WO2003074414A1 - Access platform - Google Patents
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- WO2003074414A1 WO2003074414A1 PCT/GB2003/000849 GB0300849W WO03074414A1 WO 2003074414 A1 WO2003074414 A1 WO 2003074414A1 GB 0300849 W GB0300849 W GB 0300849W WO 03074414 A1 WO03074414 A1 WO 03074414A1
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- platform
- access platform
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
- B66F11/00—Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for
- B66F11/04—Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
- E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
- E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
- E02F3/96—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements for alternate or simultaneous use of different digging elements
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- the present invention relates to an access platform and in particular to an access platform that is suitable for use with a standard digger or excavator.
- Access platforms are employed when there is a requirement to provide an adaptable, portable and secure means for providing access for a user to carry out work at a specific height above ground level. Such platforms are often employed for access purposes within building sites or to aid in the instalment and repair of telephone and power lines.
- the Prior Art teaches of separate mobile units designed for such purposes, referred to as "cherry pickers". These units incorporate hydraulic arms so as to move the access platform into the required position. However, such units are expensive and exhibit inherently slow transport speeds. In addition, they are often rendered redundant on building sites as they quickly become bogged down on soft ground. Alternative access platform units described in the Prior Art are designed so as to enable incorporation with standard excavators or digger units. Such units normally employ quick hitch coupling attachments and therefore allow for the associated buckets to be quickly interchanged with other attachments, for example a hammer attachment .
- a further disadvantage of such access platform designs is the fact that they tend to suffer problems of poor stability, particularly when used in times of bad weather.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an access platform, suitable for use with a standard excavator or digger, that is capable of being manoeuvred in the vertical plane without any significant associated movement in the horizontal plane.
- an access platform suitable for use with a hydraulic arm of a standard excavator or digger comprising a connection means, a telescopic ram and a platform wherein the connections means connects the access platform to a hydraulic arm so orientating the telescopic ram substantially perpendicular to an area of ground such that the operation of the telescopic ram acts to move the platform in a substantially vertical plane.
- the access platform further comprises a base plate wherein when the access platform is connected to the hydraulic arm the base plate acts to anchor the platform on the ground.
- connection means is suitable for connecting to a standard attachment system associated with the hydraulic arm of an excavator or digger.
- the standard attachment system comprises a quick hitch attachment means.
- the telescopic arm comprises one or more connectors suitable for attachment to one or more hydraulic fluid supply pipes associated with the excavator or digger. Most preferably the telescopic arm moves between a contracted position and an extended position under the control of a hydraulic pressure provided by the hydraulic fluid supply pipes.
- the access platform further comprises a pivot means and a hydraulic arm wherein the base plate is attached to the telescopic arm via the pivot means such that the operation of the hydraulic arm allows the telescopic arm to be rotated away from the substantially perpendicular orientation.
- the platform comprises a slewing basket wherein the slewing basket pivots in response to the rotation of the telescopic ram so as to maintain the slewing basket in a substantially horizontal orientation.
- Figure 1 presents a side view of an access platform in situ with the hydraulic arm of an excavator or digger, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention
- Figure 2 presents a top view of the access platform of Figure 1;
- Figure 3 presents a side view of the access platform of Figure 1 manoeuvred to a position above ground level.
- Figure 1 presents an access platform 1, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, in situ with the hydraulic arm 2 of an excavator.
- the access platform 1 can be seen to comprise a base plate 3, a connection means 4, a telescopic ram 5 and a platform basket 6 that is attached to one end of the telescopic ram 5.
- connection means 4 is attached to the hydraulic arm 2 via a standard quick hitch attachment 7.
- the quick hitch attachment 7 also acts to secure the base plate 3 in position on the ground.
- pipes 8 normally employed to provide hydraulic fluid to a hammer attachment are fixed to the telescopic ram 5 via connectors (not shown) .
- These pipes 8 provide a hydraulic fluid supply to the telescopic ram 5 so enabling it to contract and extend as appropriate. The contraction and extension of the telescopic ram 5 allows the platform basket 6 to be manoeuvred in the vertical plane, as required.
- the telescopic ram 5 may be attached to the base plate 3 by a pivot means.
- the platform basket 6 would be replaced by a slewing basket.
