JPH0624930B2 - Connecting hood for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a connecting hood for vehicles.

[Prior art]

As a connecting hood that surrounds the outer periphery of a through-passage formed in a connecting portion of a railway vehicle, the connecting hood is divided into two, and one of the connecting hoods is fixed to one vehicle end face to be connected, and the other connecting hood. Fixed to the end face of the other vehicle and connecting the movable side top metal frames of the divided connecting hoods to each other by pressing each other or using the metal fittings, or one of the connecting portions. There is one in which one end of the connecting hood is fixed to the end face of the vehicle and the other end side hood metal frame of the connecting hood is detachably connected to the end face of the other vehicle. In such a connected hood, when the gable surface having the hood is the front surface of the leading car or the rear surface of the tail car,
The connecting hood is folded and the movable side hood metal frame is brought into contact with the vehicle end face side, but the through-passage opening of the movable side hood metal frame remains open. Therefore, conventionally, on the vehicle body side,
An opening / closing door is provided at the passage.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In the case where the opening / closing door is provided on the vehicle body side as in the conventional case, when the connecting hood is folded, the through-passage opening of the movable side hood frame is still open as described above. There is also a problem that the inside of the connecting hood is exposed to the outside through the opening, which spoils the aesthetics of the leading car and the trailing car, and there is also the problem that snow must enter the inside of the hood from the opening and that snow must be removed when connecting. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional problems by providing an opening / closing door for opening and closing the through opening of the movable-side hood metal frame itself of the connecting hood.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a first invention,
A movable type hood that encloses an outer periphery of a through path between connected vehicles and has one end fixed to a vehicle gable surface and the other end connected to a movable hood metal frame. The metal frame is provided with an opening / closing door (10) for blocking and opening the opening (5a) for the passage in the movable side metal frame, and the second invention is the opening / closing door. Is a hinged door that is divided into two parts on the left and right, and the hinged door is provided with spring hinges on both inner sides of the movable side metal frame.
It is characterized in that it is always urged in the opening direction by (11) so as to be openable and closable, and the third invention is characterized in that the opening and closing door is formed by a shutter.

〔Example〕

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described.

Reference numeral 1 is a vehicle body, and 2 is a through passage. Numeral 3 is an extendable hood provided in the vehicle end portion, the base end of which is fixed to the vehicle body 1 by a metal frame
The movable side metal frame 5 is fixed to the tip. The hood 3 is formed so as to be stored in a hood storage space 6 formed in the vehicle body 1 when the hood 3 is folded. The movable side metal cover frame 5 is provided so as to be movable back and forth by an actuator 7 provided in the vehicle body 1 so as to come into contact with the end face 1a or move away from the end face 1a.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a sealing material fixedly mounted on the end surface 1a, which seals the movable side top metal frame 5 and the end surface 1a in a watertight manner when the top 3 is folded. Reference numeral 9 is a side wall panel fixed to both sides of the through passage 2 in the vehicle body 1, and its tip is located slightly inside the end face 1a. Reference numeral 10 denotes an opening / closing door including a pair of hinged doors 10a and 10b. The outer ends of the hinged doors 10a and 10b are hinged 11 by a hinge 11 so as to open and close the opening 5a for the through passage of the movable side metal frame 5. It is attached to both sides of 5. The hinged doors 10a and 10b are inward-opening double doors that rotate toward the side wall panel 9. The hinges 11 of the hinged doors 10a and 10b are torsion spring hinges that constantly bias the hinged doors 10a and 10b toward the side wall panel 9. Also the hinged door
To maintain the closed state of 10a and 10b, for example, a lever lock 12 as shown in FIG. 6 is used. Rollers 13 are attached to the inner surfaces of the front portions of the hinged doors 10a and 10b.

In the hood of this embodiment, when the hood is not used, the actuator 7 is operated to move the movable hood metal frame 5 as shown in FIG.
Is pulled toward the gable face 1a side, and the hood 3 is reduced and stored in the hood storage space 6. At this time, the outer peripheral portion of the movable side metal frame 5 is pressed against the sealing material 8 to be sealed. Also, hinged doors 10a, 1
0b is closed as shown in FIG. 1, and the opening 5a of the movable side metal frame 5 is closed by the opening / closing door 10. Next, when using the hood, as shown in FIG. 2, the actuator 7 is actuated to move the movable hood metal frame 5 away from the end face 1a, and the hood 3 is extended. In the case of the split-type hood, the hood 3'on the opposite vehicle 1'side
Similarly, the movable side top metal frame 5'is also advanced, the two movable side metal frames 5 and 5'are brought into contact with each other, and are connected by a metal frame pressing type or a metal frame connecting type. Further, the lever type lock 12 of the hinged doors 10a and 10b is removed, and the hinged doors are biased by the spring hinges 11.
The side panels 10a and 10b are brought into contact with each other and opened. As a result, both sides of the through-passage 2 of the vehicle body 1 and the through-passage 14 of the hood are surrounded by the side wall panels 9 and 9 and the hinged doors 10a and 10b, and the safety of passengers crossing the through-passage is achieved. Further, for complicated movements such as bias and expansion / contraction between the two vehicles in the connected state, the side wall panels 9, 9 and the hinged doors 10a, 1 urged by spring hinges.
0b are held in contact with each other so that they can slide through the roller 13 at the connecting portion.

