The present invention relates to the technical field of medical devices and more particularly an electric lifting and moving machine.
A moving machine is adopted to assist a caregiver to transfer the position a user, such as moving a patient between wheelchairs, sofas, beds, toilet pans etc.; a moving machine in the existing technology has a large size and an excessively high chassis, which can hardly access some furniture and sofas to perform moving, and is inconvenient for caregivers to carry; adopting a pin-type lifting mechanism is complicated to operate and requires users to leave the moving machine to adjust its height, which causes a low practicality and poor user experience; adopting a soft cushion to carry a user is mostly implemented in sling type and does not enable the user to sit for a long time.
In summary, the structure of an existing moving machine obviously contains inconveniences and shortcomings in actual use, and is thus necessary to be improved.
In view of the aforementioned shortcomings, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electric lifting and moving machine which achieves automatic ascending and descending of a moving machine, with a simple structure and small volume, to improve the comfort of users.
To attain this, the present invention provides an electric lifting and moving machine, comprising:
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, the foot brake assembly comprises:
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, the lifting assembly comprises a movable portion and a fixed portion; the movable portion ascends or descends with respect to the fixed portion; the end portion of the connecting rod 30 is connected to the movable portion;
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, said at least one connecting rod comprises two connecting rods;
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, an outer part of the movable portion is provided with a sleeve, openings are provided on the sleeve corresponding to positions where the gears are connected to the gear racks;
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, the bearing assembly comprises:
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, the seat board comprises a left seat board and a right seat board; the left seat board and the right seat board are connected through a first detachable connecting member;
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, a ring of steel balls is provided around each gear rack column at a position which does not coincide with the gear rack; a roller provided at an inner part of each of the two connecting rods.
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, the electric lifting and moving machine further comprises gas springs; an end portion of each gas spring is connected to the chassis, and another end portion is connected to a corresponding connecting rod.
According to the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention, the motor driving assembly and the lifting assembly are detachably connected; the motor driving assembly comprises:
The present invention provides an electric lifting and moving machine, comprising: a bearing assembly which comprises a chassis, and the chassis is adopted to stabilize a bearing assembly and an electric lifting assembly; the bearing assembly comprises a seat board; when using the electric lifting and moving machine, a user sits on the seat board and the motor driving assembly of the electric lifting assembly drives the lifting assembly; the lifting assembly ascends or descends and thus drives the bearing assembly to ascend or descend through the connecting rods. Therefore, the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention achieves automatic ascending and descending with a simple structure and small volume, and improves the comfort of users.
To better clarify the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, the following will further describe in detail the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only intended to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.
To better clarify the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, the following will further describe in detail the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only intended to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.
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In this embodiment, the electric lifting and moving machine 100 bears a user whose position needed to be transferred through a bearing assembly; the bearing assembly is provided with the seat board 10 for the user to sit; the supporting assembly, which comprises the chassis 20, stabilizes the bearing assembly and the electric lifting assembly; preferably, the bearing assembly further comprises said at least one castor 21; the castor 21 is arranged on the bottom part of the chassis 20; through arranging the castor 21 the movement of the electric lifting and moving machine 100 becomes more convenient; by arranging the lifting assembly on the chassis 20, the motor driving assembly 90 and the lifting assembly are in transmission connection, the motor driving assembly 90 transforms electrical power to mechanical movement so that the lifting assembly performs ascending or descending movements automatically, and thus drives the bearing assembly to ascend or descend through the connecting rod 30, thereby saving manpower and improving user experience. Preferably, the supporting assembly, the bearing assembly and the at least one connecting rod 30 are hollow and made of metals to reduce the weight and enhance the mechanical strength of the electric lifting and moving machine. The seat board 10 has an ergonomic design to increase the comfort of the user. Preferably, a height of the chassis 20 can be lowered to fit most furniture, and thus become more convenient to push the chassis 20 of the electric lifting and moving machine 100 into a gap under the furniture to realize moving of the user.
