JPH1111605A - Garbage collecting car and garbage collecting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a garbage collecting car which is capable of safely performing a garbage collecting work on the road, is effective especially under a one-man system where an operator performs both driving of the garbage collecting car and the garbage collecting work, and provide a garbage collecting method using the garbage collecting car. SOLUTION: With the garbage collecting car, a handle at the driver's seat is provided on the left side in the direction of travelling, and a door 7 provided on the left side in where the handle is provided, is structured to be opened and closed by sliding it longitudinally by a sliding mechanism. In the sliding mechanism, one ends of swing-arms 8, 9 are provided on the driver's seat side so that the swing arms can turn horizontally around the one ends, and the other ends of the swing arms 8, 9 are connected to the inside of the door so that the swing arms can freely slide longitudinally. In the garbage collecting method of collecting the garbage using the garbage collecting car, the operator operates the handle to drive the garbage collecting car, and gets on and out of the car through the left side door 7 to collect garbage in a garbage collecting box 2 at a garbage collecting place to which garbage was collected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refuse collection vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a dust storage box is provided on a vehicle frame behind a driver's seat, and a dust input box is connected to a rear portion of the dust storage box. A large number of refuse collection vehicles have been provided for loading refuse into a refuse storage box with refuse input into the refuse input box by the device.

[0003]

However, the conventional refuse collection vehicle is usually a right-type handle provided with a handle on the right side in the traveling direction, and a worker alone drives and collects trash on the road. In this case, the right side of the direction in which the operator gets on and off becomes the traveling side of another vehicle that is left-handed. There was a problem that is.

[0004] In addition, when the door for getting on and off is one-sided, when the door is opened, the door protrudes to the side of the vehicle, so that the door becomes an obstacle to other vehicles or passers-by. there were.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refuse collection vehicle including a refuse collection box mounted on a vehicle frame behind a driver's seat for collecting refuse. A handle is provided on the left side in the traveling direction, and the left door on which the handle is provided is configured to be opened and closed by sliding in a front-rear direction by a slide mechanism.

In the refuse collection vehicle according to a second aspect of the present invention, the slide mechanism is provided on a driver's seat side with one end of a swing arm rotatable in a horizontal direction about the one end.
The other end of the swing arm is connected to the inside of the door so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for collecting garbage.
A dust collection method for collecting dust using a dust collection vehicle in which a handle is provided on a left side in a traveling direction and a left door on which the handle is provided slides in a front-rear direction to open and close. Is operated to drive the garbage truck, and get on and off from the left door at the collection site where the garbage is discharged, and collect the garbage at the collection site in the garbage storage box.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a refuse collection vehicle according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a driver's seat of a refuse collection vehicle, and a refuse storage box 2 is mounted on a vehicle frame behind the driver's seat 1 so as to be tiltable about a lower rear end. A dust input box 3 is connected to a rear opening of the dust storage box 2 so as to be tiltable with a pivot 4.

The refuse input box 3 has an input port 31 for inputting refuse at the lower rear portion thereof.

A dust loading device (not shown) for compressing and crushing dust and loading the dust into the dust storage box 2 is provided in the dust input box 3.

In the driver's seat 1 of the refuse collection vehicle thus configured, a handle 6 (see FIG. 2) is provided on the left side in the traveling direction, and the left door 7 slides forward and backward. A slide type that opens and closes is used.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, one end of a front swing arm 8 and a rear swing arm 9 are rotatably supported on the driver's seat 1 side. The other end of the rear swing arm 9 is slidably pivoted inside the door 7.

A guide rail 10 is disposed inside the door 7 in the front-rear direction, and the other ends of the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 are slidably pivoted along the guide rail 10. I have.

The front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 are arranged in front and rear parallel to each other, and are provided so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction around the one end.

When the door 7 is closed, the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 are folded toward the driver's seat 1 as shown by a solid line in FIG.

When the door 7 is opened from this state, first, the front swing arm 8 is pivoted around one end of the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9.
Then, the rear swing arm 9 rotates outward, whereby the entire door 7 is disposed outside the driver's seat 1 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

The front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 are configured to be prevented from rotating at positions protruding outward by stoppers (not shown). When the door 7 is further pulled rearward from this state, the other ends of the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 slide along the guide rail 10 toward the distal end of the guide rail 10, whereby the door 7 is moved. Slide back and open as shown in FIG.

