US20130011232A1 - Construction machine - Google Patents

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US20130011232A1
US20130011232A1 US13/496,979 US201113496979A US2013011232A1 US 20130011232 A1 US20130011232 A1 US 20130011232A1 US 201113496979 A US201113496979 A US 201113496979A US 2013011232 A1 US2013011232 A1 US 2013011232A1
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Hiroshi Tabeta
Hajime Ishii
Shougo Kimura
Tomoyuki Tanaka
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00—Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/06—Drivers' cabs
    • B62D33/0617—Drivers' cabs for tractors or off-the-road vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
    • B62D25/02—Side panels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
    • B62D25/08—Front or rear portions
    • B62D25/10—Bonnets or lids, e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00—Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/06—Drivers' cabs
    • B62D33/063—Drivers' cabs movable from one position into at least one other position, e.g. tiltable, pivotable about a vertical axis, displaceable from one side of the vehicle to the other
    • B62D33/067—Drivers' cabs movable from one position into at least one other position, e.g. tiltable, pivotable about a vertical axis, displaceable from one side of the vehicle to the other tiltable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/28—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, i.e. there is either one arm or a pair of arms, e.g. dippers, buckets
    • E02F3/30—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, i.e. there is either one arm or a pair of arms, e.g. dippers, buckets with a dipper-arm pivoted on a cantilever beam, i.e. boom
    • E02F3/32—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, i.e. there is either one arm or a pair of arms, e.g. dippers, buckets with a dipper-arm pivoted on a cantilever beam, i.e. boom working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
    • E02F3/325—Backhoes of the miniature type
    • 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
    • E02F9/08—Superstructures; Supports for superstructures
    • E02F9/0833—Improving access, e.g. for maintenance, steps for improving driver's access, handrails
    • 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
    • E02F9/16—Cabins, platforms, or the like, for drivers
    • 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
    • E02F9/16—Cabins, platforms, or the like, for drivers
    • E02F9/163—Structures to protect drivers, e.g. cabins, doors for cabins; Falling object protection structure [FOPS]; Roll over protection structure [ROPS]
    • 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
    • E02F9/16—Cabins, platforms, or the like, for drivers
    • E02F9/166—Cabins, platforms, or the like, for drivers movable, tiltable or pivoting, e.g. movable seats, dampening arrangements of cabins

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  • the present invention relates to a construction machine such as a hydraulic excavator having a cab box on a floor member.
  • a hydraulic excavator as a construction machine is largely constituted by an automotive lower traveling structure, an upper revolving structure which is swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, and a working mechanism liftably provided on the front side of the upper revolving structure.
  • the upper revolving structure is provided with a revolving frame serving as a support structure, a floor member which is provided on the revolving frame, a rear side of which serves as an operator's seat mounting section for mounting an operator's seat, and a front side of which serves as a footrest section on which an operator rests his or her feet, and a cab box provided so as to cover the periphery and the upper side of the floor member to form an operating room above the floor member. Further, a door for opening and closing an entrance way is provided in an outer peripheral side of the cab box at a position corresponding to the footrest section.
  • the floor member is provided with a space, and an indoor unit of an air conditioner for supplying conditioned air to the operating room is disposed in this space.
  • This floor member has a double floor plate structure as an upper floor plate is disposed on an upper side of a lower floor plate where the indoor unit is mounted, such that the upper floor plate covers the indoor unit.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-226307 A.
  • a construction machine in accordance with the present invention includes: an automotive lower traveling structure, an upper revolving structure which is swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, and a working mechanism liftably provided on the upper revolving structure, wherein the upper revolving structure is provided with a revolving frame forming a support structure, a floor member provided on the revolving frame and having an operator's seat mounting section at a rear side for mounting an operator's seat and having a footrest section at a front side on which an operator rests his or her feet, and a cab box provided so as to cover periphery and an upper side of the floor member to form an operating room above the floor member, and a door for entering and exiting the operating room is provided in the cab box at a position corresponding to the footrest section of the floor member.
  • a characteristic feature of construction adopted in the present invention lies in that the footrest section of the floor member which is provided in the operating room is constituted by a flat operator's seat front plate which is provided in front of the operator's seat and on which an operator rests his or her feet, a downward plate which is set downward from a door side end portion of the operator's seat front plate, and a flat footstep plate which extends from a lower portion of the downward plate toward the door of the cab box and on which the operator puts his or her foot when getting into or out of the operating room.
