Trolley

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9802792-B2
Application number	US-201414763160-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2014
Priority date	Jan 25, 2013
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a trolley which is easily driven or braked. The trolley includes a body unit which moves along a rail and a power transfer unit which transfers power for driving or braking of the body unit, in which the power transfer unit includes an input shaft, an output shaft which receives power of the input shaft and transfers the power to the body unit, and a locking unit which transfers the power from the input shaft to the output shaft but does not transfer power from the output shaft to the input shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A trolley comprising:
a body unit which moves along a rail;
a power transfer unit which transfers power for driving or braking of the body unit;
a connection portion connected to the power transfer unit; and
a handle unit detachably connected to the connection portion and receiving the power,
wherein the power transfer unit comprises an input shaft, an output shaft which receives power of the input shaft and transfers the power to the body unit, and a locking unit which transfers the power from the input shaft to the output shaft but does not transfer power from the output shaft to the input shaft,
wherein the handle unit comprises a connection member connected to the connection portion and a handle bar which comprises a bent portion bent by an external force, and
wherein when the handle unit is connected to the connection portion, a rotational force of the handle unit is transferred to the input shaft.

2. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the locking unit comprises an active rotating body rotated by the input power and a passive rotating body which is coupled with the active rotating body to rotate in the same direction as a rotational direction of the active rotating body and rotates the output shaft, and
wherein the passive rotating body is rotatable due to the rotation of the active rotating body but does not rotate due to the rotation of the output shaft.

3. The trolley of claim 2 , wherein the locking unit further comprises a housing which accommodates the passive rotating body therein and a locking member which is disposed between the housing and the passive rotating body, in which an insertion occurs in one rotational direction,
wherein when the active rotating body rotates, since the locking member is not inserted, the passive rotating body rotates, and
wherein when the power is transferred from the output shaft to the passive rotating body, since the locking member is inserted, the passive rotating body does not rotate.

4. The trolley of claim 3 , wherein the locking unit further comprises an unlocking member which is connected to the active rotating body and able to move the locking member due to the rotation of the active rotating body,
wherein the active rotating body and the passive rotating body are coupled to generate a space while rotating in such a way that a rotational force of the active rotating body is not transferred to the passive rotating body as the space, and
wherein while the active rotating body is rotating as the space, the unlocking member moves the locking member to a place in which an insertion does not occur in such a way that the passive rotating body rotates when the active rotating body passes the space and transfers the rotational force to the passive rotating body.

5. The trolley of claim 4 , wherein the locking member is provided two or more to generate insertions in different rotational directions and the unlocking member is provided two or more in response to the locking member in such a way that even when the active rotating body rotates in any direction, the unlocking member moves the locking member to a place in which an insertion does not occur to allow the passive rotating body to rotate.

6. The trolley of claim 3 , wherein the locking unit further comprises an elastic member which pushes the locking member to a place in which the insertion occurs.

7. The trolley of claim 2 , wherein the locking unit further comprises a stud member formed on one of the active rotating body and the passive rotating body and a stud hole which is formed in the other of the active rotating body and the passive rotating body and accommodates the stud member, and
wherein an inner diameter of the stud hole is greater than an outer diameter of the stud member, thereby generating a gap between the stud hole and the stud member.

8. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the power transfer unit comprises an input gear connected to the input shaft and an output gear which gears into the input gear and is connected to the output shaft, and
wherein the input shaft and the output shaft are arranged not to be parallel to each other and the input gear and the output gear are coupled to convert a rotational axis direction to transfer the power input below the body unit to the body unit.

9. The trolley of claim 8 , wherein the power transfer unit further comprises a case,
wherein the case comprises a base portion connected to the body unit, through which the input shaft penetrates, and a cover portion coupled with the base portion to surround the input shaft, the output shaft, and the locking unit, and
wherein the base portion is coupled with the body unit to be movable up and down to release a coupling state between the input gear and the output gear.

10. The trolley of claim 1 ,
wherein the connection portion comprises a guide member which guides an end of the handle unit to be easily inserted.

11. The trolley of claim 10 , wherein the handle unit comprises a connection member connected to the connection portion and a handle bar gripped by a worker to input a rotational force,
wherein when the handle unit is connected to the connection portion, a rotational force of the handle unit is transferred to the input shaft, and
wherein the handle unit comprises a handle physically connected to the handle bar which becomes a rotational axis and located separate from a central axis of the handle bar, a first rotation cover which surrounds an outer diameter of the handle and is independently rotatable, and a second rotation cover which surrounds an outer diameter of the handle bar and is independently rotatable.

12. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the handle unit further comprises an elastic member which provides an elastic force to the bent portion to maintain a state of not being bent when the external force which bends the bent portion is removed.

13. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the handle unit further comprises a cover member which exposes or covers the bent portion in such a way that when the cover member covers the bent portion, the handle bar is not bent by the external force.

14. The trolley of claim 13 , wherein the handle unit further comprises a cover member fixing portion which is able to fix the cover member while the cover member is exposing the bent portion.

15. The trolley of claim 13 , wherein the handle unit comprises an elastic supporting portion which provides an elastic force in a direction in which the cover member covers the bent portion.

16. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the body unit comprises a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate located on both sides of a longitudinal central line of the rail, rolling wheels which roll along a top surface of the rail, and a supporting wheel which rolls along a bottom surface of the rail, and
wherein the rolling wheels are coupled with the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate, respectively, the power transfer unit is coupled with the first supporting plate, and the supporting wheel is coupled with the second supporting plate, and
wherein the supporting wheel is located facing the rolling wheel based on the longitudinal central line of the rail and supports the moment generated because the power transfer unit and the locking unit are located in one side based on the longitudinal central line of the rail.

17. The trolley of claim 16 , wherein the body unit comprises a connection shaft member which penetrates and connects the first and second supporting plates, a first spacer which surrounds an outer diameter of the connection shaf

Assignees

• Samsung Heavy Ind

Inventors

• Kwon Do-Hoon
• Pichon Nicolas
• An Young-Duck

Classifications

• B66C11/06

  running on monorails (overhead railway systems B61B) · CPC title

• B66C9/18 Primary

  with means for locking trolleys or cranes to runways or tracks to prevent inadvertent movements · CPC title

• B66C9/02

  for underhung trolleys or cranes · CPC title

• B66C9/14 Primary

  Trolley or crane travel drives (rope, cable, or chain drives for loads or trolleys B66C11/16; control B66C13/18) · CPC title

• B66C11/26

  Abutments; Stop blocks; End stops · CPC title