JP2946477B2 - Structure of the center pillar that can be placed on a wing vehicle - 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 of a center pillar for detachably engaging a wing and a lift in a wing vehicle and detachably engaging with a carrier of the vehicle at the same time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wing vehicle is provided with a swing (side wall) on a side portion of a loading platform, and a wing is provided to cover the swing. While the vehicle is running, the wings are raised and the wings are put on the wings, but when the vehicle stops and the luggage is taken in and out, the wings and the hood are opened to carry out the luggage.

[0003] In a conventionally known wing vehicle, a middle pillar is erected at the center of the side of the loading platform, and the wing and the lever are detachably engaged with the middle pillar. For this reason, a wing detachable lever mechanism and a swinging detachable lever mechanism are provided on the center pillar, and the wing and the swing are detachably attached to the middle pillar. Conventionally known middle pillars are classified into the following insertion type and rotary type according to a detachable engagement method with a loading platform. Hereinafter, the structure of a conventionally known center pillar will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a conventionally known wing vehicle, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an example of a plug-in type center pillar. In the figure, one or a plurality of lugs 3 are provided on a side of a loading platform 2 of a vehicle 1, and the lifting 3 can be freely opened and closed (rotated) by an hinge 4 at an end of the loading platform 2. A wing 6 is openably and closably supported on a column 5 provided in the longitudinal direction at the upper center of the loading platform 2, and the wing 6 covers the fan 3 in a closed state. In order to fix the wing 6 and the swing 3, a middle pillar 7 is erected on the side of the carrier 2. An engagement guide 8 is provided at the lower end of the center pillar 7,
When the engagement guide 8 is inserted into the engagement groove 9 provided on the side of the loading platform 2, the center column 7 is erected on the side of the loading platform 2. Referring also to FIG. 10, an engaging piece 10A is formed at the end of the wing 6 so as to protrude, and the engaging piece 10A engages with an engaging claw 10B fixedly provided on the center pillar 7, An engaging hole 12 provided in the wing attaching / detaching lever mechanism 11 is put on the wing, so that the wing can be engaged or disengaged. Further, referring also to FIG. 11, an engagement piece 13A is formed at the end of the swing 3 so as to protrude, and the engagement piece 13A is engaged with an engagement claw 13B fixedly provided on the center pillar 7. At the same time, by engaging an engaging hole 15 provided on a lifting detachable lever mechanism 14 provided on the center pillar 7, the engagement is fixed and released. Two lifting and removing lever mechanisms 14 are provided on the left and right of the wing mounting and removing lever mechanism 11.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventionally known rotary center pillar. In the figure, a center post 21 is rotatably provided on a side of a loading platform 23 by a hinge 22 provided at a lower end. A support metal fitting 24 is provided to hold the middle pillar 21 in an upright state. The support bracket 24 is hinge 2
5 is provided on a fixing plate 26 so as to be freely rotatable, and further, a support fitting fixing lock mechanism 27 is provided for fixing the support fitting 24 in a vertical state. Further, a center column positioning lock mechanism 28 is provided to fix the center column 21 to the support fitting 24 and maintain the vertical position. The center pillar 21 has a wing detachable lever mechanism 29 and a lifting detachable lever mechanism 3.
The wing 6 and the lever 3 shown in FIG. 8 are engaged with or disengaged from the center pillar 21 by the wing detachable lever mechanism 29 and the lifting detachable lever mechanism 30. Since the structure for engaging and disengaging the wing and the lever by the wing detachable lever mechanism 29 and the lifting detachable lever mechanism 30 is the same as that shown in FIG. 9, the description thereof is omitted.

[0006]

The above-mentioned well-known center pillar structure has the following problems. First, in the structure of the plug-in type middle pillar 7 shown in FIG. 9, the wing detachable lever mechanism 11 and the lifting detachable lever mechanism 14 appear on the surface of the middle pillar 7, so that it cannot be said that the appearance is not so preferable. In addition, the wing attachment / detachment lever mechanism 11 and / or the wing attachment / detachment lever mechanism 14 suddenly come into contact with a person or an object when the vehicle is stopped or transported, and suddenly the wing 6 or the wing 3
May be disengaged.

