JPH1181376A - Slewing work machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently ensure a volume of a fuel tank without impeding comfortability during summer season, even in a slewing work machine wherein an arrangement space on a swivel base like rearward small revolution is limited, and to ensure the weight balance of the swivel base. SOLUTION: In a slewing work machine, a swivel base 7 is arranged rotatably around a vertical axis and a fuel tank 22 is arranged at the swivel base 7. A working oil tank 24 is arranged closer to one end side in a lateral direction of the swivel base 7, and a seat 41 which a worker seats is arranged closer to the other end side in a lateral direction of the swivel base 7. In this case, the fuel tank 22 is arranged closer to the other end side in a lateral direction of the swivel base 7 and below the seat 41.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a turning work machine such as a backhoe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a turning machine of this type, generally, a turning table is provided on a traveling device so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis, and a seat for an operator to ride on the turning table. And a fuel tank and a hydraulic oil tank. On the other hand, in the case of a small turning work machine in which the rear side of the swivel table does not protrude from the vehicle width of the traveling device, it is necessary to fit the rear side of the swivel table into a circle whose diameter is the vehicle width. At best, an engine and a radiator and a hydraulic pump to be arranged in series with the engine are arranged.

For this reason, in the conventional small-turn turning machine, both the fuel tank and the hydraulic oil tank are arranged on the other side in the left-right direction of the turntable opposite to the seat (for example, for example). And JP-A-8-246489.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional turning working machine, the fuel tank is arranged in a narrower range than the other side in the left-right direction of the turning table together with the hydraulic oil tank. It is not possible to take a large amount, and there is a disadvantage that the number of times of refueling increases and the working efficiency decreases.

If the fuel tank and the hydraulic oil tank are arranged at one end in the left-right direction of the turntable, the one end of the turntable becomes heavier depending on the amount of refueling, and the weight balance of the turntable may deteriorate. is there. On the other hand, the hydraulic oil tank is likely to be hot, and if it is placed too close to the seats, the work in summer will be too hot and the habitability will worsen.Therefore, the position of the hydraulic oil tank with respect to the seat is naturally limited in this regard. is there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and it has been proposed that even a turning work machine, such as a small backward turning, in which the arrangement space on a swivel base is limited, does not impair habitability in summer, and An object of the present invention is to ensure a sufficient capacity of a tank and a weight balance of a swivel base.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object,
The present invention has taken the following technical measures. That is, according to the present invention, a swivel is provided on a traveling device so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis, a fuel tank is provided on the swivel, and a hydraulic oil tank is provided from one end of the swivel in the left-right direction. Is provided, in the turning work machine in which a seat for an operator to board is provided from the left and right other end side of the turning table, the fuel tank is from the left and right other end side on the turning table and It is arranged below the seat.

In this case, since the fuel tank is arranged at the other end in the left-right direction of the turntable opposite to the hydraulic oil tank,
The large capacity of the fuel tank is ensured, and the weights of the two tanks are offset to ensure the weight balance of the swivel base in the left-right direction. Further, since the fuel tank does not become as hot as the hydraulic oil tank, even if such a fuel tank is arranged below the seat, it is possible to minimize the danger that the work in summer will be too hot and the comfort will deteriorate.

[0009] On the other hand, if the fuel tank is provided below the seat as described above, the seat may hinder the operation of refueling the tank. Therefore, the present invention recommends that the fuel tank be provided with an extended portion extending to the rear of the swivel base and away from the seat, and to be provided with a fuel filler port in the extended portion.

[0010] In this case, the fuel supply port of the fuel tank is located away from the seat, which facilitates refueling. In addition, since the fuel supply port is located at the rear of the swivel base, for example, the concentration of the fuel supply port with the water supply port of the radiator. Arrangement becomes possible, and maintenance can be facilitated.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a small turning backhoe 1 exemplified as a turning work machine. In FIG. 1, the backhoe 1 is mainly composed of a traveling device 2, a revolving unit 3, and an excavating device 4.

Hereinafter, the traveling direction of the backhoe 1 (the left-right direction in FIG. 1) is referred to as the front-rear direction, and the lateral direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction (the direction penetrating the drawing in FIG. 1) is referred to as the left-right direction.
As shown in FIG. 1, the traveling device 2 employs a crawler traveling device in which a pair of left and right crawler traveling members 5 having rubber crawler belts are provided, and these traveling members 5 are driven by a traveling motor M. . A dozer 6 is provided at the front of the traveling device 2.
Is provided.

