JP2000288443A - Position adjusting device for opening/closing body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make adjusting work more efficient by providing one of a supporting member for supporting an elastic body and a fixing member with oblong hole to be freely relatively displaceably inserted to the stem parts of clamping members over the prescribed length in the close direction of an opening/closing body. SOLUTION: The opening/closing body 12 and the elastic body 24 are brought into abutment in the closing direction of the opening/closing body 12 and the close position of the opening/closing body 12 is set. This elastic body 24 is supported by the supporting member 19. The supporting member 19 is clamped to the fixing member 15 by means of the clamping members 31 and 36 freely adjustably in their clamping force. The one of the supporting member 19 and the fixing member 15 are provided with the oblong hole and the stem parts 33 are inserted into the oblong hole 30 freely relatively displaceably with respect to the stem parts 33 of the clamping members 31 and 36 over the prescribed length in the close direction of the opening/closing body 12. As a result, the supporting member 19 and the elastic body 24 are prevented from being eventually oscillated around the stem parts 33 of the clamping members 31 and 36 and, therefore, the adjusting work may be made more efficient.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a position adjusting device for adjusting a closing position of an opening / closing member such as a bonnet of a speed sprayer, and more particularly to a position adjusting device capable of rationalizing the adjusting operation of the opening / closing member.

[0002]

FIG. 6 is a front view of a conventional position adjusting device 60 for a bonnet in a speed sprayer. The same elements as those of the embodiment of the present invention described later are designated by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. Only the main points will be described. The T-bolt 31 is inserted into the long hole 30 of the stay 19 so as to be vertically displaceable relative to the long hole 30 while being fixed to the vertical partition wall 15 of the body main body 11 (FIG. 1). When the nut 36 screwed to the screw shaft portion 33 of the T-shaped bolt 31 is loosened, the stay 19 can be moved up and down, and when the nut 36 is tightened,
The stay 19 is fixed to the body 11. Thereby, the height of the upper surface of the cylindrical rubber 24, that is, the closed position of the bonnet 12 (FIG. 1) is adjusted.

[0003]

The conventional position adjusting device 60
Then, when adjusting the height of the cylindrical rubber 24, the T-shaped bolt 31
Of the screw shaft 33 in the direction A around the axis of the screw shaft 33, and the adjustment work is complicated.

An object of the present invention is to provide a position adjusting device for an opening / closing body which overcomes the above-mentioned problems.

[0005]

The position adjusting device (18) for an opening / closing body according to the present invention has the following. Elastic body (24) that contacts the opening / closing body (12) in the closing direction of the opening / closing body (12) to set the closing position of the opening / closing body (12) .A support member (19) that supports the elastic body (24). Tightening members (31, 36) for adjusting the support member (19) to the fixing member (15) so as to be adjustable. Guide means for guiding the support member (19) in the closing direction of the elastic body (24).
(45, 51, 55) An opening / closing member provided on one of the support member (19) and the fixing member (15).
A slot (30) into which the shaft (33) is inserted so as to be relatively displaceable with respect to the shaft (33) of the fastening member (31, 36) over a predetermined length in the closing direction of (12).

[0006] The opening and closing movement of the opening and closing body (12) is not limited to a linear opening and closing movement, but also includes a swinging opening and closing movement. The configuration of the opening / closing body position adjusting device (18) is particularly advantageous when the operator cannot operate the fastening members (31, 36) without opening the opening / closing body (12). The opening / closing body position adjusting device (18) can hold the fastening members (31, 3) even when the opening / closing body (12) is closed.
It is also applicable when 6) can be operated.

The elongated hole (30) is generally formed in the support member (19), but may be formed in the fixing member (15).

