JP2009101747A - Hood for working vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hood for a working vehicle capable of reducing opening/closing operating force by compactly arranging an elastic body and a buffer body inside the hood. <P>SOLUTION: A rotation fulcrum shaft 32 is provided in the lateral direction on one longitudinal side of the hood 31 covering an engine 5, and the hood 31 is openable/closable around the rotation fulcrum shaft 32. In the hood 31 for the working vehicle, a tension spring 35 for energizing to the closing side and a gas spring 36 for buffing rapid rotation are integrally assembled and interposed between a first support body 43 provided on the hood 31 side and a second support body 34 provided on the body side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bonnet for a work vehicle, and more specifically, a rotation fulcrum shaft is provided at a front lower portion of a bonnet that covers an engine disposed at a front portion of a tractor, and the bonnet can be opened forward and upward. The present invention relates to a technique for preventing a sudden rotation and enabling a rotation support member of a bonnet to be arranged in a compact manner in the bonnet.

In conventional work vehicles such as tractors, a gas spring is installed between the bonnet and the fuselage to prevent the bonnet from opening and closing suddenly when opening and closing the bonnet for inspection and maintenance in the engine room. A technique for arranging a support member to hold the hood in an open state is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-320963 A JP 2006-290121 A

  However, in the techniques of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, a gas spring is interposed between the bonnet and the airframe, and the gas spring is only biased in the opening direction. When closing, a reverse force is required. Further, when the bonnet was opened, the support member on the airframe side was in the way, and workability was poor. In addition, as in Patent Document 1, in the case of a configuration in which a spring is externally fitted to a support rod for holding a state where the bonnet is opened upward, an operation for releasing the holding is necessary when closing the bonnet, Further, the rod and the spring are relatively long members according to the rotation range when the bonnet is opened and closed, and a relatively large space is required in the engine room.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a hood for a work vehicle in which an elastic body and a buffer body are compactly arranged inside the bonnet so as to reduce the opening / closing operation force.

  The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above. Next, means for solving the problems will be described.

  That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a rotating fulcrum shaft is provided in the left-right direction on one side of the bonnet that covers the engine, and the bonnet of the work vehicle that can be opened and closed around the rotating fulcrum shaft is provided on the bonnet side. Between the first support and the second support provided on the machine body side, an elastic body and a buffer for buffering rapid rotation are integrally assembled and interposed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the bonnet of the work vehicle that is provided with a pivotal fulcrum shaft in the left-right direction on one side of the front and rear sides of the bonnet that covers the engine, and that can be opened and closed around the pivotal fulcrum shaft, Between the support body and the second support body provided on the machine body side, an elastic body that urges toward the closing side and a buffer body that urges toward the opening side and cushions rapid rotation are integrally assembled. It is a thing.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the elastic body is composed of a tension spring, the buffer body is composed of a gas spring, the tension spring is externally fitted to the gas spring, and both ends of the tension spring and both ends of the gas spring are connected. Are attached to the first support and the second support, respectively.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the tension spring and the gas spring are disposed through an opening disposed in a first support provided on the bonnet side.

As effects of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
By configuring as in the first aspect, when the bonnet is opened and closed, it does not rotate suddenly, and the force at the time of opening or closing by the elastic body can be reduced. Further, the elastic body and the buffer body can be arranged in a compact manner, and the required space in the bonnet can be small.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, particularly when the bonnet is opened, there is no sudden rotation, and the closing force is small. Further, the elastic body and the buffer body can be arranged in a compact manner, and the required space in the bonnet can be small.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the gas spring is accommodated in the tension spring, the accommodation space in the bonnet can be reduced, and the gas spring can be accommodated in the bonnet with a simple configuration. Further, since both sides of the gas spring and the tension spring are attached to the same first support body and second support body, the assembly can be easily performed, and the structure of the mounting portion can be easily configured.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the gas spring and the tension spring can be disposed in a compact and space-saving manner in the bonnet without interfering with the first support during opening and closing.

