WO2009134154A1 - Coupleur à chevilles - Google Patents

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WO2009134154A1
WO2009134154A1 PCT/NZ2009/000067 NZ2009000067W WO2009134154A1 WO 2009134154 A1 WO2009134154 A1 WO 2009134154A1 NZ 2009000067 W NZ2009000067 W NZ 2009000067W WO 2009134154 A1 WO2009134154 A1 WO 2009134154A1
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implement
pin
coupler
assembly
arm
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Timothy Craig Balemi
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Jb Attachments 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
    • E02F3/3631—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 transversal locking element

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  • the present invention relates to a coupler (moie particularly but not solely, a draw pin coupler) suitable for coupling between a boom or arm (eg, dipping arm of an excavator) and any appropriate implement (eg, back hoe, back shovel or the like)
  • a coupler moie particularly but not solely, a draw pin coupler
  • a boom or arm eg, dipping arm of an excavator
  • any appropriate implement eg, back hoe, back shovel or the like
  • Couplers for such usage have been sold by us and/or our affiliates as the QUICK- HITCHTM throughout the world
  • QUICK- HITCHTM Early versions of such a product were typified by US Patent 5082389 (William J Balemi) It involves a dock to receive a machine or implement pin from one direction and a dock opening into which the other pin can be positioned from another (and not opposite) direction prior to being locked into position
  • die invention is the provision of a coupler with a slide having provision for receiving a draw pin, the slide allowing some freedom of movement that will assist draw pin insertion and/or removal of an already in part associated implement
  • the invention is a coupler assembly mountable to a distal region of the arm or boom ("arm") of a vehicle (eg, an excavator) and adapted to engage a complementary implement (eg, an excavator's bucket) where the coupler assembly is the interface of that implement with the arm, the coupler assembly comprising or including a body or body assembly ("body”) defining an open j aw to receive, as a dock, a pin (optionally fixed) of a said implement, and a slide captive to and/or in the body and movable relative to said dock within sliding limits, the slide carrying a sleeve movable with the slide to teceive a draw pin of a said implement when a pin of that implement is already docked
  • said dock is unlatched
  • said coupler assembly teceived two draw pins of the arm to which it is to fit in use
  • draw pins of the arm will be parallel to the axis of both the draw pin insertable through said slide and is parallel to the pin dockable with the body of the coupler
  • each of the two pins of the arm and the two pins to attach said coupler to an implement defines a plane that is at least substantially parallel one to the other
  • said docking direction is parallel to one of said planes
  • the invention is a coupler assembly mountable to a distal iegion of the arm or boom ("arm") of a vehicle (eg, an excavator) and adapted to engage a complementary implement (eg, an excavator's bucket) where the coupler assembly is the interface of that implement with the arm, the coupler assembly comprising or including a body or body assembly ("body") defining an open j aw to receive, as a dock, a pm (optionally fixed) of a said implement, and a slide earned by the body movable relative to said dock within sliding limits, the slide carrying a sleeve movable with the slide to receive a draw pin of a said implement when a pin of that implement is already docked, said sliding limits preventing undocking of the pin from said dock when a said draw pin of the implement is located through the sleeve
  • said dock is unlatched
  • said coupler assembly received two draw pins of the arm to which it is to fit in use
  • draw pins of the arm will be parallel to the axis of both the draw pin insertable through said slide and is parallel to the pin dockable with the body of the coupler
  • each of the two pins of the arm and the two pins to attach said coupler to an implement defines a plane that is at least substantially parallel one to the other
  • said docking direction is parallel to one of said planes
  • the invention is a coupler assembly mountable to a distal region of the arm or boom ("arm") of a vehicle (eg, an excavator) and adapted to engage a complementary implement (eg, an excavatoi's bucket) where the coupler assembly is the interface of that implement with the arm, the coupler assembly comprising or including a body or body assembly ("body”) defining an open jaw to receive, as a dock, a pin (optionally fixed) of a said implement, and a slide slidably associated with the body and to define a draw pin receiving passageway, wherein said slide is a unitary member having edgewise of its substantially planar slide axis features to key into complementary guides of the body, and whetein there is piovision for, or there already is provided, abutment limits for the slide relative to the body to prevent, in use, undocking when a draw pin is operatively in place (i) through (one or more opening, sleeve, passageway or the like of) the implement and (1
  • said coupler assembly received two draw pins of the arm to which it is to fit in use
  • draw pins of the arm will be parallel to the axis of both the draw pin insertable through said slide and is parallel to the pin dockable with the body of the coupler
  • each of the two pins of the arm and the two pins to attach said coupler to an implement defines a plane that is at least substantially parallel one to the other
  • said docking direction is parallel to one of said planes
  • the invention is a coupler assembly suitable for mounting and implement to a dipping arm, there being a coupler body having provision for two draw pins of the dipping arm and a fixed pin of docking for the implement, a slide member slidably received into the coupler body and having provision for a draw pin of the implement, an an impediment to prevent sliding dissociation of the slide member from the body, wherein the slide member within sliding limits, one resulting from the impediment, can move towards or away from the dock feature of the coupler body
  • the impediment is a pin through at least pait of the coupler body.
  • the slide member presents its provision for a draw pin below the coupler body
  • the invention consists in, in combination, a coupler assembly of any kind as previously defined which is in accordance with the present invention and one or both of a said arm and/or a said implement
  • the invention also consists in sub assembly or assembly, a combination as aforesaid
  • the invention also consists in the use of such coupler assemblies and/or assemblies of such coupler assemblies with a vehicle or vehicle arm and/or implement
  • the term "(s)" following a noun includes, as might be appropriate, the singular or plural forms of that noun
  • the term "pin” or variations thereof in respect of an implement includes any structure (whether iound in section, or not, and whether supported at both ends, 01 not, by the implement) which is receivable in a dock of a complementary coupler and/or as a "draw pin” in or through a sleeve and/or passageway and/or opens
  • teim “dock” refers to any recess or other like arrangement adapted to provide part of the support and/or location of a pin of an implement when docked therein
  • sleeves preferably but not necessarily for pin retention purposes (ie, of a draw pin) need not be fully perimetered about the pin and can also stagger along the length of a pin to be received Likewise “openings(s)” and/or “passageway(s)”
  • Impute includes those forms of apparatus previously mentioned and also any other apparatus that might merit attachment to and/or detachment from a machine boom or arm Examples include but are not limited to buckets, scoops, vibrators, picks, grapples, etc
  • Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a coupler which is an assembly in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure IA is Figuie 1 but showing marked thereon minimum pm centre gup and maximum pin centre g ⁇ p,
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the arrangement shown in Figures 1 and IA,
  • Figure 3 is an end view from the right of the coupler assembly shown in Figure 1 , said assembly preferably having a tongue and like taper arrangement as disclosed in our New Zealand Registered Design 410042 (unpublished),
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the assembly of Figures 1, 2 and 3,
  • Figure 5 is an exploded view of the components of the assembly of Figures 1 to 4,
  • Figure 6 shows the slide with its transverse (to the slide direction) sleeve which defines a sleeve or passageway as herein defined
  • Figure 7 is a plan view of the slide of Figure 6,
  • Figure 8 is an end view of the slide of Figures 6 and 7,
  • Figure 9 is a side elevational view of the slide of Figures 6 to 8,
  • Figure 10 is a section at CC of the slide shown in Figures 9,
  • FIG 11 is a section at DD of the slide as shown in Figures 8,
  • Figure 12 is a section of the assembly at AA of Figures 2 but shown in side elevation
  • Figure 13 is a section in similai side elevation to that of Figure 12 at BB with respect to Figuie 2
  • Components of the pieferred form of the present invention can be formed from steel, plastics, or other materials (eg, other metals, DC-rays, composites, etc )
  • the components can be fabricated oi cast, or a mixture of both They can be cast and be subjected to further machining
  • This slide 1 preferably of steel has edges 2 (each with top and bottom shoulders) each of which is to run in a receiving groove of the body 4 of the coupler shown in Figure 5
  • the slide has, transverse to the sliding axis, towards or away from the dock, which is in either direction as arrowed in Figures 6
  • This sleeve 4 is preferably a full sleeve but could be skeletal or disjoint across its extent provided however it has the capability of receiving and holding a draw pin (not shown)
  • the draw pin is a draw pin to be passed through an opening of a lug of an implement, through the passageway 5, and through an opening of a complementary lug of the same implement, there to be retained by appropriate spring clip
  • the body 4 of the coupler can be provided with openings
  • openings 6 this time adapted to receive components 7 substantially as disclosed in our New Zealand patent specification number 565942 (unpublished) and in con j unction with spacing rings as shown in the exploded view to receive draw pins 8 of the arm (not shown) of an excavator
  • Shown in the body is an opening 12 through which a pin 13 can be retained as a sliding impediment, after slide 1 insertion there to be ietained by the spring clip 14
  • the arrangement as shown can have a pin (a fixed pin) of an implement docked at 9 above the nosing jaw 10 and, without latching, be held in the docked condition by a draw pin passed through passageway 5 of the sleeve
  • the correct engagement sequence is to locate the fixed pin or a draw pin of the implement in the dock 9 and thereafter place a draw pin through the sleeve 5 and of course the implement
  • the removal sequence is the opposite Draw pins (optionally fixed subsequently) 8 already hold the coupler to the dipping arm of the vehicle (e g excavator)
  • Sufficient play could be, for example, but not limited to 3 to 5cm left to right from the conditions shown in Figure 12 for one particular size of coupler with some movement upwardly and downwardly in the track 16 in which edge regions 2 are loosely located but strongl ) supported against dropping out and skewing

