JPH0615915Y2 - Mobile hose refueling device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a hose moving type oil supply device in which an oil supply hose is attached to a main body of an oil supply device so as to be movable laterally.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, this type of hose moving type oil supply device is configured as shown in FIG. 5, is provided with a pump, a motor, a flow meter, and has a hose moving mechanism (none of which is shown) as a casing type oil supply device. Main body 101 and main body 101 of the refueling device
A joint part 102 that is located on the upper side of the hose, projects from one peripheral wall, is connected to the hose moving mechanism, and is movable in the lateral direction.
And a fuel supply hose 10 whose base end is connected to the joint 102.
3, a refueling nozzle 104 provided at the tip of the refueling hose 103, and a joint part which is located on one peripheral wall of the refueling device main body 101 for housing the refueling nozzle 104 and is moved by the hose moving mechanism. Nozzle hook 105 fixed to the lower side of 102 in a state of protruding from the peripheral wall
The nozzle hook 105 is hung in the lower part of the oil supply hose 103 in the nozzle hook 105, and the oil supply nozzle 104 is detachably accommodated therein.

Since the hose moving type oil supply apparatus configured as described above performs the oil supply operation by moving the oil supply hose 103 and the oil supply nozzle 104 toward the object of oil supply of the automobile 106 by the joint portion 102 connected to the hose moving mechanism. The range of refueling work can be expanded.

That is, as shown in (a) indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 5, when refueling is not performed, the refueling nozzle 104 is connected to the nozzle hook 1.
05, and the fuel filler is connected to the fuel filler main body 10
Even in the case of the automobile 106 on the opposite side to 1, the joint portion 102 is moved in the lateral direction (C direction) to extend the refueling hose 103 as shown by the solid line (b) in FIG. It can be carried out.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Since the nozzle hook 105 is attached so as to project from the peripheral wall of the refueling device main body 101,
When the refueling hose 103 is laterally moved along the peripheral wall of the refueling device main body 101 by the hose moving mechanism, the refueling hose 103 is likely to be caught by the nozzle hook 105 during movement, and the refueling hose 103 itself or the refueling hose 103 and the refueling device main body. There are drawbacks in that the connection portion of 101 is damaged and the efficiency of refueling work is reduced.

Further, when the refueling hose 103 is caught by the nozzle hook 105 as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the refueling nozzle 104 is pulled and the joint portion 10 in the hose moving mechanism is pulled.
No. 2 cannot be moved smoothly, and the refueling work range is narrowed.

In this case, it becomes impossible to refuel the automobile 106 having the refueling port on the opposite side of the refueling device main body 101.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.In order to prevent the hose and the connecting portion from being damaged by excessive force, the middle of the refueling hose is caught by the nozzle hook during lateral movement of the refueling hose. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hose moving type oil supply device which smoothes the horizontal movement of the oil supply hose over the entire oil supply work range and improves the efficiency of oil supply work.

[Means for solving problems]

The refueling device adopted by the present invention includes a refueling device main body of a housing having a built-in hose moving mechanism, a revolving device main body located on an upper side of the refueling device main body, protruding from one peripheral wall, and connected to the hose moving mechanism. A joint part that is movable in the lateral direction along the peripheral wall, a fuel supply hose whose base end is connected to the joint part, a fuel supply nozzle provided at the tip of the fuel supply hose, and to accommodate the fuel supply nozzle, The nozzle hook is provided on one peripheral wall of the main body of the fuel supply device and projectingly located below the joint portion moved by the hose movement mechanism.

The feature of the configuration adopted by the present invention is that the nozzle hook is laterally arranged so as to follow the moving direction of the joint portion connected to the hose moving mechanism with respect to one peripheral wall of the refueling device main body. It was installed so that it could rotate.

[Action]

