WO2010109479A1 - Pousse-pousse à trois roues pourvu de cinq paires de pédales - Google Patents

Pousse-pousse à trois roues pourvu de cinq paires de pédales Download PDF

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WO2010109479A1
WO2010109479A1 PCT/IN2010/000101 IN2010000101W WO2010109479A1 WO 2010109479 A1 WO2010109479 A1 WO 2010109479A1 IN 2010000101 W IN2010000101 W IN 2010000101W WO 2010109479 A1 WO2010109479 A1 WO 2010109479A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
    • B62K5/00—Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels
    • B62K5/02—Tricycles

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  • the present invention relates to a three wheel cycle rickshaw with five pair of pedals with a single driving shaft corresponding to and claiming priority of an Indian patent No. 718/MUM/2009 filed on 25-03-2010 and a patent of additions No. 2645/MUM/2009 filed on 17-11-2009 by the present inventor. Still more particularly it relates to the said rickshaw with five pair of pedals especially invented for synchronizing the driving energy of the riders.
  • the said three wheeled cycle rickshaw have a centrally located front wheel fitted with handle and the remaining two wheels are attached in pair resembling to a rickshaw with a main driving shaft joining these two wheels and synchronizing the driving power asserted by all pedals. This synchronization of driving power is transmitted directly to the driving shaft.
  • the three wheeled cycle rickshaw provided by this present invention is a human driven, non automatic, eco-friendly and zero running cost vehicle using five pair of pedals with chain arrangements and a single driving shaft joining rear pair of wheels, where whole structure resembling to rickshaw.
  • the pedaling energy of any or all riders cum travelers of this rickshaw is synchronized on main driving shaft and this energy drives the pair of rear wheels mounted on main driving shaft.
  • the cycle rickshaw provided by the present invention is described comprehensively in figures Fig. (1) to (5)., BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
  • Cycles are the most commonly used conveyance mode all over the world, more particularly in the developing country like India.
  • the cycle is very commonly used in the villages where the automotive vehicles are not a regular mode of travel. Considering the pollution and the fuel crisis, a movement is gathering momentum to promote use of cycles as a mode of transport at least for short distance travels. More and more developments are taking place in the convention cycles to make the cycling experience more comfortable.
  • a conventional cycle comprises a preferably triangular frame, at both ends of which are fixed two wheels with rims mounted on hubs using ball bearings, a handle at one end, a pedaling device with toothed wheels of different diameters for propelling the cycle, generally the larger of such wheel fixed to the paddles, and the smaller to the rear wheel, both these toothed wheels are connected to each other by a chain whose groves fit in the teeth of these two toothed wheels.
  • Bicycle preferably mentioned as cycle is an important mode of transport as well as exercise and is being used world-wide, extensively and has the advantages mentioned below: -
  • the cycle has very low cost of purchase. Hence it is the vehicle preferred for the most common person.
  • Cycle has very few moving parts and hence it requires minimal maintenance. Also it can be repaired easily either in home or at easily available repairing shops.
  • the cycle is one of the most eco-friendly modes of transport as it is driven by human being and no carbon fuel is required to drive it.
  • the cycle is extensively used as an exercise machine to burn calories and tone the muscles whether the cycle is static in gymnasium or dynamically driven on the road.
  • the paddle-chain or paddle-belt like arrangement is an effective mode of exercise.
  • the conventional cycle suffers from drawbacks such as i) It can be use by a single person only ii) It cannot be used for long distance travel as it needs lots of stamina to drive the cycles manually by an individual rider.
  • the present invention provides a three wheel five pedal cycle rickshaw with one primary and four secondary driving chain wheel assemblies, wherein out of these four secondary driving chain wheel assemblies, two assemblies are placed on or below the or within the left hand support arm and remaining two assemblies are fitted on or below or within the right hand side support arm of the secondary chassis frame.
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide a three wheel cycle rickshaw with five pair of pedals and a single driving shaft which can be pedaled by five persons at a time for effective traveling of more people using this single means by synchronizing the driving energy of the riders.
  • Another object is to provide an improved three wheeled five pedals cycle which uses manual power of all the riders at one go or turn by turn as the case may be so that the manual labor in travel is shared by all the travelers to their advantage and also increase the range of travel.
  • Figure No. 1 shows the front view from the left side of the cycle rickshaw of the present invention wherein provision of seats and hand grips shown for the riders driving the sec. driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57).
