JP7136642B2 - Lift device for vehicle maintenance and lighting device for this lift device for vehicle maintenance - Google Patents

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Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Meeting name: "Banzai Forum 2018" Venue: Banzai Sendai Branch, 2-8-21 Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture Date: July 12, 2018 , July 13, 2018” [Publications, etc.] Meeting name: Banzai Forum 2018 Venue: Nagoya City Industrial Research Institute, 6-3-4-41 Atsuta-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Date: Heisei July 25, 2018, July 26, 2018” [Publications, etc.] Meeting name: “Banzai Forum 2018” Venue: Saitama Automobile College Building No. 4, 1123 Komuro, Ina-cho, Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama Prefecture “August 2, 2018, August 3, 2018” [Publications, etc.] Meeting name “Banzai Forum 2018” Venue “Ota Ward Industrial Plaza PiO Small, 1-20-20 Minamikamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo” Exhibition hall” Dates “August 7, 2018, August 8, 2018” 15 Banzai Fukuoka Branch” Dates “August 23, 2018, August 24, 2018” [Publications, etc.] Meeting name “Banzai Forum 2018” Venue “24 1, Nishi-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido” Article 7-3-10 Banzai Co., Ltd. Sapporo Branch" Date of publication "September 5, 2018" Car maintenance equipment”, publisher “Banzai Co., Ltd.”

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vehicle maintenance lift device that facilitates inspection and maintenance work in an automobile maintenance shop or the like.

Conventionally, as a vehicle maintenance lift device of this type, a device having a fixed lift and a movable lift in a pit formed on the floor and having a pit cover that closes the opening of the pit while moving with the movable lift, The pit cover is formed by successively connecting a large number of oblong lid units to form a belt-shaped pit cover that can be bent at each connecting portion, and pit cover rails that engage with the lower surfaces of both ends of the pit cover are provided on the pit. There is known a device that is horizontally installed in the pit along the upper opening (see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2005-138698

In recent years, in consideration of safety and the environment, the floor surface of the vehicle has been lowered to prevent entanglement and to reduce noise, making it difficult to see the bottom of the vehicle. When such a vehicle is lifted up by the conventional lift device for vehicle maintenance, it is difficult to see the lower part of the vehicle, and it is difficult to set the lift receiving portion of the lift at the lifting point of the vehicle. Even if a handy light or the like is used to illuminate the lower part of the vehicle for setting work, it is necessary to handle the handy light or the like. , there was a problem causing the vehicle to fall or damage the vehicle.

The present invention solves such problems and improves work efficiency by easily setting the lifting point of the vehicle to the lift receiving part of the lift even if the lower part of the vehicle is difficult to see. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lift device for vehicle maintenance that prevents damage to the vehicle.

In order to achieve this object, the vehicle maintenance lift device of the present invention includes a pit formed on the floor, and a moving device capable of moving in the pit in the longitudinal direction, supporting the lower surface of the vehicle to lift up the vehicle. a lift , front and rear movable cover bodies connected to the front and rear of the movable lift, front and rear pit covers respectively connected to the front and rear movable cover bodies and closing the opening of the pit while moving with the movable lift; Illuminating means for illuminating the underside of the vehicle , provided on the movable cover body . Further, the lighting device for a lift device for vehicle maintenance according to the present invention comprises a pit formed on a floor surface, and a mobile lift capable of moving in the longitudinal direction in the pit and supporting the lower surface of the vehicle to lift up the vehicle. and front and rear movable cover bodies connected to the front and rear of the movable lift, and front and rear pit covers respectively connected to the front and rear movable cover bodies and closing the opening of the pit while moving with the movable lift. The moving body cover body of the lift device for vehicle maintenance is provided with illumination means for illuminating the underside of the vehicle.

According to the present invention, even if the lower part of the vehicle is difficult to see, the lifting point of the vehicle can be easily set to the lift receiving portion of the lift, thereby improving work efficiency and preventing the vehicle from falling or being damaged. To provide a vehicle service lift device that prevents

1 is a plan view of a main part of Example 1 of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1; It is sectional drawing of the whole lift apparatus. It is a block diagram of the control system of an illumination means.

An example of the mode for carrying out the present invention is shown below.

Embodiment 1 of the lift device for vehicle maintenance according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a plan view of the main part of Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II--II of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the whole lift device, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram; FIG.

1 is a pit formed on the floor of a vehicle maintenance shop, 2 is a fixed lift fixed to the front end of the pit 1, and 3 is a movable lift that can move longitudinally in the pit 1. The lift 3 is formed so that it can travel by itself by means of a travel drive device (not shown), with its wheels engaged with rails for moving lifts that are horizontally installed along both sides of the upper opening of the pit 1 in the shape of a groove. ing.

