PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steering device that is attachable to or detachable from a transportation carrier and that is able to move a transportation carrier in a desired direction by the pushing operation of an operator while attached to a transportation carrier.SOLUTION: A steering device 1 has a caster 21 that is free to change in an arbitrary direction, uses a transportation carrier 2 movable in an arbitrary direction on a floor by the pushing operation of an operator 3 while an object to be transported is placed on it, and controls the moving direction when the transportation carrier 2 is moved on the floor by the pushing operation of the operator 3. The steering device 1 comprises: a steering wheel 4 movable on the floor and attachable to/detachable from the transportation carrier 2 and a steering mechanism 5 that controls the moving direction of the steering wheel 4. While attached to the transportation carrier 2, the steering wheel 4 is movable together with the transportation carrier 2 in a moving direction set by the steering of the steering mechanism 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】搬送台車に着脱可能に構成され、搬送台車に取り付けられた状態において、操作者の後押し操作によって搬送台車を所望の方向に移動させることができる操舵装置を提供する。【解決手段】任意方向に方向転換自在なキャスタ21を有し、被搬送物を搭載して操作者3の後押し操作によって床面上を任意方向に移動可能とされた搬送台車2を対象として、搬送台車2を操作者3の後押し操作によって床面上を移動させる際に移動方向を制御するための操舵装置1において、床面上を移動可能であるとともに搬送台車2に着脱可能な操舵輪4と、操舵輪4の移動方向を制御する操舵機構5と、を備え、操舵輪4は、搬送台車2に取り付けられた状態において、操舵機構5の操舵によって設定された移動方向へ搬送台車2とともに移動可能である。【選択図】図1