  • FIG No. 2 shows the rear side top view of the cycle rickshaw of the present invention wherein two secondary chain wheel assemblies (54) and (56) are concerned with hubs (19) and (29), are fitted on the left hand side support arm (8) while two secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (55) and (57) concerned with the hubs (24) and (34) are fitted on the right hand side support arm (9).
  • Figure No. 3 shows the side view from the rear of the cycle rickshaw of the present Invention where in rear pair or wheels (11) and (12) connected by driving shaft (13) wherein all free wheels and bearings are shown fitted on the shaft (13).
  • Figure No. 4 shows the front view of the cycle rickshaw of the present invention wherein the primary driver (5) drives the primary driving chain wheel assembly (53).
  • Figure No. 5 shows top view from the left hand side wheel elaborating the placement of secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (56) on the left hand side arm (8), placement of secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (55) and (57) on the right hand side arm (9) and an optionally extended central support portion (14), joining (6) and (7) at the middle so as to provide additional stability to the whole structure.
  • the three wheel cycle rickshaw with five pair of pedals and a single driving shaft for synchronizing the driving energy of the riders comprises three wheels, a front wheel (3) and a pair of left and right rear wheels (11) and (12) at the rear separated and joined by that single driving shaft (13) strongly supported by a rectangular or any conveniently shaped steel chasis frame comprising of four support arms namely front side cross support arm (6), rear side cross support arm (7), left hand side support arm (8) and right hand side support arm (9), four secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) with the respective hubs (19), (24), (29) and (34), wherein out of these four secondary hubs, two secondary hubs (19) and (29) are fitted on or below or within the left hand side support arm (8) and remaining two secondary hubs (24) and (34) are fitted on the or below the or within the right hand side support arm (9), left hand and right hand support arm are firmly bolted on or below the shaft (13) with the help of respective bearings
  • the secondary chassis frame (10) comprising the support arms (6), (7), (8) and (9) is made up of. rectangular or square or circular or varying cross sectional like rods or parts.
  • left hand side support arm (8) and right hand side support arm (9) firmly holds the respective supportive bearings (48) and (49) are secured below or above the surface or within it to hold and to support driving shaft (13) using conventional mechanical means.
  • the optional central supportive portion (14) connecting frame of the primary cycle (2) with front side cross supporting rod (6) can be extended up to rear side cross support arm (7) at its rear end or can be extended up to any point lies in between frame (10) consisting of (6), (7), (8), (9) or beyond (7) and may be connected with the frame (10) by connecting with any of its arm at any convenient place. Also the said optional extended central supportive rod (14) connecting frame of the primary cycle (2) with frame (10) nearly at its middle or at any convenient location.
  • bearing (50) secured below or above or within (14) so as to hold and support the driving shaft (13) using conventional mechanical means.
  • the driving shaft (13) used to transmit driving energy from secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) to the single driving shaft (13) through appropriate chain wheel-chain-free wheel energy transmission assemblies (20,22,23) and (25,27,28) and (30,32,33) and (35,37,38) respectively driven by the pair pedals (21), (26), (31) and (36).
  • the rectangular or convenient shaped chassis like steel frame (10) preferably made up of rectangular or square or circular or varying or like cross sectional steel arms, comprising four arms namely front side cross arm (6), rear side cross arm (7), left side arm (8) and right side arm (9), and wherein these arms may have any shape according to convenience and may converge into each other according to convenience by loosing separate identity • so as to form a suitable structure for accommodating hubs or any part of the cycle rickshaw under present invention, also wherein the secondary chassis frame (10) deriving its support mainly from centrally located portion (14) fitted with the primary frame (2) and convenient shaped bar (51) fitted with the primary frame (2) also wherein the rear side cross rod (9) firmly holds the single driving shaft (13) with the help of bearings (48,49) or (48,49,50).
  • the secondary hubs (19) and (29) firmly supported and held by the secondary frame left hand arm (8) above it or below it or within it, and wherein the secondary hubs (24) and (34) firmly supported and held by the secondary frame right hand arm (9) above it or below it or within it wherein the left hand and right hand frame arms preferably made up of rectangular or square or circular or varying like cross sectional shaped rods or parts, wherein using conventional means, the secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) which respectively concerned with the hubs (19), (24), (29) and (34) inherently and firmly holding chain wheels (20), (25), (30) and (35), the pedals (21), (26), (31), (36), the chains (22), (27), (32) and (37) and the free wheels (23), (28), (33) and (38) respectively.