Further, since the engaging guide 8 provided on the center post 7 is inserted into the engaging groove 9 and the center post 7 is fixed to the carrier 2, the operator lifts the center post 7. Therefore, the engaging work cannot be easily performed. Particularly, since the center pillar 7 is heavy, it is difficult for a woman or an elderly person to engage with the center pillar 7. Furthermore, in engaging the center column 7, the worker must once work on the carrier 2 to perform the work, and there is also a problem in workability in this regard.

In the structure of the rotary center post 21 shown in FIG. 12, similarly to the plug-in center post shown in FIG.
In addition to the fact that the wing 6 appears on the surface of the wing 1 and is not very desirable in terms of appearance, the wing detachable lever mechanism 29 and the lifting detachable lever mechanism 30 suddenly come into contact with a person or an object when the vehicle is stopped or during transportation. There was a possibility that the engagement of the fan 7 could be disengaged.

Further, as a structure for fixing the center post 21 to the carrier 23, a support fitting 24, a support fitting fixing lock mechanism 27, a center post positioning lock mechanism 28, a hinge 25, and the like must be provided, and the structure is complicated. And it becomes heavy.

Further, as an operation of fixing the center column 21 to the loading platform 23, the center column 21 and the support bracket 24 are rotated to be upright, and the support column 24 is engaged with the center column positioning lock mechanism 28 to thereby fix the center column 21. Is temporarily fixed substantially vertically at the same time as the positioning is performed, and the support fitting 24 is fixed to the fixing plate 26 by the support fitting lock mechanism 27. For this reason,
The fixing work of the center pillar 21 was complicated, and the workability was poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and eliminates a portion protruding from the surface of a center pillar or appearing as a complicated structure.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure of a center pillar in which mounting work is simplified.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a structure of a center pillar which prevents a wing or a lever from being accidentally disengaged during running of a vehicle.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the structure of a center pillar of a wing vehicle according to the present invention, the center pillar is attached to a side portion of a loading platform, and is detachably provided.
In the structure of the middle pillar in the wing vehicle that locks the wing and the swing to the middle pillar, a detachable lever mechanism for wing and a detachable lever mechanism for swing which also serves as a detachable lever mechanism for the center pillar are provided on the back surface of the middle pillar, is characterized in that provided a tilting engaging lever wing engagement lever and swing for detachable lever mechanism wing detachable lever mechanism freely undulating surface of the center post.

[0014] A stopper is rotatably provided on the surface of the center post so as to cover the wing detachable lever mechanism and the pivoting detachable lever mechanism which also serves as the center column detachable lever mechanism. In addition, it is possible to prevent the detachable lever mechanism for the wing and the detachable lever mechanism for the center pillar from being raised.

Further, a guide portion protruding from a lower end of the center column is provided, and a mounting portion into which the guide portion is inserted is provided on the carrier.

Further, the wing lock pawl provided on the wing attaching / detaching lever mechanism has a tapered tip, and the wing lock hole into which the wing lock pawl is fitted is tapered. is there.

[0017]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a center pillar showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a detachable lever mechanism for wing, FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a detachable lever mechanism for lifting, FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing details of a structure for locking a wing to a central pillar, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing details of a structure for locking to
Is a perspective view showing details of the structure for locking the center pillar to the carrier,
FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view for explaining the work of placing the middle pillar on the placement portion provided on the loading platform.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a wing detachable lever mechanism 32 shown in FIG. 2 is provided at a center position on the back side (rear side) of a center pillar 31 made of a plate, and on both sides thereof. A tilting attachment / detachment lever mechanism 33 shown in FIG. 3 is provided. The wing attachment / detachment lever mechanism 32 is provided with a wing engagement lever 34, and the wing engagement lever 34 is exposed to the front side (surface) of the center column 31 and can be raised and lowered. The wing lock lever 35 is attached to the wing engagement lever 34.
The wing lock claw 35 is configured to move up and down the reference signs Qa and Qb in FIG. 2 by moving the wing engagement lever 34 up and down to the reference signs Pa and Pb in FIG. 2. The wing lock claw 35 protrudes upward (symbol Qb) from the lower end of the cutout opening on the upper portion of the middle pillar 31 and is fitted in a wing lock hole 42 provided in the wing 41 shown in FIG. The wing 41 is fixed to the center pillar 31.

