GB2158015A - Vehicle bodies - Google Patents

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GB2158015A
GB2158015A GB08510957A GB8510957A GB2158015A GB 2158015 A GB2158015 A GB 2158015A GB 08510957 A GB08510957 A GB 08510957A GB 8510957 A GB8510957 A GB 8510957A GB 2158015 A GB2158015 A GB 2158015A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00—Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/02—Platforms; Open load compartments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/04—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element
    • B60P1/28—Tipping body constructions
    • B60P1/283—Elements of tipping devices
    • B60P1/286—Loading buckets

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Abstract

The load container or load platform for a commercial vehicle has a floor member 10 supported on a channel member 26 having transverse stiffening ribs 34. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Improvements in or relating to vehicle bodies The present invention concerns improvements in or relating to vehicle bodies, especially but not exclusively open-topped load containers or platforms for commercial vehicles.
In the past load containers or platforms have often incorporated two longitudinal girders or strengthening members, running in the fore-and-aft direction, equispaced on either side of the central longitudinal axis of the container. These members have often been steel girders and have considerably increased the self-weight of the vehicle. As an increase in the self-weight of the vehicle leads to a decrease in its load-carrying capacity, attempts have been made in the past to reduce the weight of the longitudinal strenghtening members. One such attempt has involved fabricating box section members from folded aluminium and welding these to the underside of the floor member of the container or platform.The fabrication of these box section members has been time consuming and expensive as it involves at least one weld running the full length of the member and two additional welds for each member, again running the full length of the member, to fix the member to the underside of the floor member.
It is an object of the present invention to obviate or mitigate these disadvantages.
According to the present invention there is provided a load container or platform for a vehicle having a floor member and fixed to the underside thereof a single open-topped channel member provided with transverse stiffening ribs.
Preferably the width of the channel member is greater than one third of the width of the vehicle floor and its longitudinal axis corresponds with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle floor.
Additionally, the channel member may have a base which is parallel to the floor, two upstanding upwardly diverging sides and outwardly directed flanges at the free end of each side.
Preferably the channel is attached to the underside of the floor member of the load container or platform by a continuous longitudinal weld located at the edge of each flange.
Preferably the strengthening transverse members are manufactured from sheet material and have a profile corresponding to the internal profile of the channel, the strengthening members being fixed to the channel by continuous or stitch welding.
Preferably the channel and the transverse stiffening members are manufactured from aluminium alloy sheet.
An embodiment of the present invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure shows a cut-away perspective view from above one side and the front end of a load container for a commercial vehicle, and Figure 2shows a transverse cross-sectional elevation.
A load container comprises a floor member or plate 10 and upstanding sides 12 fixed thereto. At their lower ends the sides have inwardly directed gussets 14 and flanges 16 to which the floor plate 10 is attached by continuous weld 18. Box section strengthening members 20 are fixed to the upper edges of the sides and to its open rear end. The front 22 of the vehicle also has strengthening box section members 20 fixed to its upper end.
A longitudinal stiffening member 24 is fixed to the underside of the floor plate 10 and comprises a channel member whose width is approximately half the width of the container floor. The member 24 has a base 26, two upwardly diverging sides 28 which each terminate in an outwardly directed flange 30, the member 24 being fixed to the underside of the floor plate 10 by a continuous weld 32 at the outer edge of each flange 30.
Transverse stiffening plates 34 are fitted to the interior of the channel member 24 prior to its fitment to the underside of the floor plate 10. Each transverse stiffening member 34 is manufactured from sheet metal and has an external profile which corresponds to the internal profile of the channel so that it can be rigidly fixed within the channel at right angles to its longitudinal axis by continuous or stitch welding along its edges.
The present invention thus provides a relatively lightweight stiffening member which offers longitudinal and transverse rigidity and which is attachable to the vehicle utilising the minimum of welding, i.e.
two continuous welds.
Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention, for example the section of the channel member can be modified to any suitable form. To further lighten the channel member perforations may be provided in the base 26 thereof between the transverse stiffening members 34. The channel member may be fixed to the floor plate of the vehicle by methods other than welding, for example riveting, bolting or glueing.
Additional strengthening may be incorporated in the channel member to provide mounting means for the rear bogey of the vehicle or for tipping gear or the like. The load container need not be an open-topped container similar to that illustrated in the drawings, but could be a flat bed load platform or a tank.
In a further modification the load container is manufactured in two halves, each comprising a side and one half of the floor member, the two halves being joined by a longitudinal weld to form the container.
1. A load container or platform for a vehicle having a floor member and fixed to the underside thereof a single open-topped channel member provided with transverse stiffening ribs.
2. A load container or platform as claimed in claim 1, in which the width of the channel member is greater than one third of the width of the vehicle floor and its longitudinal axis corresponds with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle floor.
3. A load container or platform as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which the channel member has
