WO2000061402A1

WO2000061402A1 - Body loader

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Publication number: WO2000061402A1
Application number: PCT/FI2000/000276
Authority: WO
Inventors: Seppo Raikamo
Original assignee: Seppo Raikamo
Priority date: 1999-04-01
Filing date: 2000-03-31
Publication date: 2000-10-19
Also published as: FI107523B; EP1194313A1; FI990741A; FI990741A0; AU3821300A

Abstract

The invention relates to a body loader in a transport vehicle, the body loader comprising a frame structure defining primarily a container space for accommodating objects (11-19), such as tyres. The body loader comprises a turning portion (54) provided with a support structure (41-45) supporting the objects, the turning portion serving at the same time as the loading and unloading device of the objects (11-19). The body loader further comprises a pivot arrangement (61-63) allowing the turning portion (54) to be lowered so that the objects (11-19) stored one on top of the other in the turning portion (54), supported by the support structure (41-45), can be taken out of the frame structure and placed into a position in which the ojects (11-19) are side by side on the lowered turning portion.

Description

BODY LOADER

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a body loader in a transport vehicle, the body loader comprising a frame structure primarily defining a container space for accommodating objects.

The invention particularly relates to body loaders used as load spaces in tyre delivery trucks. Tyre delivery trucks provided with a load space structure, i.e. a frame structure, can be used by tyre manufacturers, tyre retreading services or tyre dealers to deliver tyres to and collect them from different service points, customers or other places. The vehicle concerned would then be a delivery/collection truck comprising a load space, or transport frame, into which tyres are loaded and from which they can be unloaded and reloaded during the delivery/collection round. Instead of tyres, other objects may also be carried, such as barrels, cable reels, other reels, or the like. When loaded into the load space, the tyres, or similar objects, are deposited in a plural number of stacks, each stack having a plural number of tyres one on top of the other.

Instead of a load space fixedly arranged to the vehicle, the body loader may be for example a detached or detachable separate frame structure, such as a separate container that can be separately deposited to a point of deposit.

In known body loaders, in tyre delivery trucks for example, the tyres to be loaded into the load space, i.e. the container space, or the space defined by the frame structure, are arranged manually, one by one, or by using the tail lift at the most, from the rear or side door of the vehicle to form a plural number of stacks. The tail lift can only be used for lifting the tyre, or another object, in a vertical upward/downward movement. In two-way deliveries in particular, when a tyre is to be removed from the vehicle, it is often necessary to move one or more stacks in order to gain access to the stack where the tyre is that is to be taken out of the load space of the vehicle.

The prior art solutions involve several drawbacks, particularly if the frame structure is used for storing and transporting objects to be delivered and received. The known body loaders comprise what is known as a tail lift arranged at the end of the frame structure, the elevator performing only a vertical movement. The objects to be delivered must always be loaded into the frame structure in an order where the objects to be removed first are close to the loading/unloading door at the rear, those to be removed last being at the back of the structure. If collection, i.e. reloading, takes place during the delivery round, all the objects in the frame structure must be moved during the delivery, prior to the unloading, from their original loading point closer to the unloading door for removal, and the reloaded objects must be placed behind them at the back of the frame structure. The situation is easier if the delivery truck comprises, in addition to the tail lift, side doors and an associated side lift at the front part of the frame structure. In two-way delivery of tyres, the tyres are stacked up one on top of the other, which means that when they are moved in the load space, they need to be taken down from the stacks and then stacked again. For example, if the container, i.e. the frame structure, comprises six tyre stacks arranged for example in three rows, with two stacks in each row, and if the tyre that is to be removed from the frame structure, such as a container, is at the back of the structure, then four stacks of tyres must be moved to reach the right stack. If the tyre to be removed is at the bottom of the stack in question, then the tyres placed on top of it must be removed. In known solutions the side doors, end doors, or the tail lifts at the rear end are not utilized when objects, such as tyres, are to be moved inside the load space to allow an object, such as a tyre, to be deposited into the load space or removed from there. The side and end doors only provide access to the space, and the tail lift only moves the objects in an upward/downward movement outside the load space.

