JP7227744B2 - Packing box load measuring device - Google Patents

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The present invention is a load measuring device for a cargo box, in which a cargo box capable of accommodating cargo is mounted on a vehicle body side frame of a vehicle, and the load of the cargo box is measured by a load cell provided on the vehicle body side frame. and
A load measuring device for a packing box which can accurately measure the load of the packing box by a load cell, and in particular, can visually observe the state in which the load of the packing box is applied to the load cell from the outside of the packing box. It is about.

Conventionally, a load cell 11 is fixed on the upper surface of a cross member 2a that connects left and right chassis frames 2, 2 of a vehicle, and a cargo box frame 5 is supported on the upper surface of the load cell 11 via a spherical bearing 12 and a support member 13. Such a device is conventionally known as disclosed in Patent Document 1 described later.

JP 2007-176628 A

By the way, in the above known load cell 11, the load cell 11 is provided across the upper surface of the chassis frame 2 and the lower surface of the cargo box frame 5 when viewed from the side of the vehicle. However, there is a problem that the state in which the packing box 3 is placed on the load cell 11 cannot be confirmed from the outside.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and is a novel packing box load measuring device that enables the state of the packing boxes mounted on the load cells to be clearly observed from the outside of the vehicle. intended to provide

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a load measuring apparatus for a cargo box, in which a cargo box is mounted on the vehicle body side frame of a vehicle, and the load of the cargo box is measured by a load cell provided on the vehicle body side frame. a device,
The load cell is detachably provided on the cross member of the vehicle body frame, and the cargo box frame is mounted on the load cell via a load transmission member, the load transmission member extending inside the cargo box frame. At least one of the upper surface of the load cell and the lower surface of the load transmission member is positioned inside the vehicle body side frame and the cargo box side frame and between the upper surface of the vehicle body side frame and the bottom surface of the cargo box side frame. and the position of at least one of the upper surface of the load cell and the lower surface of the load transmission member can be visually observed from the outside of the packing box through the gap. is characterized by

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is as set forth in claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the load cell is positioned in a gap between the upper surface of the vehicle body side frame and the lower surface of the cargo box side frame. The second feature is that

According to a first feature of the present invention, a load cell is detachably provided on a cross member of a vehicle body side frame, a packing box side frame for mounting a packing box is provided on the load cell via a load transmission member, and the load cell is or at least one of the lower surface of the load transmission member is located inside the vehicle body side frame and the packing box side frame and in a gap between the upper surface of the vehicle body side frame and the lower surface of the packing box side frame, By making the position of at least one of the upper surface of the load cell and the lower surface of the load transmission member visible from the outside of the packing box through the gap, the vehicle body side frame and the packing box side frame Through the gap between them, it is possible to check from the outside of the vehicle whether a load is applied to the load cell.

According to the second feature of the present invention, the state in which the load of the packing box is directly applied to the upper surface of the load cell can be confirmed from the outside of the vehicle.

Overall side view showing a vehicle for transporting fine particles 1. A plan view of the transportation vehicle as seen from arrow 2 in FIG. Rear view of the transportation vehicle along line 3-3 of FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the transportation vehicle when dumping the packing box; Enlarged sectional view along line 5-5 in FIG. 6 arrow view of FIG. Enlarged sectional view along line 7-7 in FIG. Enlarged sectional view along line 8-8 in FIG. Enlarged sectional view along line 9-9 in FIG. Sectional view along line 10-10 in FIG. Enlarged sectional view along line 11-11 in FIG. 12 arrow exploded perspective view of FIG.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an overall side view of a vehicle V for transporting fine particles, for example pellets, according to the present invention.

A lower sub-frame 2 as a vehicle body side frame is mounted on a chassis frame 1 of the transport vehicle V over the entire length of the chassis frame 1, and a front space S is provided above the lower sub-frame 2 to form a packing box side frame. The upper subframe 3 is mounted as A packing box B is mounted on the upper subframe 3 so as to be dumpable rearward. A hinge bracket 5 is fixed to the rear lower end of the packing box B. The packing box B is connected to the hinge bracket 5 via a hinge pin 6, and the packing box B can be dumped backward around the hinge pin 6. - 特許庁

A conventionally known tilt mechanism having a dump cylinder 8 for dumping the cargo box B rearward is provided between the longitudinal intermediate portion of the upper sub-frame 3 and the longitudinal intermediate portion of the deck frame 4 below the cargo box B. are connected.