With the above configuration, when the refueling nozzle is removed from the nozzle hook and a force is applied to move the refueling hose laterally together with the refueling nozzle, the refueling hose is moved via the joint portion connected to the hose moving mechanism. . Even if the hose is caught on the nozzle hook while the refueling hose is moving, the nozzle hook positively rotates in the same direction as the hose moving direction, and the refueling hose moves smoothly without hindering the movement. The expansion of the refueling work range is ensured, and damage to the refueling hose is prevented.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a refueling device main body, 2 is the refueling device main body 1
In the main body portion 2, the main body portion 2 is formed in a vertically long housing shape including a peripheral wall composed of a front wall 2A, a rear wall 2B, a right side wall 2C and a left side wall 2D. A pump, a motor, a flow meter, etc. are housed. 3 is a spacer portion provided on the upper side of the main body portion 2 in a state of being recessed from the main body portion 2, and 4 is a flat casing-like roof portion provided above the main body portion 2 via the spacer portion 3. The refueling device main body 1 of the present embodiment is composed of a main body portion 2, a spacer portion 3, and a roof portion 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes a joint portion that protrudes from the lower side of the roof portion 4 to the side of the spacer portion 3, and the joint portion 5 is connected to a hose moving mechanism (not shown) provided in the roof portion 4 so as to move in the lateral direction. And a swivel joint 5B connected to the elbow joint 5A in a state of protruding outward from the right side wall 2C of the fuel supply device main body 1. The hose moving mechanism provided in the roof portion 4 includes a swing arm type rotating pipe or a link type rotating pipe arranged between the flow meter and the elbow joint 5A, and is laterally moved by a guide rail or the like. This is a structure that has been conventionally known.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a refueling hose that is movable in the front-back direction of the refueling device main body 1 along the right side wall 2C by connecting the base end to the joint portion 5. The refueling hose 6 has a refueling nozzle 7 at the tip thereof. Is provided.

8 is a refueling device main body 1 for accommodating the refueling nozzle 7.
The nozzle hook 9 provided on the right side wall 2C of the main body 9 is a semi-cylindrical body that constitutes the nozzle hook 8, and the inner surface 9 of the body 9
A semi-circular flanges 10A and 10B, which are located at the center and the lower end in the longitudinal direction, are radially fixed to A, and shaft insertion holes 11 and 11 are formed in the respective flanges 10A and 10B. . On the other hand, 12 is a substantially-shaped hooking stop piece for supporting the fueling nozzle 7, and the hooking stop piece 12 is fixed so as to project from the lower end outer surface 9B of the main body 9. Reference numeral 13 denotes a cylinder tip storage port formed in the main body 9 above the latching piece 12, and the cylinder tip storage port 13 communicates with the insertion hole 13A formed in the main body 9 and the insertion hole 13A. Inner surface 9
It has a bottomed cylindrical cap body 13B fixed to A. Thus, the nozzle hook 8 in this embodiment is composed of the main body 9, the pair of flanges 10A and 10B, the hooking piece 12, and the cylinder tip storage port 13.

On the other hand, 14 is a vertically long rectangular opening formed in the right side wall 2C of the fuel supply device main body 1 for fitting the nozzle hook 8, and 15 and 15 are provided along the upper and lower opening edges of the opening 14. A pair of support brackets fixed to the inner surface of the right side wall 2C. Insertion holes 16 and 16 into which a support shaft 17 described later is inserted are formed in each of the support brackets 15. Reference numeral 17 is a support that rotatably supports the nozzle hook 8 so as to rotate in directions A and B shown in FIG. 3, that is, in the front-back direction of the fuel supply device main body 1, that is, to follow the movement direction of the hose moving mechanism. The support shaft 17 is rotatably inserted into the shaft insertion holes 11 of the flanges 10A and 10B while being vertically arranged, and both ends thereof are inserted into the insertion holes 16 of the support brackets 15 and 15, respectively. It is non-rotatably inserted.

Next, 18, 18, 18, 18 is a nozzle hook 8 that rotates.
Each stopper member 18 is made of an elastic material such as rubber, which is a stopper member for restricting the rotation range of the nozzle hook 8 by abutting on the main body 9. The stopper members 18 are provided on the front wall 2A and the rear wall 2B of the main body 2.
It is attached to a pair of mounting brackets 19, 19 and 20, 20 projectingly provided on the upper and lower sides of each inner surface, and abutted on both side edges 9A, 9B of the main body 9 in the circumferential direction.

Further, in the figure, 21 and 21 are lower mounting brackets 2
0, 20 and the respective side edges 9A, 9B of the main body 9, and the nozzle hook 8 forcibly rotated in the direction of arrow A is normally set to the third spring by the spring force of the spring 21. As shown in the figure, it returns to an intermediate position in the rotation range. 22 and 22 are packings provided in the main body portion 2 of the fuel supply device main body 1 to prevent rainwater and the like from entering the fuel supply device main body 1 through the opening 14 of the right side wall 2C. The outer surface 9B of the main body 9 can be slidably contacted.

The present embodiment is configured as described above, and its operation will be described next.

During the standby for refueling, the refueling nozzle 7 is housed in the nozzle hook 8. At this time, the nozzle hook 8 has a pair of return springs 2.
As a result of the spring forces of 1 and 21 being held in a balanced state, the latching piece 12 is located substantially in the center of the right side wall 2C.

Next, when the refueling target has entered the rear surface side (2B side in the figure) of the refueling device main body 1, for example, the worker removes the refueling nozzle 7 from the nozzle hook 8 while approaching the refueling target. At this time, since the nozzle hook 8 can rotate in the direction of the arrow A, the oil supply nozzle 7 is removed from the nozzle hook 8 while rotating in accordance with the movement of the operator, and as a result, the oil supply nozzle 7 and the nozzle hook 8 are The refueling nozzle 7 can be smoothly removed without applying an unreasonable force between the two.

