Upper Bushing (9) can be seen in detail.

Fig. 3 Top isometric view in NORTH-EAST orientation, with detail of the base of the apparatus and section of the mobile cylinder (2) where the bushing (13) with internal recess can be seen as a turning stop, the turning limit square (12 ), the lever (17) for printing the turn and the support plate (20) with the holding key.

Fig. 4 Top isometric view in NORTH-EAST orientation, of the entire chair frame.

The different elements that make up the elevator are recognized as follows:

one.

 Vertical axis.

2.

 Mobile cylinder

3.

 Chair frame with backrest

Four.

 Safety bar

5.

 Seat bars

6.

 Seat canvas

7.

 Maneuvering valve holder

8.

 Maneuver valve

9.

 Upper cap

10.

 Articulation plate

eleven.

 Tornapuntas

12.

 Turn limit square

13.

 Cap with recess

14.

 Clamping carabiners

fifteen.

 Safety bar operating lever

16.

 Bar 15 motion transmission plate

17.

 Lever for rotating the mobile cylinder

18.

 Clamps

19.

 Chair frame eyelashes

twenty.

 Support plaque

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION.

In view of the figures and according to the previous numbering, the invention is essentially constituted by a base plate (20) with fixing keys, anchored to the ground by appropriate means, where a vertical axis (1) fits, through which it runs vertically a movable cylinder (2) limited in its rotation by means of a square (12) welded longitudinally to the axis. The mobile cylinder (2) is sealed by its upper part by means of a gasket and bushing leaving a small chamber where an external water outlet flows. On the lower part, the movable cylinder is adjusted to the axis by means of a bushing (13) that has a recess in its axial hole so that, in cooperation with the square (12), it limits the rotation to 180º.

In order to be able to perform the rotation in any of the directions, the cylinder has a lever-like part (17).

In the same vertical of the base plate, receiving the upper end of the shaft, there is a hollow bushing (9) fixed to a nearby wall by means of a tornapuntas (11) that allows to ensure the verticality and stability of the shaft and the assembly, providing it with the enough reciedumbre for his work like elevating device.

By means of fixing clamps (18) we install, by their corresponding tabs

(19)

on the mobile cylinder, a tubular frame (3) that responds to the back of a seat and to the support of a safety bar (4) installed on the backrest, in a tilting way, which is operated both by hand and on foot since the safety barrier is attached to a pedal or drive lever (15) fixedly articulated to the chair frame, below the horizontal of the seat, by means of a transmission plate (16).

The seat position in the frame is represented by two seat carrier bars

(5)

that are projected towards the front with a slight divergence from each other, equipped with pieces to fix, using rings or carabiners, the canvas seat (6) configured for this purpose.

This seat (6), which the rider must adjust before attaching to the seat support bars (5), is composed of a band where the buttocks are placed and, in front of it, two bands that collect the legs by the thighs that , once the seat is attached to the bars, they present the rider in a sitting position and with his legs slightly open, to facilitate his insertion or eviction of the horse, hook, etc.

To enter the water in the system, there is an independent support (7) where a valve (8) is operated, operated by a handle that with three positions allows the entry of water, the exit and resting or blocking position, connected to the cylinder by means of a planned socket.

In anticipation of an easy and fast disassembly of the elevator to withdraw when the day ends and prevent theft, the upper bushings (9) are fixed to the tornapuntas (11) by means of an articulated plate (10) that allows to lift the main shaft (1) and extract it from the fixings.

Describing sufficiently the nature of the invention as well as the embodiment in practice, it should be noted that the provisions indicated above and represented in the attached drawings are subject to modifications in detail as long as they do not alter the fundamental principle.

Claims (8)

1.- Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of people physically and / or psychically diminished on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat characterized by said conditioned seat being assembled to a hydraulic elevator comprising a vertical axis (1) by the which runs a hermetically adjusted mobile cylinder (2), which has in its inner upper part a reduced filling chamber provided with its corresponding socket, which supports a chair structure (3) without a seat, but provided with a backrest, from which two bars (5) projecting fasteners are projected (14) for attaching a canvas seat (6), all conveniently secured by a base (20) fixed to the ground, which allows the lower end of the shaft (1) to be introduced, and at the top by means of a bushing (9) articulated hollow on an articular plate (10), which facilitates the installation or removal of the elevator, said bushing fixed on the vertical of the base by means of a spindle (11) to the articulated plate and to the nearest wall that provide the assembly with verticality and necessary strength. 2. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished persons on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the shaft has a longitudinally welded square (12). 3. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished persons on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to the first claim, characterized in that the cylinder has an inner sleeve (13) that has a recess in its axial hole that defines a 180º arc, which in cooperation with the square (12) welded on the shaft, prevents the cylinder from having a rotation greater than 180º, as well as a lever (17) that allows the rotation to be operated manually or with the foot, according to the height at which one is working. 4. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished persons on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to the first claim, characterized in that the chair structure has two bars projected towards the front in a manner slightly divergent, enough to force the rider to hold a position of open legs that facilitate their incorporation or removal of the animal. 5. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished persons on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to the first claim, characterized in that the chair structure (3) has a safety measure that It comprises a tilting quadrangular structure (4), which has its axis on the upper backrest bar, and which closes on the rider's chest, actuated by means of a plate (16) fixed jointly to a lever (17) located below the seat (3,5) so that it can be operated manually or with one foot, depending on the height at which the rider is and the operation to be performed. 6. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished persons on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to claim four, characterized in that the seat is composed of a canvas (6) divided into two easily identifiable bodies, the first being a rectangle that welcomes the buttocks of the riders, while in front of it, two bands of sufficient length wrap the legs by their thighs, and that once adjusted to the rider, he fastens to the bars by his fixing means (14) arranged for this purpose. 7. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished persons on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to the first claim, characterized in that the cylinder (2) has a small chamber that feeds a water connection connected to a valve (8) installed in an independent support (7), which allows the elevator to be located in an ideal area, the support being the one that seeks the connection to the tap, providing the handle valve (8) that It allows the three necessary work positions: entry, exit and rest. 8. Hydraulic lift for riders, intended for the coupling and decoupling of physically and / or psychically diminished people on animals or vehicles by means of a conditioned seat, according to the first claim, characterized in that the lift is removable as a safety measure, which prevents must be permanently exposed in facilities away from urban centers and without custody for a large number of hours a day.