  • the strong means such as two or three number or any number of bars (51) connecting the primary frame (2) with the help of bolts (52) or any conventional means at its upper end and also connecting (2) with the front side cross rod (6) of the chassis frame and the centrally located support portion (14) with the help of conventional means (39) at its lower end, and wherein this interconnected structure directly or indirectly deriving support from any part of the structure for providing additional support to these frames or to the supportive bearings or to the secondary hubs or to the secondary driving chain wheel assemblies.
  • the central support portion (14) comprising single or double or any number of rods firmly attached with the primary frame (2) with the help of bolting or welding or any mechanical means (39) at its front end and with the front side cross rod (6) of the secondary frame (14) at its rear end wherein the portion (14) can be extended optionally at its rear side so as to connect the rear side cross rod (7) of the secondary frame (10) or can be extended up to any convenient portion at its rear side so as to connect the secondary frame (10) at any convenient point lies in between the front side cross rod (6) and rear side cross rod (7) or beyond (7) so as to provide additional stability and strength to the whole structure.
  • the rear side of the secondary seats (40) and (42) is nothing but the remaining part of the secondary chasis frame and can be conventionally extended or contracted and can be convenient shaped to make space for mounting any kind of structure like accommodating sitting arrangement for idle passengers or accommodating goods carriage arrangement or for accommodating any type of structure deriving its support directly or indirectly from the platform subsequently deriving its support from the chasis frame structure.
  • the improved three wheeled five pair of pedals cycle rickshaw is comprehensively described with nomenclatures 1 to 57 assigned to important parts.
  • the parts concerned with no. 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 , 12, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are considered as primary part and not concerned with the part of present invention while the parts nomenclated by remaining numbers are concerned with present part of invention and hence treated as secondary or subsidiary parts as far as the present invention is concerned.
  • a chain wheel fitted with pedals with the help of crank on both sides and the assemblies firmly hold by the hub, where the hub is firmly fixed either on the left hand side support arm or right hand side support arm of the secondary chasis frame.
  • every secondary driving chain wheel assembly comprises a toothed chain wheel with pedals fitted on sides, a toothed free wheel mounted on the single driving shaft connecting the rear pair of wheels and a chain with groves connecting the chain wheel with free wheel. Rider drives the pedals by using his feet simultaneously to drive the chain wheel. The driving energy is transmitted to the chain wheel. The chain connecting this chain wheel with free wheel transmits the driving energy from chain wheel to free wheel.
  • secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) fitted on the left hand or right hand support arms of the secondary chasis frame with the help of respective hubs (19), (24), (29) and (34) and driven by the secondary riders seated on seats (40), (42), (44) and (46).
  • two hubs (19) and (29) fitted on or below or within (8) and remaining two hubs (24) and (34) fitted on or below or within (9) and all of them are driven by the respective secondary riders (40), (42), (44) and (46) is the part of present invention.
  • Left wheel or Left side arm or left hand secondary driver seated on Left hand side seats (40) and (44) or any left side article mentioned here means the rear wheel or the side or the driver on the seat or the article mentioned, situated at the left hand side of the primary driver (5) seated on the primary seat (4).
  • right wheel or right arm or right hand secondary driver seated on right hand side seats (42) and (46) or any right side article mentioned here means the rear wheel or the arm or the driver on the seat or the article, situated at the right hand side of the primary rider (5) seated on the primary seat (4).
  • the driving shaft (13) means the shaft connected with the rear pair of left and right wheels (11, 12) of the cycle rickshaw.
  • the secondary chasis frame (10) comprising the four arms (6), (7), (8) and (9) is nothing but a convenient rectangular or conveniently shaped steel frame structure made up of rectangular or square or circular or varying cross sectional shaped like rods or parts. These arms can converge into each other to form convenient shape or structure of any size by loosing their separate identity, the said secondary frame (10) being connected with the primary chasis frame (2) by a centrally located supportive portion (14) with the help of bolts arrangement (39).
