JPH0648194A - Radiator cover for forklift truck - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify constitution so as to make assembling work performance and fitting-removing work performance desirable. CONSTITUTION:In a radiator cover 12 additionally provided at the upper part of a radiator 13, in the form of a separate body from an engine hood 11, a rewind preventing plate 20 hanging in the overlapped state with a slight space to the front face of a radiator upper tank 13a so as to serve also as the sealing face of the engine hood 11 is formed integrally in the bent state at the engine hood side end edge of the radiator cover 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radiator cover attached to an upper portion of a radiator in an industrial vehicle such as a forklift truck.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a circle mark portion of an industrial vehicle, for example, a large vehicle such as a forklift truck H shown in FIG. 4, the engine hood 1 and the radiator cover 2 are shown in FIG.
The radiator cover 2 attached to the upper part of the radiator 3 and the engine hood 1, which are divided as shown in FIG. 3, are substantially flush with each other, and the radiator cover 2 having a gap between them has a lower surface on the engine hood 1 side. A support member 4 having a substantially Z-shaped cross section is fixed by welding means or the like, and a seal member 5 is attached to one end edge of the engine hood 1,
The other end is pivotally attached to the frame side and is provided so that it can be flipped up in the direction of the arrow in the drawing. When the engine upper part is closed and placed on the support member 4 in abutment, the engine hood 1 and the radiator cover 2 are placed.
And are configured to be substantially on the same plane. But,
In this configuration, in particular, since there is a gap h between the upper portion of the radiator 3 and the radiator cover 2, the warm air that has passed through the radiator 3 becomes rewinding wind and enters the engine room through the gap h to radiate heat. There was a problem that reduced the effect. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a prevention plate 6 capable of shielding the gap h to prevent rewinding wind is fixed along the lower surface of the radiator cover 2 by a fastening member or a welding means, or as shown in FIG. Although not shown, the prevention plate 7 is fixed to the frame, the radiator bracket or the like by a fastening member or a welding means as shown in the drawing.

[0003]

However, there is a problem in that attaching the rewinding wind preventive plates 6 and 7 to the radiator cover 2 or the frame increases the weight, and if the radiator cover 2 is attached to the radiator cover 2, the weight will be increased. However, there is a problem that the workability of attaching and detaching is deteriorated, and further, the number of parts is increased and the man-hours for parts management and the assembling work are increased.

The present invention has been made to solve the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a radiator cover for a forklift truck having a simple structure and good assembling workability and attachment / detachment workability. To do.

[0005]

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a radiator cover attached to the upper part of the radiator in a form separate from the engine hood, wherein an end of the radiator cover on the engine hood side is provided. The forklift truck has a structure in which a rewinding prevention plate that hangs in an overlap shape on the front surface of the radiator upper tank with a slight interval at the edge and that also serves as a sealing surface of the engine hood is integrally formed by bending. Exists in the radiator cover.

[0006]

With the above-mentioned structure, invasion of rewind wind into the engine room is blocked, and it also serves as a sealing surface for the engine hood.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a connecting portion between an engine hood 11 and a radiator cover 12, and FIG. The radiator 13 is provided on the rear side of the engine room E, is attached to the frame via the radiator brackets 14, 14 forming a left-right pair of the radiator 13, and the radiator bracket 14 is formed in a symmetrical shape. The lid member 15 is formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section, and a lid member 15 is fixed to the upper end of the lid member 15 by welding means to be closed.

The engine hood 11 is rotatably attached to the radiator bracket 14 to which the radiator 13 is attached in this manner so that the engine hood 11 is flipped up to the upper side of the radiator 13 via the hinge member 16. The engine hood 11 has a substantially rectangular top plate 11a, has four edges 17 of a predetermined shape on its four sides, and is formed in a substantially box shape that opens downward so that the engine room E can be shielded. A seal member 18 is detachably attached to the edge of 17 over the entire circumference. The engine hood 11 thus formed has the hinge member 16 and the lid member 1 of the radiator bracket 14 interposed therebetween.
5 is attached.

