JP4330405B2 - Hopper vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a hopper vehicle that is used to load loose objects such as sand and grains that have been transported by a cargo ship, for example, and then loaded onto a transport vehicle such as a truck.

Conventionally, as a hopper, an entire hopper having an input port and a discharge port is surrounded by an outer frame, and a fork insertion port is installed at a lower portion of the outer frame. In this hopper, the fork of the forklift is inserted into the fork insertion port, so that the hopper itself is movable by running the forklift (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-240885 (page 3, Fig. 1-2)

  However, according to the movable hopper described above, it is unstable when the fork is inserted into the fork insertion port and the hopper is moved by the forklift. For this, the wire passed through the upper support hole formed in the outer frame Is fastened to the mast of the forklift, but the fastening work is troublesome. In addition, the size of a hopper handled by a forklift is limited, and it is not easy to load the hopper from a hopper onto a transport vehicle such as a truck in view of the lift amount.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a hopper vehicle that can be moved easily and stably and can be easily and easily stacked on a transport vehicle.

In order to achieve the above-described object, in the hopper vehicle according to claim 1 of the present invention, a vehicle body having a traveling wheel device provided at a lower portion is formed in a gate-shaped frame shape, and a discharge port faces downward at an upper portion of the vehicle body. A hopper device is provided in the vehicle body, and the vehicle for transportation can be opposed to the lower side of the discharge port. The traveling wheel device is provided at the lower part of the four corners of the vehicle body. A hopper device is provided by hand-operating an operating body that is provided outside the vehicle body and connected to the vehicle-side control means by wiring while the pair is a drive / reverse type and the left and right pair on the other side is a floating type. It is characterized in that it is configured to be able to control the opening / closing operation and self-running and conversion .

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by driving and turning the traveling wheel device on one of the front and rear sides, it is possible to perform self-running on the front and rear sides of the vehicle body and forward and backward turning. At that time, self-running and conversion can be controlled outside the vehicle, that is, on the ground side by hand-held operation of the operating body. Thus Ru perform poured work to the hopper by by traveling of the vehicle body is stopped in a location of interest in. Then, after the transport vehicle positioned in the portal frame-shaped vehicle body by running the vehicle body or the transport vehicle is made to face the discharge port of the hopper device from below , the hopper is operated by hand-held operation of the operation body on the ground side. in Rukoto to opening and closing the device, enabling the stowing work from the hopper to the transportation vehicles.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the hopper vehicle according to the first aspect is configured such that a plurality of outlets are provided side by side in the vehicle body so that the transportation vehicles can be opposed to each other below the outlets. It is characterized by being.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 2, the stowing operation for a plurality transportation vehicles, and Ru can simultaneously form or separately.

A hopper vehicle according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the configuration according to claim 1 or 2 , an outrigger is provided on the vehicle body side.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 3 , after stopping at the target place, the stop posture of the hopper vehicle can be stabilized by operating the outrigger and landing, and the roses thrown into the hopper device can be stabilized. The weight will not act on the traveling wheel device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention described above, by driving and turning the traveling wheel device on one of the front and rear sides, it is possible to perform self-running front and rear of the vehicle body, as well as front and back turning traveling. Can run. At that time, the self-running and the turning can be controlled by the hand-held operation of the operating body while sufficiently confirming the surrounding situation outside the vehicle, that is, on the ground side. In this way, the vehicle body can be driven and stopped at the target location, so that the hopper device can be charged, and the vehicle can be moved into the gate-shaped frame body by traveling the vehicle body or traveling the transportation vehicle. After the transportation vehicles which are positioned are opposed from below the discharge port of the hopper, in Rukoto to opening and closing the hopper by hand manipulation of the operating body on the ground side, stowing work from the hopper to the transportation vehicles It can be performed. Thereby, the movement can be performed easily and stably, and the loading to the transport vehicle can be performed easily and easily.

