JP2001058582A - Tow board and industrial vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tow board for industrial vehicles where an upper aperture can be kept open without removal of the tow board and where a maintenance work can be improved. SOLUTION: A tow board 1 that occludes an upper aperture 72 between side hoods is composed of a housing rail 2 that is deployed and installed at the top and bottom parts of side hood, and a base two board 3 that has a guide pin 31 to insert into its slide groove 21 and is attached at the housing rail 2 in free rotation and movement, and a tip tow board 4 which is held so that it can slide against the base tow board 3. Further, the tow board 1 is so constructed that an upper aperture 72 is occluded by pulling out the tip tow board 4 from the base tow board 3 that is under the horizontal condition with the guide pin located at a top end part 22 of the slide groove, and that it is housed between the housing rails 2 and let the tip tow board 4 being housed into the base tow board 3 under the vertical condition with the guide pin located at bottom end part 23 of the slide groove.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toe board constituting a floor of a cab of an industrial vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various service parts requiring maintenance such as a battery are housed in the body of an industrial vehicle such as a forklift, and an opening is formed in the upper part of the body for maintenance. The opening is normally closed by a toe board constituting the floor of the cab. The toe board is provided so as to be detachable from the vehicle body. During maintenance, the toe board is removed from the vehicle body to open the opening, and service parts are repaired or inspected (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-282546).

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional toe board has the following problems. That is, to maintain the service parts stored in the vehicle body, the toeboard must be removed. At this time, the toeboard may be leaned on the vehicle body in order to save the trouble of lowering the removed toeboard under the vehicle body. In this case, not only does the toe board become an obstacle during the maintenance, but also the toe board must be prevented from falling down, resulting in a problem that the workability of the maintenance deteriorates.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an industrial vehicle which can open an upper opening provided in a vehicle body without removing a toe board, thereby improving maintenance workability. It is intended to provide a toe board.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toe board which closes an upper opening formed between side hoods disposed on the left and right sides of an industrial vehicle and forms a floor surface of a cab. The toe board includes a base toe board having a pair of storage rails vertically arranged on an outer surface of one of the side hoods, a guide pin for slidably inserting into a slide groove of the storage rail, and a base toe board. The base toe board is mounted on the storage rail so as to be rotatable from at least a substantially horizontal state to a substantially vertical state around the guide pin as a rotation center. When the guide pin is positioned at the upper end of the slide groove and the base toe board is in a substantially horizontal state, When the top toe board is pulled out of the base toe board, the upper opening is closed, and when the guide pin is positioned at the lower end of the slide groove to bring the base toe board into a substantially vertical state. In addition, there is provided a toe board for an industrial vehicle, wherein the tip toe board is stored in the base toe board so as to be stored between the pair of storage rails.

The most remarkable point in the present invention is that the toe board is composed of a base toe board and a tip toe board which can slide with respect to each other, and is rotatable with respect to the storage rail so as to be stored between a pair of storage rails. It is attached to. The above toe board is
It may be constituted by one sheet, or may be constituted by being divided into a plurality of sheets so as to be slidable with each other.

Next, the function and effect of the present invention will be described.
Normally, the toe board closes the upper opening by positioning the guide pin at the upper end of the slide groove, keeping the base toe board in a substantially horizontal state, and pulling out the tip toe board from the base toe board. Can be.

When the upper opening is opened for maintenance, first, the tip toe board is slid along the base toe board and stored in the base toe board, so that the base toe boat and the tip toe board can be opened. The portion of the upper opening that was closed by the toeboard can be opened. Furthermore, with the above guide pin as the center of rotation,
By rotating the base toe board to a substantially vertical state, the upper opening can be fully opened.

The base toe board in the substantially vertical state is slid along the storage rail until the guide pin is positioned at the lower end of the slide groove, thereby moving the toe board between the pair of storage rails. Can be stored.

As described above, in the present invention, by changing the positions of the tip toe board and the base toe board, partial opening of the upper opening and full opening of the upper opening can be easily realized without removing them. can do. Further, when the upper opening is fully opened, the base toe board and the tip toe board can be compactly stored beside the side frame. Therefore, during the maintenance, there is no concern that the toe board is in the way and the tip toe board or the base toe board is about to fall. Therefore, the workability of maintenance can be improved.