  • the position of the footstep plate can be disposed at a low position which is substantially lower from the operator's seat front plate. Therefore, since the height dimension from the top of the lower traveling structure to the footstep plate of the footrest section can be made small, the operator is able to easily put his or her foot on the footstep plate when getting into the operating room from the lower traveling structure. In addition, when getting off the operating room, the operator is able to easily get off from the footstep plate onto the lower traveling structure.
  • the footrest section constituting the floor member can be provided with the footstep plate at a sufficiently low position, the operator is able to easily perform the action of getting into and out of the operating room.
  • the footstep plate is provided on the door side of the footrest section, the operator's seat front plate for the operator seated in the operator's seat to rest his or her feet can be formed large (wide).
  • the footstep plate is provided in the operating room enclosed by the cab box, it is possible to prevent the accumulation of such as snow and dust, making it possible to smoothly open and close the door of the cab box.
  • the downward plate which is set substantially vertically downward is formed between the operator's seat front plate and the footstep plate, the operator's seat front plate and the footstep plate can be formed large by making effective use of the limited space.
  • a door side portion of the operator's seat mounting section of the floor member serves as a console mounting portion for mounting a console device having an operating lever for operating the working mechanism, and the footstep plate of the footrest section is provided in front of the console mounting portion.
  • an area located in front of the console device which is provided on a door side portion of the operator's seat mounting section is outside the range where the operator seated in the operator's seat rests his or her feet. Accordingly, as the footstep plate is provided in front of the console device, the footstep plate can be disposed at a position where the operator can easily put his or her foot during getting on or off and where a hindrance is not caused during an operation. Besides, as the footstep plate is disposed in front of the console mounting portion, the width dimension in the left-right direction of this footstep plate can be set to be approximately identical to the width dimension of the console mounting portion. In consequence, the area of the footstep plate can be formed large, so that the operator is able to reliably put his or her foot on the footstep plate.
  • a lever/pedal mounting section for mounting an operating lever/pedal is provided in front of the footrest section of the floor member, a notched portion which is notched diagonally from a position corresponding to a front corner portion on a door side of the operator's seat front plate toward the door is formed at an end portion on the door side of the lever/pedal mounting section, a bent edge portion which is bent diagonally along an end portion of the notched portion is formed at a front side position of the downward plate, and an extended portion which is extended in correspondence with the notched portion is formed at a front side position of the footstep plate.
  • the notched portion which is diagonally notched toward the door is formed at a door side end portion of the lever/pedal mounting section, and the bent edge portion which is bent along the end portion of the notched portion is formed at a front side position of the downward plate, thereby making it possible to provide the extended portion on the front side of the footstep plate.
  • the footstep plate can be formed widely in the front-back direction by the portion of the extended portion provided. Hence, even at the narrow portion on the front side of the operator's seat mounting section, the operator can reliably put his or her foot on the footstep plate while avoiding the pedal positioned at the front side of the footstep plate.
  • a floor back accommodating space is formed on a back surface side of the footrest section of the floor member by making use of a height dimension of the downward plate provided between the operator's seat front plate and the footstep plate, an indoor unit of an air conditioner for conditioning intake air into cool air or warm air being mounted in the floor back accommodating space.
  • the floor back accommodating space can be provided on the back surface side of the footrest section by making use of the difference in height between the operator's seat front plate and the footstep plate, namely, the height dimension of the downward plate.
  • the indoor unit of the air conditioner can be mounded on the back surface side of the floor member by being located in the floor back accommodating space.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a hydraulic excavator which is applied to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating in enlarged form the hydraulic excavator shown in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is an external perspective view, taken from the rear side, of the hydraulic excavator with a working mechanism and a cab box omitted and with a floor member tilted up.
  • FIG. 4 is an external perspective view taken from the front side and illustrating an upper revolving structure in enlarged form.
  • FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of the upper revolving structure shown in FIG. 4 with a door open.
  • FIG. 6 is a transverse cross-sectional view, taken from the direction of arrows VI-VI in FIG. 1 , of a floor member, an operator's seat, various operating levers, pedals, a cab box, and the like.
