Cab and horizontal directional drilling rig

The design of the C-frame and the rotatable integral frame solves the problem of balancing the visibility and operating comfort of the horizontal directional drilling rig cab, improves construction safety and efficiency, and meets the operator's multi-angle observation needs.

CN115771568BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-09JIANGSU XCMG CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202211471515.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-11-23
Publication Date
2025-12-09
Estimated Expiration
2042-11-23

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Technical Problem

The existing cab design of horizontal directional drilling rigs is difficult to simultaneously meet the operator's needs for both operational comfort and visibility, especially in terms of visibility at the vise, the connection between the power head and the drill pipe, and the drill pipe loading and unloading area.

Method used

The cab adopts a C-shaped frame structure, combined with a rotatable integral frame and a hydraulic rotating platform. The rotation design of the integral frame ensures that the driver has a wide field of vision in a limited space, and the design of the armrest box and seat optimizes the operating space.

Benefits of technology

It achieves a balance between driver comfort and visibility, improves construction safety and efficiency, ensures unobstructed observation of key areas, and provides spacious access and legroom.

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Abstract

The application discloses a cab and a horizontal directional drilling machine, which comprises a whole frame, the whole frame comprising a C-shaped frame, a left front stand and a right front stand; the left front stand and the right front stand are connected to the two sides of the front end of the C-shaped frame respectively, the surface between the left front stand and the right front stand is the front surface of the whole frame, the front surface of the whole frame is provided with a front glass, one of the left surface or the right surface of the whole frame is provided with a glass door, and the other surface is provided with a side glass; a rear window is arranged on the rear surface of the whole frame, and the rear window is provided with a rear window glass; the whole frame is a rotatable whole frame; after the cab is rotated to a certain angle to the right, the vice, the automatic drill rod box and the last end position of the running power head can be observed simultaneously through the left front bevel of the machine cover. Advantages: the frame is simple and the modeling is beautiful; the glass area is large and the field of vision is transparent; the multiple field of vision observation requirements are met, and the construction is safer and more efficient; the requirements of the field of vision of the driver and the operation comfort are met.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to a cab and a horizontal directional drilling rig, and belongs to the technical field of trenchless construction equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Due to the particularity of the working condition of horizontal directional drilling, the design of the cab of the horizontal directional drilling rig needs to meet the operation comfort of the driver and the visual observation requirement of the process of loading and unloading the vice, the power head and the drill pipe during operation. At present, the cab design in the industry mainly meets the visual requirement by arranging the seat obliquely or by rotating the seat and the cab to face the vice, but often cannot take into account the operation comfort of the driver. SUMMARY

[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a horizontal directional drilling rig cab.

[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the present application provides a cab, which comprises a whole frame, characterized in that the whole frame comprises a C-shaped frame, a left front upright and a right front upright.

[0005] The left front upright and the right front upright are connected to the two sides of the front end of the C-shaped frame, the surface between the left front upright and the right front upright is the front surface of the whole frame, the front surface of the whole frame is provided with a front glass, one of the left side surface or the right side surface of the whole frame is provided with a glass door, and the other side surface is provided with a side glass, and the rear surface of the whole frame is provided with a rear window, and the rear window is provided with a rear window glass.

[0006] The middle part of the floor in the interior of the whole frame is provided with a seat, and the right armrest box and the left armrest box are arranged on the two sides of the seat, and the operating handle is arranged on the right armrest box and the left armrest box.

[0007] The whole frame is a rotatable whole frame.

[0008] Further, the C-shaped frame is composed of a top part, a bottom part and a rear part of the cab.

[0009] Further, the C-shaped frame, the left front upright and the right front upright are all metal structures.

[0010] Further, the rotatable whole frame controls the rotation of the whole frame through a rotating platform arranged below the whole frame.

[0011] Further, the rotating platform is a hydraulic rotating platform, and the control end of the hydraulic rotating platform is arranged in the cab, and the rotation of the hydraulic rotating platform is controlled by operating the keys to control the rotation of the whole frame.

[0012] Further, the handrail box near the glass door is provided with a turnover structure for turning the handrail box upward, and the base of the handrail box is connected with the base of the seat so that the handrail box slides forward and backward along with the seat through the seat adjusting device.

[0013] Further, the rear end of the handrail box is hinged with the seat support.

[0014] Further, a display is mounted on the left front of the inner part of the overall frame.

[0015] A horizontal directional drilling machine comprises a chassis, an automatic drill rod box, a drill rod running track, a machine cover and a cab provided on the chassis;

[0016] The automatic drill rod box is located on the left side of the drill rod running track, the cab and the machine cover are located on the right side of the drill rod running track, and the cab is located in front of the machine cover.

[0017] An inclined corner edge is arranged on the left front of the machine cover, and a rotation point of the cab is arranged on the lower end of the left front of the rotatable overall frame, the rotatable overall frame rotates around the rotation point by a certain angle, and the driver can observe the whole drilling process of the power head through the front glass and the side glass or the glass door.

