WO1988002707A1 - Bequille pour remorque - Google Patents

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WO1988002707A1
WO1988002707A1 PCT/FI1987/000136 FI8700136W WO8802707A1 WO 1988002707 A1 WO1988002707 A1 WO 1988002707A1 FI 8700136 W FI8700136 W FI 8700136W WO 8802707 A1 WO8802707 A1 WO 8802707A1
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support leg
cylinder
trailer
landing gear
chassis
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PCT/FI1987/000136
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Lennart LILJESTRÖM
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Liljestroem Lennart
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Priority to KR1019880700659A priority Critical patent/KR890700089A/ko
Publication of WO1988002707A1 publication Critical patent/WO1988002707A1/fr
Priority to DK307588A priority patent/DK307588A/da

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S9/00—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks
    • B60S9/02—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks for only lifting or supporting
    • B60S9/10—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks for only lifting or supporting by fluid pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/58—Auxiliary devices
    • B60D1/66—Props
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S9/00—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks
    • B60S9/14—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks for both lifting and manoeuvring
    • B60S9/16—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks for both lifting and manoeuvring for operating only on one end of vehicle
    • B60S9/20—Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks for both lifting and manoeuvring for operating only on one end of vehicle with fluid-pressure lift

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  • the invention relates to landing gear particularly for raising or lowering a trailer or other load-transporting vehicle provided with landing gear comprising two support legs and two pressure fluid cylinders, wherein each support leg is formed of an elongate member attached at its first end pivotally to the trailer chassis, and where in between each support member and the chassis there is fitted a cylinder, so that the support member can be turned by means of the cylinder.
  • the Brittish patent publication GB 1,098,510 introduces turnable support posts to be employed particularly in connection with semi-trailers, hitch-ups and the like.
  • the support posts are attached at the front end of the trailer, and they are lowered down and locked in the supporting position when the tractor is desired to be disconnected from the trailer.
  • the support posts are interconnected by means of a transversal support member, and the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder is coupled in the middle thereof.
  • One end of the cylinder is attached to the trailer.
  • the support posts are provided with telescopic ' struts, and these include locking means whereby the struts and the posts can be locked in position.
  • the cylinder is operated by a manual pump.
  • the support struts can also be mechanically extended by a hand lever.
  • a major drawback in the above described support posts is the fact that they are not suitable for raising and/or lowering trailers: when the support posts are adjusted to their load-bearing position, the trailer is lowered to rest upon them, so that the tractor can be disconnected from the trailer and again easily reconnected thereto.
  • the support posts are light in construction, and they are not suited for carrying heavy loads.
  • the Brittish patent application GB 2,109,322 introduces hydraulic support leg mechanisms for caravans or the like, whereby a parked caravan can be levelled to the horizontal position.
  • the disclosed support legs turnable by means of hydraulic cylinders, are not structurally suitable for raising the caravan, and it Is not even suggested; the caravan rests on its own bogle.
  • the US patent publication 3,874,696 introduces a landing gear arrangement for trailers.
  • the described arrangement corresponds to the landing gear structure disclosed in the Brittish patent application GB 1,098,510. These suggestions for landing gear can neither be employed for raising and/or lowering a trailer.
  • Another landing gear arrangement is schematically Illustrated in the US patent publication 4,413,943.
  • a pair of legs is installed in between the wheels of the rear bogie of a trailer. These legs can be hydraulically raised and lowered so that the rear end of the trailer can, by means of the legs, be supported against the ground.
  • the drawback of this landing gear arrangement is the relatively troublesome two-step operation of the legs. First the support legs are extended out of the trailer chassis and then down along the ground, when they are not needed. Moreover, the said landing gear arrangement may obstruct the shifting of the trailer bogie, when it is used in connection with trailers provided with a movable rear bogie.
  • the object of the present invention is, among other things, to eliminate the above mentioned drawbacks and to provide a simple and easily adjustable landing gear arrangement. This s achieved by the characteristic novel features of the nvention, enlisted in the appended patent claims.
  • the loading and unloading heights of the trailer do not cause any problems.
  • the rear end of the trailer can be lifted to the desired height or lowered to the ground level.
  • the trailer can be moved, resting on this landing gear which is adjusted to the desired height, if the support legs are provided with wheels.
  • the height of the rear end of the trailer can be steplessly adjusted by means of the landing gear, and the landing gear can be charged with a full load in any of its adjustable positions.
  • each pair of support leg and cylinder can, if necessary, be adjusted irrespective of the other.
  • the adjusting of the cylinders can be controlled for instance from the tractor.
  • the landing gear of the present invention is particularly well suited to be used in connection with trailers and the like provided with a movable bogle. In its non-operative position, the landing gear does not disturb other operations dealing with the trailer, such as shifting or installing the bogies.
  • the landing gear can be placed in the trailer chassis, in the vicinity of. the locking spot of the bogie, and even totally or partly above it.