  • FIG. 7 is an external perspective view illustrating the floor member, the operator's seat, the various operating levers, the pedals, and the like.
  • FIG. 8 is an external perspective view illustrating from the front side the floor member as a single unit.
  • FIG. 9 is an external perspective view illustrating from the rear side the floor member as a single unit.
  • the hydraulic excavator 1 is a small-sized hydraulic excavator called mini excavator and which is suitable for operations at narrow worksites.
  • the hydraulic excavator 1 is constituted by an automotive lower traveling structure 2 , an upper revolving structure 3 which is swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure 2 , and a working mechanism 4 provided on the front side in the front-back direction of the upper revolving structure 3 to perform the operation of such as excavating earth and sand.
  • the lower traveling structure 2 has left and right truck side frames 2 A, and each truck side frame 2 A has a crawler belt 2 D wound therearound by means of an idler wheel 2 B and a drive wheel 2 C at front and rear positions.
  • the upper revolving structure 3 has a width dimension in the left-right direction which is substantially equal to the vehicle width of the lower traveling structure 2 , and is formed in a substantially circular shape, as viewed from above, so as to fall within an imaginary circle C which has a revolving radius R and has a revolving center O as a center.
  • the hydraulic excavator 1 is configured as a rear small turn type hydraulic excavator in which when the upper revolving structure 3 revolves on the lower traveling structure 2 about the revolving center O, a rear surface of a below-described counterweight 8 falls substantially within the vehicle width of the lower traveling structure 2 .
  • the aforementioned revolving radius R is defined by the distance from the revolving center O to the rear surface of the counterweight 8
  • the aforementioned imaginary circle C is a locus of the rear surface of the counterweight 8 when the upper revolving structure 3 revolves.
  • this imaginary circle C is set such as to fall within the vehicle width in the left-right direction of the lower traveling structure 2 , and even if this imaginary circle C projects from the vehicle width, the amount of its projection is a slight dimension.
  • the upper revolving structure 3 is constituted by a revolving frame 5 , the counterweight 8 , a floor member 9 , an operator's seat 16 , a cab box 21 , and the like which will be described later. Hereafter, a detailed description will be given thereof.
  • Designated at 5 is the revolving frame constituting a support structure of the upper revolving structure 3 .
  • this revolving frame 5 is largely constituted by a flat plate-shaped bottom plate 5 A extending in the front-back direction at an intermediate portion in the left-right direction; a left vertical plate 5 B and a right vertical plate 5 C which are erected in a substantially V-shape on an upper surface side of the bottom plate 5 A in such a manner as to be spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction; a support bracket 5 D provided at front end portions of the vertical plates 5 B and 5 C to support the working mechanism 4 ; and a front beam 5 E which is provided in such a manner as to extend in the left-right direction by being located in a left front portion and on which a front side portion of the below-described floor member 9 is mounted.
  • Indicated at 6 is an engine (illustrated by a dotted line in FIG. 1 ) which is mounted on the rear side of the revolving frame 5 , and the engine 6 is for rotatively driving a hydraulic pump.
  • a control valve unit (see FIG. 3 ) which is mounted on the left front side of the revolving frame 5 , and the control valve unit 7 is mounted on the bottom plate 5 A by being located on the lower side of a footrest section 11 (indoor unit 25 ) of the below-described floor member 9 , namely, on the left side of the left vertical plate 5 B of the revolving frame 5 .
  • control valve unit 7 and pipings which are connected to the control valve unit 7 are located immediately below the indoor unit 25 when the floor member 9 is tilted down, but a clearance for preventing mutual interference is provided between the control valve unit 7 and the indoor unit 25 for reasons which will be described later.
  • the counterweight 8 is the counterweight provided in a rear portion of the revolving frame 5 , and the counterweight 8 is for keeping a weight balance with the working mechanism 4 .
  • This counterweight 8 is formed in such a manner as to be curved in a circular arc shape so as to cover the engine 6 from behind. Further, as shown in FIG. 3 , the counterweight 8 is provided with a floor mounting portion 8 A for mounting a mounting plate portion 10 D of an operator's seat mounting section 10 for constituting the below-described floor member 9 .
  • Designated at 9 is the floor member provided on the revolving frame 5 nearer the left side.
