WO2004029368A1 - Systeme de fixation rapide - Google Patents

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WO2004029368A1
WO2004029368A1 PCT/AU2003/000485 AU0300485W WO2004029368A1 WO 2004029368 A1 WO2004029368 A1 WO 2004029368A1 AU 0300485 W AU0300485 W AU 0300485W WO 2004029368 A1 WO2004029368 A1 WO 2004029368A1
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receiver assembly
mounting
mounting assembly
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William Victor Carroll
Greg Venticinque
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Dbt Australia Pty Limited
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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
    • E02F3/28—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, i.e. there is either one arm or a pair of arms, e.g. dippers, buckets
    • E02F3/36—Component parts
    • E02F3/3604—Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like
    • E02F3/3609—Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like of the quick acting type, e.g. controlled from the operator seat
    • E02F3/3622—Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like of the quick acting type, e.g. controlled from the operator seat with a hook and a locking element acting on a pin
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01B—SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
    • A01B59/00—Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements
    • A01B59/06—Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements for machines mounted on tractors
    • A01B59/061—Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements for machines mounted on tractors specially adapted for enabling connection or disconnection controlled from the driver's seat
    • A01B59/062—Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements for machines mounted on tractors specially adapted for enabling connection or disconnection controlled from the driver's seat the connection comprising a rigid interface frame on the tractor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/14—Draw-gear or towing devices characterised by their type
    • B60D1/143—Draw-gear or towing devices characterised by their type characterised by the mounting of the draw-gear on the towed vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/24—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices characterised by arrangements for particular functions
    • B60D1/28—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices characterised by arrangements for particular functions for preventing unwanted disengagement, e.g. safety appliances
    • 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
    • E02F3/28—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, i.e. there is either one arm or a pair of arms, e.g. dippers, buckets
    • E02F3/36—Component parts
    • E02F3/3604—Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like
    • E02F3/3609—Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like of the quick acting type, e.g. controlled from the operator seat
    • E02F3/3663—Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like of the quick acting type, e.g. controlled from the operator seat hydraulically-operated

