JP2582601Y2 - Wheelchair getting on / off device of ultra low floor bus - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for getting on and off a wheelchair of an ultra-low floor bus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of vehicles for wheelchair users have been developed. For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 61-4263, a ramp for wheelchair access is stored under the floor of a van type vehicle. In the meantime, there has been a conventional configuration in which the slope is taken out of the storage location when getting on and off and crossed between the floor of the automobile and the road surface, and when the getting on and off is completed, the slope is removed and stored in the storage location.

[0003]

[Problem to be solved by the present invention]
Equipped with a ramp for wheelchair entry / exit at the entrance / exit makes it easier for wheelchair users to get on and off, but the operation of attaching the slope to the use position and storing it in the storage position is performed by the driver in a one-man bus. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the operation easily and in a short time, and the above-mentioned conventional apparatus has a problem that the requirements cannot be satisfied.

[0004] Needless to say, it is necessary to make the slope as small as possible.

The main object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which can satisfy the above-mentioned requirements in a bus such as a route bus.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an ultra-low-floor bus, in which a vertical surface of a bus entrance / exit step is provided at an upper end thereof.
A movable vertical surface that is rotatably attached to the floor end by a hinge
And, with said movable vertical face, a storage box outlet tip is placed on the floor bottom in the position facing the movable Dotate surface, upper
Stored in the storage box so that it can be pulled out from the drawer
The present invention is characterized in that a wheelchair getting on / off device is constituted by the inserted slope member .

[0007]

By the action above, from the accommodated state slope member (Scheme 13) is housed in the pay box and movable vertical face closes the outlet of the storage box tip, the outlet opening by rotating the movable Dotate surface upward pull out the kiss rope member, the slope member is housed
Use position passed between the box outlet and the road
And, by then is rotated the movable vertical plane downward superimposed on the slope member, said movable vertical surface and the floor surface slope
It becomes a joint plate that joins the members without a step, and a ramp for wheelchair getting on and off without a step is formed. By performing the operation reverse to the above, the storage state can be achieved.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The wheelchair getting on / off device of the present invention is applied to an ultra-low floor bus as shown in FIG. 1. In the following description, the wheelchair getting on / off device is provided at the step portion of the central elevator a of the ultra low floor bus. An example is shown.

As shown schematically in FIG. 2, the wheelchair getting on / off device is fixed to a movable vertical surface 2 of a step whose upper end is rotatably attached to an end of the floor by a hinge 2a and a lower portion of the floor 1. A storage box 3 provided, a sub-frame 4 supported in the storage box 3 so as to be movable by a predetermined stroke, and a slope supported in the storage box 3 and the sub-frame 4 so as to be movable by a roller, for example. As shown in FIG. 2A, in the storage state in which the sub-frame 4 and the slope member 5 are stored in the storage box 3 and the movable vertical surface 2 is fixed downward, as shown in FIG. When the movable vertical surface 2 is closed, the movable vertical surface 2 becomes a normal step for elevating and lowering the passenger, the movable vertical surface 2 is released from the fixed state, and the movable vertical surface 2 is rotated upward around the hinge 2a. Pull out from storage box 3 and Slope member 5 as shown in (B)
Is passed over the sidewalk of the stop, and the movable vertical surface 2 is superimposed on the upper surface of the base end portion of the slope member 5, so that the slope member 5 and the movable vertical surface 2 form a step-free slope from the sidewalk to the floor 1. It is possible to get on and off in a wheelchair. While the movable vertical surface 2 is rotated upward from the state shown in FIG. 2B, the leading end of the slope member 5 is lifted and pushed into the storage box 3 so that the sub-frame 4 is also pushed and the movable vertical surface 2 is fixed downward. Fig. 2 (A)
The storage state shown in FIG.

Next, specific examples of the structure of the storage box 3, the sub-frame 4, and the slope member 5 will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 3, the storage box 3 is formed by connecting left and right frames 31 having a U-shaped cross section with a plurality of cross members 32 made of square members, and rear ends of the left and right frames 31 are U-shaped cross sections. And a plurality of rollers 34 for guiding the slope member 5 are provided in the frame 31, and the sub-frame 4 is fixed to a predetermined position as shown in FIG. A guide groove 35 for guiding a stroke movement is provided, and the storage box 3 is fixed to the floor 1 at a position where the front end faces the rear surface of the movable vertical surface 2.