  • This floor member 9 is tiltably supported at its front side position by the front beam 5 E of the revolving frame 5 and is supported at its rear side position on an upper portion of the counterweight 8 by means of the floor mounting portion 8 A.
  • the floor member 9 together with the operator's seat 16 , the cab box 21 , and the like can be tilted up (the state of FIG. 3 ) and tilted down (the state of FIG. 1 ) by using the front side position as a fulcrum.
  • the floor member 9 is largely constituted by the operator's seat mounting section 10 , the footrest section 11 , and a lever/pedal mounting section 15 , which will be described hereinafter.
  • the operator's seat mounting section 10 which is formed in a stepped shape by being located on the rear side of the floor member 9 .
  • the operator's seat mounting section 10 is for mounting the below-described operator's seat 16 thereon.
  • the operator's seat mounting section 10 is constituted by a front plate portion 10 A extending upwardly from a rear portion of the footrest section 11 , a substantially flat seat plate portion 10 B extending rearwardly from an upper portion of the front plate portion 10 A to mount the operator's seat 16 thereon, a back plate portion 10 C extending upwardly from a rear portion of the seat plate portion 10 B, and the mounting plate portion 10 D extending rearwardly from an upper portion of the back plate portion 10 C.
  • the mounting plate portion 10 D is supported in a vibration isolated state by the floor mounting portion 8 A on top of the counterweight 8 when the floor member 9 is tilted down.
  • a left side portion of the operator's seat mounting section 10 which is on the side of a door 21 F of the below-described cab box 21 , is formed as a console mounting portion 10 E for mounting a below-described left side console device 17 .
  • a front side of this console mounting portion 10 E is a front face portion 10 E 1 and is located on the left side of the front plate portion 10 A.
  • the width dimension in the left-right direction of the front face portion 10 E 1 is set to a large dimension W (see FIG. 8 ) so as to be able to allow an operation mode changeover valve (not shown) and the like to be disposed inside it.
  • the footrest section which is provided in front of the operator's seat mounting section 10 for the operator seated in the operator's seat 16 to rest his or her feet thereon.
  • This footrest section 11 is provided at a position corresponding to the door 21 F of the cab box 21 .
  • the footrest section 11 has both functions of a portion where the operator rests his or her feet during the operation and a portion where the operator puts his or her foot when getting on or off.
  • the footrest section 11 is formed in a stepped shape by an operator's seat front plate 12 , a downward plate 13 , and a footstep plate 14 which will be described hereinunder.
  • This operator's seat front plate 12 is formed as a rectangular flat plate provided for a wide range from a right end portion to the console mounting portion 10 E of the operator's seat mounting section 10 , namely, for a range of the width in the left-right direction of the seat plate portion 10 B.
  • the operator's seat front plate 12 its left side end portion 12 A which is on the door 21 F side substantially conforms to a right end portion of the console mounting portion 10 E.
  • the width in the left-right direction of the operator's seat front plate 12 is formed to be wider than the width of the seat of the operator's seat 16 , and therefore provides an ample space for the operator to rest his or her feet. Meanwhile, since the left side of the operator's seat front plate 12 reaches a substantially central position of a spare operating pedal 19 , the operator is able to rest on this operator's seat front plate 12 his or her left foot for operating the spare operating pedal 19 .
  • Indicated at 13 is the downward plate which is provided in such a manner as to be set vertically downward from the left side end portion 12 A of the operator's seat front plate 12 .
  • This downward plate 13 is constituted by a linear plate portion 13 A extending in the front-back direction along the left side end portion 12 A and by a bent edge portion 13 B which is bent at a front end portion of the linear plate portion 13 A diagonally along an end portion of a notched portion 15 D of the below-described lever/pedal mounting section 15 .
  • This bent edge portion 13 B is provided by being bent at an angle corresponding to the notched portion 15 D of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 .
  • the downward plate 13 allows both the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 to be formed large without wastage.
  • the footstep plate 14 is the flat footstep plate provided in such a manner as to extend from a lower portion of the downward plate 13 toward the door 21 F side (left side).
  • This footstep plate 14 is for the operator to put his or her foot thereon when getting into or out of the operating room 22 .
  • the footstep plate 14 is disposed at a position substantially lower from the operator's seat front plate 12 , specifically at a heightwise position equivalent to that of a lower end portion of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 .