[0018] Further, the inclined corner edge comprises:

[0019] The position of the seat in the cab after the cab rotates as a whole is acquired, the position of the seat SIP point is determined, the driver's eye point position and the range of the eye ellipse are calculated according to the forward and backward sliding stroke of the seat and the seat backrest angle parameter, two straight lines are respectively drawn with the last end and the first end of the curve of the eye ellipse as the end points, and the arrangement of the inclined corner edge ensures that the two straight lines are not blocked.

[0020] The present application has the following beneficial effects:

[0021] (1) The cab of the present application has a simple frame, an attractive appearance, a large glass area and a transparent field of view.

[0022] (2) The present application rotates the cab and the cab frame, and at the same time, ensures the multiple field of view observation requirements of the whole drilling process of the power head, the drill rod connection position of the power head and the drill rod, and the drill rod loading and unloading area, so that the construction is safer and more efficient.

[0023] (3) The cab of the present application meets the requirements of the driver's field of view and operation comfort at the same time under the condition of limited driving space.

[0024] (4) The cab operating device and display device according to the present application are arranged reasonably, and the access passage space and the leg accommodation space are wide and comfortable. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 is a right front view of the cab;

[0026] Figure 2 is a left front view of the cab;

[0027] Figure 3 is a left rear view of the cab;

[0028] Figure 4 is a plan view of the horizontal directional drilling rig (the cab is not rotated);

[0029] Figure 5 is a plan view of the horizontal directional drilling rig (the cab is rotated);

[0030] Figure 6 is an interior layout of the cab;

[0031] Figure 7 is a turning illustration of the right armrest box of the cab. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] In order to make the inventive purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the following described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the protection scope of the present application.

[0033] The technical solutions of the present application will be further described in combination with the drawings and through specific embodiments.

[0034] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application.

[0035] The application discloses a cab, which adopts a "C" type frame 1, i.e., a metal frame structure is adopted at the top, bottom and rear of the cab to form a "C" type, the frame adopts an extremely simple design, and the whole frame comprises the cab C type frame 1, a door bottom frame 6, a right front vertical column 8 and a left front vertical column 11. The right side of the cab comprises a right rear glass 2, a door upper glass 3, a door lower glass 4, the left side comprises a left glass 12, the front side comprises a front glass 10, and the rear side comprises a rear window glass 13, all of which are designed by using large-area glass to provide a wide and transparent visual range for the driver, as shown in Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 3 The door upper glass 3 and the door lower glass 4 form a whole glass door, the glass door is opened and closed through a door hinge 5, a door handle 7 is further arranged on the glass door, a handrail 9 is arranged on the right front vertical column 8, and the driver is facilitated to enter and exit the cab.

[0036] After the cab is rotated by a certain angle, the driver can observe the whole drilling process of the tiger clamp, the power head and the drill rod connection, the drill rod loading and unloading area and the power head through the front glass and the left glass, the operation efficiency and safety are greatly improved. The driver sees the power head and the drill rod connection, the drill rod loading and unloading area and the power head drilling process (α1) through the left glass 12, sees the operation situation of the tiger clamp position (α2) through the front glass 10, and the left front vertical column 11 of the cab causes a visual blind area (α3), but the range is small and is not in a key area. The target position which the driver focuses on during the horizontal directional drilling operation of the cab is shown in Figure 4 、 Figure 5 .

[0037] The rotatable whole frame controls the rotation of the whole frame through a rotating platform arranged below the whole frame (the rotating platform adopts hydraulic control, a control end is arranged in the cab, and the rotation of the rotating platform is controlled through the operation of a button so as to control the rotation of the whole frame).

[0038] After the cab is rotated as a whole to meet the visual requirement during the horizontal directional drilling operation, the seat in the cab can not adopt a slanting or rotatable design, as shown in Figure 6 The seat 14 is arranged in the middle, a right handrest box 15 and a left handrest box 16 are arranged on the two sides of the seat respectively, a control handle 17 is installed on the right handrest box 15 and the left handrest box 16, and a display 18 is installed in the left front empty space to provide a wide visual field for the direction of the tiger clamp. The floor 19 in front of the seat has a large space, and enough space is left for the sliding of the seat and the legs of the driver.

[0039] Due to the limited length of the cab, the driver's legs are not in the visual field of the driver, as shown in Figure 7As shown, the right armrest box 15 can be flipped up, creating a wide access path for the driver to enter and exit from the right side. The base of the armrest box is connected to the base of the seat 14, so that the armrest box slides forward and backward with the seat through the seat adjustment device; the seat adjustment device is also used to rotate the seat; the seat adjustment device in the embodiment can use the existing seat adjustment device of the cab, and the specific structure is not described here.

[0040] A rotating structure can also be provided below the seat 14 to realize the rotation of the seat 14, so that the cab can be rotated under certain working conditions to perform corresponding operations.