  • the track gauge of the wheels possibly provided in the support legs of the landing gear can then be the same as the track gauge of the bogie wheels. This is the case for instance when the invention is applied to a railway car or a similar car moving on rails.
  • figure 1 is a side-view illustration of the rear end of a semi-trailer, with the landing gear of the present invention attached thereto; and figure 2 respectively illustrates the rear end of a semi-trailer, seen from the top.
  • the landing gear 1 of the present invention comprises two support legs 4 and two pressure fluid cylinders 5. They are placed in the rear end of the trailer 2, in the vicinity of the rear bogie 3 or a similar rear wheel arrangement, in this case on both sides thereof.
  • the trailer complete with the rear bogie is for instance similar to the one described in the US patent publication 4,413,943.
  • the landing gear of the present invention is well suited to be used in connection with this kind of trailers or semi-trailers.
  • Each support leg 4 is formed of an elongate member which at its first end 4a is pivotally attached to the chassis 7 of the trailer 3. In between each support leg 4 and the chassis 7, there is fitted a pressure fluid cylinder 5 so that the support leg is turnable by means of the cylinder.
  • Each pair of support leg and pressure fluid cylinder 4, 5 is at its first end 4a, 5a pivotally attached to the rear of the trailer 2, in connection with the chassis 7 proper, in this case to the sides, in between the rear bar 14 and the cross bar 15, or in between corresponding members of the chassis 7, such as sideways protruding members.
  • the support leg 4 and the pressure fluid cylinder 5 are attached, in the longitudinal direction of the trailer 2, at the distance a from each other.
  • the second end 5b of the cylinder 5 is pivotally engaged to the second end 4b of the support leg 4, or to the vicinity thereof.
  • the length of the cylinder 5, with the piston retracted, and the length of the support leg 4, roughly corresponds to the mutual distance a of the fastening points of the first ends 4a, 5a thereof.
  • a support member either a suitable shoe or, as in figures 1 and 2, a wheel arrangement 8.
  • the second end 5b of the cylinder 5, i.e. the end of the piston 6, is attaced to the center of the support member and at the same time to above the central line A-A, seen from the side of the support leg 4, when the support legs 4 are retracted (indicated with dotted lines in figure 1). Now the support leg 4 is sure to start turning down, towards the ground, when pressure fluid is conducted into the cylinder 5.
  • the support leg 4 is advantageously provided with the wheel arrangement 8. This may be similar to the one illustrated in figures 1 and 2, or some different arrangement, for example a one-wheel modi ication.
  • the wheel arrangement 8 of each support leg 4 comprises two wheels 9, 10, which are interconnected by means of an axis 11, or a corresponding coupling means.
  • the axis 11 is attached to the bottom end of the support leg 4, advantageously on its center line A-A. Above it, there is in turn attached the head of the piston 6 of the cylinder 5 by means of a pin 12 or the like.
  • the support leg 4 can be realized as a box-type girder, either hollow or open on one side.
  • another support leg in the longitudinal direction thereof for example a continuation for the support leg 4, and/or a pressure fluid cylinder 13.
  • the cylinder 13 is attached to the support leg 4, and its other end 13b Is attached to the continuation of the support leg 4, or directly to the support member provided at the end of the support leg, such as the axis 11 of the pair of wheels 9, 10.
  • the support leg 4 can, when necessary, be extended.
  • the resulting structure is a highly stable and efficient landing gear arrangement.
  • the pairs of support leg and pressure fluid cylinder 4, 5 included in the landing gear of the invention are attached to the sides of the chassis proper 7 of the trailer 2. Therefore the transversal rear bar 12 of the trailer 2 is somewhat extended, and the cross bar 15 is installed at the distance a therefrom.
  • suitable protruding members or other support pieces in between which the pairs of support leg and cylinder 4, 5 are fitted.
  • the first ends of the support leg 4 and the cylinder 5 are pivotally attached to the above mentioned bars 14, 15.
  • a suitable safety bar 16 In between these, and to the outside with respect to the chassis 7, there can be provided a suitable safety bar 16 or the like.
  • the pairs of support leg and cylinder 4, 5 can, if desired, also be protected by means of a suitable casing, in which they can be retracted in the inoperative position.
  • the support legs 4 of the landing gear of the invention are at least roughly parallel to the axis B-B of the chassis 7 when in retracted position, as is illustrated by the dotted lines in figure 1. Thus they do not disturb the normal operation of the trailer, or the moving of the bogies, and the access to the vicinity of the rear bogie of the trailer - for maintenance and other possible purposes - stays ree. Moreover, the movable rear bogie 3 can also be located even directly below the support leg.
  • the rear bogle 3 is - before the support legs 4 are turned from the rest position to against the ground - moved somewhat towards the front end of the trailer and then stopped, whereafter the support legs 4 are pressed, by means of the cylinders 5, against the ground or other base, in the fashion described above.
  • the rear end of the trailer can be lifted even higher than it is when resting on the rear bogie.
  • the rear end of the trailer can be lowered near to the ground level and still, if the support legs 4 are provided with wheels 8, be transported from one place to another drawn by the tractor.
  • the support leg 4 and the cylinder 5 can be connected to the supporting member, such as the wheel arrangement 8, also in some other fashion than the eccentric one described above; they can be coupled to the same axis 11 or the like, if in the retracted position the topside angle between the support leg 4 and the cylinder 5 is less than 180 .
  • This can be arranged for Instance by means of some suitable stationary obstacles or the like provided in the chassis.
  • the landing gear of the invention can be applied, apart from the semi-trailer suggested in the preferred embodiment described above, also to some other kind of load-transporting vehicle, such as a railway car or a similar vehicle provided with one or several wheel bogies and transported along the ground or along a track.

