Wheel Locks - Sunrise Medical Breezy UniX2 Gebrauchsanweisung

Handling
FOLDING UP
First remove the seat cushion from
the wheelchair and flip up the
(platform) footplate or the individual
footrests. Take hold of the sling or
the seat tubes in the middle, from the
back and pull upwards. The
wheelchair will then fold up. To fold
your wheelchair so that it is as small
as possible, e.g., to put into a car,
you can remove the footrests
(depending on the model). For this
purpose, open the latch from the
outside and swing the footrest to the
side. Then the footrest only has to be
drawn out of the receiver tube (Fig.
1).
UNFOLDING
Press down on the seat tube (see
figure). Your wheelchair is then
unfolded. Now snap the seat tubing
into position in the seat saddle. This
can be facilitated by slightly tipping
your wheelchair, as this means that
the weight is taken off one of the rear wheels. Be careful not to get
your fingers caught in the cross-tube assembly. Refit the seat
cushionl (Fig. 2).
GETTING INTO YOUR WHEELCHAIR
INDEPENDENTLY (FIG. 3)
• The wheelchair should be pushed up against
a wall or solid piece of furniture;
• The brakes should be on;
• The footplates should be hinged up;
• The user can then lower himself into the chair;
• The footplates should then be pushed down
and the feet rested on them in front of the heel
loops.
GETTING OUT OF YOUR WHEELCHAIR
INDEPENDENTLY (FIG. 4)
• The brakes should be on;
• The hinged footplates should be hinged up;
• With one hand on each armrest, the person
should bend slightly forward to bring the body
weight to the front of the seat, and with both
feet firmly on the ground, one foot well back,
push up into the upright position.
WARNING!
When standing, do not stand on the footplates or the wheelchair will
tip up. It is easier and safer to get into your wheel chair if you turn
the footplates up and out of the way or take them off the wheelchair.
Options - Step Tubes
STEP TUBES (FIG.5)
Step tubes are used by attendants to
tip a wheelchair over an obstacle.
Simply step on the tube to push a
wheel chair, for example, over a kerb
or step.
NOTE: Sunrise Medical strongly
reccommends the use of a step tube
on any model where attendant use is
the predominant intended use.
Damage to the backposts may occur
if you constantly use the backpost without a step tube, as a lever to
pull back on to tip the wheelchair, in order to overcome obstacles.
10 UniX
2
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig.5
Options - Brakes

WHEEL LOCKS

Your wheelchair is equipped with two
wheel locks. They are applied
directly against the tyres. To engage,
press both brake levers forward
against the stops. To release the
locks, pull the levers back to their
original positions.
Braking power will decrease with:
• Worn tyre tread
• Tyre pressure that is too low
• Wet tyres
• Improperly adjusted wheel locks
The wheel locks have not been
designed to be used as brakes for a
moving wheelchair. The wheel locks
should therefore never be used to
brake a moving wheelchair. Always
use the hand-rims for braking. Make
sure that the gap between the tyres
and wheel locks complies with given
specifications. To readjust, loosen
the screw and set the appropriate
gap. Then re-tighten the screw (Fig.
6 + 7).
CAUTION!
After each adjustment of the rear wheels, check the wheel lock gap
and re-adjust if necessary.
CAUTION!
Mounting the wheel lock too close towards the wheel will
result in a higher effort to operate. This might cause the brake
lever to break!
CAUTION!
Leaning onto the brake lever while transferring will cause the
lever to break! Splashing water from tyres might cause the
wheel lock to malfunction..
DRUM BRAKES
Drum brakes permit safe and
convenient braking for an attendant.
They can also be set with the aid of
a locking lever (1) to prevent rolling.
The lever must snap audibly into
place. Drum brakes are not
influenced by air pressure inside the
tyres, (Fig.8.0).
WARNING!
• Drum brakes must only be adjusted by authorised dealers.
• Always operate the two brakes simultaneously to guarantee the
control of the driving direction!
• Drum brakes can only be used as a dynamic brake to stop the
wheelchair while driving.
• Always engage the wheel locks to secure the wheelchair during a
short or long stop, or for transfer.
Options - Crutch Holder
Fig. 9
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
18mm
Fig. 8
1
Fig. 10