4A and 4B denote fixed cover bodies connected to the front and rear of the fixed lift 2, and 5A and 5B denote movable cover bodies connected to the front and rear of the movable lift 3, respectively.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a pit cover, which is formed by connecting a single lid in a belt shape, and is installed horizontally in the pit 1 along both side edges of the upper opening in the pit 1. The lower surfaces of both sides of the lid unit are engaged with the rails for the pit cover, and the ends of the pit cover 6 are connected to the movable cover bodies 5A and 5B. to move while sliding. The other end of the pit cover 6 hangs down at the end of the pit 1 for storage.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an illuminating means, and the illuminating means 7 includes an illumination lamp 7B made of, for example, an LED and attached to the bottom surface of a concave portion 7A formed in each of the upper surfaces of the fixed cover members 4A and 4B and the movable cover members 5A and 5B. , a translucent plate 7C such as a vinyl chloride plate positioned above the illumination lamp 7B and locked between steps formed on the upper edges of both sides of the recess 7A; consists of a protection plate 7D which is engaged with the stepped portion and has a number of translucent portions such as gratings. The protective plate 7D is provided to protect the illumination lamp 7B even if a heavy object is placed on the protective plate 7D. In addition, a metal plate 7E for protecting the semitransparent plate 7C is interposed between the semitransparent plate 7C and the protective plate 7D in the peripheral portion.

In FIG. 4, 8 is control means, 9 is illuminance adjusting means, 10 is irradiation direction adjusting means, and 11 is vehicle detecting means. A signal from the detection means 11 is input and a control signal is output to each of the illumination lamps 7B.

Next, the operation and effects of the vehicle maintenance lift device of the first embodiment will be described.

When a vehicle, that is, an automobile A is brought into a lift for inspection and maintenance in a maintenance shop as shown in FIG. Upon receiving the signal, the control means 8 outputs an output signal to the lighting lamps 7B to turn on all the lighting lamps 7B and illuminate the underside of the automobile A. As shown in FIG.

Since the underside of the vehicle is illuminated in this manner, the lifting points of the vehicle A can be easily set on the lift receiving portions of the fixed lift 2 and the movable lift 3 even if the bottom of the vehicle A is difficult to see. At this time, even if the LED light source of the illuminating lamp 7B directly emits light, the semi-transparent plate 7C eliminates glare and improves the setting work efficiency. In order to further facilitate this setting work, the illuminance adjusting means 9 is operated to adjust the illuminance of the illumination lamp 7B via the control means 8, or the irradiation direction adjusting means 10 is operated. The illumination direction of the illumination lamp 7B may be adjusted via the control means 8. FIG. In this case, the illumination lamp 7B is rotatably attached to the bottom surface so that the irradiation direction can be adjusted.

Also, when the vehicle A is lifted up and the equipment on the bottom of the vehicle A is inspected and maintained, the work is facilitated and the work efficiency is improved because the structure on the bottom is illuminated by the illumination lamp 7B.

After a series of inspection and maintenance is completed in this way, when the lift is lowered and the automobile A is left from the lift, the signal from the detection means 11 is no longer output and the illumination lamp 7B is extinguished.

In the above embodiment, the fixed lift 2 and the movable lift 3 are provided in the pit 1. However, in other lifts such as a two-post lift, the lighting means may be provided near the lift. .

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is used to efficiently perform vehicle lift-up and inspection/maintenance work in automobile manufacturing or inspection/maintenance.

2 fixed lift
3 Moving lift 4A Fixed cover body 4B Fixed cover body 5A Moving cover body 5B Moving cover body 7 Lighting means
7A concave portion 7B illumination lamp 7C translucent plate 7D protective plate 9 illuminance adjusting means 10 irradiation direction adjusting means 11 detecting means

Claims (5)

a pit formed on the floor;
a mobile lift capable of moving in the longitudinal direction within the pit and supporting the lower surface of the vehicle to lift up the vehicle ;
front and rear movable cover bodies connected to the front and rear of the movable lift;
front and rear pit covers connected to the front and rear moving cover bodies and closing the opening of the pit while moving together with the moving lift;
A lift device for vehicle maintenance, comprising illumination means provided on the movable cover body for illuminating the underside of the vehicle. The illumination means includes an illumination lamp attached to the bottom surface of a recess formed in the upper surface of the movable cover body connected to the movable lift, and a semi-transparent plate engaged with the upper edges of both sides of the recess above the illumination lamp. 2. The vehicle maintenance lift device according to claim 1, further comprising protective plates engaged with the upper edge portions on both sides above the translucent plate. 3. The lift device for vehicle maintenance according to claim 1, wherein said lighting means comprises illumination intensity adjusting means or illumination direction adjusting means. 4. A lift apparatus for vehicle maintenance according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said lighting means comprises detection means for detecting that said vehicle is located at said moving lift. A pit formed on the floor, a mobile lift capable of moving in the pit in the longitudinal direction and supporting the lower surface of the vehicle to lift the vehicle, and front and rear movable cover bodies connected to the front and rear of the mobile lift. and front and rear pit covers connected to the front and rear movable cover bodies and closing the opening of the pit while moving together with the movable lift.
An illumination device for a lift device for vehicle maintenance, wherein illumination means for illuminating the lower surface of the vehicle is provided on the moving body cover.

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