Next, as in the second aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the base toe board is provided with a pair of folded portions, and the tip toe board is provided so as to be housed between the pair of folded portions. . In this case, the tip toe board can be slidably held on the base toe board with a very simple structure.

Next, as in the third aspect of the present invention, a projecting portion extending from the folded portion is provided at the distal end of the base toe board, and is engaged with the projecting portion at the base end of the distal toe board. It is preferable to provide a stopper for preventing slippage. In this case, the stopper can be locked to the projection, so that when the tip toe board is pulled out, the tip toe board is prevented from being pulled out of the base toe board and coming off.

[0013] Next, as in the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that a locking portion for locking to the side hood is provided at the tip of the tip toe board. In this case, by locking the locking portion of the tip toe board to the side hood, it is possible to prevent the upper opening from being opened, for example, when the vehicle is running.

Next, it is preferable that the side hood is detachably attached to the industrial vehicle. In this case, the side hood to which the toeboard is not attached can be removed from the vehicle body by itself. Therefore, the right or left side of the upper opening can be opened, so that the maintenance workability can be further improved.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment A toe board of an industrial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Toe board 1 of this example
4 are side hoods 71 disposed on the left and right of a battery type forklift 7 as an industrial vehicle, as shown in FIG.
The upper opening 72 formed between the first and second 712 is closed, and the floor of the cab 73 is formed. Toe board 1
As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the side hood 7 on the left side of the vehicle body
A base toe board 3 having a pair of front and rear storage rails 2 disposed on the outer surface of the housing 11 along the vertical direction, and a pair of front and rear guide pins 31 to be slidably inserted into slide grooves 21 of each storage rail 2; The front toe board 4 is slidably held with respect to the base toe board 3.

The base toe board 3 includes guide pins 3
It is mounted on the storage rail 2 so as to be able to rotate at least from a substantially horizontal state to a substantially vertical state around the rotation center 1 (FIG. 3). The base toe board 3 is provided with a pair of folded portions 32 at the front and rear ends thereof, and the tip toe board 4 is provided so as to be housed between the pair of folded portions 32. In addition, base toe board 3
The protrusion 32 extending from the folded portion 32 has
And a projection 321 is provided at the base end of the toe board 4.
Is provided with a stopper 41 for locking.

An engaging portion 4 for engaging the side hood 712 on the right side of the vehicle body is provided at the end of the toe board 4.
2 is provided. The side hood 712 is detachably attached to the frame 742 of the battery-powered forklift 7 (FIG. 3). On the other hand, the opposite side hood 71
1 is fixed to the frame 741.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the guide pin 31 is located at the upper end 22 of the slide groove 21 and the base toe board 3 is in a substantially horizontal state, as shown in FIG. , The upper opening 72 is closed. As shown in FIG. 2, when the guide pin 31 is positioned at the lower end portion 23 of the slide groove 21 and the base toe board 3 is in a substantially vertical state, as shown in FIG.
By storing the tip toe board 4 in the base toe board 3, it is configured to be stored between the pair of storage rails 2 and 2.

Reference numeral 75 in FIG. 4 denotes a pillar.
Although not shown, the battery type forklift has a cargo handling device such as a fork or a mast.

Next, the procedure for opening the upper opening 72 by the toe board 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the toe board 1 normally draws the tip toe board 4 from the base toe board 3 with the guide pin 31 positioned at the upper end 22 of the slide groove 21 and the base toe board 3 being in a substantially horizontal state. The upper opening 72 is closed by the base toe board 3 and the tip toe board 4.

When the upper opening 72 is opened for maintenance such as replacement of the battery 8 housed under the toe board 1 and water replenishment, first, the tip toe board 4 is moved substantially horizontally along the base toe board 3. And slide it in the direction to store it in the base toe board 3. As a result, of the upper opening 72 closed by the base toe boat 3 and the tip toe board 4, the portion where the tip toe board 4 is closed is opened.

Further, by rotating the base toe board 3 containing the tip toe board 4 about the guide pin 31 to a substantially vertical state, the upper opening 7 is formed.
2 is fully opened. In addition, the guide pin 31 is
By sliding the base toe board 3 in a substantially vertical state substantially vertically along the storage rail 2 until the base toe board 3 is located at the lower end 23 of the first toe board 1, as shown in FIG. It is stored between the storage rails 2 and 2. Note that the upper opening 72 can be closed again by the reverse procedure.

Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, by changing the position of the tip toe board 4 as described above, it is possible to easily realize partial opening of the upper opening 72 without removing the tip toe board 4. Also, by changing the position of the base toe board 3 together with the tip toe board 4 as described above, the upper opening 72 can be removed without removing either toe board.
Can be easily fully opened.

Further, when the upper opening 72 is fully opened, the base toe board 3 and the tip toe board 4 can be compactly stored beside the side frame 711. Therefore, during maintenance, the toe board 1 does not interfere. Also, since the base toe board 3 and the tip toe board 4 are stored on the storage rail 2,
During maintenance, there is no fear that the tip toe board 4 or the base toe board 3 will fall over. Therefore, the workability of maintenance can be improved.

In the present embodiment, the base toe board 3 is provided with a pair of folded portions 32, 32, between which the tip toe board 4 can be stored. Therefore, the tip toe board 4 can be slidably held on the base toe board 3 with a very simple structure.

The base toe board 3 has a projection 32
1 and a toe board 4 with a stopper 4
1 is provided. For this reason, the stopper 41 can be locked to the protrusion 321, so that when the tip toe board 4 is pulled out from the base toe board 3, it is possible to prevent the tip toe board 4 from being pulled out of the base toe board 3 and coming off.

The tip toe board 4 is provided with a locking portion 42. Therefore, by locking the locking portion 42 to the side hood 712, it is possible to prevent the upper opening 72 from being opened during traveling of the vehicle.

The side hood 712 is detachably attached to the frame 742 of the vehicle body. for that reason,
Since the right side surface of the upper opening 72 can be opened, the maintenance workability can be further improved. Also, the battery 8 can be easily replaced without being lifted high.

In the present embodiment, a battery type forklift is cited as an example of an industrial vehicle. However, the toe board 1 of the present embodiment can be applied to a gasoline engine type forklift and various industrial vehicles.

The storing of the tip toe board 4 on the base toe board 3, the rotation of the base toe board 3, and the storing of the base toe board 3 on the storage rail 2 in storing the toe board 1 on the storage rail 2 are not necessarily performed in this order. It does not need to be performed in any order, and can be performed in various orders.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a toe board for an industrial vehicle in which the upper opening provided in the vehicle body can be opened without removing the toe board, thereby improving the workability of maintenance. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toe board in a normal state in an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the toe board is stored in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the toe board in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an industrial vehicle according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. . . 1. toe board, . . Storage rail, 21. . . Slide groove, 3. . . Base toe board, 31. . . Guide pins, 32. . . 3. folded part, . . Tip toe board, 41. . . 42. retaining stopper . . Locking part, 7. . . Battery-powered forklift, 711, 712. . . Side food, 72. . . Upper opening,

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A toe board for closing an upper opening formed between side hoods disposed on the left and right sides of an industrial vehicle and constituting a floor surface of a driver's cab.
A base toe board having a pair of storage rails disposed on the outer surface of one of the side hoods along a vertical direction, a guide pin for being slidably inserted into a slide groove of the storage rail, The base toeboard is mounted on the storage rail so as to be rotatable at least from a substantially horizontal state to a substantially vertical state around the guide pin as a center of rotation. When the guide pin is located at the upper end of the slide groove and the base toe board is in a substantially horizontal state, by pulling out the tip toe board from the base toe board,
It is configured to close the upper opening,
When the guide pin is located at the lower end of the slide groove and the base toe board is in a substantially vertical state, the tip toe board is stored in the base toe board so that the base toe board is stored between the pair of storage rails. A toe board for an industrial vehicle, comprising: 2. The industrial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the base toeboard is provided with a pair of folded portions, and the tip toeboard is provided so as to be housed between the pair of folded portions. Toe board. 3. The base toeboard according to claim 2, wherein a protrusion extending from the folded portion is provided at a distal end of the base toeboard, and a stopper for locking to the protrusion is provided at a base end of the distal toeboard. A toe board for an industrial vehicle, which is provided with a stopper. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
A toe board for an industrial vehicle, wherein a lock portion for locking to the side hood is provided at a tip of the tip toe board. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
The toeboard for an industrial vehicle, wherein the side hood is detachably attached to the industrial vehicle.