A lifting engagement lever 37 is provided on the lifting attachment / detachment lever mechanism 33, and the lifting engagement lever 37 is raised and lowered to reference numerals Pc and Pd in FIG.
8 is moved to the reference signs Qc and Qd. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the push lock claw 38a can freely enter and exit the reference signs Rc and Rd. The locking lock claw 38a protrudes laterally from the left and right side surfaces above the middle pillar 31, and as shown in FIG.
The fan 43 is fixed to the center pillar 31 by fitting into the fan lock hole 44 provided in the center 3. The lifting / removing lever mechanism 33 also serves as a center column locking mechanism for fixing the center column 31 to the loading platform 45. Therefore, the centering / removing lever mechanism 33 is provided with a center column locking claw 36 so that it can freely enter and exit. I have. The middle pillar lock claw 36 projects downward from the vicinity of the lower end of the middle pillar 31 to fit into a middle pillar lock hole 46 provided in the carrier 45 to fix the middle pillar 31 to the carrier 45. (The locking structure and the locking action of the center column 31 to the carrier 45 will be described later.)

In order to prevent the wing engaging lever 34 and the lever engaging lever 37 from opening or floating due to vibrations or the like during running of the vehicle, a diamond-shaped stopper 39 is rotated on the surface of the center column 31. It is provided freely. Note that the stopper 39 may have any shape such as an elliptical shape or a rectangular shape having different vertical and horizontal lengths. Stopper 3
9 is rotatably fixed to the center column 31 by a set screw 40 provided at the center. In this embodiment, since a total of three levers, one wing engagement lever 34 and two flank engagement levers 37 on both sides thereof, are provided on the center column 31, the stopper 39 is provided with the wing engagement lever 34. The two wing engaging levers 37 are provided in the middle between the wing engaging levers 37 on both sides thereof, and one stopper 39 stops both the wing engaging lever 34 and the flank engaging lever 37 from opening.

Referring also to FIG. 7, a guide portion 47 is provided at the lower end of the center column 31 so as to protrude when the center column 31 is placed on a carrier. The loading platform 45 is provided with a mounting section 48 on which the guide section 47 is inserted and mounted. When attaching the center column 31 to the loading bed 45, the center column 31 is lifted horizontally, the guide portion 47 is placed on the end face of the mounting portion 48, and then the center column 3
When the guide 1 is gradually raised, the guide portion 47 is fitted into the placing portion 48 while sliding.

Next, the details of the wing attachment / detachment lever mechanism 32 for moving the wing lock pawl 35 in and out by raising and lowering the wing engagement lever 34 will be described below. With particular reference to FIG. 2, the wing lock claw 35 is
And the lower end of the holding rod 50 is rotatably fixed to the wing engagement lever 34 by a pin 51.
The wing engagement lever 34 is rotatably stopped by a pin 55 at an end of an intermediate lever 54 rotatably fixed by a pin 53 to a pin receiver 52. The pin receiver 52 is fixed to the center column 31.

The operation of the wing attachment / detachment lever mechanism 32 having the above structure will be described. When the wing engagement lever 34 is raised as shown in Pa in the figure, the intermediate lever 54 is moved as shown in Sa in the figure. Rotate, wing lock claw 3
5 operates downward as indicated by Qa in the figure. Therefore, the wing lock claw 35 is disengaged from the wing lock hole 49 provided in the wing 41 shown in FIG. When the wing engagement lever 34 is turned down as shown by Pb in the figure, the intermediate lever 54 rotates as shown by Sb in the figure, and the wing lock claw 35
It works upward like. Therefore, the wing lock claw 35 is inserted into a wing lock hole 49 provided in the wing 41 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, a tapered portion 35a is provided at the tip of the wing lock claw 35,
A tapered portion 42a is also provided at the entrance of the wing lock hole 42. Therefore, these tapered portions 35a, 4a
The wing 41 is completely closed when fitted by 2a (there is no backlash in the closed state), and at the same time, the centering when the wing lock claw 35 is inserted into the wing lock hole 42 is simplified.