Further, according to claim 2 of the present invention described above, the stowing operation for a plurality transportation vehicles, and Ru can be efficiently performed simultaneously form or separately.

According to the third aspect of the present invention described above, the stopping posture of the hopper vehicle can be stabilized by operating the outrigger after stopping at the target place, and thus the operation of loading into the hopper device. In addition, it is possible to suitably carry out the stacking work from the hopper device to the transporting vehicle, and the weight of the roses thrown into the hopper device does not act on the traveling wheel device. Can be downsized.

[Embodiment 1]
Below, Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated based on FIGS. 1-3.
The vehicle body 10 of the hopper vehicle 9 is formed in a gate-shaped frame shape, and traveling wheel devices are provided at lower portions of the four corners. Here, the traveling wheel device is composed of a pair of left and right front wheel devices 20 in a driving / turning type and a pair of left and right rear wheel devices 27 in a floating type.

  The vehicle body 10 includes a vertical frame 11 positioned at four corners, a horizontal horizontal frame 12 provided between the upper ends of the left and right vertical frames 11, and a front-rear horizontal frame 13 provided between the upper ends of the front and rear vertical frames 11. And a front-rear beam 14 provided between the lower portions of the front and rear vertical frames 11, and a reinforcing frame 15 provided in an inclined or vertical manner between the upper end of the vertical frame 11 or the front-rear horizontal frame 13 and the front-rear beam 14. It is formed in a portal frame shape. A rectangular ring-shaped scaffold 16 is provided on the upper portion of the vehicle body 10 in plan view, and a handrail 17 is provided around the scaffold 16. Furthermore, a ladder 18 for going to and from the scaffold 16 is provided on one side of the vehicle body 10.

  The front wheel device 20 includes a revolving body 22 connected to the lower end of the vertical frame 11 so as to be able to revolve around a vertical axis 21, and a revolving cylinder device provided between the revolving body 22 and the longitudinal beam 14. 23, a front wheel 24 rotatably provided at a lower portion of the revolving structure 22, a hydraulic rotary drive device 25, and the like. The rear wheel device 27 includes a bracket body 28 connected to the lower end of the vertical frame 11, a rear wheel 29 provided in a freely rotatable manner at the lower portion of the bracket body 28, and the like.

  A hopper device 30 is provided at the top of the vehicle body 10 with the discharge port facing downward. In other words, the hopper device 30 is connected to the hopper body 31 supported by the horizontal frame 12 in the left-right direction and the horizontal frame 13 in the front-rear direction, and a rectangular inlet 32 is formed at the upper end thereof. A pair of left and right outlets 33A and 33B are provided at the lower end, and these outlets 33A and 33B are divided into a pair of front and rear. Both discharge ports 33A and 33B are provided with gate bodies 34A and 34B that can be opened and closed in a double-spread manner, and cylinder devices 35A and 35B that open and close the gate bodies 34A and 34B.

  Here, the width and height of the vehicle body 10 are determined such that two trucks (an example of a transport vehicle) 1 are positioned in parallel between the left and right vertical frames 11 and the loading platform 2 of these trucks 1 has a discharge port 33A, It is set so as to face 33B from below. A vibrator 36 is provided at an appropriate position of the hopper body 31.

  As described above, the vehicle body 10 formed in the shape of a portal frame has the front and rear beams 14 on both sides thereof, and the driver's seat 40 is located on the one side of the front and rear beams 14 near the rear wheel device 27. Is provided. Outriggers 41 are provided at the front and rear ends of the lower surface side of the front and rear beam 14 on both sides, and these outriggers 41 have landing bodies 42 that can be raised and lowered. Control means 43 and an engine (such as a water-cooled diesel engine) 44 are provided on the lower surface side of the front-rear beam 14 on the side where the driver seat 40 is provided. And landing operations are possible.

  Further, hopper operation devices 46A and 46B are provided in a hanging shape from the left and right lateral frame 12 side at the front portion of the vehicle body 10, and at this time, the hopper operation device 46A is provided on the other side portion in the left and right direction, and the hopper operation device 46B is provided. It is located in the central part in the left-right direction and has a hanging shape that can be operated from the driver's seat 3 of the truck 1.