The above described known body loader involves several drawbacks, one of them being that the duration of the work performance for loading and unloading the tyres becomes significantly long, thereby causing unnecessarily high labour costs. In addition, the above described structure prevents the expensive delivery truck from continuing its round as soon as possible, because both the unloading and loading are slow. A further problem is that the route of the vehicle, such as the tyre delivery truck, must be planned taking into account the order in which each object, such as a tyre, is to be delivered. In other words, the route cannot be planned freely.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a novel body loader which allows the problems and disadvantages involved in prior art solutions to be avoided and which offers an easy-to-use and efficient body loader for a transport vehicle.

To achieve this object, the body loader of the invention arranged to a transport vehicle is characterized in that the body loader arranged to the transport vehicle comprises a turning portion provided with a support structure supporting the objects, the turning portion acting at the same time as a loading and unloading device of the objects; the body loader further comprising a pivot arrangement, which pivot arrangement allows the turning portion to be turned so that the objects stored one on top of the other on the turning portion and supported by the support structure can be taken out of the frame structure and placed into a position where the objects are side by side; and that, in a vertical direction, the pivot arrangement is arranged to lower the position of height of the turning portion resting on the support included in the pivot arrangement to allow the turning to be performed when the turning portion is to be taken out of the frame structure, whereby the support provided by the support structure included in the turning portion which serves as a bottom support to the objects when the turning portion is open reaches a height position which is lower than the support provided by the support structure included in the turning portion which serves as a bottom support when the turning portion is inside the frame structure.

The idea of the invention is that the body loader arranged to a transport vehicle or attached to it is provided with one or more lowerable turning portions which turn/s the stacks of objects so that instead of being one on top of the other, the objects taken out of the frame structure are side by side. The objects stacked on the turning portion may be placed directly one on top of the other, or the turning portion may be equipped with spacing elements arranged between the objects to separate them and to support the objects placed one on top of the other.

The body loader may comprise a plural number of turning portions and when the body loader provides the frame structure of the delivery vehicle, the pivot arrangement can be used for lowering the turning portions from a vertical position at the height of the floor of the transport frame to a horizontal position, all the way to the surface the delivery truck stands on, for example to ground level, for loading and/or unloading. One of the advantages of the container arrangement of the invention is that it allows objects to be conveniently loaded to and unloaded from the container arrangement. For example, when a tyre, or another object, which is in a specific, known stack, is to be removed from the frame structure, the turning portion accommodating the stack in question is turned from the frame structure; in other words, the stack is lowered from the frame structure for example into a horizontal position against the ground, whereby the side surface of a turning door belonging to the turning portion sets between the ground and the objects, such as tyres, and the tyres, or similar objects, are thereby positioned side by side, which allows the specific tyre that is the object of interest to be easily removed from the group objects arranged side by side. Correspondingly, tyres to be received into the delivery/collection truck are loaded to storage spaces that have become vacant during unloading, or to other vacant storage spaces available in the turning portions of the frame structure. The solution of the invention allows heavy objects, such as tyres, to be loaded into delivery/collection trucks without a separate loading device. The solution of the invention releases the storage staff and/or the driver from the physically hard work of lifting too high, i.e. prohibited, load weights and stacking the items, the invention also reducing vehicle down time caused by unloading and loading, at the same time as it allows the delivery round to be more freely planned. The solution of the invention allows the work of a delivery truck driver to be changed from physical loading and unloading work to more meaningful duties, such as those of a sales representative, thereby widening the opportunities available for recruitment when employee decisions are made. The preferred embodiments of the invention further enhance the advantages of the basic invention and render the storage container more versatile and better applicable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the following the invention will be described in greater detail in connection with preferred embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a first embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is an end view of the first embodiment of the invention taken at arrow A in Figure 1 , into the direction shown by arrow A;