As described above, even if the door 7 slides backward, the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 are disposed at positions protruding outward, so that the door 7 interferes with the side surface of the dust container 2. Never.

Next, a dust collection method for collecting dust using the dust collection vehicle configured as described above will be described.

An operator gets into the driver's seat 1 of the refuse collection vehicle, operates the handle 6 provided on the left side, drives the refuse collection vehicle, and goes to the collection site where the refuse is discharged.

When the vehicle arrives at the target collection site, the garbage collection vehicle is temporarily stopped at the collection site and the trash is put into the trash collection box 3 of the garbage collection vehicle. The dust put into the dust input box 3 is compressed and crushed by the dust loading device and loaded into the dust storage box 2.

In the above-described garbage collection work, it is usual that the garbage collection vehicle is once stopped and collected at the left end in the traveling direction on the road, which is a left-hand traffic. You will drive on the right side of the collection vehicle.

Thus, the operator can get on and off the driver's seat 1 from the left door 7 safely and quickly without worrying about other vehicles.

Further, since the door 7 is of a sliding type, the door 7 does not protrude to the side of the driver's seat 1 and an accident that interferes with a pedestrian or an obstacle can be prevented.

The garbage collected in the garbage storage box 2 as described above is disposed by tilting the garbage input box 3 upward about the pivot 4 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2 is tilted upward with the lower rear end as a center, and is discharged from the garbage storage box 2. FIG. 5 shows another configuration of the sliding mechanism of the door 7.

The sliding mechanism of the door 7 includes a front swing arm 8 and a rear swing arm 9 on the driver's seat 1 side.
Is rotatably supported, and the other ends of the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9 are rotatably supported by a slide rail 11 provided inside the door 7 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. It is composed of

The other structure of the slide mechanism is the same as that of the slide mechanism described above, and the description is omitted.

Therefore, when the door 7 in the closed state is opened, first, the front swing arm 8 is pivoted around one end of the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9.
Then, the rear swing arm 9 pivots outward, whereby the entire door 7 is disposed outside the driver's seat 1 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

In this state, when the door 7 is further pulled rearward, the slide rail 11 moves in front of the door 7 along the inside of the door 7 so that the door 7 is moved as shown by a dashed line in FIG. Slide back to open.

In this embodiment, two swing arms, the front swing arm 8 and the rear swing arm 9, are used. However, the number of swing arms is not limited to two, and a plurality of three or more swing arms may be used. A good one can be used as long as it meets the strength requirements.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the handle of the driver's seat is provided on the left side in the traveling direction, and the left door provided with the handle is slid in the front-rear direction by the slide mechanism to open and close. With this configuration, the operator gets on and off the driver's seat from the left door, and when collecting garbage on the road on the left,
The collection work can be performed by getting on and off from the left side without worrying about other vehicles, and is particularly effective for a one-man system in which the operator performs driving and dust collection work alone.

Further, since the door is opened and closed by sliding back and forth by the slide mechanism, the door does not protrude to the side of the driver's seat, accidents that interfere with pedestrians and obstacles can be prevented, and collection can be performed safely. Work can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the entire configuration of a refuse collection vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the door in an opened state.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a configuration of a door sliding mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the door in an opened state.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another configuration of the door sliding mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Driver's seat 2 Garbage storage box 6 Handle 7 Door 8 Front swing arm 9 Rear swing arm 10 Guide rail 11 Slide rail

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A refuse collection vehicle equipped with a refuse collection box for collecting refuse on a vehicle frame behind a driver's seat, wherein a handle of the driver's seat is provided on the left side in the traveling direction, and the handle is provided. A refuse collection vehicle, wherein the left door is configured to be opened and closed by sliding in a front-rear direction by a slide mechanism. 2. The sliding mechanism, wherein one end of a swing arm is provided on the driver's seat side so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction around the one end, and the other end of the swing arm is slidable in the front-rear direction inside the door. The refuse collection vehicle according to claim 1, which is connected to the garbage collector. 3. A dust collection method for collecting dust using a dust collection vehicle, wherein a handle is provided on a left side in a traveling direction, and a left door on which the handle is provided slides back and forth to open and close. The operator operates the above handle to drive the garbage truck,
A garbage collection method, comprising: getting on and off from a left door at a collection site where the garbage is discharged, and collecting the trash from the collection site in a trash storage box.