WO1993022157A1 - Systeme de manutention pour vehicule de livraison - Google Patents

Systeme de manutention pour vehicule de livraison Download PDF

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WO1993022157A1
WO1993022157A1 PCT/GB1993/000859 GB9300859W WO9322157A1 WO 1993022157 A1 WO1993022157 A1 WO 1993022157A1 GB 9300859 W GB9300859 W GB 9300859W WO 9322157 A1 WO9322157 A1 WO 9322157A1
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handling system
rail
vehicle
lifting tackle
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James Michael Ray
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Combined Brewery Services Ltd.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P3/00—Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects
    • B60P3/055—Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects for transporting bottles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/54—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using cranes for self-loading or self-unloading
    • B60P1/5438—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using cranes for self-loading or self-unloading with a moveable base
    • B60P1/5442—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using cranes for self-loading or self-unloading with a moveable base attached to the roof of the vehicle

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  • This invention relates to delivery vehicle handling systems.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a simple mechanical means, requiring little physical effort, for transferring barrels from and to the inside of a delivery vehicle and to and from a position outside said vehicle.
  • the said position outside the vehicle might be the floor of a beer cellar. It is estimated that approximately a fifth of public houses have cellars provided with a door at ground level and outside the building such that in the use of the invention barrels can be lowered into and removed from the cellar through the aperture usually closed by the said cellar door. In cases in which the cellar is inaccessibly positioned, the barrels can be transferred simply to a ground level position with little physical effort as required.
  • a handling system installed on a delivery vehicle should occupy as little as possible of what otherwise would be storage space, to maintain the delivery capacity of the vehicle. This provides a further object of the invention, which is to satisfy the need for a vehicle handling system whilst occupying a minimal amount of storage space on the delivery vehicle.
  • a handling system for installation onto a delivery vehicle comprising a supporting framework and lifting tackle, said lifting tackle being carried by a movable rail which is projectable outside a vehicle fitted with the system, thereby allowing the lifting tackle to carry loads over positions both within and outside the fitted vehicle.
  • the lifting tackle is preferably movable along the said movable rail, and the said movable rail is preferably carried by transverse guide means, whereby the said lifting tackle is movable transversely in a fitted vehicle.
  • the said movable rail is preferably a cantilever rail which is projectable from both sides of a fitted vehicle.
  • the said transverse guide means are preferably carried by longitudinal guide means, whereby the said lifting tackle is movable longitudinally in a fitted vehicle, and the said longitudinal guide means may comprise two lateral guide rails, and the said transverse guide means comprise a bridge rail which is supported in the said guide rails by wheeled hanger means.
  • the said movable rail is preferably carried by spaced guide units designed and arranged so that the rail can project cantilever fashion from either side of the vehicle whilst supported by said units, said rail when projecting from one side of the vehicle being supported by some of said units, and when projecting from the other side being supported by others.
  • the said transverse guide means may comprise lateral roller pairs and central roller pairs between which the said cantilever rail is held, thereby allowing a load to be supported at both sides of a fitted vehicle whilst maintaining the said cantilever rail at a constant attitude.
  • the handling system preferably comprises various electric drive means whereby the said lifting tackle is displacable, namely means whereby the lifting tackle is drivable along the said movable rail, and/or a central electric drive means, whereby the said cantilever rail is transversely drivable in both directions, and/or wherein the said transverse guide means comprise at both ends of the said bridge rail electric drive means whereby the said transverse guide means are longitudinally drivable in both direction.
  • the said electric drive means are preferably electric brake motors which act to lock the lifting tackle in place whilst the said motors are inoperative.
  • the lifting tackle may comprise an electric power hoist and a barrel lifting frame.
  • the invention further provides a delivery vehicle fitted with a handling system.
  • a barrel in the vehicle may be transferred to the floor of a beer cellar by moving the lifting tackle, which may comprise a hoist and a sling attatched thereto, to a position above the barrel, then, by attatching the sling to the barrel, and by lifting the barrel.
  • the hoist may be hand-operated or power-operated, in either case requiring considerably less effort than that required without the use of the hoist.
  • the hoist, sling and barrel can then be moved to a position outside the vehicle, below which lies the beer cellar floor onto which the barrel is to be placed. This also may be effected by hand or by machine.
  • the barrel is then lowered and released onto the said floor. To remove a barrel from a beer cellar to the delivery vehicle the reverse of the above actions are performed.
  • Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a curtain side dray lorry including a handling system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is an end view illustrating the delivery vehicle handling system in use during delivery of a barrel to a beer cellar by the dray lorry shown in Fig. 1;
  • Fig 3. is an end view, to an enlarged scale, illustrating a detail of the arrangement of support frame and movable rails and hoist circled in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 1 is shown in side view a curtain side dray lorry 1, wherein a delivery vehicle handling system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is installed, having inner supports 8 securely fastened to the front and rear of the lorry decking 4 as shownat 14 and 16.
  • the fixed framework is completed by attaching fixed guide rails 20, each of inverted U-shaped cross-section with inturned flanges, in a lengthwise and lateral overhead position in the lorry 1 to the crossbars 18, themselves connected to the support 8.
  • the fixed framework may be provided in addition to a tailboard-cover support frame, but preferably serves also this function, as both frames would almost coincide in any case.
  • a movable bridge rail 22 is connected to the fixed guide rails 20 by wheeled trolley hangers 24, and lies in a transverse position in said lorry.
  • the movable bridge 22 is supported between fixing plates 23 of L-shaped cross-section, thus allowing the bridge 22 to be at approximately the same height as the guide rails 20, rather than below the trolly hangers 24.
  • the use of these fixing plates 23 thus conserves valuable overhead space in the cargo area 3.
  • wheeled hangers 25 comprising a support plate 33 and depending legs 31, constructed to form a hanger of generally U-shaped cross section, as shown in Figure 4.
  • Each hanger 25 comprises two sets of roller counterparts, each set of rollers comprising an upper pair of rollers 27 and a lower pair of rollers 29.
  • the cantilever rail runs along these rollers to move transversely in the lorry, both leftwards and rightwards.
  • the movable bridge 22 comprises separate three hangers 25, namely lateral hangers 37 and a central hanger 39.
  • the cantilever rail 26 is of length equal to the width of the dray lorry 1, and the fixed guide rails 20 span the length of the lorry tailboard area 3.
  • Block 28 is carried by said cantilever rail by further wheeled trolley hangers, said block having a hoist mechanism 41.
  • the hoist chain 52 carries a sling 40 capable of easy attachment and detachment to and from a barrel 42, for holding said barrel during lifting and for lowering of same.
  • the lifting tackle is movable along the cantilever rail 26 lying in a transverse position within the lorry 1.
  • the cantilever rail 26 is itself transversely movable along bridge rail 22, which is in turn is movable lengthwise along the lorry in fixed guide rails 20.
  • the lifting tackle can be moved over all areas within the framework, all movement enabled by the trolley hanger wheels rolling along the inturned flanges of the guide rails 20 and 26, and by the flanges 35 of the cantilever rail 26 moving through the roller wheels 27 and 29.
  • the lifting tackle is movable to positions lateral to and outside the lorry tailboard 3.
  • Each end of the bridge rail 22 is supported on two sets of rollers 24 in the guide rails 20, one set of rollers at each side being power driven.
  • the bridge track moves the length of the vehicle using two single phase AC motors 47 which have a friction drive to the guide rails 20.
  • the electric drives may be fed by a feed box positioned on a wall adjacent the area where deliveries are made, for example on a public house wall next to and above the beer cellar door.
  • the handling system is provided with an umbilical cord which is plugged in to this main supply. This supply is transmitted to the individual drives by means of extensible cables. Placed within the upper framework of the handling system, the cables extend and retract as the movable rails are moved in the framework.
  • the system is operated by means of a push button control pendant suspended from the hoist.
  • the supports may interfere with the handling system when the cantilever rail 26 is projecting from the side of the lorry 1, and in these cases interlocks may be fitted to avoid damage to these central supports.
  • interlocks which may for example be switches operated by the movement of the movable framework as it approaches the intermediate support members 10, acts to cut off the electric motor drives thereby preventing the cantilever arm 26 from crashing into the intermediate supports 10.
  • one or more barrels transported by a lorry 1, can be delivered to the beer cellar of a public house .
  • the cellars of public houses are constructed so that the floor of the cellar is vertically accessible at ground level and next to which the lorry side 50 can be positioned.
  • the lifting tackle is moved by hand to a position above a barrel placed in the lorry with its central axis broadly horzontal and the hoist operated in order that the sling be attatched to the barrel.
  • the delivery system can be supplied for fitting to a delivery vehicle, or a delivery vehicle may be constructed to include such a delivery system when first sold.
  • the entire handling system is preferably demountable for transfer on the replacement of the delivery vehicle, and is manufacturable and adaptable for installation into a range of vehicle types and sizes, with the support frame and guide rails preferably being of metal, the metal being of the necessary strength to allow them to perform their functions.

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Abstract

Système de manutention pour véhicule de livraison, selon lequel un mécanisme de levage peut être transporté vers la zone du véhicule où se trouve la cargaison, et hors de cette zone, par l'intermédiaire d'une structure mobile. La structure comprend un bras (26) qui peut faire saillie à partir des deux côtés du véhicule, ainsi que des rails de guidage latéraux (20) le long desquels le bras peut être déplacé à l'intérieur de la zone de cargaison. Le système de manutention tout entier est mû par des organes d'entraînement électriques.
PCT/GB1993/000859 1992-04-24 1993-04-23 Systeme de manutention pour vehicule de livraison WO1993022157A1 (fr)

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US5486082A (en) * 1994-07-07 1996-01-23 Feldman; Zeiylik Y. Remotely controlled extendable lift apparatus for a van
US5647577A (en) * 1994-07-07 1997-07-15 Feldman; Yakov Z. Brake apparatus for an extendable lift apparatus
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WO2015057946A1 (fr) * 2013-10-16 2015-04-23 Half Barrel Solutions Llc Système de manipulation et de stockage de récipient de boisson
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