IE20060880A1 - Tipping truck manufacture - Google Patents

Tipping truck manufacture

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IE20060880A1
IE20060880A1 IE20060880A IE20060880A IE20060880A1 IE 20060880 A1 IE20060880 A1 IE 20060880A1 IE 20060880 A IE20060880 A IE 20060880A IE 20060880 A IE20060880 A IE 20060880A IE 20060880 A1 IE20060880 A1 IE 20060880A1
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chassis
floor panel
tipping body
side walls
mounting
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IE20060880A
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James Kelly
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James Kelly
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D65/00Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60PVEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/04Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60PVEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/04Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element
    • B60P1/16Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element actuated by fluid-operated mechanisms
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60PVEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/04Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element
    • B60P1/28Tipping body constructions
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60PVEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/04Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element
    • B60P1/28Tipping body constructions
    • B60P1/283Elements of tipping devices
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60PVEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/04Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with a tipping movement of load-transporting element
    • B60P1/28Tipping body constructions
    • B60P1/283Elements of tipping devices
    • B60P1/286Loading buckets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/02Platforms; Open load compartments
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/02Platforms; Open load compartments
    • B62D33/023Sideboard or tailgate structures
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D65/00Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
    • B62D65/02Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components

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  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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Abstract

Forming (10) metal structural elements and assembling the metal structural elements to form (12) a floor panel with a pair of parallel spaced-apart longitudinal runners with tapered side walls on an underside of the floor panel. Mounting side walls (41), a front board (43) and a back gate (42) upstanding around the floor panel, aligning (44) same and welding in position to form a rigid tipping body. Hingedly mounting (69) the tipping body on the longitudinal chassis members of a truck chassis. Connecting (54) a ram between the chassis and a front of the tipping body. Mounting guide arms at the front end of the chassis of complementary shape to the runners on the underside of the floor panel of the tipping body, the guide arms extending upwardly and outwardly of the chassis for engaging and securing the runners on the chassis when the tipping body is in a lowered position. Various finishing operations (90) are then carried out. <Figure 1>

