TRACK HITCHING STRUCTURE FOR WHEELED CRANE AND WHEELED CRANE

Abstract

A track hitching structure is for a wheeled crane and the wheeled crane, and includes a vehicle frame and a connecting cross beam. The first end of the connecting cross beam is connected with a track. The second end of the connecting cross beam is connected with the vehicle frame. The second end of the connecting cross beam is higher than the first end of the connecting cross beam. The vehicle frame is connected with the track by the connecting cross beam with one high end and one low end, so the long-distance force transfer from the track to the race of the vehicle frame can be handled, then the shortcomings of tedious structure, large size, large weight and the like of the connecting device caused by a horizontal connecting cross beam are avoided, and the reliability and the working performance of the entire crane are improved.

Claims

1. A track hitching structure for a wheeled crane, comprising a vehicle frame (1) and a connecting cross beam (3), wherein the first end of the connecting cross beam (3) is connected with a track (2), the second end of the connecting cross beam (3) is connected with the vehicle frame (1), and the second end of the connecting cross beam (3) is higher than the first end of the connecting cross beam (3).

2. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 1, wherein the connecting cross beam (3) is of an integral structure and is in the shape of Z, S or a bent beam shape with a high end and a low end.

3. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 1, wherein the connecting cross beam (3) is of a box structure, a vehicle frame box structure (4) matched with the connecting cross beam (3) is arranged on the vehicle frame (1), and the connecting cross beam (3) is inserted into the vehicle frame box structure (4).

4. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 3, wherein an oil cylinder (5) is arranged in the vehicle frame box structure (4), one end of the oil cylinder (5) is fixedly connected with the vehicle frame (1), the other end of the oil cylinder (5) is connected with the second end of the connecting cross beam (3), and the connecting cross beam (3) is able to be pulled into the vehicle frame box structure (4) by the oil cylinder (5) and locked.

5. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 4, wherein the second end of the connecting cross beam (3) is inserted into the vehicle frame box structure (4), an inclined plane structure (6) is provided on the second end close to the oil cylinder (5), a locating wedge block (7) is arranged in the vehicle frame box structure (4), and when the oil cylinder (5) pulls the connecting cross beam (3) to a locking position in the vehicle frame box structure (4), the inclined plane structure (6) on the connecting cross beam (3) is engaged with the locating wedge block (7).

6. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 4, wherein the second end of the connecting cross beam (3) is inserted into the vehicle frame box structure (4), a position on the second end away from the oil cylinder (5) is provided with a connecting cross beam lapping block (8), and a vehicle frame lapping block (9) engaged with the connecting cross beam lapping block (8) is arranged in the vehicle frame box structure (4).

7. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 4, wherein the connecting cross beam (3) is connected with the oil cylinder (5) by a connecting lug seat (10) and a guide seat (11), the connecting lug seat (10) is arranged at the second end of the connecting cross beam (3), is V-shaped and has a wide upper part and a narrow lower part, the guide seat (11) is arranged at an end of the oil cylinder (5), a V-shaped groove (12) having a wide upper part and a narrow lower part is formed in the middle of the guide seat (11), the V-shaped connecting lug seat (10) is arranged in the V-shaped groove (12), a transverse connecting lug (13) is further arranged on the connecting lug seat (10), and both ends of the transverse connecting lug (13) are correspondingly arranged in two arc-shaped grooves (14), the two arc-shaped grooves are correspondingly arranged on both sides of the V-shaped groove (12) in the guide seat (11).

8. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 7, wherein a V-shaped opening is formed in the upper part of the arc-shaped groove (14), the lower part of the arc-shaped groove (14) is of a semicircular structure, the transverse connecting lug (13) is placed in the semicircular structure, and an anti-drop structure (15) protruding toward the interior of the arc-shaped groove (14) is arranged at an intersection position of the V-shaped opening and the semicircular structure.

9. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 7, wherein low-position guide beams (16) are arranged at the lower parts of both sides of the guide seat (11), guide rails are formed between a bottom plate in the vehicle frame box structure (4) and side edge locating plates (18) above both sides of the bottom plate, and each low-position guide beam (16) correspondingly slides in one guide rail.

10. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 9, wherein alignment adjusting devices (19) for adjusting the guide seat (11) to align to the connecting lug seat (10) are arranged on the guide beams on both sides of the guide seat (11).

11. The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 10, wherein the alignment adjusting device (19) comprises an adjusting slider (20) arranged in the low-position guide beam (16), one end of the adjusting slider (20) abuts on the vehicle frame box structure (4), the other end of the adjusting slider (20) is connected with an adjusting bolt (21), the adjusting bolt (21) extends through the low-position guide beam (16) and is in threaded connection with an adjusting nut (22) that is fixedly arranged on the low-position guide beam (16), and after the guide seat (11) is adjusted to align to the connecting lug seat (10) by the adjusting bolt (21) and the adjusting slider (20), a fastening nut (23) is arranged on the adjusting bolt (21) for locating.

12. A wheeled crane, comprising a track (2) and the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane of claim 1, wherein the wheeled crane cooperates with the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane by means of its own hoisting function to achieve a self disassembly and assembly of the track.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] The drawings described herein are used for providing a further understanding of the present invention and constituting a part of the application. Illustrative embodiments of the present invention and illustrations thereof are used for explaining the present invention rather than constituting improper limitations to the present invention. In the drawings:

[0033] FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a track structure hitched on a wheeled crane in the prior art;

[0034] FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of an “I” partial enlargement structure in FIG. 1A;

[0035] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of hitching of a first connecting device and a race in the prior art;

[0036] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of hitching of a second connecting device and the first connecting device in the prior art;

[0037] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of connection of a connecting cross beam and the second connecting device in the prior art;

[0038] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of connection of a track structure and the connecting cross beam in the prior art;

[0039] FIG. 6 is a structural schematic diagram of a track hitched on a wheeled crane provided by the present invention;

[0040] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a vehicle frame box structure arranged on the wheeled crane provided by the present invention;

[0041] FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of the vehicle frame box structure and a connecting cross beam from hitching to hitching completion provided by the present invention;

[0042] FIG. 9 is a sectional schematic diagram of matched sections of the vehicle frame box structure and a box structure of the connecting cross beam provided by the present invention;

[0043] FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of initial pull of the connecting cross beam by an oil cylinder provided by the present invention;

[0044] FIG. 11 is a structural schematic diagram of pull of the connecting cross beam to a locking position by the oil cylinder for locking provided by the present invention;

[0045] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an “I” partial enlargement structure in FIG. 11;

[0046] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of an “II” partial enlargement structure in FIG. 11;

[0047] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of connection of a connecting lug seat and a guide seat provided by the present invention;

[0048] FIG. 15 is an enlarged schematic diagram of a partial structure of FIG. 14;

[0049] FIG. 16 is an A-A schematic diagram of FIG. 15;

[0050] FIG. 17 is a B-B schematic diagram of FIG. 15;

[0051] FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of an anti-drop structure provided by the present invention;

[0052] FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of stress of a transverse connecting lug provided by the present invention after the anti-drop structure is arranged;

[0053] FIG. 20 is a structural schematic diagram of arrangement of a low-position guide beam on the guide seat provided by the present invention;

[0054] FIG. 21 is a structural schematic diagram of the low-position guide beam in a guide rail provided by the present invention;

[0055] FIG. 22 is a C-C schematic diagram of FIG. 20; and

[0056] FIG. 23 is a structural schematic diagram of the wheeled crane can achieve the self assembly of the track provided by the present invention.

REFERENCE SIGNS

[0057] 1—vehicle frame; 2—track; 3—connecting cross beam; 4—vehicle frame box structure; 5—oil cylinder; 6—inclined plane structure; 7—locating wedge block; 8—cross beam lapping block; 9—vehicle frame lapping block; 10—connecting lug seat; 11—guide seat; 12—V-shaped groove; 13—transverse connecting lug; 14—arc-shaped groove; 15—anti-drop structure; 16—low-position guide beam; 17—box-shaped bottom plate; 18—side edge locating plate; 19—alignment adjusting device; 20—adjusting slider; 21—adjusting bolt; 22—adjusting nut; and 23—fastening nut.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0058] A clear and complete description of technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be given below, in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the embodiments described below are merely a part, but not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. All of the other embodiments, obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without any creative effort, shall fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

[0059] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “transverse”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside” and the like are orientations or positional relationships as shown in the drawings, are merely for the objective of facilitating the description of the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the indicated devices or elements must have specific orientations or constructed and operated in specific orientations, and thus cannot be understood as limitation to the protection scope of the present invention.

