Title:
CREEPING TYPE GUIDING TOW TRACTOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3482463
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a creeping type guiding tow tractor capable of smoothly running even on an irregular floor surface with large inclination or curving and safely towing a cart without receiving the vertical load of the cart by providing a bendable structure by providing pivots on a chassis.
SOLUTION: A chassis 1 is formed in such a height as is allowed to creep under a frame 6 of the cart and such that the vertical load of the cart is not applied. The chassis 1 comprises a combination of at least two divided frame parts along the traveling direction of the tow car, and the frame parts 6 are bendably pinned to each other in the vertical direction. Free cars 11 and 12 traveling on the floor surface together with drive wheels 2 are installed on the chassis 1, a clamp mechanism 10 erected when allowed to creep under the frame of the cart to be hooked to the frame of the cart is erectably installed on the frame part 6, and sensors 13 and 16 are installed at portions suitable for the detection of guiding signals emitted by a guidance body 14 such as a magnetic tape and the like.
Inventors:
Motohiro Sugiyama
Kazunori Oishi
Kazunori Oishi
Application Number:
JP2000381294A
Publication Date:
December 22, 2003
Filing Date:
December 15, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
YAZAKI INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.
International Classes:
B61B13/00; B60P1/64; B61B10/04; B61J3/12; B62B5/00; B62D53/00; G05D1/02; G10H1/053; G10H1/32; G10H3/18; (IPC1-7): B60P1/64; B61B13/00; B61J3/12
Domestic Patent References:
| JP1173223A | ||||
| JP9185409A | ||||
| JP9267746A | ||||
| JP10291473A | ||||
| JP8119591A | ||||
| JP1039925A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masahiko Yamana