When adjusting the closing position of the opening / closing body (12), the tightening force of the tightening members (31, 36) is appropriately loosened, and the support member (19) is easily adjusted with respect to the fixing member (15). Although there is no relative displacement,
For a displacement force equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the fastening member is so set that the support member (19) is allowed to move relative to the fixed member (15).
Set the tightening force of (31,36). And the elastic body (24)
Initially, the opening / closing body (12) is set at a position on the opposite side to the closing direction of the opening / closing body (12) from the desired closed position, that is, at a position appropriately protruding in the opening direction. When the opening / closing body (12) is closed in this way, the opening / closing body (12) comes into contact with the elastic body (24), and further, when the opening / closing body (12) is displaced in the closing direction by a displacement force of a predetermined value or more, the opening / closing body (12) is closed. The contact force from (12) acts on the elastic body (24),
The elastic body (24) and the support member (19) are fixed to the closing member (12) in the closing direction of the opening / closing body (12) through the displacement of the shaft part (33) of the fastening member (31, 36) in the long hole (30). Displaces relative to (15). In the relative displacement, since the guide means (45, 51, 55) appropriately guides the support member (19) in the closing direction of the opening / closing body (12), the support member (1
9) and the elastic body (24) are prevented from swinging around the shaft (33) of the fastening members (31, 36). When the opening / closing body (12) comes to a desired position in the closing direction, there is an opening / closing body (12).
Is stopped in the closing direction. At this time, the elastic body (24) is at a position corresponding to a desired closed position of the opening / closing body (12). When the operator can operate the fastening members (31, 36) even with the opening / closing body (12) closed, immediately,
If it is not possible to operate the fastening members (31, 36) without opening (12), open the opening / closing body (12) and then fully tighten the fastening members (31, 36), that is, The support member (19) is firmly fixed to the fixing member (15) so that a sufficient fastening force is generated.
In this opening / closing body position adjusting device (18),
Since the support member (19) does not rotate around the axis of the shaft portion (33) of the fastening members (31, 36), the adjustment work can be made more efficient.

According to the opening / closing body position adjusting device (18) of the present invention, the guide means slides on the both side edges of the support member (19) to guide the opening / closing body (12) in the closing direction. 45, 51, 55).

In order to add the guide means (45, 51, 55), there is no need to process the support member (19), so that the structure is simplified. Further, the guide means (45, 51, 5) is added to the conventional opening / closing body position adjusting device without the guide means (45, 51, 55).
The efficiency of the adjustment work can be achieved simply by equipping the fixing member (15) with 5).

According to the opening / closing body position adjusting device (18) of the present invention, both side edge guide means are formed on the surface of the fixing member (15).

Since the bracket for the guide means can be omitted, the number of parts can be reduced.

According to the opening / closing body position adjusting device (18) of the present invention, the side edge guide means (45, 51, 55) are separate from the fixing member (15) and fixed to the fixing member (15). Bracket (40,5
0,54).

According to the opening / closing body position adjusting device (18) of the present invention, the opening / closing body (12) is connected to the hood (12) of the automatic traveling vehicle (10).
It is.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows a speed sprayer 10
2 is a side view of the mounted state of the position adjusting device 18, and FIG. Speed sprayer 10
Has a body body 11, the body body 11 has an upper wall 16,
A vertical partition wall 15 hanging down from the edge of the upper wall 16 to define the engine compartment 13. Bonnet 12 is a vertical partition wall
At the edge farthest from 15, it is openably and closably connected to the body main body 11, and covers the upper part of the engine compartment 13 in the closed position. The hanging portion 14 hangs down along the edge of the bonnet 12 and contacts the upper end of the vertical partition wall 15 when the bonnet 12 is in the closed position. The position adjusting device 18 has a stay 19 and a cylindrical rubber 24, and regulates a closed position of the bonnet 12 by abutting the inner surface of the bonnet 12 on the upper surface of the cylindrical rubber 24. The stay 19 has an L-shaped profile when viewed from the side, and includes a horizontal portion 20 and a vertical portion 21 hanging down from a side edge of the horizontal portion 20. The bolt 25 has an upper end buried in the cylindrical rubber 24, penetrates the horizontal part 20 at the lower end, and is screwed with nuts 26 and 27 above and below the horizontal part 20, and is fixed to the horizontal part 20. I have. The long hole 30 extends vertically in the vertical portion 21. The T-bolt 31 has a flange portion 32 located on the side opposite to the engine compartment 13 with respect to the vertical partition wall 15, and a screw shaft portion 33 penetrating the vertical partition wall 15. Screw shaft
The distal end of 33 is threaded with a nut 36 after passing through the long hole 30, the flat washer 34, and the spring washer 35 in this order. nut
36 is a vertical partition wall as it is screwed deeply into the screw shaft 33
The tightening force between the vertical portion 21 and the vertical portion 21 of the stay 19 is increased, and when the screw is sufficiently deeply screwed, the vertical portion 21 is firmly fixed to the vertical partition wall 15.