Figure 3 is a top view of the first embodiment of the invention; Figure 4 is a side view of a second embodiment of the invention; Figure 5 is a top view of the second embodiment of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Let us first discuss the first embodiment shown in Figures from 1 to 3. Figures 1-3 illustrate a transport vehicle 1 , which is a truck 1 , comprising a body loader 2. The Figures illustrate an example where the body loader is a fixed load space structure 2 of the transport vehicle 1. The vehicle 1 is a vehicle driven by a motor of its own and moving on its own wheels on roadways.

The body loader 2 can alternatively be a separate container to be attached to the vehicle and moved for example by means of a container handling device, or the body loader 2 could be a separate container that can be detached from the vehicle 1 and placed onto the ground, or otherwise away from the vehicle, and then possibly later lifted again into the vehicle 1.

The vehicle 1 comprises a cab 1a, wheels 1b and a body 1c. The body loader, the core part of which is the frame structure 2, such as a container 2, is supported by the body 1c of the vehicle, the structure being attached to the body 1c.

In the example shown in the Figures the objects 11-19 are car tyres.

The body loader 2 comprises a turning portion 54 provided with a support structure 41-43 supporting the objects, such as the car tyres 11-19. There are preferably a plural number of turning portions, such as portions 54. The embodiment shown in Figures 1-3 comprises four turning portions, by way of example, designated with reference numerals 51-54. In the following, we shall mainly concentrate on the turning portion 54, but the Applicant wishes to point out that the structure and operation of the other turning portions, i.e. the turning portions 51-53 shown in Figures 1-3, and a turning portion 155 shown in Figures 4-5 may be similar to those described in connection with the turning portion 54.

The body loader 2 of the transport vehicle, such as a vehicle load space structure 2 of a transport vehicle, comprises a frame structure defining a container space 2a, such as a container 3, for the objects 11-19.

In addition, the body loader 2 comprises a pivot arrangement 61-66 the. pivot arrangement 61-66 allowing the turning portion 54 to be lowered so that the objects 11-19 stored one on top of the other on the turning portion 54, can be taken out of the frame structure, such as the container 3, and placed into a position shown in Figure 2 where the objects 11-19 are side by side, the outer surface of the turning portion 54 setting against the ground 90, or a similar base surface 90.

The body loader arranged to a transport vehicle comprises a turning portion 54 provided with a support structure 41-43 supporting the objects, the turning portion acting at the same time as a loading and unloading device of the objects 11-19; the body loader further comprising a pivot arrangement 61- 63, the pivot arrangement allowing the turning portion 54 to be turned so that the objects 11-19 stored one on top of the other on the turning portion 54 and supported by the support structure 41-45 can be taken out of the frame structure and placed into a position where the objects 11-19 are side by side, and that, in a vertical direction, the pivot arrangement is arranged to lower the position of height of the turning portion 54 resting on the support 62, 63, 66 included in the pivot arrangement to allow the turning to be performed when the turning portion is to be taken out of the frame structure, whereby the support 43 provided by the support structure included in the turning portion which serves as a bottom support 43 to the objects when the turning portion is open reaches a height position which is lower than the support 41 provided by the support structure included in the turning portion which serves as a bottom support 41 when the turning portion is inside the frame structure. This is illustrated particularly in Figure 2 and, for another turning portion 155, in Figure 4.

It is pointed out that in this context the term container is used to generally refer to the wall structures, and possibly the floor and the roof, that at least partially define the load space. The container, such as a vehicle load space, or a similar frame structure, is most preferably closed or can be closed at all six surfaces, but it is possible that the floor of the container is for example a grate, or that for some reason the sides, floor or roof of the container are not completely closed or closable. In order words, the term container should be understood in a broad sense, and not only as a structure that is or can be completely closed.

