JP2005082356A - Roof cover of forklift - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roof cover of a forklift enabling the unloading of a battery by a lift without removing an entire roof from a head guard and capable of securely preventing rain leakage. <P>SOLUTION: A cutout part 12 for unloading the battery is formed in a hard roof plate 11 fixed to the upper side of a head guard 5. A hard cover body 13 matching the cutout part 12 is installed in the roof cover. Thus, the cutout part 12 can be opened by dismounting or opening the cover body 13 without removing the roof plate 11 from the head guard 5, and the battery can be unloaded by the hoist. Since the roof plate 11 and the cover body 13 are hard, rain-resistant finish can be easily and securely performed and rain leakage into an operator's seat can be securely prevented. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a roof cover for a forklift.

  In a counterbalance type forklift, in order to load and unload a battery by using a hoist such as a hoist or a crane, the headguard of the headguard extends over a width of about two-thirds from the one end in the vehicle width direction of the headguard. By removing the side frames and the cross beams (lateral beams) in the front-rear direction, so-called notch portions for battery loading and unloading are formed.

Further, Patent Documents 1 and 2 listed below describe a technique of providing a roof cover on the upper side of the head guard in which the battery loading notch is formed to avoid rain.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-7396 JP 2002-220193 A

  According to the prior art described in Patent Document 1, since the roof plate of the roof cover does not have a notch corresponding to the notch for loading and unloading the battery of the head guard, the roof cover is used for loading and unloading the battery. There is a problem that workability is bad.

  According to the prior art described in Patent Document 2, since the canvas roof and a part of the canvas roof are connected by fasteners, snaps, etc., there is a problem that rainwater leaks and is applied to the driver. Also, the work of making one canvas roof and winding the canvas roof in the vehicle width direction over its entire length is poor in workability.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a roof cover for a forklift that solves these problems of the prior art, can improve the workability of battery loading and unloading operations, and can reliably prevent rain leakage to the driver's seat. And

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a roof cover for a forklift that is fixed to the upper side of a head guard, a hard roof plate having a battery loading notch, and a notch in the roof plate. In addition, a technical means including a hard lid body that is detachable from the roof plate or that can be opened and closed is employed.

  According to this, when the lid body is detached from the roof plate or opened without disassembling the roof plate from the head guard, the notch is opened, and the hoist or crane is used to lift the battery. Can be loaded and unloaded.

  Further, since the roof plate and the lid are made hard, it is easy to form draining ridges or grooves on the roof plate and the lid, and it is also easy to support the sealing member. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent rain leakage by adopting an appropriate rain closing structure.

  According to the present invention, without disassembling the roof plate from the head guard, only the lid body is separated from the roof plate, or the lid body supported by the roof plate is opened, so that the notches formed in the roof plate are formed. The part can be opened and the battery can be loaded and unloaded using the lifting machine, so that the battery can be easily replaced.

  Further, since the roof plate and the lid are made hard, it is possible to reliably prevent rain leakage to the driver's seat by adopting an appropriate rain closing structure.

  In the present invention, if the technical means characterized in that the notch is opened by sliding the lid body to the opposite side of the vehicle body along the upper surface of the roof plate, the lid body is adopted. Since the lid can be automatically opened by the movement of a crane or the like without having to be removed, there is no need for trouble, and there is no risk of the lid being dropped and deformed or damaged.

  A roof cover of a forklift according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a roof cover of a forklift according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the forklift having the roof cover.

  The forklift shown in FIG. 2 is a counterbalance forklift. A battery room 2 is provided at the center of the body frame 1 in the front-rear direction. A battery cover 3 that opens and closes the upper side of the battery room 2 has a rear end at the body frame 1. And is opened and closed with its front end up and down.

  A driver seat 4 is disposed above the battery room 2, and a head guard 5 is provided to protect the driver seated on the driver seat 4 from falling objects.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the head guard 5 includes a rear pillar 6a and a front pillar 6b fixed to the vehicle body frame 1, respectively, and left and right side frames 7a continuously extended forward from the upper end of the rear pillar 6a. , 7b (7c, 7d: 7c, 7d will be described later), and a cross beam 8 for connecting the left and right side frames 7a, 7b with an appropriate interval in the front-rear direction and a cross beam 8 arranged in the front-rear direction. A lateral beam 9 to be connected is provided.

  The right side frame 7b on either the left or right side, for example, in the forward direction, is located at the most suitable position for lifting the battery B when viewed from the side, that is, centered on the center of gravity of the battery B. Divided into a rear side frame 7d. Between the front and rear side frames 7c and 7d, an interval 20 is provided so that the hoisting rope (indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2) for lifting the battery B can freely move in the vehicle width direction. Are equally distributed back and forth with the center of gravity of the battery B as the center.

  In addition, the lateral beam 9 is not provided in the two-thirds range from the right in the vehicle width direction at the position where the distance 20 is placed. For example, the hoisting rope of the lifting machine that lifts the battery It can move freely between the right side of the body of the forklift.

