JP5586021B2 - Forklift bumper - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bumper attached to a forklift.

  As a bumper attached to a forklift, for example, there is one that protects a driver's foot (see Patent Document 1). By the way, when the forklift travels in a factory or warehouse, the forklift may come in contact with a shelf or an article, so that a bumper for protecting the rear part or the side part of the body of the forklift is required. The bumper is easily damaged when it collides with or comes into contact with a shelf or an article. Therefore, a bumper that can be easily detached and replaced is preferable. In recent years, it has been increasingly desired to improve the safety of workers in factories and warehouses, and there are various ways to prevent forklifts from coming into contact with workers and to minimize the impact of workers when they come into contact. Ingenuity is required.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-30292

  Therefore, in view of the above-described problems, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a bumper for a forklift that can be easily replaced and can further improve safety for an operator.

In order to solve the above problems, a forklift bumper according to the present invention includes:
A bumper to be attached to a forklift, a flat plate shape suitable for a forklift attachment part and having a predetermined thickness, a sheet member covering the entire surface of the buffer plate material, and a plurality of magnet members provided on a mounting side surface of the buffer plate material, Tona is,
The buffer plate material includes a spacer portion made of the same material as the buffer plate material in order to adjust the position of the magnet member, and the mounting side surface of the magnet member is substantially flush with the mounting side surface of the buffer plate material .

  Preferably, the seat member is provided with a pattern for promoting danger on a non-attaching side surface of the bumper.

  Preferably, the buffer plate member has at least one cut portion extending along the longitudinal direction on the mounting side surface thereof.

  Preferably, the buffer plate material is made of low-density polyethylene foam, the sheet member is made of a tarpaulin sheet, and the magnet member is made of a ferrite anisotropic magnet.

As described above, the bumper for forklifts according to the present invention is provided on the mounting side surface of the buffer plate material, the buffer plate material having a predetermined thickness in a flat shape suitable for the mounting portion of the forklift, the sheet member covering the entire surface of the buffer plate material, It consists of a plurality of magnet members.
As a result, the mounting parts such as the rear and side parts of the body of the forklift can be covered with the buffer plate material, so that the impact on the forklift can be mitigated and protected even if it contacts with a shelf or an article. Moreover, even if an operator contacts the bumper which consists of a buffer board material, the impact with respect to an operator can be relieved. Further, since the bumper can be attached to and detached from the forklift via the magnet member, it can be easily replaced when the bumper is damaged or broken. In addition, since it can be easily attached and detached any number of times, it is possible to efficiently and easily perform bumper cleaning and position adjustment.

Further, the seat member is provided with a pattern for promoting danger on the non-attached side surface of the bumper.
For example, by applying a so-called `` tiger mark '' in which yellow and black strips are alternately arranged diagonally to the seat member, it is possible to alert the forklift to workers in factories and warehouses, so that safety can be improved. Improvements can be made. In addition, by attaching a bumper to the rear part of the forklift, the operator can be alerted from behind.

Moreover, the shock-absorbing plate member has at least one cut portion extending along the longitudinal direction on the mounting side surface.
As a result, even when the mounting portion of the forklift is curved like a corner portion, the buffer plate material can be easily bent and attached so as to fit the forklift body by the cut portion in the longitudinal direction of the buffer plate material. it can.

Preferably, the buffer plate material includes a spacer portion made of the same material as the buffer plate material in order to adjust the position of the magnet member, and the magnet member is substantially flush with the mounting side surface of the buffer plate material.
Thereby, a magnet member does not protrude from a buffer board material, but fits the attachment part of a forklift. Furthermore, since the position of the magnet member can be easily adjusted by the spacer portion made of the same material as the buffer plate material, productivity can be improved.

The buffer plate material is made of low-density polyethylene foam, the sheet member is made of a tarpaulin sheet, and the magnet member is made of a ferrite anisotropic magnet.
As a result, a bumper having a light weight, high strength, high durability, and high workability can be provided, so that it is extremely excellent in workability, productivity, economy, and maintainability. Moreover, various colors, patterns, etc. can be attached according to the usage mode of a forklift.

