JP2529089Y2 - Bus spare tire storage structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for storing a spare bus tire on a vehicle body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure for storing a spare tire in a standing state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a structure for storing a bus spare tire, as shown in FIGS.
A spare tire storage room 2 which is provided below and has a slot 2a for a spare tire 1 in a portion corresponding to an outer surface of a vehicle body is known. The storage chamber 2 is formed long in the vehicle width direction so that the spare tire 1 can be stored with the outer peripheral surface thereof oriented in the vehicle width direction, and the lid 6 attached to the access opening 2a closes the vehicle body outer surface in a closed state. It is formed so as to be substantially flush with the panel 7 to be formed. The bottom plate 8 forming the storage chamber 2 has a bottom plate main body 8a that supports the spare tire 1, and a rotating plate 8b whose base end is rotatably pivotally attached to an end of the bottom plate main body 8a facing the lid 6. The skirt rail 5 located at the lower edge of the access opening 2a is detachably attached to another skirt rail (not shown) provided inside the lower edge of the panel 7. The upper end of the skirt rail 5 abuts the tip of the rotating plate 8b so as to keep the rotating plate 8b substantially horizontal. A stopper 3a is fixed to the upper part of the back plate 3 at the back of the storage chamber 2 facing the lid 6, and the stopper 3a
The spare tire 1 is fixed by a and a lock bar 9 bridged over a pair of side plates adjacent to the back plate 3.

However, in the above spare tire storage structure,
When the skirt rail 5 is removed and the rotating plate 8b is rotated until its tip comes into contact with the road surface, the slope formed by the rotating plate 8b is steep. 1 had to be lifted to support almost the entire weight. Further, there is a problem that the lock bar 9 must be detached and attached each time the spare tire 1 is stored or taken out.

[0004] In order to solve these problems, a spare tire storage chamber is provided on the vehicle body so that the spare tire can be stored in an upright state, and a tire guide pivotally mounted on a bottom plate in the vicinity of the entrance is provided with a tire guide from the bottom plate. A bus configured so that a winch having a chain installed in the storage room and wound around the spare tire rolls the spare tire. (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-124483) is disclosed. In this device, the spare tire with a chain is rolled on the tire guide just by winding the winch, so that the spare tire can be stored in the storage room by light work.

[0005]

However, in the above apparatus, there is a trouble in that the chain is hung around the spare tire. In addition, there was a problem that it took time to wind up the chain. Further, since the winch is provided in the storage room, there is a problem that the cost is increased and the number of parts is increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a spare tire storing structure of a bus which can easily take out or store a spare tire with a small amount of labor by adding a small number of parts and can securely fix the spare tire at the time of storage. It is in.

[0007]

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 6 corresponding to the embodiment. The present invention provides a spare tire storage room 12 having a spare tire 11 standing upright on a vehicle body of a bus 10 and having an inlet / outlet 12a for the spare tire 11, and a substantially same surface as a vehicle body outer plate of the bus 10. A lid 16 for opening and closing the door 12a;
2, a bottom plate body 18a that supports the spare tire 11 of the bottom plate 18; and a rotating plate 18b whose base end is rotatably pivotally attached to an end of the bottom plate 18 that faces the lid 16 of the bottom plate body 18a. This is an improvement in a spare tire storage structure for a bus having a removable skirt rail 21 for holding the rotating plate 18b substantially horizontally. The characteristic configuration is
An auxiliary plate 26 having one end pivotally mounted on the upper surface near the base end of the rotary plate 18b, and an auxiliary plate support 27 that can be adjusted so that the auxiliary plate 26 is at a predetermined angle with respect to the rotary plate 18b,
When the spare tire 11 is removed from the storage room 12 or stored, the auxiliary plate 26 forms an inclined surface from the bottom plate body 18a toward the road surface, and the auxiliary plate 26 is stored in the storage room 12 while the auxiliary plate 26 is in the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11. Where it is configured to abut.