The revolving unit 3 is supported by a bearing 8 provided at the center between the left and right crawler traveling units 5 of the traveling device 2 so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis of rotation. The hood 20 includes a hood 20 that covers various devices mounted on the base 7, and a cabin 42 that covers a seat 41 provided on the hood 20 and a control section in front of the hood 20. The revolving base 7 is configured by covering a frame formed by combining a frame material having a front part and a middle part with a plate material with a cover member, and the rear part of the revolving base 7 is fixed to the frame and the revolving base 7 is fixed.
And a counterweight 9 for balancing the weight with the excavator 4 at the front of the vehicle.

The turntable 7 is turned around a turn axis X by a turn motor 10 (see FIG. 2) supported by a frame of the turntable 7. The backhoe 1 is of a so-called small backward swing type, and is formed in an arc shape so that the rear side surface of the swing body 3 does not protrude from the vehicle width of the traveling device 2. That is, when the revolving unit 3 turns, the turning trajectory drawn by the rear surface of the revolving unit 3 falls within the left and right widths of the left and right crawler traveling units 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the left and right side surfaces of the revolving unit 3 are formed on a plane along the front-rear direction with the revolving unit 3 facing forward, and the interval between the left and right side surfaces is It is formed narrower than the diameter of the turning locus circle drawn by the rear surface. Further, in the same state, the front surface of the revolving unit 3 is formed in a plane along the left-right direction, and the left side is slightly projected forward from the right side.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of upper and lower support members 11 for supporting the excavator 4 project from the front right side of the swivel 7. A swing bracket 12 is pivotally attached to the support member 11 via a support shaft so as to freely swing left and right around a vertical axis. The swing bracket 12 is provided with a swing cylinder 13 provided inside the swivel 7 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). (See Reference).

The excavator 4 has a boom 1 whose base is pivotally attached to a swing bracket 12 so as to be swingable about the left and right axes.
4, an arm 15 pivotally attached to the distal end side of the boom 14 so as to be swingable about the left and right axes, and a bucket 16 attached to the distal end side of the arm 15 so as to be free to squeeze and dump. The boom 14 is swung by a boom cylinder 17 provided between the swing bracket 12 and the middle part of the boom 14, and the arm 15 is provided with an arm cylinder 18 provided between the middle part of the boom 14 and the base of the arm 15. The bucket 16 is squeezed and dumped by the bucket cylinder 19 provided between the base of the arm 15 and the mounting link of the bucket 16.

The rear upper surface and the right upper surface of the swivel 7 are open, and these open portions are covered with a rounded bonnet 20 projecting upward from the upper surface of the swivel 7. Inside the hood 20, an engine 21 and
Hydraulic pumps 23 for driving various hydraulic devices, hydraulic equipment including a hydraulic oil tank 24 and a control valve 25, a radiator 26, and the like are housed, and these are mounted on the swivel 7. The upper surface on the left side of the swivel 7 is covered with a floor sheet, and a fuel tank 22 for the engine 21 and a battery 27 are stored in this portion.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Is disposed laterally at the rear of the swivel 7 so that the drive axis thereof is oriented in the left-right direction. A hydraulic pump 23 is directly connected to a lower right portion of the engine 21, and a radiator fan 28 is connected to an upper left portion of the engine 21. The lower shaft that drives the hydraulic pump 23 and the upper shaft that drives the radiator fan 28 are linked by a belt transmission mechanism including a fan belt 29 and a pulley.

A silencer 30 is connected to the upper right side of the engine 21, and a reserve tank 31 for cooling water of the radiator 26 is provided behind the engine 21. In addition, a swivel joint 32 is provided at the center of rotation of the swivel 7, and the swivel motor 10 is disposed in front of and slightly to the left of the joint 32.
Each of the control valves 25 is connected by a hydraulic line 33.

On the left side of the radiator fan 28, various heat exchangers, that is, the radiator 26, the oil cooler 34, and the condenser 35 of the air conditioner are arranged in this order from the left side. Of these, the oil cooler 34 cools the return oil from the control valve 25 and
The condenser 35 is an outdoor unit of an air conditioner (air conditioner) in the cabin 42.

The bonnet 2 corresponding to these heat exchangers
An outside air intake 36 (see FIG. 1) is formed on the left side of the hood 20, and an exhaust port (not shown) is formed on the right side of the bonnet 20. Thus, the backhoe 1 of the present embodiment employs a suction type in which the radiator 26 and the radiator fan 28 are disposed immediately inside the outside air intake 36.