Next, the details of the pivoting detachable lever mechanism 33, which also serves as the center column detachable lever mechanism, will be described. Referring to FIG. 3 in particular, the fan lock claw 38a is fixed to the holding rod 57 via the fan rod 38 and the joiner 56, and the lower end of the holding rod 57 is rotatably stopped by the pin 58 on the fan engagement lever 37. Have been. The lever 37 is rotatably stopped by a pin 62 at an end of an intermediate lever 61 rotatably fixed to a pin receiver 59 by a pin 60. Pin receiver 59
Is slidable up and down, and the center pillar lock claw 36 is fixed to the pin receiver 59. The loading platform 45 is provided with a middle pillar lock hole 46 into which the middle pillar lock claw 36 is fitted and detached. The middle pillar 31 is provided with a guide rail 63, and the guide rail 63 comes into contact when the joiner 56 moves downward from a predetermined position. Further, a spring 64 is provided on the holding rod 57 to urge the holding rod 57 downward. The fan lock claw 38a is configured to rotate in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3 via a pin 65 fixed to the center column 31.

The mounting and dismounting for the center pillar having the above structure
In operation of the tilt for detachable lever mechanism 33 of the lever mechanism also serves, when erecting the tilting engagement lever 37 as shown in Pc figure intermediate lever 61 is rotated as shown in Sc in FIG,
The lifting rod 38 moves downward as indicated by Qc in the figure.
For this reason, the rocker lock claw 38a operates as indicated by Rc in FIG. 5, and the rocker lock claw 38a is disengaged from the rocker lock hole 44 provided in the rocker 43 to separate the rocker 43 from the center pillar 31. When the lever 37 is turned down as shown by Pd in the figure, the intermediate lever 61 rotates as shown by Sd in the figure, and the rod 38 moves upward as shown by Qd in the figure. For this reason, the rocker lock claw 38a is set to Rd in FIG.
, The fan lock claw 38a is inserted into the fan lock hole 44 provided in the fan 43 to move the fan 43 to the center pillar 3.
1 is to be closed and fixed.

Next, the operation of attaching and detaching the middle column 31 to and from the carrier 45 will be described. When the lever 37 is rotated to a predetermined position in the direction of Pc, the joiner 56 comes into contact with the guide rail 63. Therefore, if the lever 37 is further rotated in the Pc direction, the position of the pin 58 is fixed, and the middle pillar lock claw 36 moves upward through the intermediate lever 61 and the pin receiver 59, Middle pillar lock claw 36
Is detached from the center pillar lock hole 46. Therefore, the center pillar 31
The connection between the and the carrier is released, and the center column 31 can be removed. The operation of attaching the center column 31 to the carrier 45 is the opposite of the removal operation, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
At the same time, the center pillar lock claw 36 comes off from the center pillar lock hole 46.

Next, the operation of the stopper 39 will be described. Referring to FIG. 1, the figure shows a state in which the vehicle is running, and a stopper 39 is attached to the wing engagement lever 34.
And rests on the wing engagement lever 34 and the lever engagement lever 37 so as to prevent the lever engagement lever 37 from standing up. Therefore, in this state, even if vibration occurs in the vehicle, the wing engagement lever 34 and the tilt engagement lever 37 do not rise. Now, when loading and unloading luggage while the vehicle is stopped, the stopper 39 is rotated by 90 degrees.
Then, the contact between the stopper 39 and the wing engagement lever 34 and the lever engagement lever 37 is released, and the wing engagement lever 34 and the lever engagement lever 37 can be raised.