[0041] Correspondingly, the application also provides a horizontal directional drilling rig, the left side of which is an automatic drill rod box 21, the middle is a drill rod running track 22, the cab and the hood 20 are on the right side, the rotation point of the cab 23 is arranged at the left front of the cab, and after the cab is rotated by a certain angle to the right, the vice 24, the automatic drill rod box 21 and the last end position of the power head running (the connection position of the power head and the drill rod 25) can be observed at the same time through the left front oblique angle of the hood 20.

[0042] After the cab is rotated as a whole, the position of the seat SIP point is determined according to the position of the seat in the cab, and the position of the driver's eye point 26 and the range of the eye ellipse are calculated according to the forward and backward sliding stroke of the seat, the seat backrest angle and other parameters. With the last end position of the power head movement as an end point, two straight lines are respectively drawn, which are tangent to the last end and the front end of the eye ellipse curve respectively, and the left front oblique angle edge of the hood 20 is designed to ensure that the two lines are not blocked. It is ensured that the driver can observe the connection position of the power head and the drill rod without turning his head; the hood 20 is only cut and folded in the upper area of the driver's line of sight, and the rest is still retained, providing enough space for the internal power system layout.

[0043] The cab is in a transport state ( Figure 4 ), the layout is compact and meets the requirements of container transportation; in a working state ( Figure 5 ), a sufficient safety distance is reserved from the drill rod loading and unloading area and the vice position.

[0044] It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the application is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, but can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the application. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered exemplary and non-limiting, and the scope of the application is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and all changes falling within the meaning and range of the essential elements of the claims are intended to be included in the application. Any reference signs in the claims should not be considered as limiting the claims involved.

[0045] The above-described embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments can still be modified, or some technical features can be replaced by equivalent replacements; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A horizontal directional drilling machine characterized by, The chassis is provided with an automatic drill rod box, a drill rod running track, a machine cover and a cab. The cab comprises a whole frame, wherein the whole frame comprises a C-shaped frame, a left front upright column (11) and a right front upright column (8). The left front upright column (11) and the right front upright column (8) are respectively connected to the two sides of the front end of the C-shaped frame, the surface between the left front upright column (11) and the right front upright column (8) is the front surface of the whole frame, the front surface of the whole frame is provided with a front glass (10), one of the left side surface and the right side surface of the whole frame is provided with a glass door, the other side surface is provided with a side glass (12), and the rear surface of the whole frame is provided with a rear window, and the rear window is provided with a rear window glass (13). The middle part of the floor (19) in the inside of the whole frame is provided with a seat (14), the two sides of the seat (14) are respectively provided with a right armrest box (15) and a left armrest box (16), and the right armrest box (15) and the left armrest box (16) are provided with a control handle (17). The whole frame is a rotatable whole frame. The automatic drill rod box is located on the left side of the drill rod running track, the cab and the machine cover are located on the right side of the drill rod running track, and the cab is located in front of the machine cover. The left front of the machine cover adopts an inclined angle edge, the rotation point of the cab is arranged at the lower end of the left front of the rotatable whole frame, the rotatable whole frame is rotated by a certain angle around the rotation point, and the driver can observe the whole drilling process of the vice, the connection between the power head and the drill rod, the drill rod loading and unloading area and the power head in the horizontal directional drilling operation through the front glass and the side glass or the glass door. The inclined angle edge is arranged as follows: The position of the seat in the cab after the whole cab is rotated is acquired, the position of the seat SIP point is determined, the position of the driver's eye point and the range of the eye ellipse are calculated according to the front and rear sliding stroke of the seat and the seat backrest angle parameter, two straight lines are respectively drawn with the last end and the front end of the eye ellipse curve as the end points, the arrangement of the inclined angle edge ensures that the two straight lines are not blocked.

2. The horizontal directional drill of claim 1, wherein, The C-shaped frame is composed of a top, a bottom and a rear part of the cab.

3. The horizontal directional drill of claim 1, wherein, The C-shaped frame, the left front upright column (11) and the right front upright column (8) are all metal structures.

4. The horizontal directional drill of claim 1, wherein, The rotatable whole frame controls the rotation of the whole frame through a rotating platform arranged below the whole frame.

5. The horizontal directional drill of claim 4, wherein, The rotating platform is a hydraulic rotating platform, and the control end of the hydraulic rotating platform is arranged in the cab, the rotation of the hydraulic rotating platform is controlled by operating a key, so that the rotation of the whole frame is controlled.

6. The horizontal directional drill of claim 1, wherein, The armrest box near the glass door is provided with a turnover structure for upwardly turning over the armrest box, and the base of the armrest box is connected with the base of the seat (14) so that the armrest box slides forward and backward with the seat through a seat adjusting device.

7. The horizontal directional drill of claim 6, wherein, The rear end of the armrest box is hinged to a seat support.

8. The horizontal directional drill of claim 1, wherein, A display is arranged at the left front of the inside of the whole frame.

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