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  • This invention relates to a rapid attach system. More particularly, the invention relates to components of a rapid attach system used to mount an attachment to a machine.
  • Heavy machinery in particular JLJBJD (Load Haul Dump) machines are used throughout the mining industry to move material around mines.
  • the machines are only capable of carrying loads which an attaching system can withhold.
  • the machines must remain stable whilst a full load is being carried by an attachment of the system.
  • a machine with a greater load carrying capability increases the efficiency and results in decreased costs associated with mining operations.
  • a receiver assembly of a rapid attach system for attaching an attachment to a vehicle, the receiver assembly co-operating with a mounting assembly of the rapid attach system, the receiver assembly comprising: a carrier for mounting to one of the vehicle and the attachment to be attached to the vehicle; an engaging means arranged on the carrier for engaging with a mating formation of the mounting assembly; and a locking system carried by the carrier, the locking system defining a receiving means for receiving a retaining element of the mounting assembly and the locking system further including a locking member for locking the retaining element in position relative to the receiving means.
  • the carrier may comprise a body portion including the engaging means and a mounting means for mounting the carrier to the vehicle or the attachment, as the case may be.
  • the engaging means may comprise a bar positioned proximate an operatively upper edge of the carrier, which in use engages with the mating formation of the mounting assembly.
  • the receiving means may comprise a pair of spaced, parallel members which define a channel.
  • the members may have a pair of aligned openings.
  • the locking member may comprise a displaceable element which is displaceable relative to the carrier and may be received though the aligned openings in the receiving means for releasably locking the retaining element in position relative to the carrier.
  • the displaceable element may be a tongue.
  • the locking system may include a displacing means for displacing the tongue.
  • the displacing means may be fluid operable.
  • the fluid operable displacing means may be an hydraulic displacing means.
  • a mounting assembly of a rapid attach system for attaching an attachment to a vehicle, the mounting assembly co-operating with a receiver assembly of the rapid attach system, the mounting assembly comprising: a support member to be secured to one of the vehicle and the attachment to be attached to the vehicle; a mating formation arranged on the support member, the mating formation mating with an engaging means of the receiver assembly; and a retaining element mounted in a spaced relationship relative to the mating formation on the support member to be received in, and locked in position relative to, a receiving means of the receiver assembly.
  • the support member may comprise a body portion and may carry the mating formation and the retaining element.
  • the mating formation may comprise a hook-like formation, which in use, engages with the engaging means, or bar, of the receiver assembly.
  • the retaining element may comprise a foot portion projecting from the support member.
  • the foot portion may have an opening defined through it which, when received in the receiving means of the locking system lies in register with the openings of the receiving means. In use, the tongue passes through the aligned openings to lock the mounting assembly in position relative to the receiver assembly.
  • the invention extends also to a rapid attach system comprising a receiver assembly, as described above, in combination with a mounting assembly, also as described above.
  • Figure 1 shows a front view of a receiver assembly, in accordance with a first aspect of the invention, for a rapid attach system
  • Figure 2 shows a cross-sectional, side view of the receiver assembly
  • FIG. 3 shows a front view of a mounting assembly, in accordance with a second aspect of the invention, " for a rapid attach system
  • Figure 4 shows a cross sectional, side view of the mounting assembly.
  • a receiver assembly, in accordance with a first aspect of the invention, of a rapid attach system is illustrated and is generally designated by reference numeral 10.
  • the receiver assembly 10 of the rapid attach system co-operates with a mounting assembly 34, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, of the rapid attach system for attaching an attachment (not shown) to a vehicle (also not shown).
  • a mounting assembly 34 as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, of the rapid attach system for attaching an attachment (not shown) to a vehicle (also not shown).
  • the mounting assembly 34 being arranged on the attachment. While the invention is described with reference to this configuration of the rapid attach system, it will be appreciated that the opposite configuration of the system could also apply in appropriate circumstances.
  • the receiver assembly 10 comprises a carrier 12 for mounting to the vehicle.
  • An engaging means in the form of a bar 14 is arranged on the carrier 12 for engaging with a mating formation 36 of the mounting assembly 34.
  • the bar 14 extends along an operatively top edge of the carrier 12.
  • the carrier 12 comprises a body portion 20 including the engaging means 14 and a mounting arrangement 22 for mounting the carrier 12 to the vehicle.
  • a locking system 16 is carried by the carrier 12 and defines a receiving means 18 for receiving a retaining element 38 of the mounting assembly 34.
  • the locking system 16 includes a locking member 30 for locking the retaining element 38 in position relative to the receiving means 18.
  • the receiving means 18 comprises a pair of spaced, parallel members 26 and 28 which define a channel 29.
  • the members 26 and 28 define openings 32 and 34 respectively, the openings 32, 34 being aligned with each other.
  • the locking member 30 comprises a displaceable element in the form of a tongue 42 which is displaceable relative to the carrier 12 and is received though the aligned openings 32 and 34 in the locking system 16.
  • the tongue 42 releasably locks the retaining element 38 in position relative to the carrier 12, as will be described in greater detail below.
  • the locking system 16 includes a displacing means 44 for displacing the tongue 42.
  • the displacing means 44 is an hydraulic piston/cylinder combination with the tongue 42 being carried on a free end of the piston of the combination.
  • the mounting arrangement 22 has a pair of opposed side plates 23 extending at right angles to the body portion 20 and arranged on either side of the combination 44. Each side plate 23 defines an upper, reinforced bore 25 and a lower, reinforced bore 27. Adjacent to and outwardly of each side plate 23 is a reinforcing plate 21. Each reinforcing plate 21 defines a bore 31 which is aligned with the lower bore 27 of its associated side plate 23.
  • the mounting arrangement 22 further comprises a pair of opposed end plates 33 extending at right angles to the body portion 20 and arranged at opposite edges of the body portion 20. The end plates 33 define upper, aligned reinforced bores 35 and lower, aligned reinforced bores 37.
  • the receiver assembly 10 is mounted on the vehicle by fasteners (not shown) received through the bores 25, 27, 31, 35 and 37. Referring to Figures 3 and 4, the mounting assembly 34, in accordance with a second aspect of the invention, is described in greater detail.
  • the mounting assembly 34 comprises a support member 46 to be secured to the attachment to be attached to the vehicle.
  • the support member 46 comprises a body portion 48 and carries the mating formation 36 and the retaining element 38.
  • the mating formation 36 is arranged at a top edge of the support member 46 to co-operate with the bar 14 of the receiver assembly 10 to mount the mounting assembly 34 on the receiver assembly 10.
  • the retaining element 38 is mounted on the support member 46 in a spaced relationship relative to the mating formation 36 to be received in, and locked in position relative to, the receiving means 18 of the receiver assembly 10 as described above.
  • the mating formation 36 comprises a hook-like formation 50 which, in use, hooks on to the bar 14 of the receiver assembly 10.
  • the mounting assembly 34 comprises a pair of opposed end plates 54 arranged at right angles to the body portion 48. The end plates 54 abut the end plates 33 .of the receiver assembly 10 to inhibit lateral displacement of the receiver assembly 10 and the mounting assembly 34 with respect to each other.
  • the retaining element 38 comprises a foot portion 40 projecting from the support member 46.
  • the foot portion 40 defines the opening 52 which, when received in the receiving means 18 of the locking system 16, lies in register with the openings 32 and 34 of the receiving means 18.
  • the tongue 42 passes through the aligned openings 32, 34 and 52 to lock the mounting assembly 34 in position relative to the receiver assembly 10.
  • the mounting assembly 34 is attached to an attachment and the receiver assembly 10 is arranged on a vehicle, more particularly, an LHD vehicle.
  • the hook-like formation 50 of the mounting assembly 34 is hooked on to the bar 14 of the receiver assembly 10.
  • the foot portion 40 of the retaining element 38 of the mounting assembly 34 is received in the channel 29 of the receiving means 18 of the receiver assembly 10 while the tongue 42 is retracted so the tongue 42 does not impede the channel 29 of the receiving means 18.
  • the locking system 16 secures the mounting assembly 34. This is achieved by the combination 44 lowering the tongue 42 through the aligned openings 32, 34 and 52 locking the mounting assembly 34 in place.
  • the mounting assembly 34 is detached from the receiver assembly 10 by retracting the tongue 42 of the locking system 16 to enable the foot portion 40 of the mounting assembly 10 to be removed from the channel 29 of the receiving means 18.
  • a rapid attach system comprising the receiver assembly 10 and the mounting assembly 34
  • the arrangement of the components of the receiver assembly 10 and mounting assembly 34 reduce the likelihood of the mounting assembly 34 being detached from the receiver assembly 10 thereby improving the safety of the rapid attach system.
  • different attachments can rapidly be mounted on, and removed from, the LHD with the system acting as a universal rapid attach system.