Next, embodiments of the invention will be described. It should be noted that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, but extends over the entire scope of the technical idea that the present invention truly intends, as will be apparent from the matters described in the present specification and drawings. It is.
1 is a side view showing the overall configuration of the work vehicle (tractor), FIG. 2 is a side view of the front of the work vehicle with the hood open, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the work vehicle with the hood closed. 4 is an enlarged side view, FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the bonnet opened, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bonnet rotation fulcrum portion of the hood opened.

First, the whole structure of the tractor 1 as one embodiment of the work vehicle according to the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, the front, rear, left and right are determined in the traveling direction.
As shown in FIG. 1, the tractor 1 supports the front wheels 2 and 2 and the rear wheels 3 and 3 on the front and rear of a body frame 8 arranged in a pair of left and right front and rear directions. The engine 5 is mounted on the front part of the body frame 8, and the engine 5, the radiator, the battery, and the like are covered with the bonnet 31, and the inside of the bonnet 31 is used as an engine room. A dashboard 23 is disposed behind the bonnet 31, and the assist grip 38 and the steering handle 6 protrude upward from the top of the dashboard 23. A seat seat 7 is disposed behind the steering handle 6, and a main transmission lever, a work machine elevating lever, a PTO transmission lever, and the like (not shown) are disposed on the side of the seat seat 7.

  On the dashboard 23, an instrument panel, a key switch, a forward / reverse switching lever 22, and the like are arranged. A step 25 is formed below the dashboard 23 and the seat 7, and a clutch pedal, a brake pedal, and the like are disposed on the step 25.

  The engine 5 is supported in an anti-vibration manner on the fuselage frame 8, and a flywheel is fixed to the front part of the crankshaft of the engine 5, and the front part and outer periphery of the flywheel are as shown in FIG. Covered and protected by a flywheel cover 12. A clutch is disposed at the rear of the crankshaft, a transmission case 11 is disposed at the rear of the body frame 8, and a drive shaft 9 and a universal joint are disposed between the clutch and the input shaft of the transmission case 11. Thus, the driving force of the engine 5 is transmitted to the mission case 11. The transmission case is accommodated in the transmission case 11, the power from the engine 5 is changed to drive the rear wheels 3 and 3, and further from the transmission case 11 to the front wheels 2 and 2 through a front wheel drive shaft (not shown). The driving force can be transmitted. In addition, the power can be transmitted to the PTO shaft protruding from the rear part of the mission case 11.

The bonnet 31 is configured in a box shape with its lower and rear opened, and is configured to be opened by rotating forward and upward with the front lower portion of the bonnet 31 as a pivot.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the rotation fulcrum portion of the bonnet 31 is configured such that the rotation fulcrum shaft 32 is attached to the front portions of the left and right body frames 8 and 8 via stays 33 and 33. Yes. Specifically, stays 33 and 33 are fixed orthogonally on both sides of the rotation fulcrum shaft 32, and the stays 33 and 33 are fixed to the front upper side surfaces of the left and right body frames 8 and 8 by fixing means such as bolts. The However, the position of the rotation fulcrum shaft 32 may be above the machine frame 8 or may be directly attached to the machine frame 8. The stays 33 and 33 are located at the front lower part of the bonnet 31, and the fixing part to the body frame 8 is arranged at a position exposed from the bonnet 31, so that the bolt can be easily removed. By removing, it becomes possible to remove the bonnet 31 and the rotation fulcrum part integrally. Further, the bolt hole into which the bolt of the stay 33 is inserted is configured to be a long hole 33a so that the position can be adjusted, the assembly can be facilitated, and errors such as individual differences of the bonnet 31 can be absorbed.

