EP1193400A3 - Hydraulic circuit of construction machine - Google Patents

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EP1193400A3
EP1193400A3 EP01302602A EP01302602A EP1193400A3 EP 1193400 A3 EP1193400 A3 EP 1193400A3 EP 01302602 A EP01302602 A EP 01302602A EP 01302602 A EP01302602 A EP 01302602A EP 1193400 A3 EP1193400 A3 EP 1193400A3
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hydraulic fluid
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Yoshiyuki Shimada
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Caterpillar Japan Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
    • E02F9/20—Drives; Control devices
    • E02F9/22—Hydraulic or pneumatic drives
    • E02F9/2253—Controlling the travelling speed of vehicles, e.g. adjusting travelling speed according to implement loads, control of hydrostatic transmission
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
    • E02F9/20—Drives; Control devices
    • E02F9/22—Hydraulic or pneumatic drives
    • E02F9/2221—Control of flow rate; Load sensing arrangements
    • E02F9/2225—Control of flow rate; Load sensing arrangements using pressure-compensating valves
    • E02F9/2228—Control of flow rate; Load sensing arrangements using pressure-compensating valves including an electronic controller
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract

To provide a way to prevent sharp decrease in the speed of main body actuators by ensuring a sufficient amount of hydraulic fluid to be fed to the main body actuators even if the pressure in the attachment circuit of a hydraulic shovel approaches the relief pressure. When the pressure in an independent attachment circuit 37, which is adapted to control an attachment of a hydraulic shovel, approaches a given relief pressure in the course of operating the attachment together with other main body actuators, a controller 71 detects the increase of the pressure by means of a pressure sensor 66 and shifts an electromagnetic selector valve 68 to the channel-communicating position so that priority hydraulic fluid branching off from a pressure compensation flow dividing valve 38 to an external channel 67 flows through the electromagnetic selector valve 68 into a tank 39. As a result, the discharge rate of a pump 33 is increased by the amount equivalent to the decrease in the discharge pressure so that a greater amount of hydraulic fluid is fed from the independent attachment circuit 37 into a main circuit 36 of the main body actuators. Therefore, sharp decrease in the speed of the main body actuators is prevented.
EP20010302602 2000-09-11 2001-03-21 Hydraulic circuit of construction machine Expired - Lifetime EP1193400B1 (en)

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JPH091087A (en) * 1995-06-12 1997-01-07 Kobelco Kenki Eng Kk Circulation passage for water spray device on rolling stock
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