The sub-frame 4 has a structure in which the front end and the rear of the left and right channel members 41 are connected by a front cross member 42 and a rear cross member 43 made of an L-shaped cross-section member and a square member. Are provided with a plurality of rollers 44 for guiding the slope member 5, and a guide piece 45 slidably or rollably fitted in the guide groove 35 of the storage box 3. By sliding or rolling back and forth inside the storage box 35, the sub-frame 4 is moved to the storage box 3
Is mounted and supported in the storage box 3 so as to be movable between a use position protruding from the front end by a predetermined dimension. A storage lock 46 is provided on the vertical surface 42a of the front cross member 42 as shown in FIG. 3C, and the sub-frame 4 is held at the storage position of the sub-frame 4 at the lower front end of the storage box 3. 36
The front cross member 42 is provided with a L
A stopper 47 made of a mold section member is fixed, and when the slope member 5 is pulled forward, an engaging piece 55 fixed to the rear end of the slope member 5 engages with the stopper 47 to fix the slope member 5. It is designed to be held in the use position.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the slope member 5 is provided on both left and right sides of a slope body 51 made of a flat plate material with a rising surface 53 for preventing the wheelchair from coming off, and rail portions fitted to the rollers 34 and 44. Left and right edge members 52 with 54
As shown in FIG. 4, an engagement piece 55 that engages with the stopper 47 is provided on the lower rear surface of the slope main body 51 as shown in FIG. 4.

In the above, the procedure for pulling out the slope member 5 to the use position will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5. First, the crew (the driver in the case of a one-man bus) starts from the stowed state shown in FIG. The lock device 21 is released, and the movable vertical surface 2 is rotated upward as shown in FIG. Next, the knob of the storage lock 46 is rotated by about 90 ° while being pressed to release the lock, and the subframe 4 is pulled out toward the user.
Then, as shown in (C), the slope member 5 is also pulled out together with the sub-frame 4, and the slope member 5 is held with the handle 56 provided at the front of the slope member 5 until the engagement piece 55 hits the stopper 47. By pulling out and placing the tip of the slope member 5 on the sidewalk and placing the movable vertical surface 2 on the slope member 5, the use state shown in FIG.

When the user gets on and off the vehicle in a wheelchair, the user can easily enter the housed state by performing the reverse operation.

As described above, the vertical surface 2 of the step is openable and closable, and the vertical surface 2 has no step between the subframe 4 and the lid of the outlet of the slope member 5 and the slope member 5 and the end of the floor 1. By having both functions as a connecting plate for connecting to the sub-frame, it is possible to easily get on and off in a wheelchair, and to attach the slope member 5 to the sub-frame 4 fitted and mounted so as to be movable within a predetermined range in the storage box 3. With the support structure, the operation from the stored state to the used state and from the used state to the stored state becomes extremely simple operations such as simple pull-out and pushing, and the time required for slope formation and storage is reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the crew operates manually. However, for example, a guide mechanism that is gradually inclined as the slope member 5 is pulled out and an actuator such as an electric motor or a hydraulic device are used. Depending on the combination,
It is also possible to put the slope member 5 and the sub-frame 4 in and out by operating a switch.

The wheelchair getting-on / off device of the present invention is applicable not only to the central elevator a, but also to the front elevator b or the rear elevator c.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, a wheelchair entry / exit slope with no steps can be formed at the entrance of a bus by a very simple operation, so that a wheelchair user can get on and off the bus easily. The social effect is extremely large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of an ultra-low floor bus to which the present invention is applied, (A) is a side view, and (B) is a plan view of a room.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A shows a stored state and FIG.

3A and 3B show the wheelchair getting-on / off device of FIG. 2, wherein FIG. 3A is a plan view of a stored state, FIG. 3B is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.
(C) is a YY sectional view of (A).

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of the wheelchair getting on / off device of the present invention in use.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic perspective views showing an operation procedure from a stored state to a use state of the wheelchair access device of the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a stored state, FIG. 5B is a state in which a movable vertical surface is flipped up, and FIG. (D) shows a state where the sub-frame is pulled out, and (D) shows a state where the slope member is pulled out.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 floor 2 movable vertical surface 2a hinge 3 storage box 4 subframe 5 slope member

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] The method according to claim 1] vertical surface of the bus of the hatch step, the movable vertical plane attached to the floor end rotatably by a hinge to the upper end thereof, outlet of tip facing the movable vertical plane Yo arranged storage box slope members on the floor bottom, the Yes
By turning the moving vertical surface upward around the hinge,
The slope member stored in the storage box can be pulled out.
The slope member is pulled out and the storage box is pulled out.
At the use position passed between the entrance and the road,
A wheelchair getting-on / off device for an ultra-low-floor bus, wherein the moving vertical surface is formed on a slope member so that the movable vertical surface serves as a connecting plate for connecting the floor surface and the slope member without any step.