The perspective view which shows the forklift which attached the bumper. A bumper is shown, (a) is a surface (non-attachment side) figure, (b) is a back (attachment side) figure. A bumper is shown, (a) is an AA line sectional view of Drawing 2, and (b) is an explanatory view of attachment of a magnet member.

  Hereinafter, a forklift bumper according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the forklift includes a left and right straddle arm 2 that extends to the front side of the vehicle body 1. The forklift includes a carriage 4 that can be moved back and forth along the left and right straddle arms 2. A mast 3 is erected on the carriage 4 in the vertical direction. The forklift includes a lift bracket 5 that is guided up and down along the mast 3. A pair of left and right forks 6 are supported on the lift bracket 5 so as to be tiltable. A lift cylinder 7 is erected on the carriage 4 along the mast 3, and the fork 6 moves up and down together with the lift bracket 5 by the expansion and contraction of the lift cylinder 7.

  The left rear portion of the vehicle body 1 is a device storage chamber 10 that is closed by an openable / closable door, and a hydraulic oil tank, a hydraulic oil pump, a motor, and the like are mounted in the device storage chamber 10. The right rear portion of the vehicle body 1 is a driver's seat 11 that is opened rearward, and is covered with a top cover 12 from the upper part of the device storage chamber 10 to the front of the driver's seat 11. On the top cover 12, a handle 13 for steering is provided at the left side of the driver's seat 11, and various operation levers 14 for performing a cargo handling operation and an accelerator operation are provided at a front position of the driver's seat 11. It is done. A head guard 15 is provided above the vehicle body 1.

  Bumpers 20 are attached to the left and right rear portions (attachment portions) of the body 1 of the forklift. The bumper 20 has a vertically long rectangular shape so that the bumper 20 can be attached to cover the left and right corners of the vehicle body 1. The bumper 20 can be configured in various planar shapes depending on the location (attachment portion) attached to the forklift.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bumper 20 is formed in a rectangular shape having a predetermined thickness, and includes a front surface (non-attached side surface) 20a and a back surface (attached side surface) 20b. The bumper 20 attaches the back surface (attachment side surface) 20b to the vehicle body 1 of the forklift.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the surface (non-attached side surface) 20a of the bumper 20 has a pattern that urges the surrounding workers to be dangerous, and yellow and black belt portions are alternately arranged diagonally. A so-called “tiger mark” is attached to the entire surface. Thereby, since the attention of a forklift can be alerted to the worker in a factory or a warehouse, safety can be improved. Further, by attaching the bumper 20 to the rear part of the forklift, the operator can be alerted from the rear.