A radiator cover 12 is detachably attached between the pair of radiator brackets 14 to which the engine hood 11 is attached. The radiator cover 12 has a shielding web 19 having a width capable of shielding the upper portion of the radiator 13, and an edge of the shielding web 19 on the engine hood 11 side is bent downward by a predetermined length to prevent a rewinding wind. 20 is integrally formed to have a substantially L-shaped cross section. Also, this radiator cover 12
The hinge member 1 attached to the radiator bracket 14
At a position corresponding to 6, a notch groove 21 for escape is formed from a part of the shielding web 14 to the prevention plate 20. In the radiator cover 12 thus formed, both ends of the shielding web 19 are placed on the radiator bracket 14 and detachably attached by the attaching screws 22, and the lower end edge of the preventing plate 20 is attached to the upper tank 13a of the radiator 13. The front surface side is hung vertically in an overlapped manner with a slight distance t, and the gap h between the radiator 13 and the shielding web 19 is shielded by the prevention plate 20. Room E
When is closed, the seal member 18 attached to the edge portion 17a on the radiator 13 side is elastically adhered to the prevention plate 20 to seal the gap. In this state, the engine hood 1
1 top plate 11a and radiator cover 12 shielding web 1
It is configured so as to be substantially flush with the surface 9.

In this embodiment, as described above, the radiator hood 12 has an engine hood 11 side edge which is hung in an overlapped manner with a slight distance t on the front surface of the radiator upper tank 13a. The radiator 13 and the radiator cover 12 have a structure in which the rewinding prevention plate 20 that also serves as the sealing surface of the seal member 18 attached to the edge portion 17a of 11 is integrally formed by bending.
The gap h between the shield web 19 and the shield web 19 is blocked by the prevention plate 20, and the warm air that has passed through the radiator 13 is prevented from passing through the gap h and being rewound on the engine room E side to improve the heat dissipation effect. can do. Further, the prevention plate 20 is formed integrally with the shielding web 19 by bending, and
Since it also serves as the sealing surface of the engine hood 11, the conventional support member 4 can be omitted, the number of parts can be reduced, the management man-hours and the assembly man-hours can be reduced, and the vehicle weight can be reduced. It also helps to reduce. Further, there is an advantage that the radiator cover 12 is also reduced in weight and the attachment / detachment work thereof is easy. Further, in the related art, as shown in FIG. 8, a radiator cover 2 is provided with a water injection hole 8 through the radiator 3, but this radiator cover 12 is light and easy to be attached and removed. It is possible to eliminate the conventional water injection hole 7 and improve the appearance quality.

In the above embodiment, the engine hood 11 is attached to the radiator bracket 14 via the hinge member 16 and rotated to the upper side (rear side) of the radiator 13. When the hood 11 is pivotally attached to the front side through a hinge (not shown), the radiator cover 12A is formed by bending the lower end of the prevention plate 20A bent from the edge of the shielding web 19A as shown in FIG. An edge portion 17a to which the sealing member 18 of the engine hood 11 is attached by integrally bending and forming a support edge 23 projecting a predetermined length from the overlapping position on the front surface of the tank 13a toward the engine room E side.
Since it is configured to support the side, in this case, the notch groove 21 in the above-described embodiment is omitted, and the other configurations are configured in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. Therefore, the radiator cover 12A also has substantially the same operational effect as the radiator cover 12.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, the gap between the radiator and the shielding web of the radiator cover is shielded by the prevention plate so that the warm air passing through the radiator passes through this gap h. The engine room side can be prevented from being rewound and the heat radiation effect can be improved. Further, since this prevention plate is integrally bent and formed on the shielding web and also serves as the sealing surface of the engine cover, the conventional supporting member of the engine cover can be omitted, and the number of parts can be reduced. The management man-hours and the assembling man-hours can be reduced, and the weight of the vehicle can be reduced. Further, there is an advantage that the radiator cover is also reduced in weight and the attachment / detachment work thereof is easy. Conventionally, the radiator cover has a hole for water injection through the radiator, but since the weight of the radiator cover makes it easy to put on and take off, the conventional water injection hole has been eliminated to improve the appearance quality. can do.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a connecting portion between an engine hood and a radiator cover.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another aspect of the radiator cover.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a forklift truck.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a circled portion in FIG. 4 of a connecting portion between a conventional engine hood and a radiator cover.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view in which a rewinding prevention plate is attached to a conventional radiator cover.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another mode of attaching the anti-rollback plate to the conventional radiator cover.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional radiator cover in which a water injection hole for a radiator is provided.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Engine Hood 12, 12A Radiator Cover 13 Radiator 13a Radiator Upper Tank 20, 20A Rewind Prevention Plate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A radiator cover attached to the upper part of the radiator in a form separate from the engine hood, wherein an edge of the radiator cover on the engine hood side has a slight space in front of the radiator upper tank. A radiator cover for a forklift truck having a structure in which an anti-rewind plate that also hangs down in an overlapping manner and that also serves as a sealing surface of the engine hood is integrally bent.