Construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11066281-B2
Application number	US-201816481089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2018
Priority date	Feb 2, 2017
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A construction machine allows a worker to easily move between one pair of side frames through a travelling body weight. The construction machine includes a lower travelling body of a crane includes a truck frame, a left side frame and a right side frame, a front weight and a rear weight, and scaffolding members. Scaffolding upper surface parts of the scaffolding members and upper surface parts of the front weight and the rear weight are disposed in line with each other along a left and right direction, and form a moving passage that allows the worker to move between the left and right side frames.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A construction machine comprising:
a lower travelling body configured to move on ground; and
an upper slewing body supported by the lower travelling body in a slewable manner, wherein
the lower travelling body includes:
a truck frame including a front surface part and a rear surface part, the truck frame supporting the upper slewing body;
one pair of left and right side frames each supporting a crawler that allows circling movement, the one pair of left and right side frames being respectively coupled to both ends of a left and right direction of the truck frame to extend in a front and rear direction more than the truck frame;
one pair of front and rear travelling body weights each including a weight upper surface part facing upward and one pair of left and right weight side surfaces respectively disposed facing the one pair of left and right side frames, the one pair of front and rear travelling body weights being respectively disposed on a front side and a rear side of the truck frame between the one pair of left and right side frames; and
at least one pair of front and rear scaffolding members each including a scaffolding upper surface part facing upward, the at least one pair of front and rear scaffolding members being respectively installed in the one pair of front and rear travelling body weights to project to sides of the side frames more than the weight side surfaces, and

the scaffolding upper surface part and the weight upper surface part are disposed in line with each other along the left and right direction, and form a moving passage that allows a worker to move between the one pair of left and right side frames.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the one pair of front and rear travelling body weights is respectively coupled to the front surface part and the rear surface part of the truck frame between the one pair of left and right side frames.

3. The construction machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the truck frame includes at least one pair of front and rear frame side coupling parts respectively disposed on the front surface part and the rear surface part, the at least one pair of front and rear frame side coupling parts being coupled to the travelling body weights,
the one pair of front and rear travelling body weights include weight side coupling parts coupled to the frame side coupling parts,
the weight side surfaces of the travelling body weights are spaced apart from the side frames in the left and right direction,
the at least one pair of front and rear scaffolding members includes scaffolding lower surface parts facing downward, and
the scaffolding lower surface parts of the scaffolding members and the weight side surfaces of the travelling body weights define coupling passages along the front and rear direction, the coupling passages allowing the worker to access the frame side coupling parts and the weight side coupling parts from front or rear of the travelling body weights through below the scaffolding members.

4. The construction machine according to claim 3 , wherein
the truck frame further includes two pairs of front and rear jack up devices respectively disposed to project from the front surface and the rear surface at positions to sandwich the frame side coupling parts from both sides of the left and right direction, the two pairs of front and rear jack up devices configured to support the lower travelling body,
each of the travelling body weights is disposed at a position sandwiched by one pair of the jack up devices disposed on the front surface or the rear surface from both sides of the left and right direction, and
the weight side surfaces of each of the travelling body weights are spaced apart from the jack up devices in the left and right direction, and the coupling passages are formed along the front and rear direction below the scaffolding members and between the weight side surfaces and the jack up devices.

5. The construction machine according to claim 3 or 1 , wherein
first through holes are opened along the left and right direction in the frame side coupling parts,
second through holes are opened along the left and right direction in the weight side coupling parts, and
the lower travelling body further includes coupling pins to be inserted into the first through holes and the second through holes, the coupling pins coupling the travelling body weights and the truck frame to each other.

6. The construction machine according to claim 5 , wherein the travelling body weights include storage parts configured to store the coupling pins.

7. The construction machine according to claim 6 , wherein each of the storage parts is disposed on at least any one surface of the one pair of weight side surfaces and a side surface of each of the travelling body weights on an opposite side of the truck frame in the front and rear direction.

8. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the travelling body weights includes:
a lower weight including an upper surface part; and
an upper weight including an upper surface part and being detachable with respect to the upper surface part of the lower weight, both ends of the left and right direction of the upper weight are disposed flush with both ends of the left and right direction of the lower weight, or inside, in the left and right direction, of the both ends of the left and right direction of the lower weight, and

the upper surface part of the upper weight and the scaffolding upper surface part of each of the scaffolding members form the moving passage.

9. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the scaffolding members are detachable with respect to the travelling body weights.

10. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the lower travelling body further includes a ladder installable in the travelling body weights or the scaffolding members, the ladder allowing movement by the worker between the ground and the weight upper surface part or the scaffolding upper surface part.

11. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the one pair of front and rear travelling body weights includes:
a front travelling body weight installed in the front surface; and
a rear travelling body weight installed in the rear surface,

the at least one pair of front and rear scaffold members includes:
an at least front scaffolding member installed in one end of the left and right direction of the front travelling body weight; and
an at least rear scaffolding member installed in an end of the rear travelling body weight on an identical side to the front scaffolding member in the left and right direction, and

the lower travelling body further includes a frame side scaffolding part supported by the truck frame and at least one of the side frames, the frame side scaffolding part allowing movement by the worker between the front scaffolding member and the rear scaffolding member.

12. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the scaffolding members are configured to change a posture between:
a projecting posture in which the scaffolding upper surface part faces upward, the scaffolding members extend to project to sides of the side frames more than the weight side surfaces, the scaffolding upper surface part and the weight upper surface part are disposed in line with each other along the left and right direction, and the moving passage is formed together with the weight upper surface part; and
an accommodation posture in which the scaffolding members are spaced more inside, in the left and right direction, of the side frames than in the projecting posture, and the

Assignees

• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Motoyama Yuudai

Classifications

• B66C23/74 Primary

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• B60R3/005

  Catwalks, running boards for vehicle tops, access means for vehicle tops; Handrails therefor · CPC title

• B66C23/62

  Constructional features or details (of dredgers E02F) · CPC title

• B66C23/365

  dismantable into smaller units for transport purposes · CPC title