[0008]

When taking out the spare tire 11 from the spare tire storage room 12, when the lid 16 is opened and the skirt rail 21 is removed, the rotating plate 18b rotates until its tip comes into contact with the road surface, and the tip is inclined toward the road surface. Auxiliary plate 2
6 and take out the spare tire 11. When the spare tire 11 is stored in the storage room 12, the standing spare tire 11 is rolled on the inclined auxiliary plate 26 to store the spare tire 11 in the storage room 12, and the rotating plate 18b is set substantially horizontally. The skirt rail 21 is attached and the lid 16 is closed in a state where the auxiliary plate 26 whose tip is inclined upward contacts the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the spare tire 11 of the bus 10 is stored in a spare tire storage room 12 formed such that the spare tire 11 can be stored while the tire 11 is standing.
The storage room 12 is provided below the floor panel 14 forming the vehicle compartment, and is formed to be long in the vehicle width direction with the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11 facing the vehicle width direction (FIGS. 5 and 6).
The storage room 12 is formed on one outer surface of the vehicle body, and has an access opening 12a through which the spare tire 11 is put in and out. This access port 12a has this access port 12a.
The lid 16 is formed so as to be substantially flush with a panel 17 forming an outer surface of the bus 10 when the lid 10 is closed. The bottom plate 18 that forms the storage chamber 12 is the bottom plate body 1 that supports the spare tire 11.
8a, and a rotating plate 18b whose base end is rotatably pivoted via a hinge 50 at an end of the bottom plate body 18a facing the lid 16 (FIGS. 1 and 2). A skirt rail 19 is provided inside the lower edge of the panel 17, and
The skirt rail 21 located at the lower edge of 2a is a bolt 22
To the skirt rail 19 (FIG. 4). The top of the skirt rail 21 is in contact with the tip of the rotary plate 18b, and the skirt rail 21 is configured to hold the rotary plate 18b substantially horizontally. A stopper 24, which forms the storage chamber 12 and is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11, is fixed to an upper portion of the back plate 23 facing the lid 16 (FIGS. 1 and 2).

The characteristic configuration of this embodiment is that the rotating plate 18b
One end of the auxiliary plate 26 is pivotally connected to the upper surface near the base end via the pin 51, and is supported by an auxiliary plate support 27 that can be adjusted so that the auxiliary plate 26 is at a predetermined angle with respect to the rotary plate 18b. There. The auxiliary plate 26 has an auxiliary plate main body 26a one end of which is pivotally connected via a pin 51 to an upper surface near the base end of the rotary plate 18b, and a slide plate 26b housed so as to be drawn out from the main body 26a. Auxiliary plate support 27
The lower end is pivotally connected via a pin 52 to the upper surface near the distal end of the rotary plate 18b, and the upper end is pivotally connected via a pin 53 to the lower surface near the distal end of the auxiliary plate body 26a (FIGS. 1 and 2). A turnbuckle 27a is provided at the center of the auxiliary plate support 27, and the length of the auxiliary plate support 27 can be adjusted by rotating the turnbuckle 27a (FIG. 3).

When taking out the spare tire 11 of the bus 10 constructed as described above from the spare tire storage room 12, the lid 16 is rotated around its upper edge and opened outside and above the vehicle body. When the bolt 22 is removed and the skirt rail 21 is removed, the rotating plate 18b rotates until its tip comes into contact with the road surface. At this time, the tip of the auxiliary plate 26 is gently inclined downward toward the road surface.
b slides out and protrudes from the auxiliary plate main body 26a, and the leading end of the slide plate 26b contacts the road surface. This inclined auxiliary plate 2
6, the spare tire 11 is rolled in the direction indicated by the broken arrow in FIG.

