PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To wholly lessen the height size of a tension device of a wheelchair fixing apparatus mounted on a floor in a vehicle.SOLUTION: The tension device related to this invention includes a binding part 20 for fixing the wheelchair S, a tension direction setting member 45 which operates in order that the binding part 20 applies the tension to the wheelchair S from the direction of predetermined position, a reel capable of rewinding the binding part 20, and a reel rotating mechanism 30 which can apply the fixed tension to the binding part, and the binding part 20 is composed of a belt 22 which is front-back foldable and passes through the tension direction setting part and a wire 24 which is narrower than the belt 22 and wound to the reel, and the site where the belt 22 is hung in the tension direction setting member 45 is positioned parallel to the floor surface F of the vehicle interior.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、車室内の床部に設置する車椅子固定装置の張力付与装置の高さ寸法を全体的に小さくすることを目的とする。【解決手段】本発明に係る張力付与装置は、車椅子Sを固定する縛り部材20と、車椅子Sに対して縛り部材20が規定位置の方向から張力を加えられるように働く張力方向設定部材45と、縛り部材20を巻き取り可能なリールと、縛り部材に所定張力を付与可能なリール回転機構30とを有し、縛り部材20は、表裏に折り曲げ自在に構成されて張力方向設定部材に通されるベルト22と、そのベルト22よりも幅狭に構成されてリールに巻き取られるワイヤ24とからなり、張力方向設定部材45においてベルト22が掛けられる部位は車室床面Fと平行に位置決めされている。【選択図】図1
