JP3141112U - Remote control type snowplow - Google Patents

Abstract

A snow remover that controls a snow remover by operation from the inside of the vehicle and that can be towed by the vehicle when moving is provided.
A snow remover having a blade, a shooter, and an engine for driving and having a pair of wheels on its lower surface is provided, and a mechanism for connecting to an automobile is provided at the rear of the snow remover. A controller is provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control type snow remover which can be attached to an automobile (hereinafter abbreviated as a car) and can perform snow removal work while controlling its operation by remote control from inside the car.

  Conventionally, various types of snowplows have been widely used, but there is no remote control type snowplow as shown in this proposal.

Snow removal is essential in winter snowfall areas. As equipment used for snow removal work, human-powered tools and mechanical snow removers are frequently used. Although human power tools are simple, their ability to remove snow is limited. There are two types of mechanical type: a large type that humans get on and work, and a small type that works while holding a handle. Although the former has high snow removal efficiency, it is expensive and requires specialized operation ability, and is not for home use. The latter has a snow removal capability that is greater than human power, but at a reasonable price, and it is necessary to master the operation method. Many conventional mechanical snowplows are self-propelled by a caterpillar and have a spiral blade on the front surface. The rotation of this blade crushes and draws snow, and ejects it from an elongated curved shooter. Snow removal.
When removing snow with this snow remover, hold the handle of the snow remover and run the snow remover by operating the operation lever, etc., and adjust the blade rotation and shooter angle to remove snow. Most of them are used for snow removal work in areas not far from the snowplow storage area. Therefore, when performing snow removal at a distant place or at some distance, the traveling speed of this snow remover is low, so it must be loaded on a truck or the like and moved. In addition, since the workers are outdoors, appropriate measures against cold are required.
This plan was devised to solve the problems associated with the conventional self-propelled mechanical snowplows as described above. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and useful apparatus that can remove snow.

As a means for solving the problems, the present plan has the following configuration.
That is, a snow remover having a blade, a shooter, and an engine for driving and a pair of wheels provided on the lower surface thereof is provided, and a connection mechanism to an automobile is provided at the rear of the snow remover, and a controller for the snow remover is provided. Provide.
This plan is a remote control type snowplow having the above configuration.

This plan has the following effects.
1. It is connected to the car, and the snowplow is advanced as the car progresses so that the operator can control the snowplow from the inside of the car, making it easier and easier to remove snow compared to conventional outdoor work. I can work.
2. The snowplow can be moved to the work place by towing the snowplow connected to the rear part of the vehicle, and it is easy and quick to move away.
3. Since it is not a caterpillar drive like a conventional snowplow but a pair of free rotating wheels, it can be produced at low cost.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a snow remover, which has a structure similar to a commercially available product, but is provided with a pair of freely rotating wheels 5 instead of a caterpillar. Like the conventional machine, this snowplow has an engine, which can rotate the blade 2 and change the direction of the shooter 3. A housing 4 for protection is provided around the blade.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a connection arm. This connection arm is formed in a substantially triangular shape in plan view with a metal tube having an appropriate diameter. That is, a pair of side bars 8 are fixed obliquely in the vicinity of both end portions of the attachment plate 7 made of an elongated plate body, and a T-shaped support bar 9 is inscribed and fixed to an intermediate portion of the side bars. The side bar ends are located close to each other, and the vicinity of the side bar ends are formed into a flat plate shape by pressing deformation and a hole is formed, and a commercially available hitch coupler 10 is attached between the flat plate portions. That is, the hole on the side surface of the hitch coupler and the hole on the flat plate portion are aligned and screwed with the bolt and nut.
This hitch coupler is an article having a substantially U-shaped cross section with a hollow hemispherical tip, and can be fixed to and released from a hitch ball (described later) by operating an attached lever. In addition, a plurality of holes are formed in the mounting plate and screwed with bolts in alignment with female screws provided at appropriate positions in the rear of the snow removal machine 1.
A vehicle is indispensable when the present plan is used, and hitch balls 11 are appropriately provided by supporting members at appropriate positions in the front and rear of the vehicle. The hitch ball is a rod having a spherical tip, and is provided with the spherical portion upward as shown in the figure. A connection mechanism is constituted by the above connection arm and hitch coupler. A control cord 20 is connected to the snowplow, and a controller 21 equipped with various buttons and levers is connected to the end of the cord.

To use this plan, first attach the hitch coupler of the connecting arm to the hitch ball on the front of the car. The hitch coupler is equipped with a lever, which can be fixed to and released from the hitch ball by operating the lever. Next, the control cord connected to the snowplow is extended rearward, the car window is opened slightly, and the control cord and the controller located at the end of the cord are drawn into the vehicle through this gap. Then, the blades are rotated by the operation of the controller, and the snowplow moves forward with the progress of the car to remove snow accumulated on the road.
Since the snow processed by the blade is ejected from the shooter vigorously, the angle of this shooter can be changed by the controller and the snow can be moved to a desired location.
The operator can perform various operations in the vehicle and can perform snow removal work that is easier than before. Although the hitch ball and hitch coupler are fixed, the contact part is spherical, so it can be slightly swung left and right, and the direction of the snow blower can be changed by the steering wheel operation of the car driver. It is possible to respond according to
Power is supplied to the controller from the snowplow, and various operations such as starting and stopping the engine, starting and stopping the blade rotation, changing the blade rotation speed, changing the shooter angle, changing the vertical position of the blade, turning the headlight on and off, etc. Can do.
When the snow removal work is completed, the snow remover is removed from the vehicle, and the snow remover is attached to the hitch ball at the rear of the vehicle, so that the snow remover can be pulled and transported to a desired location. As described above, the snowplow wheels are free to rotate and can be easily transported.

As mentioned above, although this plan was described, this plan is not a self-propelled type like a conventional product, but has a feature in that it proceeds along with a car and snow removal work is performed by operation from inside the car. As described above, the most commonly used is the self-propelled method using the caterpillar method, and its traveling speed is slow, and therefore its activity area is limited.
However, since this system can be pulled by a car, it can be easily transported to a distant place, its activity area is widened, and snow removal by operation from the inside of the car is possible, thus facilitating snow removal work. . In this connection, the connection between the car and the snowplow is mainly composed of a tubular body, but another approximate configuration may be used. Moreover, although it was set as the attachment or detachment by the combination of a hitch ball and a hitch coupler, the connection system by another means may be used.
In the example, the control cord connected to the snowplow is pulled into the vehicle and operated, but this cord may be detachable with an adapter or the like, or the snowplow and the vehicle are equipped with wireless transmitter / receivers respectively. It is also possible to control the snowplow wirelessly.
As described above, it is possible to provide a snowplow that is more useful in the present plan.

  Plan view of the present invention   Front view of the present invention   Illustration of the use of hitch couplers for connecting the device   Usage plan of the present invention (when removing snow)   Front view of the present invention in use (when removing snow)   Usage plan of the present invention (during transportation)   Usage front view of the present invention (during transportation)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Snow remover 2 Blade 3 Shooter 4 Housing 5 Wheel 6 Connection arm 7 Mounting plate 8 Side bar 9 Support bar 10 Hitch coupler 11 Hitch ball 20 Control code 21 Controller

Claims (2)

A snow remover having a blade, a shooter, and an engine for driving, and a pair of wheels provided on the lower surface thereof, a connection mechanism to an automobile provided at the rear of the snow remover, and a controller for the snow remover were provided. This is a remote control type snowplow. The remote control type snowplow according to claim 1, wherein the connection mechanism to the automobile has a hitch coupler.

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