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  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un ensemble (10) de réception d'un système de fixation rapide destiné à fixer un accessoire à un véhicule, l'ensemble (10) de réception coopérant avec un ensemble de montage du système de fixation rapide. L'ensemble (10) de réception comprend un dispositif (12) de support destiné à être monté sur le véhicule ou sur l'accessoire destiné à être fixé au véhicule, des moyens (14) de contact disposés sur le dispositif (12) de support et destinés à venir en contact avec une formation correspondante de l'ensemble de montage, et un système (16) de verrouillage porté par le dispositif (12) de support, le système (16) de verrouillage définissant un moyen (18) de réception destiné à recevoir un élément de retenue de l'ensemble de montage, le système (16) de verrouillage comprenant également un élément (30) de verrouillage servant à verrouiller l'élément de retenue en position par rapport aux moyens (18) de réception.
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WO1983003629A1 (fr) * 1982-04-07 1983-10-27 ERIKSSON, Gösta Dispositif d'attache rapide
WO1985004917A1 (fr) * 1984-04-24 1985-11-07 Bengt Karlsson Fixation a couplage rapide pour des outils de travail
GB2256631A (en) * 1991-04-10 1992-12-16 Ian Stewart Dunbar Quick coupler for bucket/digger
EP0616084A1 (fr) * 1993-03-19 1994-09-21 TREVI BENNE S.r.l. Attelage rapide autobloquant pour l'attache des godets ou d'autres outils sur engins de terrassement

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WO1983003629A1 (fr) * 1982-04-07 1983-10-27 ERIKSSON, Gösta Dispositif d'attache rapide
WO1985004917A1 (fr) * 1984-04-24 1985-11-07 Bengt Karlsson Fixation a couplage rapide pour des outils de travail
GB2256631A (en) * 1991-04-10 1992-12-16 Ian Stewart Dunbar Quick coupler for bucket/digger
EP0616084A1 (fr) * 1993-03-19 1994-09-21 TREVI BENNE S.r.l. Attelage rapide autobloquant pour l'attache des godets ou d'autres outils sur engins de terrassement

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