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Title:
STAIR CLIMBING VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008285157
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a stair climbing vehicle which climbs up and down any stairs continuously and smoothly without the need for switching operation such as clutch operation or various controls along the way, and automatically provides horizontal maintenance of a chair and a loading platform without depending on power, and which is ensured by provision of a safety device for raising upstairs and lowering downstairs a person or a load safely and smoothly in order to simplify and ruggedize the structure.

In the stair climbing vehicle, a moving means comprises a platform pivoting around the axis, and a plurality of outer ring bodies rotating around a spindle installed in a plurality of positions in the periphery of the platform. The distance between the most remote position from the axle of the outer ring body and the axis is made gradually greater or smaller. Rotating around the axle, the outer ring body gradually grounds so that the axle is moved in a direction leaving or approaching the contact surface.


Inventors:
OKAMOTO KOICHI
Application Number:
JP2008181120A
Publication Date:
November 27, 2008
Filing Date:
July 11, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OKAMOTO KOICHI
International Classes:
B60B19/00; B62D57/024; B62D61/12
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11253494A1999-09-21
JPH1045002A1998-02-17
JPS271351B1
JP2002206901A2002-07-26
JP2001026202A2001-01-30
JPH0655901A1994-03-01
JPS6015260A1985-01-25
JPS58167263A1983-10-03