It can be stated, however, that each turning portion 51-54, such as the turning portion 54, preferably comprises a bottom support portion 41 , forming a part of the support structure 41-43 and, when the turning portion 54 is closed, at least a part of the floor of the frame structure 3, such as the container 3, the bottom support portion 41 turning, however, from the frame structure, such as the base of the container 3, together with the turning portion 54, thereby supporting a turning tyre stack P7 and a second turning tyre stack P8, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. In other words, the support structure of the preferred embodiment comprises a bottom support 41 for the objects 11-19, which changes to a side support 41 for the objects 11-19 when the turning portion 54 is lowered to an open position, the bottom support providing direct support to at least the side-most object 11 and at least indirect support to the other objects, as shown in Figure 2. A support structure 42 supporting the upper end of the stack changes correspondingly to a side support portion. Similarly, the support structure of the embodiment in question comprises a side support 43 which changes to a bottom support, as shown in Figure 2, when the turning portion 54 is lowered to the open position.

The most preferred structure, however, is the one shown in the Figures in which at least the sides and the roof of the container are closed or can be closed to protect the objects from rain, dust and snow. The floor may be a grate, or otherwise at least partially open, as long as the objects are provided with a support, which is most preferably implemented using the support portion 41 included in the turning portion, such as the portion 54, the lower-most tyre 11 resting on the support portion when the turning portion 54 is closed. In Figures 1-3, the objects, such as tyres or other objects, are in eight stacks, i.e. stacks P1-P8, in other words, there are two stacks for each turning portion 51-54. In the preferred embodiment, one and the same turning portion, for example the turning portion 54, can thus accommodate at least two groups of objects, such as the stacks P7 and P8, which are side by side in the preferred embodiment.

The Figures show that the frame structure, such as the container 3, comprises sides 71 , 72 and ends 81 , 82 between the sides. The sides are longer than the ends. 'Sides' refer to the areas facing the same direction as the side of the vehicle 1. The ends 81 , 82 are transverse to the sides. The side 82 is in a way an intermediate end, because there is an ordinary compartment behind it, i.e. a space 300, that can be accessed from the far end of the frame structure, such as the container. Assuming that the turning portion 54 would mainly form the side 72 of the frame structure 3, such as the side 72 of the container 3, then the turning portion 54 itself could possibly be considered to form the side 72. The Figures show that the turning portions 51-54 are at the sides 71 , 72 of the frame structure, such as the container. They also show that in the preferred embodiment there are at least two turning portions 51 , 52 on one and the same side 71 of the container, and correspondingly, that there are at least two turning portions 53, 54 on one and the same side 72 of the container. It is further observed that in the preferred embodiment shown in Figure 3, the turning portion, for example the turning portions 52, 54, has space for at least two groups of objects. In other words, Figure 3 shows two tyre groups P3, P4 side by side in the turning portion 52; in the situation shown in Figure 1 they are stacks arranged side by side inside the container. Whereas in Figure 3, when the turning portion 52 has been lowered and rests open against the ground 90, the tyres 11-19 arranged into one and the same stack are no longer one on top of the other, but side by side. On both sides 71 , 72 of the container there is preferably at least one turning portion. It is shown that a side, for example the side 71 , comprises a side wall 71a and that the side wall 71a comprises an opening 71b accommodating the turning portion 52 when the objects, i.e. the tyres, are in the container 3, the opening 71b allowing the turning portion 52 to be opened by lowering it when a stack of objects, or most preferably the stacks P3, P4, i.e. the objects 11-19 are to be taken out of the container. In the embodiment in question, when the turning portion 52 is closed, it forms a part of the side wall, i.e. the wall opens when the turning portion 52 is opened. The other turning portions 51 , 53, 54 have a similar structure. For the turning portion 54, the frame structure 2 comprises an opening 72b at the side 72, i.e. a side wall 72a. An alternative structure would be one where the side/end of the vehicle body loader would form a side/end door that can be opened, the turning portion or portions being located behind the doors. The solution would not, however, be as good as the one described above because this would constitute a kind of a double wall, whereby double actions would be required, i.e. the door would need to be opened before the turning portion could be lowered.

Figures 1-3 show that the turning portion, i.e. the turning portion 52 for example, is at the side of the container. Figures 1-3 further show that each turning portion 51-54 is at the side of the container. Figure 2, in particular, shows that the pivot arrangement comprises a turning device 61 and a support arrangement 62, 63, 66 making the turning possible, the turning portion 54 resting on the support, thereby allowing it to be turned by means of the force exerted by the turning device 61 , as shown in Figure 2. In the preferred embodiment, the turning device 61 is a hydraulic actuator, i.e. a hydraulic cylinder, the piston of which exits the hydraulic cylinder by impact of hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic cylinder is attached to an attachment point 64. The piston coming out of the hydraulic cylinder is attached to the turning portion 54 at an attachment point 65. Reference numeral 66 designates the actual axle, articulation, or a similar arrangement. The supports 62, 62 are intermediate portions turning with regard to each other in relation to the axle 66.

The support structure provided in the turning portion 54 comprises a first support 41 , which supports the stack of objects, such as the tyre stacks P7, P8, from the bottom when the tyre stack in the container 3 is lowered as shown in Figure 2. In addition, the support structure comprises a second support portion 42 supporting the upper end of the tyre stack during the turning movement, as shown in Figure 2. The above mentioned first and second support portion 41 and 42 support the tyre stack in the situation shown in Figure 2 also in a position where the tyre stack is lowered from the container 3 against the ground 90 to a position where the tyres 11-19 of the tyre group that first constituted a stack are side by side, in a kind of a felled stack P8. The first support portion 41 supports the tyre stack at the stack side facing the vehicle, the second support portion 42 supporting the tyre stack at the stack side facing away from the vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, the first support portion 41 simultaneously provides the bottom support 41 on which the tyre stack rests when the turning portion 54 is closed. The support structure 41 , 42 of the preferred embodiment is therefore in a transverse position with regard to the turning portion 54, the support portion 41 thus also serving as the bottom on which the objects, i.e. the tyres 11-19, rest when they are inside the container 3. In another preferred embodiment, the pivot axle of the support portion, such as 54, i.e. the axle line of the support, is substantially horizontal. In the preferred embodiment the support point, i.e. the pivot axle line, or the support axle line, is lower than the turning portion 54 when it is closed, which allows the turning radius of Figure 2 to be easily obtained and the extreme position of the turning movement to be made to reach the ground 90. In a further preferred embodiment, the pivot axle line of the turning portion, such as the portion 54, i.e. the axle line of the support arrangement, is substantially parallel with the side of the container. Hence, a transverse turning movement of 90 degrees is achieved with regard to the side of the vehicle 1.

In yet another preferred embodiment of the invention, the turning radius of the support arrangement 62, 63 is at least 90 degrees. The turning portions 51 , 54 of this embodiment are connected to the support portions 62, 63 through intermediate pivot portions 100, such as pivot arms 100. In other words, the pivot arrangement between the turning portion, such as the portion 54, and the axle of the support arrangement 66 comprise an arm construction 100, or another intermediate structure, having a length. This allows a simple structure to be used, as shown in Figure 2, to lower the stack of objects from the container 3, which is higher up, and to place it against the ground 90, for example, on the turning portion 54. In other words, the turning portion 54 is subjected to a turning movement which not only provides a lateral shift and a lowering of the portion, but also changes its position.

The Figures show that both sides of the turning portion 54 are provided with a turning arm 100. Figure 3, in particular, shows that the turning device 61 , i.e. the hydraulic cylinder and its pistons, is located in the mid-area of the turning portion 54, a balanced turning force movement being thereby obtained.

