The load bed (3) of the transport vehicle (1) having a variable width (B) has an intermediate portion (4), which can be connected to a tractor (25A) by means of an attachment member (25) and two side portions (7,8) moveable from and to the intermediate portion (4) and each carrying a row of front trolleys (12) and a row of rear trolleys (14) rotational about respective fixed axes (15) under the bias of a steering assembly (26); the steering assembly (26) having a hydraulic control block (26A) and a mechanical transmission (26B) interposed between the attachment member (25) and the hydraulic control block (26A) connected mechanically to the intermediate portion (4); each side portion (7;8) carrying a respective first hydraulic rotation block (40;42) of the front trolleys (12) and a second hydraulic rotation block (41;43) of the rear trolleys (14) and a motion reversing device (18) to steer the front trolleys (12) in opposite sense with respect to the rear trolleys (14) and carried by the respective side portion (7;8); variable configuration hydraulic pipes (45,46,47,48) extending between the intermediate portion (4) and each of the side portions (7,8) to hydraulically connect the hydraulic control block (26A) and the hydraulic actuating blocks (40,41,42,43) and to permit the displacement of the side portions (7,8) with respect to the intermediate portion (4).
Transport vehicle having a variable width
Transportfahrzeug mit veränderlicher Breite
Véhicule de transport ayant une largeur variable
2015-07-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |