Snow removal machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10899266-B2
Application number	US-201816014267-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2018
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A snow removal machine capable of illuminating, with a light projector, a dropped position of snow that varies depending on a direction of a chute guide. A working machine as a snow removal machine includes a machine body, and a chute that is provided on the machine body, and throws away snow. The chute includes a chute main body extending upwardly from the machine body, and a chute guide that is pivotably provided on a distal end portion of the chute main body, and adjusts a snow throwing direction that is an up-down direction of the snow to be thrown, the chute guide is connected to the chute main body side through a link, and the link is provided with a light projector so as to be capable of illuminating a dropped position of the snow to be thrown.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A snow removal machine, comprising:
a machine body;
a headlight that is provided on the machine body; and
a chute that is provided on the machine body, and throws away snow,
wherein the chute includes a chute main body extending upwardly from the machine body, and a chute guide that is pivotably provided on a distal end portion of the chute main body, and adjusts a snow throwing direction that is an up-down direction of the snow to be thrown,
the chute guide includes a lower chute guide and an upper chute guide, the lower chute guide is pivotably mounted to an upper end portion of the chute main body, the upper chute guide is pivotably mounted to an upper end portion of the lower chute guide,
the chute main body and the upper chute guide are connected through a link,
the link is pivotably connected to the chute main body and the upper chute guide, and
the link is provided with a light projector so as to be capable of illuminating a dropped position of the snow to be thrown;
and wherein the chute is arranged to be offset in either a left or a right direction with respect to the headlight, and the light projector is arranged on an opposite side to the headlight across the chute.

2. The snow removal machine according to claim 1 , wherein
a main body side link pivot axis that pivotably supports the link on the chute main body side is arranged on a side opposite to a pivoting range of the chute guide with respect to a chute guide pivot axis that pivotably supports the chute guide on the chute main body, and is arranged higher than the chute guide pivot axis.

3. The snow remove machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the headlight is arranged to be offset in a rearward direction with respect to the chute.

4. The snow removal machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the link is arranged on either a left or a right side of the chute guide, and the light projector is provided to project from the link sideways.

5. The snow removal machine according to claim 2 , wherein
a distance between the main body side link pivot axis and a guide side link pivot axis that pivotably supports the link on the upper chute guide is longer than a distance between the chute guide pivot axis that pivotably supports the lower chute guide on the chute main body and an upper chute guide pivot axis that pivotably supports the upper chute guide on the lower chute guide.

6. The snow removal machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the light projector is mounted on the link at an angle at which light is emitted in a substantially horizontal direction so as to include a dropped position of the snow in a state where the upper chute guide is directed to a most upward direction.

7. The snow remove machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the link is arranged on either a left or a right side of the chute guide, and the light projector is provided to project from the link sideways.

8. The snow removal machine according to claim 3 , wherein
the link is arranged on either a left or a right side of the chute guide, and the light projector is provided to project from the link sideways.

9. The snow removal machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the light projector is mounted on the link at an angle at which light is emitted in a substantially horizontal direction so as to include a dropped position of the snow in a state where the upper chute guide is directed to a most upward direction.

10. The snow removal machine according to claim 1 , wherein the upper chute guide pivots by a pivoting angle θ1 and the link pivots by a pivoting angle θ2, and wherein
the pivoting angle θ1 is bigger than the pivoting angle θ2.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Yuta
• Teruya Yoshimasa
• Fukano Jun
• Mizoroke Tsutomu

Classifications

• E01H5/045 Primary

  Means per se for conveying or discharging the dislodged material, e.g. rotary impellers, discharge chutes (dislodging apparatus provided therewith E01H5/07, E01H5/08, E01H5/104, E01H5/12) · CPC title

• B60Q1/24

  for lighting other areas than only the way ahead · CPC title

• B60Q1/0017 Primary

  Devices integrating an element dedicated to another function · CPC title

• B60Q2800/20

  Utility vehicles, e.g. for agriculture, construction work · CPC title

• E01H5/098

  about horizontal or substantially horizontal axises perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the direction of clearing · CPC title