4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the hinged door 10 of the opening / closing door 10 in the above embodiment is used.
Each of a and 10b is formed by two folding doors 10c and 10d.
The other structures are similar to those of the above-described embodiment, and therefore, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, two folding doors 10c and 10d are extended by a hinge 11a, so that the movable side top metal frame 5 is connected to the side wall panel 9 with its tip end abutted. It can be separated from the surface 1a farther than that of the above-described embodiment, and is particularly effective when it is desired to extend the expansion and contraction width of the hood 3.

6 and 7 show an example of the sealing structure of the movable side metal frame 5 and the hinged doors 10a and 10b. In the side part, as shown in FIG. 6, the movable metal frame 5 and the hinged door are shown. A sealing material 15 is provided between 10a and 10b, and the same sealing material 15 as above is provided between the movable side metal frame 5 and the hinged doors 10a and 10b as shown in FIG. A tongue piece 16 is provided, and in the lower part, as shown in FIG.
Fluffs 17 are provided on the bottom surfaces of 10a and 10b, and a sealing material 15 is provided on the movable side metal cover frame 5 to prevent rainwater and snow from entering.

As shown in FIG. 7, the transition plate is provided separately on the end face 1a side and the movable side top metal frame 5 side, and these divided transition plates 18,
Each of the 19 is of a flip-up type and is formed so as to slide with each other when used in a horizontal state.

FIGS. 8 and 9 and FIGS. 10 and 11 show the third and fourth embodiments of the present invention, in which a shutter is used as an opening / closing door for opening and closing the opening 5a of the movable side metal frame 5. It was what I had.
FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show a shutter 21 which is provided on the upper side of the movable-side hood metal frame 5 so as to be openable and closable in the vertical direction, and FIGS. 10 and 11 show the movable-side hood. A winding mechanism 22 is provided on each side of the metal frame 5, and a shutter 23 is divided into two and provided so as to be opened and closed in the left-right direction.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, in the first and second aspects of the invention, the movable side metal frame is provided with the opening / closing door for opening / closing the passage opening, so that the opening / closing door is opened when the connecting hood is used. , Passing passengers through the passageway will not be a problem. Further, when the connecting hood is not used, the opening for the through passage in the movable-side hood metal frame can be closed by closing the opening / closing door. Therefore, when the unused connected hood is driven as the front surface of the leading car or the rear surface of the tail car, the inside of the hood is not seen and the appearance is not spoiled. It is also possible to prevent the intrusion of the inside.

Further, in the third aspect of the invention, in the use state of the connecting hood with the opening / closing door opened, the opening / closing door can be used as both side protection panels of the through passage in the hood portion, and the safety of passengers crossing the through passage can be achieved. .

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a plan sectional view when the hood is not used, FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view when the hood is connected and used, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the connected hood. FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view when the hood is not used, and FIG. 5 is a plan view when the hood is connected and used. FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are a partial plan view and a side sectional view showing the sealing structure of the movable side metal frame and the opening / closing door. FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are a front view and a side sectional view showing a third embodiment of the present invention. 10 and 11 are a front view and a plan sectional view showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Vehicle body, 1a ... Wife surface, 2, 14 ... Through passage, 3 ...
… Top, 5 …… Movable side top metal frame, 5a …… Opening, 10 …… Opening / closing door, 10a, 10b… Swing door, 11 …… Spring hinge, 21, 23…
…shutter

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage type connecting hood which flexes around an outer periphery of a through passage between connecting vehicles, one end of which is fixed to a vehicle gable surface and the other end of which is connected to a movable side metal frame. A connecting hood for a vehicle, wherein the movable hood metal frame is provided with an opening / closing door (10) for blocking or opening an opening (5a) for a passage in the movable hood metal frame. 2. The connecting hood for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the opening and closing door is formed by a shutter. 3. The opening / closing door is a hinged door that is divided into left and right, and the hinged door is provided with spring hinges on both inner sides of the movable side metal frame.
2. The vehicle connecting hood according to claim 1, wherein the connecting hood according to claim 1 is provided so as to be always opened and closed by being urged in the opening direction.