In the front space S in front of the packing box B, a device housing box 10 of the air conveying device A installed on the lower subframe 2 is provided. Other transport equipment is accommodated. The equipment housing box 10 is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the left-right direction, and the upper surface thereof is formed to be a flat surface that is lower than the packing box B, and a handrail 12 is provided around it. The upper surface of the can be used as the worker's workplace. The handrail 12 extends from the front of the equipment storage box 10 to one side (the left side in the vehicle traveling direction) and is higher than the height of the packing box B, so that the worker can safely operate above the packing box B. can work. In addition, a ladder 13 is provided on the other side of the equipment housing box 10 (on the right side in the direction of travel of the vehicle) for a worker to get on and off the equipment housing housing 10, so that the worker can easily climb onto the equipment housing housing 10. There is.

A packing box B that can be dumped backward accommodates fine particles G such as wood pellets, conveys the fine particles G by air, and stores them in a storage container Ca such as a silo installed on the ground. It has a front plate 15, left and right side plates 16 and 17, a rear plate 18, and a floor plate 20 having a deck frame 4 on the lower surface, and is formed in a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction. The front half of the upper surface of the packing box B is covered with a top plate 21, and the rear half thereof is open to the outside. A pair of input lids 22 and 23 are provided on the top plate 21 so as to be able to be opened and closed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a device housing case 10 formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the left-right direction accommodates a blower 11, a hydraulic drive device D including a drive motor (hydraulic motor) 9 for the blower 11, and other devices. . As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a partition wall 50 is provided on the left side of the equipment housing box 10 in the traveling direction of the vehicle V, and the partition wall 50 is provided with an operation frame 51 . This operation frame is provided with an operation portion, that is, an operation lever 52 for raising and lowering the packing box B. As shown in FIG. The operation lever 52 is rotatably provided on the operation frame 51 so as to turn the cargo box B up, down, and to a neutral position as usual, and is hydraulically driven via a moving portion 53. It is connected to device D. The moving portion 53 extends outside through a through hole 55 opened in the partition wall 50 .

Therefore, the operating noise generated within the device housing housing 10 propagates to the outside through the through hole 55, and this operating noise causes operating noise during transportation of the fine particles. is reduced by the soundproof cover 57 described in . A soundproof cover 57 is fixed to the outer surface of the partition wall 50 of the equipment housing box 10 . The soundproof cover 57 has a soundproof wall 58 facing the flow direction of the noise emitted from the through hole 55 , and the noise generated from the device housing housing 10 can be reduced by the soundproof cover 57 . The soundproof cover 57 accommodates the lower half of the operating lever 52 , and the upper half of the operation lever 52 extends outside through a long hole 59 opened in the upper surface of the soundproof cover 57 . The source of the sound source is the flow path through which moving parts (screws and spools) and fluids (oil and air) pass. Therefore, the directivity direction is the direction of a straight line connecting the source of the sound source to the through hole 55 . The directing direction may be, for example, a straight line connecting the center of the moving component that is the source of the noise and the center of the through hole 55, or a straight line connecting the end of the moving component and the end of the through hole. Alternatively, a straight line connecting the inner wall of the channel to the center or end of the through hole may be used.

Between the lower subframe 2 (body-side frame) and the upper subframe 3 (packaging-box-side frame) on the side of the packing box B, load cells L... is to be measured. The vehicle body side frame 2 is a frame immediately below the load cell L, and the packing box side frame 3 is a frame immediately above the load cell L.

As shown in FIG. 11, the lower sub-frame 2 and the upper sub-frame 3 are positioned to overlap each other in the vertical direction (aligned in the vertical direction).

Next, referring to FIGS. 10 to 12, the mounting structure of this load cell L will be described.

The lower sub-frame 2 (body-side frame) on the chassis frame 1 side is constructed by connecting a pair of left and right vertical frames 2 ₂ with a plurality of cross members _{2 1} , and load cell receiving members 70 are attached to the cross members 2 1 . are welded, and the load cell L is detachably fixed on the load cell receiving member 70 by bolts 71 from above. The upper surface of the cross member 2 ₁ is positioned below the upper surface of the lower subframe 2 , thereby holding the load cell L at a position lower than the upper surface of the lower subframe 2 . A load transmission member T is fixed to the inner surface of the upper sub-frame 3 . The load transmission member T extends inside the upper sub-frame 3 . The load transmission member T consists of a shim plate 72 , an extension plate 73 and reinforcing ribs 74 .

