Hydraulic steering shear-fork type aerial work platform

• US 10,167,181 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Chejiang Dingli Machinery Company Limited
• Inventors: Xu, Shugen
• Primary Examiner(s): Cahn, Daniel P
• Application Number:
  US15/217,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20180022591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 11/042 actuated by lazy-tongs mechanisms or articulated levers
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07568 Steering arrangements

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter is directed to a hydraulic steering shear-fork aerial work platform that comprises a running chassis and a lifting device. The running chassis includes a chassis body and a running device that comprises a left wheel carrier, a right wheel carrier, a linkage frame, and a steering oil cylinder. The left wheel carrier and the right wheel carrier are rotatably installed on the chassis body through wheel carrier shafts. The two ends of the linkage frame are respectively hinged to the left wheel carrier and the right wheel carrier. One end of the steering oil cylinder is installed at one end of the linkage frame, and the other end of the steering oil cylinder is fixedly connected with the wheel carrier shaft through an installing plate.

Claims

1. A hydraulic steering shear-fork aerial work platform comprising a running chassis and a lifting device, wherein:

the running chassis comprises;

a chassis body; and

a running device comprising a left steering wheel, a right steering wheel, a left wheel carrier, a right wheel carrier, a linkage frame, and a steering oil cylinder, wherein the left steering wheel and the right steering wheel are respectively installed on the left wheel carrier and the right wheel carrier, and wherein the left wheel carrier and the right wheel carrier are rotatably installed on the chassis body through wheel carrier shafts;

wherein the running chassis is characterized in that two ends of the linkage frame are respectively hinged to the left wheel carrier and the right wheel carrier;

wherein the linkage frame further comprises a steering oil cylinder installing portion for a first end of the steering oil cylinder to be installed; and

wherein a second end of the steering oil cylinder is connected with at least one of the wheel carrier shafts through an installing plate, so that the left steering wheel and the right steering wheel turn towards a first side when the steering oil cylinder is controlled to extend, and the left steering wheel and the right steering wheel turn towards a second side when the steering oil cylinder is controlled to withdraw;

wherein the lifting device comprises a shear fork lifting structure and a lifting platform, wherein the shear-fork lifting structure is formed by connecting a plurality of shear-fork units, and wherein a first bottom end of each shear-fork unit is hinged to the running chassis, and a second end of each shear-fork unit is hinged to a sliding block that is in sliding fit with the running chassis;

wherein the lifting device further comprises a lifting detection and control system comprising a potentiometer installed on a rotation shaft of the shear-fork lifting structure and a controller, wherein any lifting height corresponds to a unique rotating angle of the rotation shaft, wherein the potentiometer is configured to correspond to a unique resistance value corresponding to all heights recorded in the controller, and wherein a limit on a lifting height of the lifting device is configured to be achieved by setting a resistance value correlated with the limit on the lifting height of the lifting device.

2. The hydraulic steering shear-fork aerial work platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the left steering wheel and the right steering wheel are respectively configured to be driven by a left driving motor fixed to the left wheel carrier and a right driving motor fixed to the right wheel carrier.

3. The hydraulic steering shear-fork aerial work platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the running device further comprises a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel that are respectively configured to be driven by a left driving motor and a right driving motor fixed to the chassis body;

wherein the left steering wheel and the right steering wheel are installed respectively through a left wheel connecting disc fixed to the left wheel carrier and a right wheel connecting disc fixed to the right wheel carrier.

4. The hydraulic steering shear-fork aerial work platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the chassis body further comprises a pit hole assembly comprising a flip plate, a clamping claw, a lower connecting rod, a middle connecting rod, and a press rod,

wherein the press rod is movably installed inside a sleeve,

wherein an upper end of the press rod is pressed by the lifting device, a lower end of the press rod abuts against a press wheel rotatably connected to a first end of the middle connecting rod,

wherein a second end of the middle connecting rod is rotatably connected with a first end of the lower connecting rod,

wherein a second end of the lower connecting rod is movably connected with a first end of the clamping claw, and the clamping claw is used for fixing the flip plate;

wherein a middle portion of the middle connecting rod is rotatably connected to a base plate through a first shaft, and a second end of the clamping claw is rotatably connected to the base plate through a second shaft;

such that when the lifting device descends, the lifting device presses the upper end of the press rod, a force is transferred to the first end of the middle connecting rod through the press wheel and then is transferred to the second end of the middle connecting rod through rotation of the middle connecting rod, wherein the force is transferred to the lower connecting rod, the lower connecting rod transfers a first part of the force to the clamping claw, and the remaining part of the force acts on an air rod to make the air rod withdraw and accumulate potential energy in the air rod;

wherein the clamping claw and the flip plate are fixed such that the flip plate can be put away;

when the lifting device ascends, the stress exerted on the upper end of the press rod is released, the potential energy stored in the air rod is converted, the air rod is opened and acts on the lower connecting rod in a force mode, in a first configuration the flip plate is driven to be erected, and in a second configuration, the press rod is reset through force transfer to adapt to pressing again from the lifting device;

when the flip plate is erected, a complete machine can be prevented from being caught in a pit hole.