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Abstract

Une béquille (1), servant à soulever et à baisser une remorque, comprend deux jambes de support (4) et deux vérins hydrauliques à pression (5). Chaque jambe de support (4) se compose d'un élément allongé fixé de façon pivotante par sa première extrémité au châssis (7) de la remorque (2). Entre chaque jambe de support (4) et le châssis (7) est disposé un vérin (5), ce qui permet à la jambe de support de tourner à l'aide du vérin. Chaque paire de jambes de support et de vérins (4, 5) est fixée de façon pivotante par ces premières extrémités à l'arrière de la remorque (2), en connexion directe avec le châssis (7), entre la barre arrière (14) et la barre tranversale (15), dans le sens longitudinal de la remorque (2) et à une distance (a) l'une de l'autre. La seconde extrémité du vérin (5) est fixée de façon pivotante à la seconde extrémité de la jambe de support (4). La longueur du vérin (5) lorsque le piston (6) est rétracté et la longueur de la jambe de support (4) correspondent plus ou moins à la distance (a) réciproque entre les points de couplage de ces premières extrémités.
PCT/FI1987/000136 1986-10-13 1987-10-13 Bequille pour remorque WO1988002707A1 (fr)

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KR1019880700659A KR890700089A (ko) 1986-10-13 1987-10-13 랜딩기어(Landing Gear)
DK307588A DK307588A (da) 1986-10-13 1988-06-06 Stoettehjul til paahaengsvogn