  • the footstep plate 14 can be provided at a low position which is substantially lower from the operator's seat front plate 12 without being restrained by the heightwise position of the operator's seat front plate 12 of the footrest section 11 .
  • the height dimension from the crawler belt 2 D of the lower traveling structure 2 to the footstep plate 14 can be made small.
  • the footstep plate 14 is capable of preventing the accumulation of such as snow and dust by being provided inside the operating room 22 .
  • an extended portion 14 A which is extended toward the door 21 F with an opening angle identical to that of the notched portion 15 D of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 is formed at a front side position of the footstep plate 14 .
  • the footstep plate 14 has a trapezoidal shape extending toward the front side.
  • the footstep plate 14 at its front side position is formed as the extended portion 14 A, the footstep plate 14 can be formed widely up to the front side by this extended portion 14 A while avoiding the spare operating pedal 19 .
  • the footstep plate 14 is provided at a place which is outside the range where the operator seated in the operator's seat 16 rests his or her feet, specifically at a position located in front of the console mounting portion 10 E (left side console device 17 ) of the operator's seat mounting section 10 .
  • the footstep plate 14 disposed on the front side of the console mounting portion 10 E is provided with a width dimension which is approximately equivalent to the width dimension W of the front face portion 10 E 1 of the console mounting portion 10 E (however, the width dimension is slightly narrower on the extended portion 14 A side).
  • the footstep plate 14 can be formed widely in the direction of getting on or off, the footstep plate 14 can be disposed at a position where the operator can easily put his or her foot during getting on or off and where a hindrance is not caused during an operation.
  • the operator's seat front plate 12 , the downward plate 13 , and the footstep plate 14 a method is adopted in which they are integrally formed by bending a rectangular plate material into a crank shape, or a method in which they are integrally formed by securing together a plurality of plate materials by a welding means.
  • lever/pedal mounting section 15 Indicated at 15 is the lever/pedal mounting section provided in front of the footrest section 11 , and the lever/pedal mounting section 15 extends in the left-right direction along a front end of the operator's seat front plate 12 .
  • This lever/pedal mounting section 15 is provided with a central opening 15 A located in the center in the left-right direction to mount a below-described operating lever/pedal 18 for traveling, a left opening 15 B located on the left side of the central opening 15 A, and a right opening 15 C located on the right side of the central opening 15 A.
  • Below-described pedals 19 and 20 for swinging the working mechanism 4 and driving optional hydraulic equipment are respectively mounted in these left and right openings 15 B and 15 C.
  • the notched portion 15 D which is diagonally notched from a position corresponding to a front corner portion 12 A 1 of the left side end portion 12 A of the operator's seat front plate 12 toward the door 21 F, is provided at an end portion on the door 21 F side of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 .
  • the footstep plate 14 can be formed widely up to the front side while avoiding the spare operating pedal 19 .
  • Indicated at 16 is the operator's seat provided above the floor member 9 , and the operator's seat 16 is installed in a central position in the left-right direction of the seat plate portion 10 B for constituting the operator's seat mounting section 10 . Further, the operator's seat 16 is for the operator to be seated when operating the hydraulic excavator 1 .
  • each console device 17 has an operating lever 17 B for work operation at a front side position of a console 17 A in which various switches, display units, and the like are provided.
  • This operating lever 17 B is for operating the working mechanism 4 and the like by being tilted in the front-back direction or the left-right direction.
  • the left side console device 17 is mounted on the console mounting portion 10 E of the operator's seat mounting section 10 for constituting the floor member 9
  • the right side console device 17 is mounted on a right side portion of the seat plate portion 10 B of the operator's seat mounting section 10 .
  • Indicated at 18 is the operating lever/pedal for traveling which is provided in the lever/pedal mounting section 15 of the floor member 9 which is located in front of the operator's seat 16 .
  • This operating lever/pedal 18 is provided by being located in the central opening 15 A of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 , so as to be capable of performing a tilting operation in the front-back direction.
  • the spare operating pedal which is provided in the left opening 15 B of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 by being located on the left side of the operating lever/pedal 18 .
  • This spare operating pedal 19 is for being operated when driving hydraulic equipment (not shown) such as a breaker which is additionally provided.
  • an operating pedal for swinging which is provided in the right opening 15 C of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 by being located on the right side of the operating lever/pedal 18 .