Description

This invention relates to a process for manufacturing a tipping truck.
The process particularly relates to the manufacture of a tipping truck having a wheeled chassis with a pair of parallel spaced-apart longitudinal chassis members and a tipping body hingedly mounted thereon for movement between a lowered transport position and a raised inclined unloading position on the chassis.
Statements of Invention According to the invention, there is provided a process for manufacturing a tipping truck having a wheeled chassis with a pair of parallel spaced-apart longitudinal chassis members and a tipping body hingedly mounted thereon for movement between a lowered transport position and a raised inclined unloading position on the chassis, the process including: cutting and shaping metal sheet material for forming metal structural elements; welding a pair of spaced-apart parallel runners to an underside of a rectangular floor panel, the runners extending between a front end and a rear end of the floor panel, each runner being of channel section with tapered side walls extending outwardly from the floor panel and terminating in a flat bearing strip which is parallel to the floor panel, the spacing the between the bearing strips corresponding to the spacing between upper bearing surfaces of the pair of longitudinal chassis members; welding support beams along a front edge and a rear edge of the floor ({Ο 6 00 -2panel on the underside of the floor panel; welding channel section support rails along each side of the floor panel on the underside of the floor panel; forming a pair of side walls, each side wall being formed by welding a top rail, a front pillar and a back pillar to a top, a front and a rear end of a rectangular side panel; mounting the side walls upstanding along each upper side edge of the floor panel between the front end and the rear end of the floor panel and tack welding the side walls in position to temporarily hold the side walls in position on the floor panel; mounting a front board upstanding at a front upper edge of the floor panel between the front pillars of the side walls and hingedly mounting a back gate between the back pillars of the side walls at a rear edge of the floor panel; aligning the side walls, front board and back gate of the floor panel; welding the side walls, front board and floor panel together to form a rigid tipping body with the back gate hingedly mounted at its upper end to the back pillars of the side walls; seating a mounting frame on the longitudinal chassis members at a front end of the chassis and bolting the mounting frame to the longitudinal chassis members, said mounting frame having box-section supports which seat on the longitudinal chassis members with downwardly extending side plates which engage an outer face of each longitudinal chassis member to which they are bolted, a channel section mount extending between the supports and having means for pivotally mounting a ram on the mounting frame; HO 6 0 8 SO -3mounting a ram and associated hydraulic actuator on the mounting frame at a front end of the vehicle chassis; hingedly mounting the tipping body on the chassis, with the bearing strip of each runner seated on a longitudinal beam of the chassis, a horizontal pivot pin mounted at a rear end of the chassis between the longitudinal chassis members pivotally engaging in associated bearings mounted on the runners on an underside of the tipping body at a rear end of the tipping body; mounting a pair of guide arms on the chassis adjacent the front of the chassis, said guide arms being complementary in shape to the elongate runners on the underside of the tipping body, a guide arm being mounted on each longitudinal chassis member and extending upwardly and outwardly from the chassis member for engagement with a sloped side wall of a runner to guide the bearing strip of each runner into alignment with a top bearing surface of its associated longitudinal chassis member and retain the runner on the top bearing surface when the tipping body is in the lowered position on the chassis; and pivotally connecting the ram to the front board of the tipping body.
In one embodiment of the invention, the process includes the step of mounting heat insulating material on each side wall of the tipping body.
In another embodiment, the process includes securing the insulation material on the side wall by a number of retaining panels, each retaining panel having at least one free end to allow free expansion and contraction of the panel.
In a further embodiment, the process includes mounting a locking mechanism at a rear of the tipping body, said locking mechanism being engagable with the back gate when the tipping body is in the lowered position for locking the back gate.
In another embodiment, the locking mechanism is adapted for engaging and |(0 60 β80 -4locking the back gate as the tipping body is lowering from the raised position into the lowered position.
In another embodiment, the process includes mounting a cover at a top of the tipping body.
Detailed Description of the Invention The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description of some embodiments thereof, given by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating the process of the invention; Figs. 2 to 5 show steps in the fabrication of a floor of a tipping body according to the process of the invention; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a partially assembled tipping body; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a tipping body formed by the process; Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of a truck chassis; Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing a tipping ram assembly mounted on the chassis; Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of a tipping ram mounting frame of the tripping ram assembly; Fig. 11 is an exploded side elevational view showing the chassis and an associated tipping body for mounting on the chassis; Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic detail perspective view showing a mounting arrangement of the tipping body on the chassis; jgo 6 0 8βθ -5Fig. 13 is a side elevational view showing the tipping body mounted on the chassis; and Fig. 14 is a view similar to Fig. 13 showing the tipping in a raised tipping position.
A process according to the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Various metal structural elements are formed 10 by cutting and shaping metal sheet material as required. At a floor assembly station 12 a number of the structural elements are formed into a floor assembly. Fig. 2 shows a rectangular floor panel 14 which is mounted on a support bed. A pair of spaced-apart parallel runners 15 (Fig. 3) are welded to an underside of the floor panel 14. These runners 15 extend between a front end 16 and a rear end 17 of the floor panel 14. Each runner 15 is of channel section with tapered side walls 18, 19 extending outwardly from the floor panel 14 and terminating in a flat bearing strip 20 which is parallel to the floor panel 14. It will be noted that the spacing between the bearing strips 20 corresponds to the spacing between the upper flat bearing surfaces 21 of a pair of longitudinal chassis members 25 (Fig. 12) of a truck chassis 26 (Fig. 8). Support beams 27, 28 are welded along the front end 16 and rear end 17 of the floor panel 14 on the underside of the floor panel 14. Support rails 29, 30 are welded along each side of the floor panel 14 on the underside of the floor panel 14 between the support beams 27, 28. This provides a rigid floor assembly.
A pair of side walls 31 are formed 39 by welding a top rail 32, a front pillar 33 and a back pillar 34 to a top 35, a front end 36 and a rear end 37 of a rectangular side panel 38.
The side walls 31 are mounted 41 upstanding along each upper side edge of the floor panel 14 between the front end 16 and rear end 17 of the floor panel 14. At this stage, the side walls 31 are tack welded in position on the floor panel 14 to temporarily support the side walls 31 on the floor panel 14.
Next (Fig. 7) a front board 40 is mounted 43 upstanding at a front upper edge of |f 0 60 810 -6the floor panel 14 between the front pillars 33 of the side walls 38. A back gate 42 is also hingedly mounted between the back pillars 34 at a rear edge of the floor panel 14. An auto-lock mechanism is provided on the floor assembly along the rear end 17 to lock the back gate 42 when it closes.
The side walls 38, front board 40 and back gate 42 are then correctly aligned 44 on the floor panel 14 to be perpendicular to the floor panel 14 and to each other. Once correctly aligned the side walls 38, front board 40 and floor panel 14 are welded together to form a rigid tipping body indicated generally by the reference numeral 50 with the back gate 42 hingedly mounted at its upper end to the back pillars 34 of the side walls 38.
Fig. 8 shows a truck chassis 26 mounted on wheels 52. A cab 53 and engine are mounted at a front end of the truck chassis 26. The truck chassis 26 essentially comprises a pair of parallel spaced-apart longitudinal chassis members 25.
An hydraulic tipping system is mounted 54 on the chassis 26. A telescopic ram 55 is mounted by a hinge pin 56 at its lower end on a mounting frame 57 which is mounted on the chassis 26 between the longitudinal chassis members 25 at a front end of the chassis 26 immediately behind the cab 53.
The ram mounting frame 57 is shown in more detail in Fig. 10. The frame 57 has a pair of spaced-apart box-section supports 58 which are mounted onto the longitudinal chassis members 25 (shown in broken outline). Side plates 59 extend downwardly at an outer side of each support 58 overlying an outer side face of the chassis longitudinal member 25 to which the side plates 59 are bolted. A channel section mount 60 sits on the supports 58. The mount 60 has a base plate 61 extending between the supports 58 to which it is welded. A front wall 62 and a rear wall 63 extend upwardly from the base plate 61. A pair of spaced-apart webs 64 extend between the front wall 62 and rear wall 63 and have through-holes 65 for reception of the hinge pin 56 for mounting the ram 55. An hydraulic oil tank 56 for the ram 55 is secured on the mount 60. The mounting frame 57 is fabricated and simply dropped into position on the chassis longitudinal members 25 to which the side plates 59 are bolted.
||(D OS Ο -7The tipping body 50 is hingedly mounted 69 on the chassis 26 with the bearing strip 20 of each runner 15 seated on a longitudinal member 25 of the chassis 26. This is best seen in Fig. 12. Downwardly depending brackets 70 at rear ends of the runners 15 carrying a bearing 71 which rotatably engages a complementary pivot pin 72 supported between the longitudinal chassis members 25.
A pair of guide arms 65 are mounted on the chassis longitudinal members 25 adjacent a front end of the chassis 26. A guide arm 65 is mounted on each longitudinal chassis member 25 and extends upwardly and outwardly from the chassis member for engagement with a sloped side wall 19 of a runner 15 to guide the bearing strip 20 of each runner 15 into alignment with a top bearing surface 21 of its associated longitudinal chassis member 25 and retain the runner 15 on the top bearing surface 21 when the tipping body 50 is in the lowered position on the chassis 26.
The ram 55 is connected (Fig. 13) by a pivot connector 80 to the front board 40 of the tipping body 50.
Various finishing operations 90 are then carried out such as mounting mud flaps 91 on the tipping body 50 and painting the tipping body 50 if required.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments hereinbefore described but may be varied in both construction and detail within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (5)