  The head guard 5 is covered with a roof plate 11 of the roof cover 10 from above, and a battery loading notch portion 12 corresponding to the interval 20 of the head guard 5 is formed on the roof plate 11.

  The roof plate 11 is made of a hard material such as a metal plate such as an iron plate or a steel plate, a synthetic resin plate containing FRP, or a molded product, and is fixed to the head guard 5. As the fixing method, for example, a method of fixing the head guard 5 to the head guard 5 by welding in addition to a method of fixing the head guard 5 using a number of screws, bolts, rivets, strings, adhesives, or the like may be employed. .

  As described above, the notch 12 is developed in conformity with the interval 20 of the head guard 5 and is opened on the right side. That is, since it has a shape that is cut into a square groove shape from the right end of the roof plate 11 to 2/3 in the vehicle width direction, for example, the sling rope of the lifting machine that lifts the battery as described above is on the forklift. It does not interfere with movement between the slinging position and the right side of the forklift body.

  By the way, the roof cover 10 includes a hard lid 13 that matches the notch 12 from above. As shown in the longitudinal sectional side view of FIG. 3, the roof plate 11 is provided with a guide ridge 14 having a reverse saddle-shaped cross-sectional shape that protrudes upward from the front and rear edges of the notch 12 as necessary. An engagement groove 15 having a bowl-shaped cross section corresponding to the guide protrusion 14 is formed on the lower surface of the lid 13.

  For example, by inserting the lid 13 into the roof plate 11 from the right side of the roof plate 11 and sliding it to the left so that the guide protrusion 14 and the engagement groove 15 are engaged with each other, the notch 12 is formed. Closed.

  As shown in the longitudinal rear view of FIG. 4, a locking groove 16 that is recessed from the upper surface of the roof plate 11 is formed on the left side of the notch portion 12, and the engagement groove 16 is formed on the lower surface of the left end portion of the lid body 13. The lid body 13 is slid leftward until the stop protrusion 17 is fitted in the locking groove 16. The lid 13 is positioned at the closed position for closing the notch 12 by the engagement of the locking groove 16 and the locking protrusion 17.

  When the lid 13 positioned at the closed position is pushed rightward with a certain level of strength, the engagement between the locking groove 16 and the locking projection 17 is released, and when the lid 13 is further slid rightward, the roof The lid 13 is disassembled from the plate 11.

  Since the roof plate 11 and the lid body 13 are hard, although not shown, for example, a gap for draining water is provided between the roof plate 11 and the lid body 13 positioned at the closed position, or the lid body 13. A drainage ridge, recess, or the like is provided on the periphery of the notch or the notch, and rainwater rotates from between the roof plate 11 and the lid 13 to the lower side of the roof plate 11 by capillary action. Can not be.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example, the roof plate 11 is supported with a sealing member 18 made of rubber or the like as required, and the lid 13 is brought into contact with the sealing member 18 in a watertight manner. By doing so, it is possible to reliably prevent rain leakage.

  As described above, according to the roof cover 10 of this forklift, when the lid 13 is removed from the roof plate 11, the battery loading notch 12 is opened and the roof plate 11 is removed from the head guard 5. The battery can be unloaded and the workability can be improved.

  Further, since the roof plate 11 and the lid body 13 are hard, raining between them is easy and rain leakage can be reliably prevented.

  FIG. 5 shows a roof cover 10 of a forklift according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the lid body 13 has a closed position in which the right edge thereof is aligned with the right edge of the roof plate 11, and the closed position. The roof plate 11 is slidably supported over an open position located to the left of about two-thirds of the vehicle width.

  According to this, it is possible to move from the closed position to the open position by pushing from the right to the left with a hook of a crane, for example, and it becomes unnecessary to remove the lid 13, so that workability can be further improved.

  Other configurations, operations, and effects of this embodiment are the same as those of the previous example.

  Although not shown, the left end portion of the lid body 13 may be hinged to the roof plate 11 and the right end portion of the lid body 13 may be turned up and down to open and close the notch portion 12. Requires a space for the lid 13 to rotate and move above the roof plate 11 when the lid is opened.

  Further, it is not essential for the present invention that the lid 13 is slidably supported on the roof plate 11. For example, the lid 13 may be placed on the notch 12 and bolted. .

  The roof cover of the present invention has an effect that the battery can be loaded and unloaded using a hoist such as a hoist and a crane without disassembling the roof plate from the head guard, and the forklift driven by the battery, etc. Useful for.

It is an exploded perspective view of the present invention. It is a side view of the present invention. It is a vertical side view of the present invention. It is a vertical rear view of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

5 Head guard 10 Roof cover 11 Roof plate 12 Notch 13 Lid 18 Sealing member

Claims (2)

In a roof cover of a forklift fixed to the upper side of the head guard, a hard roof plate formed with a notch for loading and unloading the battery and a notch in the roof plate and being detachable from the roof plate or A roof cover for a forklift comprising a hard lid that can be opened and closed. 2. The roof cover for a forklift according to claim 1, wherein the notch is opened by sliding the lid along the upper surface of the roof plate to the opposite side of the vehicle body.

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