  • This operating pedal 20 is for performing a swinging operation of the working mechanism 4 in the left-right direction.
  • Denoted at 21 is the cab box (see FIGS. 4 to 6 ) which is provided on the floor member 9 , and the cab box 21 is for covering the periphery and the upper side of the below-described floor member 9 .
  • This cab box 21 is formed into a box shape by a front surface portion 21 A, a rear surface portion 21 B, a left side surface portion 21 C, a right side surface portion 21 D, and a top surface portion 21 E, and the lower end portion of the cab box 21 is mounted to the peripheral edge of the floor member 9 .
  • the cab box 21 forms above the floor member 9 the operating room 22 which serves as an occupying space for the operator.
  • the door 21 F for entering and exiting the operating room 22 is openably provided in the left side surface portion 21 C at a position corresponding to the footrest section 11 of the floor member 9 .
  • This door 21 F is for opening and closing an entrance way 23 provided on the left side of the footrest section 11 , and a door lower end portion 21 F 1 is at the same heightwise position as the footstep plate 14 .
  • the operator is able to enter and exit the operating room 22 through the entrance way 23 .
  • the operator is able to easily get on or off by putting his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 of the footrest section 11 provided at a low position.
  • Denoted at 24 is a floor back accommodating space (see FIG. 3 ) provided on the back surface side of the footrest section 11 , and the floor back accommodating space 24 is formed on the back surface side of the operator's seat front plate 12 by making use of a height dimension H of the downward plate 13 provided between the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 of the footrest section 11 .
  • the floor back accommodating space 24 has a width dimension in the left-right direction of a size sufficient to accommodate the indoor unit 25 of a below-described air conditioner.
  • the floor back accommodating space 24 makes use of the difference in height between the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 , namely, the height dimension H of the downward plate 13 , the dimension by which the indoor unit 25 projects downward can be kept small. In consequence, even in cases where the floor member 9 is tilted down, a clearance can be provided between, on the one hand, the indoor unit 25 provided in the floor back accommodating space 24 and, on the other hand, the control valve unit 7 and the pipings which are located below the indoor unit 25 , thereby making it possible to prevent their mutual interference.
  • the indoor unit 25 is the indoor unit of the air conditioner which is provided on the back surface side of the floor member 9 .
  • the indoor unit 25 is constituted by an evaporator, a heater, a blower fan (none are shown), and the like.
  • This indoor unit 25 is mounted on a back surface of the operator's seat front plate 12 of the footrest section 11 by being located in the floor back accommodating space 24 .
  • the indoor unit 25 functions to condition intake air into cool air or warm air and supply this conditioned air into the operating room 22 through such as an air conditioner duct 26 (see FIG. 7 ) provided on the right side of the floor member 9 .
  • the hydraulic excavator 1 has the above-described construction, and a description will next be given of its operation.
  • the operator when entering the operating room 22 , the operator opens the door 21 F of the cab box 21 , gets on the crawler belt 2 D of the lower traveling structure 2 , and puts from this crawler belt 2 D his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 formed in the footrest section 11 of the floor member 9 .
  • the footstep plate 14 is provided at a position lower than the operator's seat front plate 12 , the operator is able to easily puts his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 from the crawler belt 2 D, and is able to enter the operating room 22 through the entranceway 23 .
  • the operator who entered the operating room 22 gets on the operator's seat front plate 12 from the footstep plate 14 , and is seated in the operator's seat 16 .
  • the lower traveling structure 2 is caused to travel.
  • the operator is able to operate the working mechanism 4 and the like to perform such as the operation of excavating earth and sand.
  • the operator when getting off the operating room 22 , as the operator puts his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 , the operator is able to easily stretch his or her foot onto the crawler belt 2 D of the lower traveling structure 2 , and is able to land on the ground by means of this crawler belt 2 D.
  • the footrest section 11 of the floor member 9 which is provided in the operating room 22 enclosed by the cab box 21 , is constituted by the flat operator's seat front plate 12 which is provided on the front side of the operator's seat 16 in an opposing manner and on which the operator rests his or her feet, the downward plate 13 which is set downward from the left side end portion 12 A which is the door 21 F side of the operator's seat front plate 12 , and the flat footstep plate 14 which extends leftwardly from a lower portion of the downward plate 13 toward the door 21 F and on which the operator puts his or her foot when getting into or out of the operating room 22 .
