JP5607515B2 - Cab lifting device for work equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cab lifting device for a working machine, and more particularly to a cab lifting device for a working machine in which a cab is provided so as to be movable up and down via a parallel link mechanism.

  Conventionally, work machines that perform construction work, harbor cargo handling work, etc. are configured to be able to lift and raise the cab as necessary so that the inside of the work site can be seen well from the operator in the cab (e.g., patent document) 1).

4 and 5 show an example of a conventional working machine (hydraulic excavator) 10 and a cab elevating device 11 mounted on the excavator 10 . In the figure, the hydraulic excavator 10 includes a lower traveling body 12, the upper revolving structure 13 is mounted pivotably on the lower traveling body 12, a boom 15 on the front one side of the upper revolving body 13 is vertically It is connected so that it can rotate. An arm 16 is pivotally attached to the tip of the boom 15 so as to be rotatable up and down.

Further, an end attachment (lifting magnet or bucket) 17 is swingably attached to the tip of the arm 16. In the drawing, sign-18a, 18b, the boom 15, respectively, wherein A - is a cylinder for driving the arm 16.

Further, a cab 19 is provided on the upper swing body 13 so as to be moved up and down via the cab elevating device 11 located on the side of the boom 15.

  The cab elevating device 11 includes an elevating parallel link mechanism 20 that keeps the cab 19 in a predetermined posture, and a cab elevating cylinder 21 that drives the elevating parallel link mechanism 20 to drive the cab 19 up and down. .

  The up-and-down moving parallel link mechanism 20 is integrally formed at a lower portion of the cab 19 with a support tower body 22 standing on the upper revolving body 14 and supports the cab 19 from below. The upper and lower ends of the gantry 23 are rotatably connected by the lower end side pins 24 and 25 and the upper end side pins 26 and 27, and a pair of left and right upper links 28 and 28 and a pair of left and right respectively rotated in the vertical direction. The lower link 29, 29 and the cab elevating cylinder 21 for controlling the rotation of the upper link 28, 28 and the lower link 29, 29 in the vertical direction are provided.

  The base end of the cab elevating cylinder 21 is pivotally supported by a pin 31 fitted to a bearing portion (not shown) integrally attached to the lower part of the support tower 22, and the cab elevating cylinder is supported. The tip of the piston rod 21 is connected to a connecting member (not shown) between the upper links 28 by a pin 32.

  In the cab elevating device 11 configured as described above, when the cab elevating cylinder 21 is expanded and contracted, the cab 19 supports the lower end side pins 24, 24, 25, 25 via the elevating parallel link mechanism 20. Move up and down and back and forth while drawing an arc.

  And in this parallel link mechanism 20 for raising and lowering, a triangle is formed by connecting the three points of the pins 31 and 32 on both the upper and lower ends of the cab elevating cylinder 21 and the lower end side pin 24 of the upper link 28, The triangular component has high rigidity as a whole. Accordingly, since the support strength of the upper end side pin 26 of the upper links 28, 28 supporting the cab 19 is increased, the support force of the cab 19 by the upper end side pin 26 is sufficiently ensured.

JP2007-106564A.

  However, in the above-described conventional cab elevating device, the upper end of the cab elevating cylinder 21 is not pivotally connected to the lower link 29 of the elevating parallel link mechanism 20. The support strength of the side pin 27 does not increase. As a result, the support force of the cab 19 by the upper end side pin 27 is not sufficient, and there is a problem that the support stability of the cab 2 is lowered and easily swayed when the cab 19 is moved up and down.

  Therefore, there is a technical problem to be solved in order to increase the overall support strength of the lifting / lowering parallel link mechanism including the upper link and the lower link and to suppress the swaying of the cab. The purpose is to solve.

The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a support cylinder is supported on the upper swing body, and a parallel link mechanism for ascending and descending is supported on the support cylinder. And a cab lifting device for a working machine in which a cab mounting base is supported so as to be movable up and down via a lifting cylinder.
A cab elevating device for a work machine equipped with a hydraulic disk brake device that releasably applies a braking force that suppresses rotation of the rotation connecting portion to the link of the lifting and lowering parallel link mechanism and the rotation connecting portion of the gantry ,
The hydraulic disc brake device is provided on the link side with a disc brake plate fixed on the pedestal side, and is driven by hydraulic pressure to clamp the disc brake plate to stop swinging of the pedestal. Provided is a cab lifting device for a working machine provided with a hydraulic brake cylinder part .