A shim plate 72 is abutted on the load cell L, and a reinforcing rib 74 is fixed on the shim plate 72 via an extension plate 73 . The reinforcing rib 74 has a pair of side walls 74 ₁ and 74 ₁ erected with a space therebetween and a connecting wall 74 ₂ connecting one sides of the side walls 74 1 and 74 2 . is open to the outside, and the upper surface of the side wall 74 ₁ side half is formed into an obliquely cut slope 74 ₃ . As a result, the reinforcing ribs 74 have high strength in the vertical direction, and when transmitting the load from the upper sub-frame (shipping box side frame) 3 to the load cell L, the reinforcing ribs 74 receive the load in the vertical direction. Hateful. Further, the reinforcing ribs 74 are fixed to the upper sub-frame 3 on at least two of the three inner walls of the sub-frame 3, so that the force applied to the upper sub-frame 3 on the packing box side can be dispersed.

The reinforcing ribs 74 are welded to the inner surfaces of three inner walls (upper wall, side walls, and lower walls) of the U-shaped cross-section of the packing-box-side subframe 3 . As a result, deformation of the U-shaped cross-sectional inner wall surface of the packing box side sub-frame 3 can be prevented. In this embodiment, all three surfaces are welded.

Above the load cell L, the reinforcement rib 74 welded to the upper sub-frame 3 is fixed by bolts 75 via a shim plate 72 and an extension plate 73 . The bolt 75 passes through an obliquely cut slope 74 ₃ on the upper surface of the reinforcing rib 74 , and the slope 74 ₃ has a wide cross-sectional area, making it easy to attach and detach the bolt 75 .

The extension plate 73 has the same thickness as the bottom wall of the cargo-box-side frame 3 and extends from the bottom wall toward the inside of the vehicle. welded to. Since the extension plate 73 and the lower wall of the cargo box side frame 3 have the same plate thickness and extend toward the inside of the vehicle, the extension plate 73 and the cargo box-side frame 3 are less likely to be welded together than the shim plate 72 having a different plate thickness. The welding strength between the box-side frame 3 and the lower wall is increased, and cracking can be prevented. Also, the shim plate 72 is fixed to the extension plate 73 by fillet welding instead of butt welding to the upper sub-frame 3 .

A gap 76 is formed between the lower sub-frame 2 (vehicle-side frame) and the upper sub-frame 3 ( cargo- box-side frame). At least the upper surface of the load cell L inside the frame 3 can be visually observed, and whether or not the load of the packing box B is applied on the load cell L can be confirmed from the outside.

In this embodiment, the load cell L and the shim plate 72 are fixed with bolts 75, but even if the shim plate 72 is lifted from the load cell L due to dimensional errors such as bolts and bolt holes, it can be found.

In addition, since the upper surface of the cross member 2 ₁ that supports the load cell L is positioned lower than the upper surface of the lower sub-frame 2, the vertical position of the load cell L can be kept low. Also, by replacing the shim plate 72 with a different thickness, the vertical gap of the gap 76 can be adjusted.

As shown in FIG. 2, at the rear end of the packing box B, at the central portion of the floor board 20, a discharge port 24 for the cargo, that is, the fine particles G is opened. A pair of left and right guide plates 25, 26 are provided in the rear half of the packing box B, and are tapered obliquely from the left and right side plates 16, 17 toward the discharge port 24. These guide plates 25, 26 are It is welded to the floor plate 20 of the packing box B. An end plate 27 is connected to the rear edges of the left and right guide plates 25 and 26 . The end plate 27 is provided with a vertically elongated residual amount confirmation window 29 covered with a transparent acrylic plate 28 .

As shown in FIG. 1, on the floor plate 20 of the packing box B, a rotary valve 30 is provided at the left-right central portion of the rear portion. The fine granules G contained in the packing box B are guided by the left and right guide plates 25, 26 and guided to the rotary valve 30, and the outer sides of the left and right guide plates 25, 26 are dead spaces. The rotary valve 30 is bolted to the left and right guide plates 25 and 26, and its main portion is located above the floor plate 20 of the packing box B. It is opened toward the front of the packing box B so that the fine particles G in the packing box B can easily flow. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotating direction of the rotary shaft 32 of the rotary valve 30 is counterclockwise (the direction of the arrow in FIG. 5). are arranged radially, and the fine particles G can be transported together with air to the phase mixer 40 described later.