1. A process for manufacturing a tipping truck having a wheeled chassis with a pair of parallel spaced-apart longitudinal chassis members and a tipping body hingedly mounted thereon for movement between a lowered transport position and a raised inclined unloading position on the chassis, the process including: cutting and shaping metal sheet material for forming metal structural elements; welding a pair of spaced-apart parallel runners to an underside of a rectangular floor panel, the runners extending between a front end and a rear end of the floor panel, each runner being of channel section with tapered side walls extending outwardly from the floor panel and terminating in a flat bearing strip which is parallel to the floor panel, the spacing the between the bearing strips corresponding to the spacing between upper bearing surfaces of the pair of longitudinal chassis members; welding support beams along a front edge and a rear edge of the floor panel on the underside of the floor panel; welding channel section support rails along each side of the floor panel on the underside of the floor panel; forming a pair of side walls, each side wall being formed by welding a top rail, a front pillar and a back pillar to a top, a front and a rear end of a rectangular side panel; mounting the side walls upstanding along each upper side edge of the floor panel between the front end and the rear end of the floor panel and tack welding the side walls in position to temporarily hold the side walls in position on the floor panel; ||0 bO 8 -9mounting a front board upstanding at a front upper edge of the floor panel between the front pillars of the side walls and hingedly mounting a back gate between the back pillars of the side walls at a rear edge of the floor panel; aligning the side walls, front board and back gate of the floor panel; welding the side walls, front board and floor panel together to form a rigid tipping body with the back gate hingedly mounted at its upper end to the back pillars of the side walls; seating a mounting frame on the longitudinal chassis members at a front end of the chassis and bolting the mounting frame to the longitudinal chassis members, said mounting frame having box-section supports which seat on the longitudinal chassis members with downwardly extending side plates which engage an outer face of each longitudinal chassis member to which they are bolted, a channel section mount extending between the supports and having means for pivotally mounting a ram on the mounting frame; mounting a ram and associated hydraulic actuator on the mounting frame at a front end of the vehicle chassis; hingedly mounting the tipping body on the chassis, with the bearing strip of each runner seated on a longitudinal beam of the chassis, a horizontal pivot pin mounted at a rear end of the chassis between the longitudinal chassis members pivotally engaging in associated bearings mounted on the runners on an underside of the tipping body at a rear end of the tipping body; mounting a pair of guide arms on the chassis adjacent the front of the chassis, said guide arms being complementary in shape to the elongate runners on the underside of the tipping body, a guide arm being -10mounted on each longitudinal chassis member and extending upwardly and outwardly from the chassis member for engagement with a sloped side wall of a runner to guide the bearing strip of each runner into alignment with a top bearing surface of its associated longitudinal chassis member and retain the runner on the top bearing surface when the tipping body is in the lowered position on the chassis; and pivotally connecting the ram to the front board of the tipping body.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the process includes the step of mounting heat insulating material on each side wall of the tipping body, securing the insulation material on the side wall by a number of retaining panels, each retaining panel having at least one free end to allow free expansion and contraction of the panel.
3. A process as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the process includes mounting a locking mechanism at a rear of the tipping body, said locking mechanism being engagable with the back gate when the tipping body is in the lowered position for locking the back gate, the locking mechanism being adapted for engaging and locking the back gate as the tipping body is lowering from the raised position into the lowered position.
4. A process for manufacturing a tipping truck substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
5. A tipping truck whenever manufactured according to the process as claimed in any preceding claim.
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