  According to this configuration, both ends of the upper and lower links constituting the parallelogram are rotatably connected. The rotational connecting portions are four in a side view, two of which are connected to a support tower (upper rotating body) which is a fixed side, and the remaining two are connected to a cab-side base that moves up and down. One end of the lifting cylinder is rotatably connected to the support tower side and the other end is rotatably connected to the upper link. Here, among the components of the parallelogram, the support tower is fixed to the upper swing body, and the upper link is connected to the lifting cylinder, so the three elements of the supporting tower, the upper link, and the lifting cylinder Form a triangle and maintain rigidity with each other. However, the lower link is only rotationally connected at both ends, and there is no element that restricts rotation. For this reason, in the past, a large cab sway was generated without having resistance to the reaction force applied at the time of work, but in this configuration, the link having the least resistance and the rotating connection part of the gantry were mounted. A hydraulic disc brake device that releasably applies a braking force that suppresses the rotation of the rotation connecting portion, when necessary, applies a braking force to the rotation connecting portion of the link and the gantry to increase the rigidity of the parallelogram. Can prevent shaking.

  According to this structure, when the hydraulic pressure is applied to the brake cylinder portion when the swing control of the gantry is required, the brake cylinder portion sandwiches the disc brake plate, and the disc brake plate is fixedly installed. The swing on the gantry side can be stopped.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the support strength of the upper link on the upper link as well as the upper link on the upper link is increased, so that the cab can be sufficiently supported by the upper and lower links. Therefore, since the support stability at the time of the raising / lowering operation of the cab is improved, the swaying of the cab, which has been a problem in the conventional apparatus, can be reliably suppressed.

This invention, when requiring a rocking stop of the gantry, by applying a hydraulic pressure to the brake cylinder portion, it is possible to easily restrain the swinging of the cradle-side, in addition to the effects described in the Thus, it is possible to reliably suppress cab shaking with a simple operation.

The schematic principal part side view of the cab raising / lowering apparatus shown as one Example of this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1. The principal part expansion perspective view of the hydraulic disc brake device of a cab raising / lowering apparatus same as the above. The side view of the conventional hydraulic excavator. The schematic perspective view which expands and shows the cab raising / lowering apparatus part in the conventional hydraulic shovel.

  In the present invention, in order to achieve the object of increasing the overall support strength of the lifting and lowering parallel link mechanism including the upper link and the lower link to suppress the cab swing, the support tower is supported on the upper swing body. In addition, in the cab elevating device of a work machine in which a cab mounting base is supported on the support tower body via an elevating parallel link mechanism and an elevating cylinder so as to be movable up and down, the link of the parallel link mechanism for elevating This is realized by mounting a hydraulic disc brake that releasably applies a braking force for suppressing the rotation of the rotary connecting portion to the connecting portion of the gantry.

  Hereinafter, as a case where the preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied to the hydraulic excavator 10 shown in FIG. 4, reference is made to FIGS. 1 to 3, and the members corresponding to the cab elevating device 11 shown in FIGS. The same reference numerals are used for the description.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a main structure of a cab elevating device 40 and a hydraulic excavator 10 on which the cab elevating device 40 is mounted as an embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of line AA in FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing. As shown in the figure, a cab 19 is provided on the upper swing body 13 of the excavator 10 so as to be lifted and lowered via a cab lifting device 40.

  The cab elevating device 40 includes an elevating parallel link mechanism 20 that keeps the cab 19 in a predetermined posture, and a cab elevating cylinder 21 that drives the elevating parallel link mechanism 20 to drive the cab 19 up and down. .

The up-and-down moving parallel link mechanism 20 includes a support tower body 22 erected on the upper swing body 13 , an L-shaped link connection portion 23 integrally provided at the lower portion of the cab 19, and the support tower body. 22 and the rear end of the link connecting portion 23 are rotatably connected by lower end side pins 24 and 25 and upper end side pins 26 and 27 so as to be always kept parallel. A pair of left and right upper links 28, 28 and a pair of left and right lower links 29, 29 to be moved, and a cab lift cylinder 21 that drives and controls the rotation of the upper links 28, 28 and the lower rings 29, 29 in the vertical direction. It has.

  The base end of the cab elevating cylinder 21 is pivotally supported by a pin 31 fitted to a bearing portion (not shown) integrally attached to the lower portion of the support tower 22, and The piston rod tip is connected to a connecting member (not shown) between the upper links 28 and 28 by a pin 32.

  A hydraulic disc brake device 41 is provided at the upper end portion of the lower link 29 and the connecting portion of the mount 23. The hydraulic disc brake device 41 has a well-known structure. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hydraulic disc brake device 41 provided in the cab elevating device 40 is fixed to the gantry 23 side and is provided so as to be integrally rotatable in the vertical direction together with the gantry 23. The disc brake plate 42 and the hydraulic brake cylinder 43 fixed to the upper end side of the lower link 29 are formed.

