Pushing The Wheelchair - Sunrise Medical Quickie Q700 M General Manual

5.9 Pushing the wheelchair

The wheelchair can be moved by pushing. In order to do so, the
motors must be disengaged using a freewheel switch. This
feature was developed for the attendants of wheelchair users
and also functions as an emergency freewheel switch.
The freewheel switch has 2 positions
1. For driving the wheelchair (Fig. 5.2).
'Drive' position: Turn the switch so that the lever at the drive
wheel side is pointing upwards.
2. For disengaging the motors (Fig. 5.3 and Fig.5.4).
'Push' position: Turn the switch so that the lever at the drive
wheel side is pointing downwards.
DANGER!
• The free wheel switch should only be operated by the attendant
and never by the user.
• A user may never be left unattended while the wheelchair is in
'push'.
• Never set the switch to the 'push' position on a slope! When the
freewheel switch is set to 'push', the automatic parking brake is
deactivated. This makes it possible for the wheelchair to roll
down the slope.
• The automatic parking brake only works if the switch is set to
'drive' position.
• When the wheelchair is no longer being pushed, the freewheel
switch should be set to 'drive' immediately.
• To manually push the system you must release the motor
brakes.
• Do not engage or disengage motor brakes unless power to the
system is off.
• Make sure you have full control over the system when you
release the motor brakes. When you do so, the system will not
have brakes.
• Make sure the system is on level ground before you release the
motor brakes.
• Propel this system by the push handles only. They provide
secure points for you to hold the rear of the system to prevent a
fall or tip-over.
• Check to make sure push handle grips will not rotate or slip off.
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Fig. 5.2
Fig. 5.3
Fig. 5.4
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