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Abstract

L’invention concerne un coupleur d’outil de ou pour un véhicule équipé d’un bras où deux chevilles d’outil peuvent être utilisées pour fixer l’outil sur le coupleur. L’une est reçue latéralement par rapport à la cheville dans un amarrage du coupleur et l’autre est passée en tant que cheville à travers une glissière du coupleur.
PCT/NZ2009/000067 2008-05-01 2009-05-01 Coupleur à chevilles WO2009134154A1 (fr)

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CN104471150A (zh) * 2012-07-17 2015-03-25 S&C株式会社 挖掘机用振动装置

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GB2169582A (en) * 1985-01-15 1986-07-16 Samuel Trevor Mason Quick-change fitting for load shifting implement
WO2000015912A2 (fr) * 1998-09-15 2000-03-23 Chul Ho Han Dispositif de fixation d'accessoires sur une excavatrice
WO2000070155A1 (fr) * 1999-05-15 2000-11-23 Bruce Archibald Short Appareil de connexion
WO2002088476A1 (fr) * 2001-05-02 2002-11-07 Bruce Archibald Short Dispositif d'accouplement

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2169582A (en) * 1985-01-15 1986-07-16 Samuel Trevor Mason Quick-change fitting for load shifting implement
WO2000015912A2 (fr) * 1998-09-15 2000-03-23 Chul Ho Han Dispositif de fixation d'accessoires sur une excavatrice
WO2000070155A1 (fr) * 1999-05-15 2000-11-23 Bruce Archibald Short Appareil de connexion
WO2002088476A1 (fr) * 2001-05-02 2002-11-07 Bruce Archibald Short Dispositif d'accouplement

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN104471150A (zh) * 2012-07-17 2015-03-25 S&C株式会社 挖掘机用振动装置

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