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. SPECIFICATION Improvements in or relating to vehicle bodies The present invention concerns improvements in or relating to vehicle bodies, especially but not exclusively open-topped load containers or platforms for commercial vehicles. In the past load containers or platforms have often incorporated two longitudinal girders or strengthening members, running in the fore-and-aft direction, equispaced on either side of the central longitudinal axis of the container. These members have often been steel girders and have considerably increased the self-weight of the vehicle. As an increase in the self-weight of the vehicle leads to a decrease in its load-carrying capacity, attempts have been made in the past to reduce the weight of the longitudinal strenghtening members. One such attempt has involved fabricating box section members from folded aluminium and welding these to the underside of the floor member of the container or platform.The fabrication of these box section members has been time consuming and expensive as it involves at least one weld running the full length of the member and two additional welds for each member, again running the full length of the member, to fix the member to the underside of the floor member. It is an object of the present invention to obviate or mitigate these disadvantages. According to the present invention there is provided a load container or platform for a vehicle having a floor member and fixed to the underside thereof a single open-topped channel member provided with transverse stiffening ribs. Preferably the width of the channel member is greater than one third of the width of the vehicle floor and its longitudinal axis corresponds with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle floor. Additionally, the channel member may have a base which is parallel to the floor, two upstanding upwardly diverging sides and outwardly directed flanges at the free end of each side. Preferably the channel is attached to the underside of the floor member of the load container or platform by a continuous longitudinal weld located at the edge of each flange. Preferably the strengthening transverse members are manufactured from sheet material and have a profile corresponding to the internal profile of the channel, the strengthening members being fixed to the channel by continuous or stitch welding. Preferably the channel and the transverse stiffening members are manufactured from aluminium alloy sheet. An embodiment of the present invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure shows a cut-away perspective view from above one side and the front end of a load container for a commercial vehicle, and Figure 2shows a transverse cross-sectional elevation. A load container comprises a floor member or plate 10 and upstanding sides 12 fixed thereto. At their lower ends the sides have inwardly directed gussets 14 and flanges 16 to which the floor plate 10 is attached by continuous weld 18. Box section strengthening members 20 are fixed to the upper edges of the sides and to its open rear end. The front 22 of the vehicle also has strengthening box section members 20 fixed to its upper end. A longitudinal stiffening member 24 is fixed to the underside of the floor plate 10 and comprises a channel member whose width is approximately half the width of the container floor. The member 24 has a base 26, two upwardly diverging sides 28 which each terminate in an outwardly directed flange 30, the member 24 being fixed to the underside of the floor plate 10 by a continuous weld 32 at the outer edge of each flange 30. Transverse stiffening plates 34 are fitted to the interior of the channel member 24 prior to its fitment to the underside of the floor plate 10. Each transverse stiffening member 34 is manufactured from sheet metal and has an external profile which corresponds to the internal profile of the channel so that it can be rigidly fixed within the channel at right angles to its longitudinal axis by continuous or stitch welding along its edges. The present invention thus provides a relatively lightweight stiffening member which offers longitudinal and transverse rigidity and which is attachable to the vehicle utilising the minimum of welding, i.e. two continuous welds. Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention, for example the section of the channel member can be modified to any suitable form. To further lighten the channel member perforations may be provided in the base 26 thereof between the transverse stiffening members 34. The channel member may be fixed to the floor plate of the vehicle by methods other than welding, for example riveting, bolting or glueing. Additional strengthening may be incorporated in the channel member to provide mounting means for the rear bogey of the vehicle or for tipping gear or the like. The load container need not be an open-topped container similar to that illustrated in the drawings, but could be a flat bed load platform or a tank. In a further modification the load container is manufactured in two halves, each comprising a side and one half of the floor member, the two halves being joined by a longitudinal weld to form the container. CLAIMS
1. A load container or platform for a vehicle having a floor member and fixed to the underside thereof a single open-topped channel member provided with transverse stiffening ribs.
2. A load container or platform as claimed in claim 1, in which the width of the channel member is greater than one third of the width of the vehicle floor and its longitudinal axis corresponds with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle floor.
3. A load container or platform as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which the channel member has a base which is parallel to the vehicle floor, two upstanding upwardly diverging sides and outwardly directed flanges at the free end of each side.
4. A load container or platform as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, in which the channel member is attached to the underside of the floor member of the load container or platform by a continuous longitudinal weld located at the edge of each flange.
5. A load container or platform as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the strengthening transverse ribs are manufactured from sheet material and have a profile corresponding to the internal profile of the channel.
6. A load container or platform as claimed in claim 5, in which the strengthening ribs are fixed to the channel by continuous or stitch welding.
7. A load container or platform as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the channel and the transverse stiffening ribs are manufactured from aluminium alloy sheet.
8. A load container or platform for a vehicle, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
9. Any novel subject matter or combination including novel subject matter herein disclosed, whether or not within the scope of or relating to the same invention as any of the preceding claims.
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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GB2209139A (en) * 1987-08-29 1989-05-04 Leslie Dilks A load container
FR2645821A1 (en) * 1989-04-18 1990-10-19 Delmotte Michel LOADING SURFACE FOR BINS
WO2002096702A1 (en) * 2001-05-29 2002-12-05 Terex Corporation Joint isolation system and a dump body incorporating the same
EP3495201A1 (en) * 2017-12-06 2019-06-12 Schmitz Cargobull AG Recess body for a commercial vehicle
EP4091876A1 (en) * 2021-05-21 2022-11-23 Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy Subframe for box floor of dump truck and box of dump truck