Hereinafter, the operation in the first embodiment will be described.
The hopper vehicle 9 can be driven back and forth by being operated in the driver's seat 40 by the driver. At that time, by performing the same operation as necessary, the turning cylinder device 23 is expanded and contracted, and the turning body 22 is turned around the vertical axis 21, so that the conversion during the front-rear running is also possible. Yes.

  By performing such a traveling operation, for example, the hopper vehicle 9 is stopped at a target position on the side of the cargo ship on the berth. At this time, the discharge ports 33A and 33B of the hopper device 30 are closed by the gate bodies 34A and 34B. Next, the outrigger 41 is operated, and the landing body 42 is lowered and landed to stabilize the stop posture of the hopper vehicle 9. In this state, the bulk material in the cargo hold is landed from the cargo ship by the landing facility installed on the cargo ship and the quay, and is introduced into the hopper body 31 through the insertion port 32.

  At that time, the outrigger 41 is landed, so that the loading operation to the hopper device 30 and the loading operation from the hopper device 30 to the truck 1 can be suitably performed. Therefore, the front wheel device 20 and the rear wheel device 27 can be downsized.

  In this way, with a predetermined amount of loose objects being put into the hopper main body 31, the truck 1 is driven to enter the vehicle body 10, and the empty cargo bed 2 is opposed to one of the discharge ports 33A, 33B from below. Let it stop. Next, after confirming that the stop position is suitable in the driver's seat 3, the driver of the truck 1 opens the hopper operation devices 46A and 46B through the vehicle window. Accordingly, the cylinder devices 35A and 35B are operated to open the gate bodies 34A and 34B, and the discharge ports 33A and 33B are opened. By this opening, the rose in the hopper main body 31 falls through the discharge ports 33A and 33B and can be stacked on the loading platform 2.

  The driver of the truck 1 grasps the loading state on the loading platform 2 in the driver's seat 3 and closes the hopper operation devices 46A and 46B when a predetermined amount is loaded. As a result, the cylinder devices 35A and 35B are reversely operated to close the gate bodies 34A and 34B and close the discharge ports 33A and 33B. Thereafter, the truck 1 is moved forward to leave the vehicle body 10.

  Then, the loading platform 2 causes the new empty truck 1 to travel forward and enter the vehicle body 10, and the empty loading platform 2 is stopped against either of the discharge ports 33 </ b> A and 33 </ b> B from below. Thereafter, it is possible to stack the roses in the same manner as described above.

  In this manner, the truck 1 can be sequentially moved forward (one-way) to enter the vehicle body 10, and the loose objects can be stacked while leaving the vehicle body 10. At that time, the truck 1 is stacked with the pair of left and right outlets 33A and 33B facing each other. Therefore, the left and right trucks 1 enter and exit due to a time lag in the stacking operation, etc. Packing work etc. will be carried out freely for each.

  After finishing the above-described stacking operation, the landing body 42 of the outrigger 41 is raised and released. Then, the hopper vehicle 9 is caused to travel in the same manner as described above, and stopped at the side of the same cargo ship and at the target position, or at the side of another cargo ship and at the target position, and then landed. Depending on the equipment, the loose objects in the hold are landed from the cargo ship and put into the hopper body 31.

  In the first embodiment described above, the driver of the truck 1 opens and closes the hopper operating devices 46A and 46B in the driver's seat 3. This is because the driver of the hopper vehicle 9 is loaded on the loading platform 2. The hopper operation devices 46A and 46B may be opened / closed by operating in the driver's seat 40 while grasping (observing) the above.