As shown in FIG. 5, among the plurality of blades 35 of the rotary valve 30, the blade 35i on the loading port side (the front side of the packing box B) is rotated toward the floor plate 20 of the packing box B and finely Since the granules G are rotated downward (in the direction of their own weight) while being rotated, the force for rotating the blades 35 can be reduced compared to the rotation in the upward direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the exhaust port 33 of the rotary valve 30 is connected to a phase mixer 40 for uniformly mixing the fine particles G with the carrier air. The phase mixer 40 is attached to the left-right central portion of the rear edge of the packing box B and arranged behind the rotary valve 30 , and its inlet is connected to the discharge port 33 of the rotary valve 30 . The exit of the phase mixer 40 is connected to upper and downstream delivery pipes 41a and 41b, the upstream delivery pipe 41a is connected to an upstream discharge hose 43 connected to the blower 11, and the downstream delivery pipe 41b. is connected to a downstream discharge hose 44 communicating with the outside. The blower 11 is driven by the running engine of the vehicle V for transporting fine particles, and the downstream discharge hose 44 is connected via a joint 45 to a container Ca such as a silo installed on the ground. The fine particles G transferred to the phase mixer 40 by the rotation of the rotary valve 30 can be easily and efficiently transported to a desired location by the downstream side discharge hose 44 together with the conveying air. G does not clog the rotary valve 30, the phase mixer 40 and the hoses 43, 44.

The phase mixer 40 is attached to the left-right central portion of the rear edge of the packing box B and arranged behind the rotary valve 30, so that when the packing box B is dumped rearward as shown in FIG. Since the connection between the container 40 and the discharge hose 43 is offset so as to be below the packing box B, the fine particles G that have fallen to the bottom of the phase mixer 40 are easily discharged from the discharge hoses 43 and 44. As a result, the fine grains G as cargo do not remain in the phase mixer 40 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , an upstream discharge hose 43 is connected to the discharge side of the blower 11 . A flexible hose 46 is connected to the discharge port of the blower 11. The hose 46 extends downward from the packing box B, and the upstream end of a communication passage 47 is connected to the downstream end of the hose 46 through a joint 48. , the connecting passage 47 traverses under the packing box B and is connected to the flexible upstream discharge hose 43 via a joint 48 at its downstream side. As shown in FIG. 7, the discharge hose 43 traverses between the floor plate 20 of the packing box B and the upper subframe 3 to reach the rear portion of the packing box B, and passes through the floor plate 20 of the packing box B. It reaches the bottom plate 20 of the packing box B through a fixed pipe (elbow pipe) 49 , extends laterally above the floor plate 20 , and is connected to the phase mixer 40 at its downstream end.

As shown in FIG. 3, in a side view of the packing box B, the penetrating portion a of the floor plate 20 of the downstream discharge hose 43 and the tilting center b of the dumping hinge pin 6 of the packing box B are arranged to overlap in the vertical direction. do. As a result, the vertical displacement of the downstream discharge hose 43 can be reduced between the traveling posture (laying down posture) and the dumping posture (tilting posture) of the packing box B.

A downstream discharge hose 44 connected to the downstream side of the phase mixer 40 extends laterally along the rear edge of the packing box B and extends downward along the rear edge of the chassis frame 1 of the vehicle V, and its outlet is It is opened to the rear of the vehicle V and connected via a joint 45 to a container Ca installed on the ground.

The transportation vehicle V for the fine granules G drops the fine granules G, such as pellets, into the packing box B in the flattened position by opening the charging lids 22 and 23 . When the floor plate 20 is tilted by the dumping operation of the packing box B over the angle of repose of the fine grains G, the fine grains G in the packing box B move to the rear of the packing box B. At this time, the inclination of the bottom plate 20 of the packing box B and the pair of guide plates 25 and 26 allow the fine particles G in the packing box B to be automatically moved to the discharge port 24 and supplied to the rotary valve 30. Furthermore, by driving the blower 11, air is blown into the discharge hoses 43 and 44 by wind power through the phase mixer 40, and the fine particles B can be blown away from the rotary valve 30 and the phase mixer 40 and pumped. G does not clog the discharge hoses 43 and 44. - 特許庁

Between the lower subframe 2 on the vehicle body frame 1 side and the upper subframe 3 on the packing box B side, load cells L are provided on the left and right sides, and on the front and rear sides, respectively, so as to measure the weight of the packing box B. there is The load cell L is held at a position lower than the upper surface of the lower sub-frame 2, and a reinforcing rib 74 welded to the upper sub-frame 3 is fixed on the load cell L with bolts 75 via a shim plate 72 and an extension plate 73. A gap 76 is formed between the lower sub-frame 2 and the upper sub-frame 3. Through this gap 76, the upper surface of the load cell L can be seen from the outside of the packing box B. , whether or not the load of the packing box B is applied can be confirmed from the outside. Moreover, the upper surface of the cross member 2 ₁ that supports the load cell L is positioned lower than the upper surface of the lower sub-frame 2, so that the vertical position of the load cell L can be kept low. Also, by replacing the shim plate 72 with a different thickness, the vertical gap of the gap 76 can be adjusted.