Further, the nozzle hook 8 from which the refueling nozzle 7 has been removed as described above is pivotally returned to the initial state (see FIG. 3) by the spring force of the return springs 21 and 21.

When the refueling hose 6 is pulled toward the refueling target in order to bring the refueling nozzle 7 closer to the refueling target, the hose moving mechanism operates so that the refueling hose 6 follows the joint portion 5 and the right side wall 2C of the refueling device main body 1 Move laterally along. For this reason, the middle of the fuel supply hose 6 may come into contact with the hanging piece 12 of the nozzle hook 8 protruding from the right side wall 2C. At this time, the nozzle hook 8 is indicated by the same arrow as the moving direction of the fuel hose 6. Since it rotates in the A (B) direction,
It is possible to reliably prevent the refueling hose 6 from being caught by the hanging piece 12 and damaging the hose 6, or loosening or disconnecting the connecting portion between the hose 6 and the joint portion 5.
Therefore, the refueling hose 6 can smoothly move laterally over the entire moving range of the hose moving mechanism.

Further, when the oil supply nozzle 7 is returned to the nozzle hook 8 after refueling work, if the oil supply hose 6 and the nozzle hook 8 overlap and interfere with each other, the nozzle hook 8 is prevented from overlapping with the oil supply hose 6. The oil supply nozzle 7 can be returned to the nozzle hook 8 by rotating.

Further, in the present embodiment, the pair of return springs 21 and 21 is used to normally return the nozzle hook 8 to a predetermined position in the middle of the rotation range. Therefore, when the refueling nozzle 7 is returned to the nozzle hook 8. In addition, the nozzle hook 8 is in a state of being oriented in the neutral direction with respect to the front and rear sides of the refueling device main body 1 in preparation for the next refueling work, which is convenient for the next work.

The return springs 21 and 21 described above are not necessarily provided, and the nozzle hook 8 may be configured to freely rotate. In this case, since the nozzle hook 8 after removing the fuel nozzle 7 faces the operation direction of the fuel nozzle 7, that is, the direction of the object to be lubricated,
It is easy to perform the operation of returning to. Further, in the embodiment, the single type oil supply device in which the oil supply mechanism such as the joint portion 5, the oil supply hose 6, the oil supply nozzle 7, and the hose moving mechanism is provided on the right side wall C2 of the oil supply device main body 1 is illustrated. Differently, the present invention can be applied to, for example, a double type oil supply device in which two sets of oil supply mechanisms are provided on both side walls 2C and 2D of the oil supply device main body 1.

[Effect of device]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the nozzle hook is rotatably provided with respect to one peripheral wall of the main body of the refueling device so as to follow the moving direction of the hose moving mechanism. Even if the refueling hose comes into contact with or catches on the nozzle hook during the lateral movement of the refueling nozzle, the nozzle hook positively rotates in the same direction as the moving direction of the hose, and as a result, the refueling hose itself or It is possible to surely prevent the hose and the refueling nozzle connecting portion from being damaged due to an excessive force. Further, since the nozzle hook can be directed to the operation side of the refueling nozzle, the work of storing the refueling nozzle becomes easy. Furthermore, by reliably preventing the fueling hose from catching on the nozzle, by smoothly moving the fueling nozzle by the hose moving mechanism over the entire moving range of the joint portion connected to the hose moving mechanism, A large refueling work range can be secured within the original range, and refueling work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a front view of an oil supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part in the figure, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a side view of a conventional fuel supply device. 1 ... Refueling device main body, 5 ... Joint part, 6 ... Refueling hose, 7 ... Refueling nozzle, 8 ... Nozzle hook.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claims: 1. A refueling device main body of a housing having a hose moving mechanism built-in, and projecting from one peripheral wall located on the upper side of the refueling device main body, connected to the hose moving mechanism, and extending along the one peripheral wall. A laterally movable joint portion, a fuel supply hose whose base end is connected to the joint portion, a fuel supply nozzle provided at the tip of the fuel supply hose, and to accommodate the fuel supply nozzle,
In the hose moving type oil supply device, which is a peripheral wall of the main body of the oil supply device and comprises a nozzle hook that is projectingly located at a lower side than a joint part that is moved by the hose moving mechanism, the nozzle hook is A hose moving type oil supply device, wherein the hose moving type oil supply device is attached to one peripheral wall of the oil supply device body so as to be rotatable in the lateral direction so as to follow the moving direction of a joint portion connected to the hose moving mechanism. .