The embodiment shown in Figures 1-3 illustrates a version in which the turning portions are only located at the sides of the vehicle. The container 3 in the embodiment of Figures 1-3 further comprises an ordinary container department 300 into which objects, such as tyres, or other load, are loaded through an opening 301 using a conventional tail lift 302.

We shall then discuss a second embodiment of the invention, which is shown in Figures 4-5. The turning portions 51-54 in these Figures are similar to those in Figures 1-3. The main difference of the embodiment of Figures 4-5 with Figures 1-3 is that in Figures 4-5 the body loader 2 is provided with a turning portion, designated with reference numeral 155, also at the end of the body loader. The turning support of the turning portion 155 is designated with reference numeral 162, and the turning device with reference numeral 161. In Figures 4-5 the end comprises an end wall 170. The end wall 170 comprises an opening 180 accommodating the turning portion 155 when the objects 11- 19 are inside the container, the opening 180 being used when the turning portion 170 is lowered to open it to allow the objects to be taken out of the container The embodiment of Figures 4-5 thus comprises four sideways opening turning portions 51-54 and at least one opening turning portion 155 at the end 170 Each turning portion accommodates preferably at least two groups of objects (and the support structures for the object groups), so the embodiment of Figure 4-5 may comprise for example ten stacks of objects P1- P10, such as tyre stacks

In the preferred embodiment the turning portion 54 is a turning wall portion, i e the turning portion forms at least a part of the wall of the frame structure This allows multiple structures to be avoided

In the preferred embodiment the support 41 provided by the support structure included in the turning portion 54 which serves as the bottom support 41 for the objects when the turning position 54 is inside the frame structure forms a part of the floor of the frame structure that defines the load space Correspondingly, in the preferred embodiment the support 43 provided by the support structure included in the turning portion 54 which serves as the bottom support 43 for the objects when the turning portion is open forms a part of the wall of the frame structure that defines the load space when the turning portion is inside the frame structure The preferred embodiments allow multiple structures to be avoided When the height position of the turning portion is to be lowered, which is performed using the pivot arrangement, the height position is lowered in relation to the height position of the floor of the frame structure that defines the load space The structure of the body loader of the invention is such that, irrespective of whether the turning portion that can be lowered from the load space of the delivery vehicle is open or closed, the objects on the turning portion are always provided with a bottom support which is, as stated, a different support in different positions, in a closed position it is the support 41 and in an open position the support 43 The structure in question allows the level at which the turning portion is located to be lowered from a higher position to a lower one with regard to the different height positions of the support serving as the bottom support

The above embodiments of the invention are described mainly in connection with a version in which the frame structure is a container, such as a vehicle load space structure, but it is apparent that in the above embodiments, the container can be replaced by a construction corresponding to a more general definition of the term frame structure and that such versions are included in the scope of the present application. The frame structure can therefore be at least partially open as well.

The means 61-63, 66, and preferably also 100, provide the means for performing the turning and lowering of the turning portion.

To ensure that closed turning portions 51-54 and 155 are locked also by other means than just the hydraulics of the turning member, a locking mechanism is arranged between each turning portion and the frame structure.

It is apparent to a person skilled in the art that as technology advances, the basic idea of the invention can be implemented in various different ways. The invention and its embodiments are therefore not restricted to the above examples, but they may vary within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A body loader in a transport vehicle, the body loader comprising a frame structure (3) primarily defining a container space for accommodating objects (11-19), characterized in that the body loader comprises a turning portion (54) provided with a support structure (41-43) supporting the objects, the turning portion acting at the same time as a loading and unloading device for the objects (11-19); the body loader further comprising a pivot arrangement (61-63), the pivot arrangement allowing the turning portion (54) to be lowered so that the objects (11 -19) stored one on top of the other on the turning portion (54), supported by the support structure (41-45), can be taken out of the frame structure and placed into a position where the objects (11-19) are side by side, and that, in a vertical direction, the pivot arrangement is arranged to lower the position of height of the turning portion resting on the support provided by the support (62, 63, 66) included in the pivot arrangement to the turning to be performed when the turning portion is to be taken out of the frame structure, whereby the support (43) provided by the support structure included in the turning portion which serves as a bottom support (43) to the objects when the turning portion is open reaches a height position which is lower than the support (41) provided by the support structure included in the turning portion which serves as a bottom support (41) when the turning portion is inside the frame structure.