The hydraulic oil tank 24 and the control valve 25 are arranged on the right side of the swivel 7 (the same side as the hydraulic pump 23) and in front of the hydraulic pump 23. That is, the hydraulic oil tank 24 and the control valve 25
Are arranged intensively on the right side of the swivel 7 together with the hydraulic pump 23, so that the hydraulic piping for connecting the main equipment (hydraulic equipment) required for the hydraulic drive to each other is made as short as possible. Main equipment can be intensively maintained and inspected.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, the control valve 25 is directly connected to the front side surface of the hydraulic oil tank 24 in a vertically oriented state, and the front end face 25A of the control valve 25 is shifted rearward as much as possible. In this state, the walk-through 37 formed at the front of the swivel 7 is made as wide as possible. When the control valve 25 is arranged on the front side of the hydraulic oil tank 24, the valve 25 is relatively close to the swivel joint 32 and the swing motor 10, so that the piping for these can be shortened.

In the illustrated example, the control valve 25
Is mounted on the front side surface of the hydraulic oil tank 24. The valve 25 may be provided between the hydraulic oil tank 24 and the hydraulic pump 23, further to the right of the hydraulic oil tank 24, or above the hydraulic oil tank 24. it can. These positions are preferable because the hydraulic oil tank 24 does not hinder the maintenance and inspection of the control valve 25.

The hydraulic oil tank 24 includes a hydraulic oil filter 38, an unload valve 39, and a fuel filter 40.
Are mounted in a suspended state (see FIG. 4), whereby maintenance and inspection of those members can be performed intensively, and the number of assembling steps for those members can be reduced. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a support frame 44 formed substantially in a gate shape in a front view is provided upright at the rear portion of the swivel 7 so as to straddle the engine 21 in the left-right direction. The lower surface of the hood 20 and the rear support of the cabin 42 are fixed to the frame 44, and the air cleaner 4 for sending the cleaning air to the engine 21.
5 is attached.

The support frame 44 comprises a horizontal beam 46 having a hollow inside, and a pair of right and left support members 47 and 48 for supporting the left and right ends of the horizontal beam 46. The left end of the horizontal beam 46 is formed on the left side surface of the bonnet 20. At a position close to the outside air intake port 36. On the other hand, the air cleaner 45 is attached to the right side of the cross beam 46 via a bracket 49 or obliquely. This air cleaner 4
The exhaust port 5 is connected to the front side of the engine 21 via an outlet pipe 50, and the intake port of the air cleaner 45 is connected to the cross beam 46 via a bent pipe 51 bent in a square shape.

Therefore, a part of fresh air flowing from the outside air intake 36 reaches the right end from the left end of the cross beam 46 and is supplied to the air cleaner 45 through the curved pipe 51. As described above, since the cross beam 46 of the support frame 44 also has a function as an intake pipe of the air cleaner 45, the number of parts is reduced by that much, and the rear part of the swivel 7 is made compact. Can be.

The left and right support members 47 of the support frame 44,
48, the right column member 47 is formed of a substantially inverted L-shaped column member in a side view, and the left column member 48 is formed.
As shown in FIG. 3, a support frame 52 is formed in a substantially inverted U-shape in a side view. That is, the support frame 52 is formed in an inverted U-shape so as to be divided into two parts in the front and rear, and is less likely to be deformed in the front and rear direction than a simple rod-shaped support.

Therefore, even if the vibration from the engine 21, the radiator fan 28, the hydraulic pump 23, or the like is transmitted to the support frame 52 through the swivel 7, the cross beam 45 fixed to the upper end resonates back and forth. Bonnet 2 which is prevented and thus attached to its cross beam 45
Zero and vibration of the cabin 42 can be suppressed as low as possible.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support frame 52
The rear portion 53 is bent in a substantially U-shape in plan view along the rear side surface of the bonnet 20, so that even in the hood 20 where the position of the rear side surface is limited due to small turning, The interval between the forks of the support frame 52 is made as wide as possible. As shown in FIG. 2, the support frame 52 is disposed so as to cover the radiator 26, the oil cooler 34, and the condenser 35 from above, and also functions as a protector for protecting these heat exchangers. . In this case, if the swivel 7 is equipped with a canopy instead of the cabin 42, no air conditioner is required.
Is omitted.