[0029]

The effects of the present invention are listed as follows. (1) According to the structure of the center pillar of the present invention, the wing detachable lever mechanism and the tilting detachable lever mechanism do not appear on the surface of the center pillar, which is preferable in appearance. (2) There is no risk of the wing detachable lever mechanism or the tilting detachable lever mechanism coming into contact with a person or an object when the vehicle is stopped or being transported, and the wing or the tilting lever is unexpectedly disengaged, thereby improving safety. (3) The center column is lifted horizontally, and the guide portion provided on the center column is placed on the mounting portion, and the center column can be gradually raised to stand on the cargo bed. Simplify. or,
Since the worker does not need to ascend on the loading platform when the center pillar is erected, workability is also improved in this respect. (4) The center pillar can be easily locked to the loading platform by the detachable lever mechanism for lifting, so that the work of standing and removing the center pillar can be done compared to the conventional structure where other mechanisms are installed. Becomes easier. Also, lock the center pillar for wing
When using the detachable lever mechanism,
At the same time as the wing disengage
When the wing is disengaged, the fan suddenly opens.
However, as in the present invention,
In the case of the structure with the detachable lever mechanism for
There is no risk of disengagement of both the
And there is no inconvenience due to erroneous operation. (5) When the wing lock claw and the wing lock hole are formed to have a tapered structure, the wing is securely closed, and there is no rattling.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a wing attaching / detaching lever mechanism according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing a lifting / removing lever mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an engagement and disengagement structure of a wing and a wing lock claw according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a structure for engaging and disengaging a fan and a fan lock claw according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a mechanism for locking a center post to a carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view for explaining an operation of mounting the center pillar on a mounting portion provided on a carrier.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a conventionally known wing vehicle.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a conventionally known plug-in center pillar.

FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view for explaining engagement between a wing and a center pillar in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a partial perspective view illustrating the tilting and the engagement of the center pillar in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a conventionally known rotary center pillar.

[Explanation of symbols]

 31 Middle Pillar 32 Wing Detachable Lever Mechanism 33 Lifting Detachable Lever Mechanism 34 Wing Engagement Lever 35 Wing Lock Claw 35a Taper 36 Middle Pillar Lock Claw 37 Lifting Engagement Lever 38 Lifting Rod 38a Lifting Lock Claw 39 Stopper 40 Stop Screw 41 Wing 42 Wing lock hole 42a Taper 43 Lifting 44 Lifting lock hole 45 Loading bed 46 Middle pillar lock hole 47 Guide part 48 Placement part 49 Joiner 50 Holding rod 51 Pin 52 Pin receiver 53 Pin 54 Intermediate lever 55 Pin 56 Joiner 57 Holding rod 58 Pin 59 Pin receiver 60 Pin 61 Intermediate lever 62 Pin 63 Guide rail 64 Spring 65 Pin

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] A wing mounting / detachment lever is provided on a back surface of a center pillar in a wing vehicle structure in which a center pillar is attached to a side portion of a loading bed so as to be detachably erected, and a wing and a tilt are locked to the center pillar. medium mechanism and, of center post for detachable lever mechanism serves a tilting for detachable lever mechanism is provided, and a tilting engaging lever wing engagement lever and swing for detachable lever mechanism of the wing for detachable les <br/> bar mechanism A center pillar structure for a wing vehicle, which is provided on a pillar surface so as to be able to undulate. 2. A stopper is rotatably provided on the surface of the center post so as to cover the wing detachable lever mechanism and the pivoting detachable lever mechanism also serving as the center column detachable lever mechanism. 2. The structure of a center pillar for a wing vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the wing mounting / detaching lever mechanism and the pivoting detachable lever mechanism also serving as a center pillar detachable lever mechanism are prevented from standing up. 3. The wing according to claim 1, wherein a guide portion protruding from a lower end of the center pillar is provided, and a mounting portion into which the guide portion is inserted is provided on the carrier. Middle pillar structure that can be placed on a vehicle. 4. A wing lock claw provided on a wing attaching / detaching lever mechanism has a tapered tip, and a wing lock hole into which the wing lock claw is fitted is tapered. The structure of a center pillar which can be placed in a wing vehicle according to any one of claims 1 and 3.