FR2488103A1 - Trolley for solar cells used for electric fences - comprises tubular frame on wheels supporting panel for connection to electric fencing cables - Google Patents

Abstract

The carriage comprises a tubular metal frame (3) supported on two wheels (20). The frame includes four inclined bars (5,6,10,11) which may reach to the ground, and one bar (2) extending in the opposite direction to form a handle. A solar panel (21) is supported on the frame so that the sun's rays arrive perpendicular to the surface. One terminal of the panel is connected to the frame, while the other is connected to a wire leading to an insulated connector (22) on the handle. The carriage may be towed by tractor to a chosen position and set up to provide electricity to power an electric fence. The voltage provided by the solar cells is developed between the frame connected to earth, and the insulated terminal (22). The electric fence is connected to this terminal (22). An alternative model supports a battery casing and a reel of fencing wire.

Description

 The present invention relates to a carriage for transporting fence energizing means.

 Trolleys are known which are intended for transporting a fence energizer, a solar collector panel, a wire winding coil, or means for hooking the latter, etc. Such carriages require organs for its anchoring to the ground, so that one can, from them, stretch the wire of the fence. These bodies are relatively complex and, therefore, increase the cost price of such carts. In addition, they are generally not very practical to use.

 One of the aims of the present invention is to provide a carriage which remedies these drawbacks.

The carriage, object of the present invention, is of the type comprising a chassis, a gripping member for its operation, a pair of wheels supporting the chassis and ground anchoring members and is characterized in that the wheels are carried by the ends of a bar folded in the form of a crankshaft and having a core, pivotally mounted horizontally on the chassis, between at least two extreme angular positions, a first transport position in which the chassis rests on the wheels, the organs of an - crage being separated from the ground and a second position, the anchoring members resting on the ground, the wheels being retracted;
According to another characteristic, the anchoring members are constituted by inclined rods, directed towards the rear of the chassis.

 Finally, the anchoring members are constituted by four parallel rods, arranged two by two, in two parallel planes, said rods being connected together by a reinforcing frame, and two of said anchoring members constituting stops for holding the wheels. in transport position.

The invention will now be described in more detail, with reference to specific embodiments, given by way of example only, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are views, in perspective of a carriage according to the invention, according to a first embodiment,
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a carriage which is the subject of the invention according to an alternative embodiment,
Fig. 4 shows, in side elevation, a wheel being assumed removed, the operation of the mounting of the wheels.

 In Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a first embodiment of a carriage designated as a whole by the reference 1, and comprising a frame formed of suitably bent metal bars, to present a hook 2 making it possible to constitute a handle for the maneuver or a member for coupling the carriage, for example, behind a tractor.

 The chassis has two crutches 3 and 4, two bars 5 and 6 constituting at their free end anchoring members and on which are welded two wings 8 and 9 of a "U" shaped bar whose free ends 10 and 11 respectively form anchoring members, these being connected by a spacer 12. On members 10 and 11 there are welded the ends of a second "U" shaped bar 13 whose core 14 is welded to members 5 and 6.

The carriage is intended to move, pulled by the hook 2, and it will be noted that the members 5, 6, 10 and 11 are inclined at 450
On the bars 5 and 6, two rings 15 are welded which are crossed by the core 16 of a piece in the form of a crankshaft having two wings 17 each terminated by an end of an axle 19 on which a wheel 20 is mounted idly.

 The carriage supports a panel 21 of solar collectors intended for the supply of electric current to an energizer, and an insulator 22 for fixing the wire of the electric fence.

 When the carriage is moved, the wheels 20 occupy the position shown in FIG. 2, the wings 17 bearing against the members 5 and 6 and, consequently, these and the members 10 and 11 being spaced from the ground.

 As the wings 17 of the crankshaft-shaped part abut against the members 5 and 6, they are inclined at 450> that is to say that they lie beyond the point of equilibrium passing through a vertical plane in which the wings 17 are housed, during rolling the wheels are well maintained in the position of use. On the other hand, if the part in the form of crankshafts is tilted in the direction of the arrow f (see FIG. 4), the carriage comes to rest on the anchoring members 5, 6, 10 and II which are plugged into the ground .

 In FIG. 3, an alternative embodiment of a carriage is shown which is designated as a whole by the reference 25.

 The carriage 25 has two rods 26 connected to a hook 27, a coil 28 and an insulator 29 being provided in the vicinity of the hook.

 The carriage is provided with two crutches 30 and the anchoring members are identical to those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

 In this embodiment, a cradle 32 is provided to receive an energizer and a battery housed in a trunk 33, the latter resting on the wings of a frame 35 terminated by the anchoring members.

 As in the embodiment previously described, the wheels 36 are carried by a piece in the form of a crankshaft which makes it possible to place them from the transport position to the retracted position.

 Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments which have just been described and which have been shown in the accompanying drawings. Many modifications of details can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (3)

 10 - Trolley for transporting fence energizers and of the type comprising a chassis (1), a gripping member (2) for its operation, a pair of wheels (20) supporting the chassis (1) and members (5 , 6, 10, 11) anchoring to the ground, characterized in that the wheels (20) are carried by the ends of a bar (16) folded in the form of a crankshaft and having a core pivotally mounted horizontally on the chassis, between at least two extreme angular positions, a first transport position in which the chassis rests on the wheels (20), the anchoring members (5, 6, 10, 11) being separated from the ground and a second position, the members anchors resting on the ground, the wheels being retracted.  20 - Trolley for the transport of fence energizers, according to claim 1, characterized in that the anchoring members (5, 6, 10, 11) are constituted by inclined rods, directed towards the rear of the chassis.  30 - Trolley for the transport of fence energizers, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the anchoring members (5, 6, 10, it) are constituted by four parallel rods arranged, two by two, in two parallel planes, said rods being connected together by a reinforcing frame, and two of said anchoring members (5, 6) constituting stops for holding the wheels (2C) in the transport position.