  The forklift grouping can be made clear by color-coding each work group on the surface (non-attached side surface) 20a of the bumper 20 or adding a pattern composed of an identification number for each work group. As a result, the forklift can be easily organized for various work groups, so that work efficiency can be improved.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the bumper 20 includes a buffer plate 21 inside. Accordingly, when the bumper 20 is attached to the attachment portion of the forklift, the attachment portions such as the rear portion and the side portion of the forklift can be covered with the buffer plate material 21, so that the impact on the forklift is reduced even if the bumper 20 is in contact with a shelf or an article. Can be protected. Moreover, even if an operator contacts the bumper 20 provided with the buffer plate material 21, the impact on the operator can be reduced. The buffer plate material 21 is made of, for example, a low-density polyethylene foam (polyethylene foam), and is lightweight, high-strength, high-durability and high workability, and is extremely excellent in workability, productivity, economy, and maintainability. The buffer plate material 21 has a thickness of 10 to 20 mm, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the bumper 20 includes a sheet member 22 on the front surface (non-attached side surface) 20a and the back surface (attached side surface) 20b. The pair of sheet members 22 is formed in a bag shape with a welded portion 22 a welded around at high frequency, and covers the entire buffer plate material 21. The sheet member 22 is made of, for example, a tarpaulin sheet in which a fiber base material is coated with a synthetic resin or the like. The sheet member 22 has a light weight, high strength, high durability, and high workability, and is extremely excellent in workability, productivity, economy, and maintenance. Excellent.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the bumper 20 includes a plurality of magnet members 23. The magnet member 23 is made of, for example, a flat plate-shaped ferromagnetic ferrite anisotropic magnet. The magnet member 23 is provided on the mounting side surface 21 b of the buffer plate material 21. As shown in FIG. 2B, the magnet member 23 is provided at a predetermined interval along the periphery of the mounting side surface 21 b of the buffer plate material 21. Since the vehicle body 1 of the forklift is made of iron, which is a magnetic material, the bumper 20 is attached to and detached from the vehicle body 1 via the magnet member 23.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the buffer plate material 21 is provided with a through hole portion 21 a at a position where the magnet member 23 is embedded. A circular spacer portion 24 having the same diameter as the hole portion 21a and made of the same material as the buffer plate material 21 is prepared. The spacer portion 24 is formed by hollowing out the same buffer plate material having a different thickness from the buffer plate material 21. When the thickness of the buffer plate material 21 is 15 mm and the thickness of the magnet member 23 is 5 mm, a spacer portion 24 having a thickness of 10 mm (= 15 mm-5 mm) is prepared, and the spacer portion 24 is provided in the hole 21 a of the buffer plate material 21. It is fitted and fixed with an adhesive, and the magnet member 23 is placed thereon and fixed with an adhesive. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3A, the magnet member 23 is embedded in the buffer plate material 21 and is substantially flush with the mounting side surface 21 b of the buffer plate material 21. Thereby, the magnet member 23 does not protrude from the buffer plate material 21 and fits to the attachment portion of the forklift. Furthermore, since the position of the magnet member 23 can be easily adjusted by the spacer portion 24 made of the same material as the buffer plate material 21, the productivity is excellent.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the buffer plate material 21 includes two V-shaped cut portions 25 on the mounting side surface 21b. As shown in FIG. 2B, the cut portions 25 are provided along the longitudinal direction of the buffer plate material 21 with a predetermined interval in the width direction. When the bumper 20 has a rectangular shape, it is difficult to bend in the width direction. Therefore, even if the forklift mounting portion is curved, the bumper 20 fits to the body of the forklift by the notch 25 extending in the longitudinal direction of the buffer plate 21. Thus, the buffer plate material 21 can be easily bent and attached.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bumper 20 suitable for mounting on the reach-type forklift has been described. However, by changing the planar shape of the bumper 20, it can be applied to various forklifts (for example, engine-type forklifts).

20 Bumper 20a Bumper mounting side (back)
20b Bumper non-mounting side (surface)
21 Buffer plate material 21b Mounting side surface of buffer plate material 22 Sheet member 23 Magnet member 24 Spacer portion 25 Cut portion

Claims (4)

A bumper to be attached to the forklift, a flat plate shape suitable for the forklift attachment part and having a predetermined thickness, a sheet member covering the entire surface of the buffer plate material, and a plurality of provided on the mounting side surface of the buffer plate material Ri Do from the magnet member,
The buffer plate material includes a spacer portion made of the same material as the buffer plate material in order to adjust the position of the magnet member, and the magnet member is substantially flush with a mounting side surface of the buffer plate material . bumper.   The forklift bumper according to claim 1, wherein the seat member is provided with a pattern for promoting danger on a non-attaching side surface of the bumper.   The bumper for a forklift according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the buffer plate member has at least one cut portion extending along a longitudinal direction on an attachment side surface thereof. The said buffer board material consists of a low density polyethylene foam, the said sheet member consists of a tarpaulin sheet, The said magnet member consists of a ferrite anisotropic magnet, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Forklift bumper.

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