  More specifically, the disc brake plate 42 of the disc brake device 41 is suspended from a bracket 44 fixed to the mount 23 in parallel with the lower link 29 and fixed with bolts 45 and 45.

The hydraulic brake cylinder portion 43 includes a brake actuator 47 fixedly attached to the lower link 29 side via a bracket 46 fixed to the lower link 29, and a hydraulic brake cylinder that drives the brake actuator 47. 48 is provided.

  The brake actuator 47 is disposed so as to sandwich the disc brake plate 42 from the left and right sides. On the other hand, the hydraulic brake cylinders 48 are disposed on the left and right sides of the brake actuator 47. A hydraulic pipe 49 is connected to the hydraulic brake cylinder 48, and the brake actuator for the disc brake plate 42 is controlled by controlling the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic brake cylinder 48 via the hydraulic pipe 49. 47 can be sandwiched and released.

  The hydraulic disc brake device 41 here brakes the brake actuator 47 via the hydraulic brake cylinder 48 of the hydraulic brake cylinder portion 43 when fixing the mount 23 at a predetermined height position, When the disc brake plate 42 is clamped, the swing of the gantry 23 is stopped, and this state can be maintained during a brake operation to which hydraulic pressure is supplied. On the other hand, when the platform 23 is moved up and down, when the brake operation for the brake actuator 47 is released, the platform 23 can be moved up and down.

  The hydraulic disc brake device 41 is not limited to a hydraulic type, and may be either an electromagnetic type or a pneumatic type as long as it provides rotational braking. Further, if the braking / releasing operation of the brake actuator 47 and the operation of the cab elevating cylinder 21 and the like are linked electrically, the operator can use it without being aware of the existence of the hydraulic disc brake device 41.

  Therefore, in the cab lifting and lowering device 11 having the above-described configuration, the parallel link mechanism 20 rotatably connects both ends of the upper and lower links 28 and 29 constituting the parallelogram, and the rotation connecting portion is 4 in side view. The lower end side is connected to the support tower 22 which is the fixed side, and the remaining two upper end sides are connected to the moving base 23 on which the cab 19 is installed. Further, one end (lower end) of the cab elevating cylinder 21 is rotatably connected to the support tower body 22, and the other end (upper end) is rotatably connected to the upper link 28. Here, among the elements constituting the parallelogram, the support tower 22 is fixed, and the upper link 28 is connected to the cab elevating cylinder 21. For this reason, the three elements of the support tower 22, the upper link 28, and the cab elevating cylinder 21 form a triangle so that the rigidity is maintained.

  On the other hand, the lower link 29 is merely rotationally connected at both ends, and there is no element that restricts rotation. However, the hydraulic disc brake device 41 that releasably applies the braking force that suppresses the rotation of the rotary connecting portion is attached to the rotary connecting portion of the lower link 29 and the gantry 23. When fixing the pedestal 23, the hydraulic disc brake device 41 is actuated to apply a braking force to the rotational connecting portion of the lower link 29 and the pedestal 23 to suppress the rotation, thereby reducing the rigidity of the parallelogram. Therefore, the swing of the gantry 23 can be restrained, and the supporting force of the cab 19 can be sufficiently secured.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the present invention naturally extends to the modified ones.

  As described above, the present invention is not limited to the cab lifting device of a hydraulic excavator, but can be applied to a wide range of general working machines.

10 Hydraulic Excavator 11 Cab Lifting Device
13 Upper swing body 19 Cab 20 Lifting parallel link mechanism 21 Cab lifting cylinder 22 Support tower 23 Mounting base 28 Upper link 29 Lower link 40 Cab lifting device 41 Hydraulic disc brake device 42 Disc brake plate 43 Hydraulic brake cylinder portion 47 Brake actuator 48 Hydraulic brake cylinder

Claims (1)

A support cylinder is supported on the upper revolving body, and a cab lifting / lowering cab of a work machine in which a cab mount is supported by the support cylinder via a lifting / lowering parallel link mechanism and a lifting / lowering cylinder. In the device
A cab elevating device for a work machine equipped with a hydraulic disk brake device that releasably applies a braking force that suppresses rotation of the rotation connecting portion to the link of the lifting and lowering parallel link mechanism and the rotation connecting portion of the gantry ,
The hydraulic disc brake device is provided on the link side with a disc brake plate fixed on the pedestal side, and is driven by hydraulic pressure to clamp the disc brake plate to stop swinging of the pedestal. A cab lifting and lowering device for a working machine, comprising a hydraulic brake cylinder portion.

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