  • the footstep plate 14 can be provided at a position lower than the operator's seat front plate 12 at a position where the operator can put his or her foot when getting into or out of the operating room 22 .
  • the footstep plate 14 can be disposed at a low position which is substantially lower from the operator's seat front plate 12 .
  • the height dimension from the top of the crawler belt 2 D of the lower traveling structure 2 to the footstep plate 14 can be made small, the operator is able to easily put his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 when getting into the operating room 22 from top of the crawler belt 2 D. Meanwhile, when getting off the operating room 22 , the operator is able to easily get off from the footstep plate 14 onto the crawler belt 2 D.
  • the footrest section 11 of the floor member 9 can be provided with the footstep plate 14 at a sufficiently low position, the operator is able to easily perform the action of getting into and out of the operating room 22 .
  • the footstep plate 14 is provided in the footrest section 11 on the door 21 F side of the cab box 21 , it is possible to secure the space for the operator seated in the operator's seat 16 to rest his or her feet, namely, the operator's seat front plate 12 having a wide area.
  • the footstep plate 14 is provided in the operating room 22 enclosed by the cab box 21 , it is possible to prevent the accumulation of such as snow and dust, making it possible to smoothly open and close the door 21 F of the cab box 21 .
  • the operator's seat front plate 12 , the downward plate 13 , and the footstep plate 14 can be integrally formed by, for example, bending a plate material or by welding plate-like parts. As a result, all of the operator's seat front plate 12 , the downward plate 13 and the footstep plate 14 can be handled as single parts, so that the assembly workability and the like can be improved by simplifying the construction. Further, since the downward plate 13 connecting the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 is set substantially vertically downward, it is possible to make effective use of the limited space within the operating room 22 , and both the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 can be formed large.
  • the footstep plate 14 of the footrest section 11 is arranged to be provided in front of the console mounting portion 10 E of the operator's seat mounting section 10 .
  • the footstep plate 14 can be disposed at a position where the operator can easily put his or her foot during getting on or off and where a hindrance is not caused during an operation.
  • this footstep plate 14 can be formed with a width dimension approximately identical to the width dimension W of the front face portion 10 E 1 of the console mounting portion 10 E. In consequence, since the footstep plate 14 can be formed widely in the direction of getting on and off, the operator is able to reliably put his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 having a wide area.
  • the lever/pedal mounting section 15 for mounting the operating lever/pedal 18 is provided in front of the footrest section 11 of the floor member 9 , and the notched portion 15 D, which is diagonally notched from a position corresponding to the front corner portion 12 A 1 of the left side end portion 12 A of the operator's seat front plate 12 toward the door 21 F, is formed at a left side end portion of this lever/pedal mounting section 15 .
  • the bent edge portion 13 B which is bent diagonally along the end portion of the notched portion 15 D is formed at a front side position of the downward plate 13 . Accordingly, the extended portion 14 A can be formed at a front side position of the footstep plate 14 by the notched portion 15 D and the bent edge portion 13 B.
  • the footstep plate 14 is able to have its area formed widely by the portion of the extended portion 14 A, so that the operator can reliably put his or her foot on the footstep plate 14 .
  • the extended portion 14 A can be provided at a position where the spare operating pedal 19 which is disposed on the left side of the lever/pedal mounting section 15 is avoided.
  • the floor back accommodating space 24 can be formed on the back surface side of the footrest section 11 of the floor member 9 by making use of the height dimension H of the downward plate 13 provided between the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 . Since this floor back accommodating space 24 makes use of the height dimension H of the downward plate 13 , namely, a difference in height between the operator's seat front plate 12 and the footstep plate 14 , the indoor unit 25 of the air conditioner can be accommodated in a state in which the dimension by which the indoor unit 25 projects downwardly of the footstep plate 14 is kept small. In consequence, a clearance for arranging pipings and performing maintenance can be secured between the indoor unit 25 and equipment such as the control valve unit 7 which are mounted on the revolving frame 5 side.
  • the present invention is not limited to the same, and is also applicable to, for example, a hydraulic excavator of the type in which the floor member is fixedly provided on the revolving frame.
  • the present invention is not limited to the same, and may be applied to a hydraulic excavator having, for example, a wheel type lower traveling structure.
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