When the spare tire 11 is stored in the storage room 12, the upright spare tire 11 is rolled in the direction of the solid line arrow in FIG. I do. If the rotating plate 18b is rotated until it is substantially horizontal with the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11 in contact with the stopper 24, the tip of the auxiliary plate 26 is inclined upward, so that the slide plate 26b slides to assist. The auxiliary tire main body 26a is accommodated in the plate main body 26a, and the upper surface of the auxiliary plate main body 26a contacts the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11, and the spare tire 11 is fixed by the stopper 24 and the auxiliary plate main body 26a.
At this time, when the auxiliary plate main body 26a does not abut on the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire 11, or when the auxiliary plate main body 26a abuts on the spare tire 11 before the rotating plate 18b becomes horizontal, the turn buckle 27a is rotated to turn the auxiliary plate. Support 2
Adjust the length of 7. In this state, the skirt rail 21 is attached with the bolt 22 and the lid 16 is closed. The spare tire 11 can be taken out or stored by such a simple operation and by the light work of rolling the spare tire 11 on the gentle slope of the auxiliary plate 26.

In this embodiment, the auxiliary plate is constituted by an auxiliary plate main body having one end pivotally mounted on the upper surface near the base end of the rotary plate, and a slide plate housed in the main body so as to be able to be pulled out. Is an example, and a slide plate is not required if a gently inclined surface whose front end faces the road surface can be formed only by the auxiliary plate main body. Further, in the embodiment, the entrance and exit of the spare tire are formed in the panel forming the side surface of the vehicle body, but the entrance and exit may be formed in the panel which forms the rear surface of the vehicle body.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the spare tire doorway of the spare tire storage room which can store the spare tire on the bus body in a state where the spare tire is erected is formed so as to be substantially flush with the vehicle body outer panel. The lid that opens and closes, and the base end of the rotating plate is pivotally connected via a hinge to the end of the bottom plate body that supports the spare tire in the storage room, facing the lid, and is almost horizontal with a removable skirt rail. One end of the auxiliary plate is pivotally mounted on the upper surface near the base end of the held rotating plate, and the auxiliary plate support adjusts the angle of the auxiliary plate with respect to the rotating plate. An inclined surface is formed from the bottom plate body toward the road surface, and the auxiliary plate is configured to contact the outer peripheral surface of the spare tire with the spare tire stored in the storage room. Loose Extraction or storage of the spare tire is made possible on the kana inclined surface with light work that is rolled. Further, since only the auxiliary plate and the auxiliary plate support are added, only a small number of parts and an increase in cost are required. Further, since the spare tire is held between the stopper and the auxiliary plate during storage, the spare tire is securely fixed without moving even when the bus is accelerated / decelerated or turned.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 showing a state before a spare tire having a spare tire storage structure for a bus is stored in a spare tire storage room.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing a state where the spare tire is stored in a spare tire storage room.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion B in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a spare tire storage room showing a state where a lid is opened and a skirt rail is removed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a bus including the storage room.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a bus including the storage room.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional example and corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bus 11 Spare tire 12 Spare tire storage room 12a Access opening 16 Lid 18 Bottom plate 18a Bottom plate body 18b Rotating plate 21 Skirt rail 26 Auxiliary plate 27 Auxiliary plate support

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A spare tire (11) is provided on a vehicle body of a bus (10) so as to be stowable in an upright state.
Spare tire storage room (12) with access opening (12a) for 1)
A lid (16) that is substantially flush with the vehicle body outer plate of the bus (10) and opens and closes the access opening (12a); and
2) a bottom plate (18) that supports the spare tire (11) of the bottom plate (18), and an end of the bottom plate (18) facing the lid (16) of the bottom plate body (18a). A spare tire storage structure for a bus comprising: a rotating plate (18b) whose base end is rotatably pivoted to a portion; and a removable skirt rail (21) for holding the rotating plate (18b) substantially horizontally. An auxiliary plate having one end pivotally attached to the upper surface near the base end of the rotating plate (18b).
(26), an auxiliary plate support (27) that can be adjusted so that the auxiliary plate (26) is at a predetermined angle with respect to the rotating plate (18b), and the spare tire (11) is The auxiliary plate (26) forms an inclined surface from the bottom plate body (18a) toward the road surface when the auxiliary tire is removed or stored from the storage room (12), and the spare tire
A spare tire storage structure for a bus, wherein the auxiliary plate (26) is configured to abut on an outer peripheral surface of the spare tire (11) while the (11) is stored in the storage room (12).