In the illustrated example, the left and right support members 47, 48 are provided.
Although the case where the support frame 52 is adopted only on the left side is illustrated, the support frame 52 can be adopted only on the right support member 47, and both the left and right support members 47,
The support frame 52 can also be adopted as 48. The bonnet 18 is made of a resin or a thin steel plate, and includes a right cover 54 that covers the control valve 25, the hydraulic oil tank 24, the hydraulic pump 23, and the like, a rear cover 55 that covers the rear half of the engine 19, And a left cover portion 56 for covering a portion of the exchanger. Of these cover portions, the rear cover portion 55 is supported by a cross beam 46 of the support frame 44 via a hinge so as to be vertically rotatable, and by opening the rear cover portion 26, the engine 1
8 and its surroundings can be maintained and inspected.

In this embodiment, since all the hydraulic equipment including the hydraulic pump 23, the hydraulic oil tank 24, and the control valve 25 are concentrated on the right end side of the swivel 7 as shown in FIG. The fuel tank 22 and the battery 27 are arranged on the left end side of the swivel table 7 while the fuel tank 22 and the battery 27 are arranged at the left side of the swivel table 7. That is, the fuel tank 22 is disposed so as to lie in a relatively wide range from the left side of the swivel base 7 and below the seat 41, and includes the main tank portion 57 which is out of the plane range of the bonnet 20. By arranging the fuel tank 22 in a wide area on the opposite side to the hydraulic oil tank 24 in this manner, the left and right weight balance of the swivel 7 is effectively ensured while ensuring a large capacity of the tank 22. Like that.

Further, at the rear end of the main tank 57,
An extension 58 extending to the rear of the swivel 7 and away from the seat 41 is integrally connected, and a fuel filler port 59 is formed in the extension 58. For this reason, the seat 41 does not become a hindrance when refueling from the refueling port 59, and the refueling operation is facilitated. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the seat 41 is housed in a concave portion 60 formed in the upper part of the front surface of the hood 20, and is disposed on the left side of the swivel 7 so as to be located above the radiator 26 and the radiator fan 28. Thus, the cool air from the outside air intake 36 always flows under the seat 41. For this reason, the heat generation from the engine 21 is prevented from being directly radiated to the seat, and the comfort in summer is prevented from being deteriorated.

The radiator 26 has a radiator fan 2 so that its center R is lower than the fan center F.
8, the recess 60 of the bonnet 20 is formed deeper than before by the eccentricity of the radiator 26. Therefore, despite the fact that the seat 41 is arranged above the radiator 26, the seat 4
1 can be installed as low as possible, thereby preventing the weight balance of the swivel 7 from being deteriorated due to the height of the height.

An extension pipe 62 extending to the rear cover 55 of the bonnet 20 is connected to the upper tank 61 of the radiator 26, and a water supply port 63 is provided at the tip of the extension pipe 62. Therefore, water can be supplied from the water supply port 63 by opening the openable rear cover 55, and the seat 41 does not interfere with the supply of water to the radiator 26.

In the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the backhoe 1 that makes a small backward turn is illustrated. However, the present invention allows the excavator 4 to protrude from the vehicle width of the traveling device 2 when the excavator 4 is at its highest position. It can also be used for the backhoe 1 that does not have a very small turning.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even for small turning machines with limited space for turning tables, ensure sufficient fuel tank capacity and weight balance of the turning tables without hindering summer comfort. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a small turning backhoe (turning machine).

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an internal mechanism of the rotating body.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing an internal mechanism of the rotating body.

FIG. 4 is a right side view showing an internal mechanism of the rotating body.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an internal mechanism of the rotating body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Small turning backhoe (turning work machine) 2 Traveling device 7 Turning table 22 Fuel tank 24 Hydraulic oil tank 41 Seat 58 Extension 59 Filling port

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazuhiko Ikeuchi 64 Ishizukita-cho, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture Inside the Kubota Sakai Plant (72) Inventor Toshihiko Takemura 64 Ishizukita-cho, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture Kubota Sakai Manufacturing Co., Ltd. In-house (72) Inventor Kazuomi Sugiyama 64 Ishizu-Kitacho, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture Inside Kubota Sakai Works, Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A swivel (7) is provided on a traveling device (2) so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis. A fuel tank (22) is provided on the swivel (7). A hydraulic oil tank (24) is provided at one end in the left-right direction of the platform (7), and a seat (41) for an operator to board is provided at the other end in the left-right direction of the swivel (7). The turning work machine according to claim 1, wherein the fuel tank (22) is disposed at the other end in the left-right direction on the turning table (7) and below the seat (41). 2. The fuel tank (22) has an extension (58) extending to the rear of the swivel (7) and away from the seat (41). The turning work machine according to claim 1, wherein (59) is formed.