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In this embodiment, the foot brake assembly abuts against the castor 21 through the lock pedal 110, thereby fixing the castor 21 and preventing the castor 21 to rotate; the buckle 120 is adopted in the parked state to fix the lock pedal 110, so that the lock pedal 110 maintains abutting against the castor 21. As illustrated in
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In this embodiment, utilizing the self-locking characteristics of the worm 41 and the worm wheel 42 enables the lifting assemble to stop ascending or descending at any height, thereby controlling the bearing assembly at any height according to users' needs. The motor driving assembly 90 outputs force to the worm 41, and the worm 41 synchronously drives the worm wheel 42 to rotate; as the worm wheel 42 and the gear 44 are both fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 43, rotation of the worm wheel 42 drives the gear 44 to rotate, and the rotating gear 44 ascend or descend along the vertically arranged gear rack 45; simultaneously, the ascending or descending of the gear 44 enables the movable portion whose members are interconnected to ascend or descend as well; said another end portion of the connecting rod 30 is connected to the bearing assembly, and said end portion is connected to the movable portion, thereby enabling the bearing assembly to ascend or descend along with the movable portion
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In this embodiment, the gear rack columns are used for stabilizing the gear racks 45; the gear rack columns are positioned corresponding to the connecting rods 30, and the bottom part of each of the connecting rods 30 is hollow; therefore, when the connecting rods 30 ascend or descend along with the movable portion, the gear rack columns gradually insert into the connecting rods 30 or gradually withdraw from the connecting rod 30. The motion transmission of the worm 41 and the worm wheel 42 cooperating with each other drives the two gears 44 respectively arranged at the left end portion and the right end portion of the rotating shaft 43; the two gears 44 synchronously perform ascending or descending movement on the two gear racks 45 respectively, so as to drive the bearing assembly to ascend or descend. The worm 41 and the worm wheel 42 cooperate to achieve motion transmission self-locking, which enables the lifting assembly to stop ascending or descending at any height, thereby controlling the tearing assembly at any height according to users' needs.
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A seat back 70, an end portion of which is connected to a rear part of a seat board 10. The seat back 70 is adopted to support the back of the user.
Preferably, the seat board 10 comprises a left seat board 11 and a right seat board 12 respectively arranged on a left part and a right part; the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 are connected through a first detachable connecting member 31;
Alternatively, the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 are respectively hinged with the two supporting rods through hinging members; the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 rotate respectively about the two supporting rods where the two supporting rods are used as rotational axes.
In this embodiment, each of the first detachable connecting member 31 and the second detachable connecting member 71 is preferably configured as cooperating structure comprising a pin and a lock; when the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 are needed to be separated and spread towards two sides away from each other, manually unfasten the lock arranged on the left seat board 11, so that the lock disengages from the pin arranged on the right seat board 12; and now the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 are in an opened state. To bring the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 together towards each other, the caregiver can rotate the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 towards each other by rotating the armrests till a maximum extent, so that the lock on the left seat board 11 is automatically buckled to the pin of the right seat board 12, and the seat board 10 is now in a closed state. When the user needs to move his or her body from one position to a predetermined position, the caregiver rotates the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 to the opened state, moves the electric lifting and moving machine 100 towards the user until the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 are located approximately on both sides of the user's buttocks, and then rotate the armrests to drive the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 to close, so that the user sits on the seat board 10, and then, the caregiver moves the electric lifting and moving machine 100 to the predetermined position; by ascending and descending adjustments, the seat board 10 is adjusted to align as much as possible to the predetermined position, such as a sofa; in this case, adjust the seat board 10 to align with a seat of the sofa as much as possible, and then rotate the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 again to the opened state, so that the user leaves the seat board 10; thus, the transfer of a user's position is achieved without requiring caregivers to shift, lift, or embrace the user's body. Preferably, a stop pin is arranged on the seat board 10, so that the rotating angles of the left seat board 11 and the right seat board 12 are both ninety degrees.