The vehicle body side frame 2 and the packing box side frame 3 overlap vertically (FIG. 11). In other words, a load cell L can be provided to an ordinary vehicle in which a cargo box side frame 3 is placed on a vehicle body side frame 2 without a load cell L without modifying the lateral positions of both frames 2 and 3.例文帳に追加

When transmitting the load from the packing box side frame 3 to the load cell, the load of the packing box B can be dispersed by the reinforcing rib 74 and can be transferred to the load cell L directly below the reinforcing rib 74, so damage to the component parts of the load measuring device can be prevented. , deformation, etc. can be prevented to increase durability, and the load of the packing box B can be accurately measured.

Further, since the reinforcing rib 74 is welded to the inner wall of the packing-box-side frame 3, which has a U-shaped cross section, the packing-box-side frame 3 and the reinforcing rib 4 are not deformed, and the load of the packing box B is securely supported. can be transmitted to the load cell L.

Furthermore, the thickness of the extension plate 73 is the same as the thickness of the bottom wall of the cargo box frame 3, and the ends extending toward the inside of the vehicle are welded to the reinforcing ribs 74. , the welding strength between the lower wall of the packing-box-side frame 3 and the extension plate 73 is increased, and cracks do not occur in the welded portion.

_The head of the bolt 75 is screwed into the load cell L through a sloped surface 74 ₃ above the reinforcing rib 74 .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention.

The load cell receiving member does not have to be fixed to the load cell. For example, the load cell may be mounted in a traveling posture instead of in a tilting posture in which the packing box is dumped.

Another member may be fixed on the load cell, and the upper surface of the other member and the lower surface of the shim plate may be positioned in the gap between the upper and lower subframes.

A load cell may be provided between the upper subframe and the deck frame on the side of the packing box. In this configuration, the load cell follows the tilting packing box. In this case, the upper subframe immediately below the load cell is the vehicle body side frame, and the deck frame immediately above the load cell is the packing box side frame. In this case, the body frame just below the load cell is the body side frame, and the upper sub-frame just above the load cell is the packing box side frame.

The load cell may be provided between the vehicle body frame and the upper sub-frame without the lower sub-frame.

The vehicle may be an ordinary dump truck instead of an air transport vehicle.

The load cell may be mounted directly on the cross member without a bearing member.

The shim plate and extension plate may be integral members, and the reinforcing ribs may also be integral with the shim plate and extension plate.

The load transmission member may not be welded to the packing box side frame, and may be detachably attached with bolts or the like.

The load transmission member may be integral, but in this case, the lower surface of the load transmitting member should protrude downward beyond the lower surface of the packing box side frame (the lower surface of the upper sub-frame). By protruding, the surface on which the load cell is placed can be seen through the gap between the packing box side frame and the vehicle body side frame.

B: Cargo box V: Vehicle L: Load cell T: Load transmission member 2: Body-side frame (lower sub-frame)
2 ₁・・・Cross member 3・・・Packaging box side frame (upper subframe)
76 Gap

Claims (2)

A cargo box (B) is mounted on a vehicle body side frame (2) of a vehicle (V), and the load of the cargo box (B) is measured by a load cell (L) provided on the vehicle body side frame (2). , a packing box load measuring device,
The load cell (L) is detachably provided on the cross member (2 ₁ ) of the vehicle body side frame (2), and the loading box side frame (3) is mounted on the load cell (L) via the load transmission member (T). ), the load transmission member (T) extends inside the packing box side frame (3), and at least one of the upper surface of the load cell (L) and the lower surface of the load transmission member (T) is located inside the vehicle body side frame (2) and the cargo box side frame (3) and in a gap (76) between the upper surface of the vehicle body side frame (2) and the lower surface of the cargo box side frame (3). The position of at least one of the upper surface of the load cell (L) and the lower surface of the load transmission member (T) can be visually observed from the outside of the packing box through the gap (76). A packing box load measuring device. The upper surface of the load cell (L) is positioned in a gap (76) between the upper surface of the vehicle body side frame (2) and the lower surface of the packing box side frame (3) . 2. The load measuring device for the packing box according to 1.

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