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2209139A (en) * 1987-08-29 1989-05-04 Leslie Dilks A load container
GB2209139B (en) * 1987-08-29 1992-04-22 Leslie Dilks Improvements in or relating to vehicle bodies
FR2645821A1 (en) * 1989-04-18 1990-10-19 Delmotte Michel LOADING SURFACE FOR BINS
EP0394131A2 (en) * 1989-04-18 1990-10-24 Michel Delmotte Load platform for load compartment
EP0394131A3 (en) * 1989-04-18 1990-12-05 Michel Delmotte Load platform for load compartment
WO2002096702A1 (en) * 2001-05-29 2002-12-05 Terex Corporation Joint isolation system and a dump body incorporating the same
US6568744B2 (en) 2001-05-29 2003-05-27 Terex Corporation Joint isolation system and a dump body incorporating the same
US6754945B2 (en) 2001-05-29 2004-06-29 Steven J. Fujan Method of forming a stress isolating joint on a dump body
EP3495201A1 (en) * 2017-12-06 2019-06-12 Schmitz Cargobull AG Recess body for a commercial vehicle
EP4091876A1 (en) * 2021-05-21 2022-11-23 Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy Subframe for box floor of dump truck and box of dump truck
WO2022243182A1 (en) * 2021-05-21 2022-11-24 Sandvik Mining And Construction Oy Subframe for box floor of dump truck and box of dump truck

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