In the first embodiment described above, the outrigger 41 is landed when being loaded on the loading platform 2, but this is also the case when the bulk material in the hold is landed from the cargo ship and put into the hopper body 31. 41 can be landed.
[Embodiment 2]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The main difference from the first embodiment described above is that the front / rear direction beam 14 is provided between the lower ends of the front and rear vertical frames 11, and the front / rear direction beam 14 is provided with a front wheel device 20 and a rear wheel device 27. A configuration in which the driver's seat is omitted and an operating body (pendant) 49 connected to the control means 43 on the vehicle body 10 side is provided, a configuration in which the driver's seat is located behind the front-rear direction beam 14, a scaffold, For example, the hopper operation device is omitted.

  The operating body 49 is connected to the control means 43 via a wiring (cable) 48 of about 5 m. The operating body 49 is sized to be held with one hand and can be mounted on the vehicle. The operation body 49 is provided with an open button and a close button of the hopper device 30, a front button and a rear button in traveling, the left button and the right button, a travel stop button, and the like. The hopper operation and the self-running and conversion can be controlled.

  According to the second embodiment, the hopper vehicle 9 can travel back and forth by operating the operating body 49 outside the hopper vehicle 9 (on the ground). At that time, by performing the same operation as necessary, the turning cylinder device 23 is expanded and contracted, and the turning body 22 is turned around the vertical axis 21, so that the conversion during the front-rear running is also possible. Yes. Further, by operating the operating body 49 outside the hopper vehicle 9, the hopper operating devices 46A and 46B can be opened and closed.

In the above-described first and second embodiments, the truck 1 is shown as a transport vehicle, but this may be a bulk dedicated transport vehicle or a cart.
In the first and second embodiments described above, a form in which a pair of left and right outlets 33A and 33B is provided is shown. This is a form in which one outlet is provided, and two or more plural The form etc. with which the discharge outlet was provided may be sufficient. Accordingly, the vehicle body 10 is configured such that one truck 1 or two or more trucks 1 are positioned in the vehicle body 10.

  In the second embodiment described above, the operating body 49 connected to the control means 43 on the vehicle body 10 side by the wiring 48 is provided. However, in the first embodiment, the operating body 49 or the like is added. May be.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the outrigger 41 is provided on the vehicle body 10 side, but this may be a form in which the outrigger is omitted.

1 is a front view of a hopper vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a side view of the hopper vehicle. It is a top view of the hopper vehicle. FIG. 6 is a front view of a hopper vehicle according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of the hopper vehicle. It is a top view of the hopper vehicle.

Explanation of symbols

1 truck (transportation vehicle)
2 Loading platform 3 Driver's seat 9 Hopper vehicle 10 Car body 11 Vertical frame 14 Longitudinal beam 16 Scaffold 20 Front wheel device (traveling wheel device)
22 Revolving body 23 Cylinder device 24 for turning Front wheel 25 Rotation drive device 27 Rear wheel device (traveling wheel device)
29 Rear wheel 30 Hopper device 31 Hopper body 32 Input port 33A Discharge port 33B Discharge port 34A Gate body 34B Gate body 35A Cylinder device 35B Cylinder device 40 Driver's seat 41 Outrigger 43 Control means 46A Hopper operation device 46B Hopper operation device 48 Wiring 49 Operation body

Claims (3)

The vehicle body with a traveling wheel device at the bottom is formed in a gate-shaped frame, and a hopper device is provided at the top of the vehicle body with the discharge port facing downward, allowing the transport vehicle to face the discharge port below the discharge port. The traveling wheel device is provided at the lower part of the four corners of the vehicle body, and these traveling wheel devices have a left-right pair on the front and rear sides in a driving / turning type, and a left-right pair on the other side is a floating type, It is configured to be able to control the opening / closing operation of the hopper device as well as self-propelled and diverted by hand-operating the operating body that is provided outside the vehicle body and connected to the vehicle side control means by wiring. A featured hopper vehicle.   The hopper vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of discharge ports are provided side by side, and each vehicle is configured to face each other below each discharge port in the vehicle body. The hopper vehicle according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein an outrigger is provided on the vehicle body side .

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