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5.2 Swinging Anti-tipper
(Fig�18–22)
WARnInG
Risk of falling as a result of incorrectly set swinging anti-tipper.
Thespacebetweenthefloorand
anti-tipperendsmustnotexceed5cm.Thisbasicsettingmayonlybemadebyqualifiedpersonnel.
CAUTIOn
Risk of tipping.
Neverdriveoverobstacles(stepsandkerbs)ataslantangle.Alwaysapproachob-
staclesstraightly(atanangleof90°).
Theswinginganti-tipperallowsthewheelchairusertoovercomethresholdsanddroppedkerbs
withoutthehelpofanattendant.Itpreventsthewheelchairfromtippingandafterovercoming
theobstacleswingsbacktotherear.
Ifnecessary,adjustthelengthoftheswinginganti-tipperbylooseningthemarkedscrewcon-
nections(Fig.18,itemsA/B).Tochangetheheightsettingoftheanti-tipper,loosenthescrew
connection(Fig.18,itemB)anduseanotherborehole.
WARnInG
Risk of falling as a result of incorrectly set anti-tipper.
Thesebasicsettingsmayonlybemadeby
qualifiedpersonnel.
Whenmakingthesebasicsettings,makesurethattheouterarmoftheswinginganti-tipperprotrudes
beyondthelargestdiameterofthetyre(Fig.18,itemC).
17
max.5cm
A
A
B
18
max.5cm
A
B
C
5.2.1 Using the Swinging Anti-tipper
a) negotiating thresholds / dropped kerbs
Tonegotiatethresholdsanddroppedkerbs,thearmsoftheanti-tippershouldhangfreelyto-
wardstheground(Fig.18).
Whenascendinganobstacle,thearmsoftheanti-tipperhitthegroundandpreventthewheel-
chairfromtippingovertotherear(Fig.19).
Whendescendinganobstacle,thefrontarmoftheanti-tippermustprotrudebeyondtheedge
oftheobstacletoenabletheanti-tippertoswingoutoftheway.
