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US 6,805,204 B2Granted
Vehicle, especially for beach cleaning
AssigneeKaessbohrer Gelaendefahrzeug AG
InventorsChristian Bauer, Hendrik Grobler
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Abstract
A vehicle, especially for beach cleaning, with a vehicle frame on which a front wheel axle and a rear wheel axle are arranged, is known in the art. According to the invention, the vehicle frame is divided into a front section and a rear section, which are connected to one another by an articulated bearing with a vertical steering type axle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a front section (1,1a) of a vehicle frame, including a front wheel axle,
- a rear section (2,2a) of a vehicle frame, including a rear wheel axle,
- said front section and said rear section being connected to one another by an articulated bearing (3,3a) with a vertical steering type axle (K);
- a smoothing device being attached to the rear section (2,2a) of the vehicle frame, wherein the smoothing device is pivotable around a vertical pivot axis, located in the rear section of the vehicle, longitudinally spaced from the vertical steering type axle;
- the vehicle further including a smoothing device in a rear section, wherein the smoothing device (12) pivots between an operating position lowered to the ground and a resting position;
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- a rear wheel steering mechanism, wherein the smoothing device is linked to the rear wheel steering mechanism in such a way that during a steering movement of the rear wheel steering mechanism, the smoothing device is automatically, especially mechanically or hydraulically, pulled behind,
- the smoothing device being connected by a coupling device (T), for pivoting about a pivot axis S which perpendicularly intersects a line connecting the pivot axes of the rear wheels, coupling device (T) being operably configured so that the smoothing device is not permitted to pivot freely during a steering movement of the rear wheel steering mechanism, but is constrained to be steered at a specified angle, which is dependent upon the steering of the rear wheel steering mechanism.
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A vehicle for beach cleaning, comprising:
- a front section (1,1a) of a vehicle frame, including a front wheel axle,
- a rear section (2,2a) of a vehicle frame, including a rear wheel axle, and a rear wheel steering mechanism,
- said front section and said rear section being connected to one another by an articulated bearing (3,3a) with a vertical steering type axle (K);
- a smoothing device being attached to the rear section (2,2a) of the vehicle frame, wherein the smoothing device is pivotable around a vertical pivot axis, located in the rear section of the vehicle, longitudinally spaced from the vertical steering type axle,
- the smoothing device being connected by a coupling device (T), for pivoting about a pivot axis S which perpendicularly intersects a line connecting the pivot axes of the rear wheels, coupling device (11a) being operably configured so that the smoothing device is not permitted to pivot freely during a steering movement of the rear wheel steering mechanism, but is constrained to be steered at a specified angle, which is dependent upon the steering of the rear wheel steering mechanism;
- the vehicle including a collection container for collected material, wherein the collection container (11a) is mounted onto the rear section on pivoting or tilting wherein the rear section (2a) features a horizontally spatially displaceable auxiliary frame (32) to which the collection container (11a) is linked, and which is especially provided with a platform;
- wherein parallel articulated mechanisms (35,36) are provided for spatial displacement of the auxiliary frame (32), which are actively connected to an automatic guiding mechanism (37) linked to the collection container (11), 50 that the collection container (11a) is automatically brought into its emptying position when the auxiliary frame (32) is moved upward and backward (relative to the normal direction of travel), and the collection container (11a) is automatically brought into a collection position when the auxiliary frame (32) is moved into its lowered position.
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A vehicle for beach cleaning comprising:
- a front section (1,1a) of a vehicle frame, including a front wheel axle,
- a rear section (2,2a) of a vehicle frame, including a rear wheel axle,
- said front section and said rear section being connected to one another by an articulated bearing (3,3a) with a vertical steering type axle (K);
- a smoothing device being attached to the rear section (2,2a) of the vehicle frame, wherein the smoothing device is pivotable around a vertical pivot axis, located in the rear section of the vehicle, longitudinally spaced from the vertical steering type axle;
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- further including a cleaning device for loose ground, especially sand, arranged on a support frame, which features a receiving area mounted on pivoting bearings between a receiving position lowered toward the ground and a resting position pivoted upward, wherein the cleaning device features a filter device with a circumferential filter belt, wherein a carrying run (19) of the filter belt (19,20) is mounted on vibrating rollers running on eccentric bearings, which rollers are offset against one another.
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A vehicle for beach cleaning comprising:
- a front section (1,1a) of a vehicle frame, including a front wheel axle,
- a rear section (2,2a) of a vehicle frame, including a rear wheel axle,
- said front section and said rear section being connected to one another by an articulated bearing (3,3a) with a vertical steering type axle (K);
- a smoothing device being attached to the rear section (2,2a) of the vehicle frame, wherein the smoothing device is pivotable around a vertical pivot axis, located in the rear section of the vehicle, longitudinally spaced from the vertical steering type axle;
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- further including a cleaning device for loose ground, especially sand, arranged on a support frame, which features a receiving area mounted on pivoting bearings between a receiving position lowered toward the ground and a resting position pivoted upward, wherein the cleaning device features a filter device with a circumferential filter belt, wherein the filter belt is assigned at least one vibration shaft (38) on which at least one vibration element (39) is arranged coaxially and which, is connected to the filter belt and which—when seen in cross-section, is provided with greater longitudinal than lateral extension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.