[0060] FIG. 6 shows a wheeled crane provided with a track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows the wheeled crane with a track 2 detached.

[0061] As shown in FIG. 8, it is a schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention. In the schematic embodiment, the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane includes a vehicle frame 1 and a connecting cross beam 3, the connecting cross beam 3 is of an integral structure, the overall outline thereof is a bent beam structure similar to Z shape, S shape or a bent beam shape with a high end and a low end, the first end of the connecting cross beam 3 is connected with a track 2, and the second end of the connecting cross beam 3 is connected with the vehicle frame 1. The second end of the connecting cross beam 3 is higher than the first end of the connecting cross beam 3.

[0062] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, the structure of the track connecting cross beam 3 which is similar to the Z shape on the whole and has one high end and one low end can handle long-distance force transfer from the track 2 to the race of the vehicle frame 1, and avoid the shortcomings of tedious structure, large size, large weight and the like of the connecting device caused by a horizontal connecting cross beam in the prior art.

[0063] FIG. 8 shows different states of the similarly Z-shaped connecting cross beam 3 provided by the present invention from hitching with the vehicle frame 1 to hitching completion. In the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, the connecting cross beam 3 can be of a box structure, a vehicle frame box structure 4 matched with the connecting cross beam 3 can be arranged on the vehicle frame 1, the connecting cross beam 3 is inserted into the vehicle frame box structure 4 (as shown in FIG. 9), the vehicle frame box structure 4 can be arranged at the side of the vehicle frame 1 instead of being arranged below the race, thereby avoiding the problems of narrow operation space and installation difficulty.

[0064] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, due to adoption of the similarly Z-shaped integral connecting cross beam 3 connected with the vehicle frame box structure 4, stress transfer can be achieved by the cooperation of the box structure of the connecting cross beam 3 and the vehicle frame box structure 4.

[0065] As shown in FIG. 10, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, an oil cylinder 5 can be arranged in the vehicle frame box structure 4, one end of the oil cylinder 5 is fixedly connected with the vehicle frame 1, the other end of the oil cylinder 5 is connected with the second end of the connecting cross beam 3, and the connecting cross beam 3 is able to be pulled into the vehicle frame box structure 4 by the extension and retraction of the oil cylinder 5 and locked.

[0066] As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, the second end of the connecting cross beam 3 is inserted into the vehicle frame box structure 4, an inclined plane structure 6 is provided on the second end close to the oil cylinder 5, a locating wedge block 7 can be correspondingly arranged in the vehicle frame box structure 4, and when the oil cylinder 5 pulls the connecting cross beam 3 to a locking position in the vehicle frame box structure 4, the inclined plane structure 6 on the connecting cross beam 3 is engaged with the locating wedge block 7 so as to achieve the objective of fast lock.

[0067] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, when the connecting cross beam 3 is stretched to the locking position by the oil cylinder 5, the inclined plane structure 6 on the rear end of the connecting cross beam 3 is engaged with the locating wedge block 7 so as to lock the approach direction, and the departure direction is fixed by the tension of the oil cylinder 5, so the objective of fast lock is finally achieved. The locating wedge block 7 can be horizontally adjusted to handle processing errors, and thus the processing cost is reduced.

[0068] As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 13, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, the second end of the connecting cross beam 3 is inserted into the vehicle frame box structure 4, a position away from the oil cylinder 5 can be provided with a connecting cross beam lapping block 8, a vehicle frame lapping block 9 engaged with the connecting cross beam lapping block 8 can be correspondingly arranged in the vehicle frame box structure 4, and the connecting cross beam lapping block 8 cooperates with the vehicle frame lapping block 9 to transfer force.

[0069] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, since a partial lapping structure of the connecting cross beam lapping block 8 and the vehicle frame lapping block 9 is adopted, the overall cooperation of the box structure can be avoided, and only the precision of the position of a lapping point is guaranteed during processing, thus the processing difficulty is lowered. Moreover, by adoption of the structure, the force transfer can be regulated to pass through the position of the lapping point instead of the whole range of the box structure, so structural reinforcement only needs to be performed at the position of the lapping point instead of the whole range of the box structure, and accordingly the weight can be effectively reduced.

[0070] As shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, the connecting cross beam 3 can be connected with the oil cylinder 5 by a connecting lug seat 10 and a guide seat 11, the connecting lug seat 10 can be arranged at the end part of the connecting cross beam 3, is V-shaped (as shown in FIG. 16) and has a wide upper part and a narrow lower part, the guide seat 11 can be arranged at the end part of the oil cylinder 5, a V-shaped groove 12 (as shown in FIG. 16) having a wide upper part and a narrow lower part is formed in the middle of the guide seat 11, the V-shaped connecting lug seat 10 is arranged in the V-shaped groove 12, a transverse connecting lug 13 is further arranged on the connecting lug seat 10, and both ends of the transverse connecting lug 13 are correspondingly arranged in two arc-shaped grooves 14 (as shown in FIG. 17), the two arc-shaped grooves are correspondingly arranged on both sides of the V-shaped groove 12 in the guide seat 11.

[0071] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, the connecting lug seat 10 and the V-shaped groove 12 that cooperate with each other form a V-shaped guide device, and the V-shaped guide device is in a cross layout, and thus can be adapted to the guide and adjustment in any direction. During butt joint, the V-shaped guide device has a guide function, increases the allowable error range of alignment of a hitching point of the track 2, improves the success rate of single-time hitching and reduces the installation time of the track 2.

[0072] As shown in FIG. 18, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, a V-shaped opening can be formed in the upper part of the arc-shaped groove 14, the lower part of the arc-shaped groove 14 is of a semicircular structure, the transverse connecting lug 13 is placed in the semicircular structure, an anti-drop structure 15 protruding toward the interior of the arc-shaped groove 14 is arranged at an intersection position of the V-shaped opening and the semicircular structure, and the surface outline of the anti-drop structure 15 is of a curve structure.

[0073] As shown in FIG. 19, in the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, the curvy anti-drop structure 15 is arranged in the arc-shaped groove 14, when the connecting cross beam 3 is stretched, the force F applied to the transverse connecting lug 13 has a downward component force F 1, and thus the transverse connecting lug 13 on the connecting lug seat 10 can be prevented from dropping out from the guide seat 11. The curve structure of the anti-drop structure 15 can be set by simulating the motion of the transverse connecting lug 13 in the arc-shaped groove 14 of the guide seat 11 so as to prevent installation difficulty caused by a too large curve angle and prevent a poor anti-drop effect caused by a too small curve angle, and the curvy anti-drop structure 15 provided by the present invention can replace the setting of a special anti-drop device, thereby simplifying the structure form and reducing cost.

[0074] As shown in FIG. 20, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, low-position guide beams 16 are arranged at the lower parts of both sides of the guide seat 11; as shown in FIG. 21, guide rails are formed between a box-shaped bottom plate 17 in the vehicle frame box structure 4 and side edge locating plates 18 above both sides of the box-shaped bottom plate 17, and each low-position guide beam 16 correspondingly slides in one guide rail.

[0075] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, a low-position partial guide structure formed by the cooperation of the low-position guide beams 16 and the guide rails can prevent the up and down floatation of the guide seat 11 in a pull process, and since the low-position partial guide mode is adopted, compared with the conventional guide structure of upper and lower cover plates, the low-position partial guide structure is more stable and is low in weight.

[0076] As shown in FIG. 20, in the schematic embodiment of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, alignment adjusting devices 19 for adjusting the guide seat 11 to align to the connecting lug seat 10 are arranged on the low-position guide beams 16 on both sides of the guide seat 11.

[0077] As shown in FIG. 22, in a preferred or optional embodiment, the alignment adjusting device 19 can include an adjusting slider 20 arranged in the low-position guide beam 16, one end of the adjusting slider 20 abuts on the vehicle frame box structure 4, the other end of the adjusting slider 20 is connected with an adjusting bolt 21, the adjusting bolt 21 extends through the low-position guide beam 16 and is in threaded connection with an adjusting nut 22 that is fixedly arranged on the low-position guide beam 16, the adjusting slider 20 can be jacked on the vehicle frame box structure 4 by screwing the adjusting bolt 21, then the position of the guide seat 11 in the vehicle frame box structure 4 can be adjusted, in order to make the guide seat 11 align to the connecting lug seat 10, and after the guide seat aligns to the connecting lug seat, a fastening nut 23 can be arranged on the adjusting bolt 21 for fastening and locating.