  • central supportive portion (14) may be optional provision of extension of central supportive portion (14) to the extent of rear side of the cycle rickshaw, wherein this extended central rod (14) at its rear end connects the rear side cross arm (9) and rests on this rear arm (9) of the secondary chasis frame at its rear end or the extension of central support portion (14) can be made up to any point lies in between the front side cross arm (6) and rear side cross arm (7) or beyond the arm (7). And this conveniently extended portion of (14) can easily rest on any cross support or any conveniently shaped support deriving its strength from any arm comprising the secondary frame (10).
  • the optional extension of either (14) or (14) along with provision of (50) provides additional strength and stability to the whole structure.
  • the secondary or subsidiary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) which are the present part of invention and wherein concerned with these four assemblies, the respective hubs (19), (24), (29) and (34) are firmly fitted respectively on the secondary chasis frame in such a way that the hubs (19) and (29) are fitted below or above or within the left side arm (8) while the hubs (24) and (34) are fitted below or above or within the right side arm (9) of the secondary chasis frame, the said secondary chassis frame providing support for pedaling of respective secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) which are peddled by respective riders seated on seats (40), (42), (44) and (46), the said secondary chassis frame also provides support to the driving shaft (13) through bearings (48) and (49) and optionally fitted (50) which are also the part of present invention. It is also to be noted that one can place additional bearing support or can change bearings support arrangement provided for shaft (13) according to convenience and suitability.
  • the secondary riders seated on seats (40), (42), (44) and (46) respectively drives the secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) through pedals provided at their feet (21,26,31,36) respectively.
  • This arrangement is part of present invention.
  • the primary rider (5) seated on seat (4) drives the primary chain wheel assembly (53) with the help of pedals arrangement (16) at its feet. Also the primary rider (5) controls the handle and break (1) to direct and control the cycle with the help of front wheel (3) as per the need and also additional breaking arrangement can be provided for the effective controlling of the present cycle rickshaw by the primary driver.
  • the driving chain wheel assembly (53) driven by the primary driver (5) is not the part of the present invention while the secondary driving chain wheel assemblies (54), (55), (56) and (57) mounted on hubs (19,24,29,34) driven by respective secondary drivers seated on the seats (40), (42), (44) and (46) is the part of present invention.
  • the working of primary driving chain wheel assembly is not the part of present invention, it is discussed here alongwith the invented secondary driven chain wheel assemblies whenever necessary, only to make the description more comprehensive.
  • the primary driver drives the primary free wheel (18) while the secondary drivers drive the ' free wheels (23), (28), (33) and (38).
  • the single driving shaft (13) on which all free wheels are mounted transmits the driving energy to the rear pair of wheels (11, 12) connected to it at it's both ends, ultimately providing necessary driving energy to the cycle rickshaw under invention.
  • the invented cycle rickshaw can be owned or hired by the person say primary driver come custodian. He will generally seat on the seat (4) provided on primary chassis frame (2) His responsibility is to direct the rickshaw with the help of handles and apply the brakes when needed and apply respective driving force on pedal (16) along with the other riders. Also the custodian can keep the rickshaw under his custody and is responsible for maintenance or repair if any. This will provide an opportunity to the passengers cum secondary driver who seat on the seat provided on the back side and rotates the respective pedal by their feet. These secondary drivers are provided only with the facility to drive the rickshaw and can travel
  • This rickshaw gives an opportunity to those travelers who during their travel want to change the mode of transport from cycle to other transport like bus, auto-rickshaw or else during their entire journey or vice-versa.

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L'invention concerne un pousse-pousse à trois roues pourvu de cinq paires de pédales et d'un arbre d'entraînement unique qui permet de synchroniser l'énergie d'entraînement des cyclistes. Ce pousse-pousse comprend trois roues, une roue avant (3) et une paire de roues arrière gauche et droite (11, 12) séparées et reliées par l'arbre d'entraînement unique soutenu fermement par un cadre de châssis en acier de forme rectangulaire ou de toute autre forme adaptée.
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DE73955C (de) * H. MATZEN, Lehrer, Nr. 53 Dorchester Avenue in Cleveland, V. St. A Dreirad mit zwei vorderen Lenkrädern und einem in der Mitte hinter denselben liegenden Treibrad
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DE52401C (de) * C. JAHN in Düsseldorf, Königsplatz 22 Dreirädriges Fahrrad mit Trittkurbel-Antrieb-Vorrichtungen für eine oder mehrere Personen

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