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FI864117A FI76966C (fi) 1986-10-13 1986-10-13 Stoedben i synnerhet foer hoejande och saenkande av en slaepvagn.
FI864117 1986-10-13

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WO1990014247A1 (fr) * 1989-05-19 1990-11-29 Rautaruukki Oy Appareil pouvant etre relie a une remorque
WO1990014246A1 (fr) * 1989-05-19 1990-11-29 Rautaruukki Oy Pieds de support pour remorque
US6666010B2 (en) * 2000-06-15 2003-12-23 Deere & Company Towed farm machine
CN109184563A (zh) * 2018-10-25 2019-01-11 江苏谷登工程机械装备有限公司 一种微型非开挖水平定向钻机底盘大梁变幅结构
US11370343B2 (en) * 2018-09-11 2022-06-28 Cade Hoehner Hydraulic drop frame trailer

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CH356363A (de) * 1957-07-25 1961-08-15 Bohren Jakob Hebe-Vorrichtung für Fahrzeug
US3255995A (en) * 1964-04-06 1966-06-14 Bartlett Trailer Corp Landing gear structure
US3288436A (en) * 1965-09-28 1966-11-29 Silva Stanley Lift mechanism
GB1098510A (en) * 1965-09-24 1968-01-10 Adrolic Engineering Company Lt Improvements in landing gear or under-carriages for articulated road vehicles
US3874696A (en) * 1973-01-02 1975-04-01 Timpte Inc Support for semi-trailers
FR2359734A1 (fr) * 1976-07-28 1978-02-24 Renault Bequille pour remorque de transport routier
GB2109322A (en) * 1981-03-27 1983-06-02 William Benjamin Harrison Hydraulic caravan levelling mechanism
CA1181737A (fr) * 1983-12-06 1985-01-29 Bulowski Bogdan Pare-chocs auto-levant installe sur automobiles et vehicules

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CH356363A (de) * 1957-07-25 1961-08-15 Bohren Jakob Hebe-Vorrichtung für Fahrzeug
US3255995A (en) * 1964-04-06 1966-06-14 Bartlett Trailer Corp Landing gear structure
GB1098510A (en) * 1965-09-24 1968-01-10 Adrolic Engineering Company Lt Improvements in landing gear or under-carriages for articulated road vehicles
US3288436A (en) * 1965-09-28 1966-11-29 Silva Stanley Lift mechanism
US3874696A (en) * 1973-01-02 1975-04-01 Timpte Inc Support for semi-trailers
FR2359734A1 (fr) * 1976-07-28 1978-02-24 Renault Bequille pour remorque de transport routier
GB2109322A (en) * 1981-03-27 1983-06-02 William Benjamin Harrison Hydraulic caravan levelling mechanism
CA1181737A (fr) * 1983-12-06 1985-01-29 Bulowski Bogdan Pare-chocs auto-levant installe sur automobiles et vehicules

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1990014247A1 (fr) * 1989-05-19 1990-11-29 Rautaruukki Oy Appareil pouvant etre relie a une remorque
WO1990014246A1 (fr) * 1989-05-19 1990-11-29 Rautaruukki Oy Pieds de support pour remorque
AU626422B2 (en) * 1989-05-19 1992-07-30 Rautaruukki Oy Trailer support legs
US6666010B2 (en) * 2000-06-15 2003-12-23 Deere & Company Towed farm machine
US11370343B2 (en) * 2018-09-11 2022-06-28 Cade Hoehner Hydraulic drop frame trailer
CN109184563A (zh) * 2018-10-25 2019-01-11 江苏谷登工程机械装备有限公司 一种微型非开挖水平定向钻机底盘大梁变幅结构

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DK307588A (da) 1988-06-13
KR890700089A (ko) 1989-03-02
FI864117A (fi) 1988-04-14
AU8107387A (en) 1988-05-06
FI864117A0 (fi) 1986-10-13
FI76966B (fi) 1988-09-30
FI76966C (fi) 1989-01-10
DK307588D0 (da) 1988-06-06

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