[0078] In the above-mentioned schematic embodiment, the alignment adjusting device 19 is arranged on the width direction of the guide seat 11 to adapt to the processing error between the track 2 and the connecting cross beam 3.

[0079] As shown in FIG. 23, the wheeled crane provided by the present invention includes the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane in any above-mentioned embodiment, and the wheeled crane cooperates with the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane by means of its own hoisting function to achieve the self disassembly and assembly of the track 2.

[0080] According to the wheeled crane provided by the present invention, the installation steps of the track hitching structure for the wheeled crane are as follows:

[0081] 1) the supporting legs of the wheeled crane are supported, the integral track 2 and the connecting cross beam 3 are hoisted by its own hoisting ability of the wheeled crane, the V-shaped connecting lug seat 10 on the connecting cross beam 3 is put in the V-shaped groove 12 of the guide seat 11, and the transverse connecting lug 13 on the connecting lug seat 10 is correspondingly put in the arc-shaped groove 14 of the guide seat 11 to complete the hitch of the connecting cross beam 3 and the vehicle frame 1.

[0082] 2) The box structure of the connecting cross beam 3 is pulled into the vehicle frame box structure 4 by the oil cylinder 5 until to the locking position and is locked, and then the state conversion from the wheeled crane to the track crane can be completed.

[0083] The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention can achieve fast and efficient conversion of the wheeled crane and the track crane, improve the reliability and the use efficiency of the product and reduce the cost.

[0084] By means of the descriptions of the above-mentioned embodiments, it can be deduced that the present invention as least has the following advantages:

[0085] 1) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts the similarly Z-shaped integral track connecting cross beam structure with one high end and one low end, thereby simplifying the connecting structure between the track and the bottom plate of the race of the vehicle frame and reducing the working weight of the entire crane.

[0086] 2) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts a wedge-shaped fast locking mechanism and achieves the automatic lock of the track connection by the locking properties of the wedge-shaped structure and the locking function of the oil cylinder.

[0087] 3) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts the partial lapping structure to avoid the box-shaped overall cooperation, and only the precision of the position of the lapping point needs to be guaranteed during processing, thus the processing difficulty is lowered; and moreover, by adoption of the structure, the force transfer is regulated to pass through the position of the lapping point instead of the whole range of the box structure, so structural reinforcement only needs to be performed at the position of the lapping point instead of the whole range of the box structure, and accordingly the weight can be effectively reduced.

[0088] 4) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts the cross V-shaped guide device, thereby increasing the allowable error range of alignment of the hitching point of the track, improving the success rate of single-time hitching and saving the time for the installation of the track.

[0089] 5) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts the curvy anti-drop structure, thereby preventing the transverse connecting lug from dropping out from the guide seat when the track connecting cross beam is stretched, cancelling the setting of a special anti-drop device, simplifying the structure form and reducing the cost.

[0090] 6) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts the rail type alignment adjusting device, so that the horizontal transverse position of a pull device can be adjusted so as to be adapted to the manufacturing error of a relative position between the vehicle frame box structure and the track connecting cross beam, and the processing precision is reduced.

[0091] 7) The track hitching structure for the wheeled crane provided by the present invention adopts the low-position partial guide structure to limit the upper and lower motion of the pull device so as to ensure its stable operation; and in addition, due to the low-position partial setting of the guide structure, compared with the conventional guide structure of upper and lower cover plates, the weight is reduced, and the cost is low.

[0092] 8) The wheeled crane provided by the present invention can achieve the self disassembly and assembly of the track by its own hoisting function without using auxiliary equipment, so that the use cost is reduced.

[0093] Finally, it should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs should understand that they could still make modifications to the embodiments of the present invention or make equivalent substitutions to a part of technical features; and these modifications or substitutions should fall into the protection scope of the technical solutions of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the technical solutions of the present invention.