- An additional hydraulic arm could then be employed to rotate the telescopic ram about the horizontal plane so as to provide a degree of controllable movement of the access platform in the horizontal plane.
- the employment of the slewing basket would provide the user with a horizontal platform from which to work even when the telescopic ram is tilted.
- the access platform 1 is capable of extending to greater heights that those systems presently described in the Prior Art. It is envisaged that the vertical range offered by the telescopic ram 5 would be pre- selected, as appropriate, for a particular user.
- Attaching the access platform 1 to the excavator can be achieved in a matter of minutes. Therefore, it can be quickly connected when required and thereafter removed when the user requires alternative attachments for the excavator.
- the access platform 1 is a separate unit capable of employment with a standard excavator or digger it provides is far more cost effective access means than the cherry picker designs taught in the Prior Art.
- the access platform 1 can be transported at the speed of the excavator or digger themselves which tend to have significantly higher speeds than the standard cherry picker vehicles.
- the access platform 1 via the excavator or digger, exhibits further advantages in that these vehicles are far more suited for use on building site terrain where the grounds can be very soft. Therefore, the access platform can be deployed on terrain that is effectively inaccessible to the cherry picker vehicles.
- the access platform 1 of the present invention also exhibits major advantages over the Prior Art designs that teach of platforms whose position is directly controlled by the position of the end of the hydraulic arm 2 associated with the excavator or digger. Once deployed the present invention allows the platform 1 to be moved to different heights without any significant movement in the horizontal plane. The absence of such horizontal movement removes any requirement on a user to reposition the associated excavator or digger so as to allow access at the new vertical level. In an alternative embodiment a controllable horizontal adjustment may be achieved through the tilting of the telescopic arm about a pivot means.
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE60310207T DE60310207T2 (en) | 2002-03-01 | 2003-02-28 | platform |
US10/506,130 US20050210715A1 (en) | 2002-03-01 | 2003-02-28 | Access platform |
EP03708326A EP1483193B1 (en) | 2002-03-01 | 2003-02-28 | Access platform |
AU2003212507A AU2003212507A1 (en) | 2002-03-01 | 2003-02-28 | Access platform |
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GB0204861.9 | 2002-03-01 | ||
GBGB0204861.9A GB0204861D0 (en) | 2002-03-01 | 2002-03-01 | Access platform |
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PCT/GB2003/000849 WO2003074414A1 (en) | 2002-03-01 | 2003-02-28 | Access platform |
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US (1) | US20050210715A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1483193B1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN1639053A (en) |
AT (1) | ATE347534T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2003212507A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60310207T2 (en) |
GB (1) | GB0204861D0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003074414A1 (en) |
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US6272853B1 (en) * | 1996-03-15 | 2001-08-14 | Ole Flemming Broechmann | Hydraulic lifting-lowering-system for a working table, a couch or lying furniture or another heavy object |
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- 2002-03-01 GB GBGB0204861.9A patent/GB0204861D0/en not_active Ceased
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- 2003-02-28 US US10/506,130 patent/US20050210715A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-02-28 DE DE60310207T patent/DE60310207T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2003-02-28 AT AT03708326T patent/ATE347534T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2003-02-28 AU AU2003212507A patent/AU2003212507A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-02-28 EP EP03708326A patent/EP1483193B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2003-02-28 CN CNA03805065XA patent/CN1639053A/en active Pending
- 2003-02-28 WO PCT/GB2003/000849 patent/WO2003074414A1/en active IP Right Grant
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US3374901A (en) * | 1965-05-06 | 1968-03-26 | Ferwerda Ray | Live boom supporting live boom or hoist track |
US6272853B1 (en) * | 1996-03-15 | 2001-08-14 | Ole Flemming Broechmann | Hydraulic lifting-lowering-system for a working table, a couch or lying furniture or another heavy object |
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CN1639053A (en) | 2005-07-13 |
US20050210715A1 (en) | 2005-09-29 |
AU2003212507A1 (en) | 2003-09-16 |
DE60310207T2 (en) | 2007-11-22 |
ATE347534T1 (en) | 2006-12-15 |
EP1483193A1 (en) | 2004-12-08 |
DE60310207D1 (en) | 2007-01-18 |
EP1483193B1 (en) | 2006-12-06 |
GB0204861D0 (en) | 2002-04-17 |
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