FIG. 3 is a view of the position adjusting device 18 of FIG. 2 as viewed from below. 2 and 3, a pair of left and right brackets 40 are disposed on the left and right sides of the vertical portion 21 with the vertical portion 21 interposed therebetween, and each bolt 41 has a vertical partition similarly to the case of the T-shaped bolt 31. While being fixed to the wall 15, penetrate the insertion hole of each bracket 40, the nut 42 is screwed to the tip of the bolt 41,
The bracket 40 is fastened and fixed to the vertical partition wall 15.
The guide upright wall portion 45 is provided on each bracket 40 by the vertical portion 21.
Is formed on the side edge side that is in sliding contact with the side edge of the bracket 40, and stands upright from the main body of the bracket 40 at a height equal to or greater than the thickness of the vertical portion 21. The left and right brackets 40 are arranged such that the space between the guide upstanding wall portions 45 in the left and right direction is equal to the width of the vertical portion 21, and the guide upright wall portions 45 are aligned correctly in the up and down direction. Fixed to 15.

The operation of adjusting the height of the horizontal portion 20 will be described. As the nut 36 is screwed deeper into the threaded shaft portion 33 of the T-bolt 31, the fastening force of the T-bolt 31 and the nut 36 as a fixing force of the vertical portion 21 to the vertical partition wall 15 increases. Here, the first and second fastening forces are defined. When the fastening force of the vertical partition wall 15 and the vertical portion 21 by the T-shaped bolt 31 and the nut 36 is the first fastening force, when the displacement force applied to the stay 19 downward is less than the first displacement force, The fixing of the stay 19 to the vertical partition wall 15 is maintained, but when the displacement force applied downward to the stay 19 is equal to or greater than the first displacement force, the stay 19 is fixed.
19 descends with respect to the vertical partition wall 15. The second fastening force is
The T-bolt is set as a value greater than the first fastening force.
When the fastening force of the vertical partition wall 15 and the vertical portion 21 by the nut 31 and the nut 36 is the second fastening force, even if the displacement force applied to the stay 19 downward is sufficiently larger than the first displacement force, the vertical compartment The fixing of the stay 19 to the wall 15 is maintained. Initially, the height of the upper surface of the cylindrical rubber 24 is slightly higher than the height that the worker thinks appropriate, that is, until the outer surface of the bonnet 12 is still aligned with the height of the upper wall 16 of the body main body 11. Shortly before descending, the vertical position of the screw shaft portion 33 of the T-shaped bolt 31 in the elongated hole 30 is set so that the inner surface side of the bonnet 12 abuts on the upper surface of the horizontal portion 20, and the T-shaped bolt 31 and So that the fastening force of the nut 36 becomes the first fastening force,
The screwing position of the nut 36 on the screw shaft portion 33 is adjusted (hereinafter, referred to as “temporary tightening”). Next, when the hood 12 is closed, the inner surface of the hood 12 comes into contact with the upper surface of the columnar rubber 24 at a height at which the hood 12 does not yet properly close the engine compartment 13. Even after this contact, the operator displaces the bonnet 12 in the closing direction to the cylindrical rubber 24 with a displacement force equal to or greater than the first displacement force. As a result, the long hole 30 of the vertical portion 21 is
While moving relatively downward with respect to the screw shaft part 33 of 31, the stay
The vertical portion 21 of 19 slides downward with respect to the vertical partition wall 15.
Also, at this time, the vertical portion 21 of the stay 19 is guided vertically in the left and right side edges by the guide upstanding wall portion 45 of the bracket 40, and the A direction (the A direction as the rotation direction with respect to the screw shaft portion 33 of the T-shaped bolt 31). The displacement shown in FIG. 2) is prevented, and the device descends straight. In this speed sprayer 10, when the outer surface of the bonnet 12 is aligned with the upper wall 16 of the body body 11, the bonnet 12
When the hood 12 is at the appropriate closed position and the upper surface of the hood 12 is aligned with the upper wall 16 of the body main body 11, the operation of the hood 12 in the closing direction is stopped. And hood 12
, The nut 36 is screwed into the screw shaft 33 sufficiently deeply from the screwing position of the temporary tightening, and the T-shaped bolt 31 and the nut 36 are screwed.
To reach the second fastening force. Thereby, the vertical portion 21 of the stay 19 will be firmly fixed to the vertical partition wall 15, and thereafter, when closing the bonnet 12, the bonnet 12 abuts on the upper surface of the cylindrical rubber 24 at an appropriate position, The contact position is maintained at the position, and the closed position of the bonnet 12 is set to an appropriate position.