2. A body loader according to claim ^characterized in that the frame structure (3) comprises sides (71, 72) and ends (81, 82, 170) between the sides.

3. A body loader according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the turning portion (54) is at the side (72) of the frame structure.

4. A body loader according to claim 3, characterized in that on one and the same side of the frame structure, there are at least two turning portions (51-52, 53-54).

5. A body loader according to claim 3, characterized in that on either side of the frame structure, there is at least one turning portion (51- 52,.53-54).

6. A body loader according to claim 3, characterized in that a side comprises a side wall, and that the side wall comprises an opening accommodating the turning portion when the objects are inside the frame structure, the opening allowing the turning portion to be lowered to open it when the objects are to be taken out of the frame structure.

7. A body loader according to claim 3, characterized in that the turning portion (155) is at the end of the frame structure.

8. A body loader according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the end comprises an end wall (170) and that the end wall comprises an opening (180) accommodating the turning portion (155) when the objects are inside the frame structure and from where the turning portion can be lowered to open it when the objects are to be taken out of the frame structure.

9. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that in addition to the support (62, 62, 66) that allows the turning portion to be turned, the pivot arrangement comprises a turning device (61) that performs the turning.

10. A body loader according to claim 9, characterized in that the pivot arrangement between the turning portion (54) and the support arrangement (62, 63, 66) comprises an arm structure (100), or a similar intermediate structure, having a length.

1 . A body loader according to claim 9, characterized in that the turning device (61) is a hydraulic turning device.

12. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the support structure comprises a support portion (41) which is in a transverse position with regard to the turning portion.

13. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the support structure comprises a portion (43) which is generally parallel with the turning portion (54).

14. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the body loader is the load space structure (2) of a transport vehicle (1).

15. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the body loader is a separate container unit in the transport vehicle.

16. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the transport vehicle is a truck.

17. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the body loader is a body loader used for transporting and/or storing vehicle tyres (11-19).

18. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the body loader is a body loader used for transporting and/or storing reels and/or barrels.

19. A body loader according to claim 9, characterized in that the support arrangement allows for a turning radius of at least 90 degrees.

20. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the pivot axle line of the turning portion is substantially horizontal.

21. A body loader according to claim 20, characterized in that the pivot axle of the turning portion is substantially parallel with the side of the frame structure.

22. A body loader according to claim 1 or 12, characterized in that the support structure comprises a support portion (41) serving as a bottom support for the objects, the support portion changing to a side support (41) for the objects when the turning portion (54) is lowered to an open position.

23. A body loader according to claim 1 or 13, characterized in that the support structure comprises a support portion (43) serving as a side support for the objects, the support portion changing to a support base (43) of the objects when the turning portion (54) is turned to an open position.

24. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame structure is a container.

25. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the turning portion (54) is a turning wall portion.

26. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the support (41) provided by the support structure included in the turning portion (54) which serves as the bottom support (41) to the objects when the turning portion is inside the frame structure forms a part of the floor of the frame structure that defines the load space.

27. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that the support (43) provided by the support structure included in the turning portion (54) which serves as the bottom support (43) to the objects when the turning portion is open forms a part of the wall of the frame structure defining the_. load space when the turning portion is inside the frame structure.

28. A body loader according to claim 1, characterized in that when the height position of the turning portion is lowered, which is performed using the pivot arrangement, the height position is lowered in relation to the height position of the floor of the frame structure that defines the load space.