  A second support 34 protrudes obliquely upward and rearward from the left and right center of the rotation fulcrum shaft 32, and supports one end of a tension spring 35 serving as an elastic body and one end of a gas spring 36 serving as a buffer. It is attached to the tip of the body 34. Specifically, the second support 34 is formed by bending the plate into a “U” shape in a cross-sectional view, inserting the rotation fulcrum shaft 32 into a shaft hole opened in one side of the one end side, The rotary fulcrum shaft 32 is fixed by welding or the like in a state of projecting rearward and upward at a substantially horizontal center position. A pin hole is opened in the left-right direction on the other end side of the second support 34, and a support pin 40 is inserted in the left-right direction into the pin hole and fixed by a fixing means such as a snap pin or a C ring. Then, one end of the gas spring 36 is pivotally supported on the support pin 40 between the left and right plates of the second support 34 and the one end of the tension spring 35 is locked to the support pin 40. In this way, one end of the elastic body and the buffer body is attached to the second support body 34 on the machine body side.

  In this embodiment, the elastic body is constituted by a tension spring 35 made of a coil spring, and a rod portion 35a is formed linearly from both sides of the coil portion 35b, and a locking portion is provided at the tip of the rod portion 35a. Forming. Further, in the present embodiment, the shock absorber is constituted by the gas spring 36, but it can also be constituted by a hydraulic damper or the like. The gas spring 36 is configured to be urged in the extending direction, but may be configured to be urged in the extending direction and the contracting direction as a double rod type. The gas spring 36 is configured to fill a cylinder with gas and to externally fit the coil portion 35b of the tension spring 35 to the outside of the cylinder.

  Thus, by arranging the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 integrally, the arrangement space can be made smaller than when the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 are arranged side by side in parallel. Further, since the attachment portions at both ends of the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 can be arranged close to each other, they can be attached to the second support 34 via the support pins 40, and the assembly can be facilitated.

  The tension spring 35 urges the bonnet 31 in the closing direction. When the bonnet 31 is rotated in the opening direction, the tension spring 35 is located from the vicinity where the center of gravity of the bonnet 31 exceeds the rotation fulcrum shaft 32. The spring force is configured to act greatly. With such a configuration, when the bonnet 31 is opened, the bonnet 31 can be opened with a light operating force due to the urging force of the gas spring 36. By the urging force of the tension spring 35, the urging force is urged in the opening direction so that the opened state can be maintained, and the unexpected closing can be prevented.

  Further, the first support 43 that supports the bonnet 31 is pivotally supported on the rotation fulcrum shafts 32 on both the left and right sides of the second support 34, and the bonnet 31 is rotatably supported. That is, the first support body 43 is fixed to the inside of the front portion of the bonnet 31, and the first support body 43 includes an arm portion 43a, a horizontal fixing portion 43b, a vertical fixing portion 43c, and the like, and includes the body frame 8 It is set as the structure which supports the bonnet 31 so that rotation is possible.

  A plurality of arm portions 43a project in parallel downward from the lower surface of the horizontal fixing portion 43b (two on the left and right in the present embodiment). A pivotal support hole is opened at the tip of each of the arm portions 43a and 43a so as to rotate. 32 is inserted and pivotally supported. A locking ring (not shown) is locked at a predetermined position on the rotation fulcrum shaft 32 in order to position the arm portion 43a.

  The horizontal fixing portion 43b is constituted by a plate extending in the left-right direction in accordance with the shape of the edge portion 31a formed in the front lower portion of the bonnet 31, and the edge portion 31a and the horizontal fixing portion 43b are fixed by fixing means such as a plurality of bolts. ing. A notch 43f is formed in the rear part of the horizontal center of the horizontal fixing part 43b so that it does not interfere with the second support 34 when the bonnet 31 is opened.

  The vertical fixing portion 43c is configured such that a plate is erected from the upper left and right central surfaces of the horizontal fixing portion 43b, and the upper portion of the vertical fixing portion 43c is fixed to the rear surface of the front upper portion of the bonnet 31 by fixing means such as a bolt. . An opening 43d is provided in the vertical and horizontal left and right central portions of the vertical fixing portion 43c, and the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 are disposed in the opening 43d so as to pass therethrough. However, the opening 43d can be formed by a notch. Further, a support stay 43e is projected in front of the front surface of the vertical fixing portion 43c in the middle of the upper and lower parts to support the upper ends of the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36. That is, the support pin 44 is horizontally mounted on the tip of the support stay 43e, the upper end of the tension spring 35 is locked to the support pin 44, and the upper end of the gas spring 36 is pivotally supported.