FIG. 4 shows a position adjusting device 18 having a bracket 50.
FIG. 3 is a diagram viewed from below. Bracket 50 replaces bracket 40 of FIG. The same elements are designated by the same reference numerals, and only the differences will be described. The bracket 50 is attached to the engine compartment 13 of the vertical partition wall 15 by bolts 41 and nuts 42.
It is fixed to the side surface and has a hole for inserting the screw shaft portion 33 of the T-shaped bolt 31. The vertical partition wall 15 has a bracket 50
The guide ridge 51 is fixed by welding. The guide ridge 51 has the same function as the guide upright wall 45 in FIG.
When the nut 36 is temporarily tightened first and then the bonnet 12 is lowered to an appropriate position, the nut 36 slides against the left and right side edges of the vertical portion 21 and the stay 19 is rotated straight down without rotating around the screw shaft portion 33. Guide to

FIG. 5 shows a position adjusting device 18 having a bracket 54.
FIG. 3 is a diagram viewed from below. Bracket 54 replaces bracket 40 of FIG. The same elements are designated by the same reference numerals, and only the differences will be described. The bracket 54 is attached to the engine compartment 13 of the vertical partition wall 15 by bolts 41 and nuts 42.
It is fixed to the side surface and has a hole for inserting the screw shaft portion 33 of the T-shaped bolt 31. The bracket 54 is manufactured by press working, and the guide bending portion 55 is integrally formed. The guide bend 55 has a function similar to that of the guide upright wall 45 in FIG. 3.
When lowering 12 to an appropriate position, it slides on the left and right edges of the vertical portion 21 and guides the stay 19 straight down without rotating around the screw shaft portion 33.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a position adjusting device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the position adjusting device.

FIG. 3 is a view of the position adjusting device of FIG. 2 as viewed from below.

FIG. 4 is a view of the position adjusting device having a bracket as viewed from below.

FIG. 5 is a view of the position adjusting device having a bracket as viewed from below.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a conventional position adjusting device for a bonnet in a speed sprayer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 speed sprayer (automatic traveling vehicle) 12 bonnet (opening / closing body) 15 vertical partition wall 18 position adjusting device (opening / closing body position adjusting device) 19 stay 24 cylindrical rubber (elastic body) 30 long hole 31 T-shaped bolt (fastening) 33) Screw shaft part (shaft part) 36 Nut (tightening member) 40 Bracket 45 Guide upright wall part (guide means both side edge guide means) 50 Bracket 51 Guide ridge (guide means both side edge guide means) 54 Bracket 55 Guide bending part (guide means both side edge guide means)

Claims (5)

[Claims] An elastic body (2) that contacts the opening / closing body (12) in the closing direction of the opening / closing body (12) to set a closed position of the opening / closing body (12).
4), a support member (19) for supporting the elastic body (24), a fastening member (31, 36) for fastening the support member (19) to the fixing member (15) so that a fastening force can be adjusted, Guide means (45, 51, 55) for guiding the support member (19) in the closing direction of the elastic body (24), and the opening / closing body provided on one of the support member (19) and the fixing member (15) A slot (3) into which the shaft (33) is inserted so as to be relatively displaceable relative to the shaft (33) of the fastening member (31, 36) over a predetermined length in the closing direction of (12).
0), a position adjusting device for an opening / closing body. 2. The guide means (45, 51, 55), wherein said guide means is a side edge guide means (45, 51, 55) which slides on both side edges of said support member (19) and guides said open / close body (12) in a closing direction. The position adjusting device for an opening / closing body according to claim 1. 3. The fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the side edge guide means is provided with the fixing member (1).
The position adjusting device for an opening / closing body according to claim 2, wherein the position adjusting device is formed on the surface of (5). 4. The side edge guide means (45, 51, 55) is attached to a bracket (40, 50, 54) which is separate from the fixing member (15) and is fixed to the fixing member (15). The position adjusting device for an opening / closing body according to claim 2, wherein the position adjusting device is formed. 5. The position adjusting device for an opening / closing body according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing body is a bonnet of an automatic traveling vehicle.