In a fifth embodiment of the present invention, a ring of steel balls is provided around each gear rack column at a position which does not coincide with the gear rack 45; a roller is provided at an inner part of each of the two connecting rod 30.
In this embodiment, the ascending and descending of the electric lifting and moving machine 100 are achieved through the relative motion between the gears 44 and the gear racks 45; in view of a problem of center of gravity of the electric lifting and moving machine 100, which causes problems including incomplete meshing between the gears 44 and the gear racks 45, the verticality when ascending or descending, and the friction between inner walls of the connecting rods 30 and the gear rack columns/hen ascending or descending, said ring of steel balls is therefore fixedly provided around each gear rack column at the position which does not coincide with the gear rack 45, and a roller is fixedly provided at the inner part of each connecting rod 30 to create frictional contact with the corresponding gear rack column. These two configurations when used together provides rolling frictional contact and point-to-point frictional contact respectively with a view to solving the aforementioned problems.
As illustrated in
In this embodiment, the gas springs 80 are adopted to relieve pressure, an end connector of each gas spring 80 is welded on the corresponding connecting rod 30, and another end connector of each gas spring 80 is welded on the supporting assembly, so as to solve the problem of incomplete meshing between the gears 44 and the gear racks 45 caused by the problem of center of gravity of the electric lifting and moving machine 100, as well as to relieve gravity.
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In this embodiment, arranging the motor driving assembly 90 to be detachably connected to the lifting assembly solves problems caused by the fixed connection between the motor driving assembly 90 and the electric lifting and moving machine 100, such as difficulty of repair, large size, inconvenience to transport, and damages attributable to non-waterproofness. The motor driving assembly 90 configures the motor 92 to be assembled integrally with a quick disassembly clamping structure; specifically, the motor 92 and the quick disassembly clamping structure are fixed onto the carrier board 91; when the motor driving assembly 90 is needed to perform driving, a user connects the motor 92 to the lifting assembly, and fixes the lifting assembly through the quick disassembly clamping structure; after usage, the user can detach the motor driving assembly 90 for convenient maintenance and preventing damages caused by water ingress into the motor driving assembly 90 when the user is bathing. Through pushing the grip 97, the second connecting rod 953 and the fourth connecting rod 963 are simultaneously driven, the linkage between the second connecting rod 953 and the first connecting rod 952 drives the first hook 951 to rotate; analogously, the second hook 961 rotates; when the first hook 951 and the second hook 961 rotate until an included angle between the the first hook 951 and the first baffle 93 and an included angle between the second hook 961 and the second baffle 94 become smaller, the lifting assembly is locked between the two hooks and the two baffles, so that the motor driving assembly 90 and the lifting assembly are fixed; when the first hook 951 and the second hook 961 rotate until the included angle between the first hook 951 and the first baffle 93 and the included angle between the second hook 961 and the second baffle 94 become larger, the motor driving assembly 90 can be detached from the lifting assembly. Specifically, when a user pushes the grip 97 to a left side, the grip 97 drives the second connecting rod 953, and the second connecting rod 593 drives the first connecting rod 952 to drive the first hook 951 to rotate, so that the first hook rotates in a counterclockwise direction to gradually reduce the included angle between the first hook and the first baffle until the first hook 951 is in a locked state (as illustrated in
Overall, the embodiments of the present invention provide an electric lifting and moving machine, comprising: a bearing assembly which comprises a chassis, and the chassis is adopted to stabilize a bearing assembly and an electric lifting assembly; the bearing assembly comprises a seat board; when using the electric lifting and moving machine, a user sits on the seat board, and the motor driving assembly of the electric lifting assembly drives the lifting assembly; the lifting assembly ascends or descends and thus drives the bearing assembly to ascend or descend through the connecting rods. Therefore, the electric lifting and moving machine of the present invention achieves automatic ascending and descending with a simple structure and small volume, and improves the comfort of users.
Certainly, the above embodiments are only one of the more preferred specific examples of the present invention, and all modifications and substitutions made by those of ordinary skill in the art in accordance with the essence of the main technical solution of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
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