In this way, the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 are disposed so as to pass through the opening 43d and obliquely cross the vertical fixing portion 43c, so that the tension spring 35, the gas spring 36 and the vertical fixing portion 43c are connected to the bonnet. It will be arrange | positioned along the back surface of the front surface of 31, and it can be set as the arrangement | positioning which fits in the small space inside the front part of the bonnet 31. FIG.
A lock member (not shown) is arranged at the rear left and right center of the bonnet 31 so that the bonnet 31 can be fixed to a support member extending upward from the body frame 8 when the bonnet 31 is closed.

  As described above, the fulcrum shaft 32 is provided in the left-right direction on the front and rear sides of the bonnet 31 that covers the engine 5, and the bonnet 31 of the work vehicle that can be opened and closed around the rotation fulcrum shaft 32. Since the elastic body and the shock absorber for buffering rapid rotation are integrally assembled and interposed between the first support body 43 provided on the second body 34 and the second support body 34 provided on the machine body side, the bonnet 31 is attached. When opening and closing, it does not rotate suddenly, and the force when opening or closing by the elastic body can be reduced. Further, the elastic body and the buffer body can be arranged compactly, and the required space in the bonnet 31 can be small.

  The elastic body is constituted by a tension spring 35, the buffer body is constituted by a gas spring 36, the tension spring 35 is externally fitted to the gas spring 36, and both ends of the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 are connected. Since both ends are respectively attached to the first support body 43 and the second support body 34, the gas spring 36 is housed in the tension spring 35. Therefore, the gas spring 36 can be housed and arranged in the hood 31 with a simple structure. Further, since both sides of the gas spring 36 and the tension spring 35 are attached to the same first support body 43 and second support body 34, the assembly can be easily performed, and the configuration of the mounting portion can also be configured easily.

  Further, since the tension spring 35 and the gas spring 36 are disposed through the opening 43d disposed in the center of the first support 43 provided on the bonnet 31 side, the gas spring 36 and the tension spring 35 are opened and closed. Without interfering with the first support 43, the bonnet 31 can be disposed in a compact and space-saving manner.

The side view which showed the whole structure of the working vehicle. The side view of the front part of the work vehicle of the state which opened the bonnet. The expanded side view of the work vehicle front part of the state which closed the bonnet. The enlarged view side view of the state which similarly opened the bonnet. The perspective view of the bonnet rotation fulcrum part of the state which opened the bonnet.

Explanation of symbols

5 Engine 31 Bonnet 32 Rotating fulcrum shaft 34 Second support 35 Tension spring 36 Gas spring 43 First support 43d Opening

Claims (4)

  In a bonnet of a work vehicle that is provided with a rotation fulcrum shaft in the left-right direction on one side of the bonnet that covers the engine, and that can be opened and closed around the rotation fulcrum shaft, the first support body provided on the bonnet side and the body side A bonnet for a work vehicle, wherein an elastic body and a buffer body for buffering rapid rotation are integrally assembled and interposed between the second support body provided.   In a bonnet of a work vehicle that is provided with a rotation fulcrum shaft in the left-right direction on one side of the bonnet that covers the engine, and that can be opened and closed around the rotation fulcrum shaft, the first support body provided on the bonnet side and the body side Between the provided second support body, an elastic body that biases toward the closing side and a buffer body that biases toward the opening side and buffers rapid rotation are integrally assembled and interposed. Work vehicle bonnet.   The elastic body is constituted by a tension spring, the buffer body is constituted by a gas spring, the tension spring is externally fitted to the gas spring, and both ends of the tension spring and both ends of the gas spring are respectively supported by the first support. The hood of a work vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hood is attached to the body and the second support.   The hood of a work vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the tension spring and the gas spring are disposed through an opening disposed in a first support provided on the bonnet side.

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