DE2059819A1 - Wheelchair transport device for passenger cars - Google Patents

Description

Wheelchair transport device for passenger cars

The invention relates to a wheelchair transport device for passenger cars.

A large number of disabled people can drive cars and move with the help of hand-operated wheelchairs, but they cannot get them into the car at all or only with great difficulty. Some special designs of wheelchairs are suitable to facilitate the • transport; a three-part wheelchair is also known, the parts of which each have such a weight that the invalid can lift them alone and bring them into the vagina and, for example, place them on the back seat. Extremely light Rollijtühes have also been designed to meet transport requirements. Bo.i directed cars ir.t the problem was solved by using the wheelchair either · through öoü Wngenheok or · through a large front door * ü behind the drive ¹ : · "! Ta h.iuoi ngofi'hr ' ^ n can be.

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IlaupUziol of the present invention int it, the 'Lvon sport; of a wheelchair can be made easy to use.

This. Objective becomes inventive in the v / eooru. 1.) ohen by eirio transport device, for example in the form of a ::; Korbe α or an ILa:; - Sette for the wheelchair is achieved, which is connected to a frame mounted on the car so that it can rotate, the axis of rotation being arranged essentially horizontally at such a height above the floor "Drß the transport device" lies in its outwardly turned end division on the side of the car, dj.-j an opening directed towards the floor through which the wheelchair by means of one o? Lifting device can be raised or lowered while the transport device is in its inwardly rotated end position on the Wagerulach and is expediently supported by a support device.

Further features, details and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description of an exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing. It shows:

Fig. 1 is an oblique view of a motor vehicle, illustrating the type and V / eise in which a person folds a wheelchair from their place in the driver's seat,

Fig. 2 is a corresponding oblique view of the position in which the wheelchair is in a cassette that is turned outward End position, and

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The drawing shows a conventional passenger vehicle, on the roof of which 2 a luggage rod-like construction consisting of support rails 8 and 10 is attached at 4 and 6. Only the roof rail on one side of the car is shown. On the same side of the car, a frame structure is also provided, which consists of two beams 12 and 14, f which are attached at their upper ends to the corresponding roof rail 2 at 16 and 18, respectively. At their lower ends, the beams 12, 14 are attached to a side frame beam of the cart at 20 and 22, respectively. A round torsion bar 24 extends between the beams 12, 14, one end section of which is connected non-rotatably to the beam 14 at 26, while its other end section is rotatably mounted in the beam 12 at 28. The torsion bar 24 is surrounded by a tube 30, at the ends of which two parallel strips 32 and 34 are attached. The tube 30 is non-rotatably connected to the torsion bar 24 on the bar 32 and is rotatably supported on the bar 34 by the torsion bar. The arrangement 24, 30 forms a torsion spring, whose holding is reached μ position when the strips 32, 34 substantially / agen page is from the V are directed outwards. Further downward rotation of the strips 32, 34 is prevented by two stops 36 and 38 which are fastened to the beams 12 and 14, respectively.

At their other ends, the strips 32, 34 carry a cassette 40, which consists of a tubular structure. This is inside with strong tarpaulin or iron sheet 42 attached to a

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short side of the pipe construction, as in piss. 1 and 3, has an opening to the interior of the cassette.

On the far side of the car is an electric motor 46 mounted on the V / agendach, which drives a shaft 48, which in am Roof mounted bearings 50 and 52 is rotatably mounted. Next to each of the support beams 8 and 10, the shaft 48 carries one Plaschenzixg disc 56 or 58 »to which a wire 60 or 62 is attached at one of its ends and can be wound. The wires run over pulley discs 64 and 66, respectively are rotatably mounted on the side of the tubular structure 40 which faces away from the opening 44. Wear at their free ends the wires a movable plate 68 in the cassette. On its side facing the opening 44, the plate 68 carries a mechanical one Fastening device in Porin of hooks 70 or the like.

The operation of the device described above is as follows. Pig. 1 shows how a person folds a wheelchair so that it can be accommodated in the cassette 40. In your The cassette 40 is positioned on the roof of the trolley by means of wires 60 and 62 and optionally by means of locking parts (not shown) fastened against the force of the torsion spring 24, 30, the cassette is in the in Pig. 2 shown, turned outwards Position in which the strips 32, 34 from the side of the car extend straight outward, moved by the motor 46, which is actuated from e.g. unwinds, the torsion spring 24, 30 the cassette in the indicated position rotates. The hooks 70 can then be conveniently attached to the wheelchair, and the motor 46 is switched on, to by means of the wires 60, 62 the wheelchair, which

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still in the in i ^v ig. S is in the position shown, lift it up and slide it into the cassette until the plate 68 comes into contact with the bottom of the cassette. Then the cassette is automatically made to rotate upwards until it stops at the luggage: tangenkonatruktion 8, 10 in dor in IMg. 3 to follow. In this position, the cassette can be locked by means of a mechanical pawl, which is either operated from inside the carriage or operates automatically, as soon as the cassette has reached its inwardly rotated end position. The pawl can be triggered mechanically or electromechanically from inside the car.

The present invention is of course not restricted to the embodiment described and illustrated. Instead of electromotive-operated wires, for example, manually operated wires can be used to lift the wheelchair will. In general, it is most convenient to lower the wheelchair along the side of the car where the Driver's seat. However, the majority of the disabled will find it easier to sit in the passenger seat and then slide over into the driver's seat. If the Kollstuhl is pushed into the cassette while it is still in the Position according to FIG. 2 is then e3 if necessary possible to close the opening of the cassette with a Tucii cover (not shown) which is attached to the edge of the opening is attached. It goes without saying that the cassette can be so wide or large that the wheelchair does not collapse must become; on the other hand, it is advantageous if the height of the vehicle in the transport state is as low as possible. In certain cases it is preferred to avoid letting the top portion of the transport device during the rotational movement comes up too far, e.g. in garages, the ceiling height of which

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Claims (3)

Claims 1. j wheelchair transport device for passenger cars, J1 / 4l by geke η υ ζ calibrated η et, the transport device, for example in the form of a basket or a cassette (40) for the wheelchair with a frame (32,3'0 is rotatably connected, the axis of rotation being arranged essentially horizontally at such a height above the floor that the transport device (32,34-) is generally located on the side of the car with its outwardly rotated setting, which has an opening directed towards the floor has, by means of which the wheelchair can be raised or lowered by means of a lifting device, while the transport device (32,34-) is in its inwardly turned end position on the car roof and is expediently supported by a support device. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 _1, characterized in that the axis of rotation has a torsion ä suspension (24,30), which the cassette (4-0) in the direction of its outwardly rotated end position against the action of the torsion suspension (24-, 3O) to. turn looking. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that by the lifting device (56 to 70) also the rotary movement of the transport device (12, 14) between the outward and the inward rotated end position is controllable. 109824/1297 BATH ORIGINAL ^z l ·. Apparatus according to .Anspruch 3, characterized in that while the wheelchair is being lifted, the lifting movement can automatically be converted into an inward rotary movement as soon as the wheelchair has not reached any transport position in the cassette (40), and that the outward rotary movement automatically turns into a downward movement is convertible as soon as the transport device assumes its outwardly rotated end cladding. BATH ORIGINAL 1 0 98 2 Λ / 1297