Construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11859367-B2
Application number	US-201917275064-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Jan 25, 2019
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a construction machine on which a hydraulic closed circuit for driving a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor is mounted and that has good swing deceleration responsiveness. In this construction machine that drives each of a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor in a closed circuit, a minimum passage area from a second flushing valve to a tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from a first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A construction machine comprising:
a lower track structure;
an upper swing structure swingably mounted to the lower track structure;
a work device provided on the upper swing structure;
a tank reserving a hydraulic operating oil;
a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder that drives the work device;
a swing hydraulic motor that drives the upper swing structure;
an operating device that gives instructions on operations of the work device and the upper swing structure;
a first closed circuit pump including a bidirectionally tiltable pump;
a second closed circuit pump including a bidirectionally tiltable pump;
a cylinder closed circuit that connects the first closed circuit pump to the single rod-type hydraulic cylinder in a state of a closed circuit;
a swing closed circuit that connects the second closed circuit pump to the swing hydraulic motor in a state of a closed circuit;
a first flushing valve that permits a line on a low pressure side of the cylinder closed circuit to communicate with the tank;
a second flushing valve that permits a line on a low pressure side of the swing closed circuit to communicate with the tank;
a first selector valve that switches between communication and interruption of communication between the first closed circuit pump and the single rod-type hydraulic cylinder; and
a second selector valve that switches between communication and interruption of communication between the second closed circuit pump and the swing hydraulic motor, and
openings and closings of the first selector valve and the second selector valve and delivery rates of the first closed circuit pump and the second closed circuit pump being controlled according to operation signals inputted from the operating device,
wherein a minimum passage area from the second flushing valve to the tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from the first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first flushing valve has a first manifold, a first spool disposed in the first manifold, a first spring that is disposed in the first manifold and that biases the first spool, and a first shim disposed between the first spool and the first spring,
the second flushing valve has a second manifold, a second spool disposed in the second manifold, a second spring that is disposed in the second manifold and that biases the second spool, and a second shim disposed between the second spool and the second spring, and
a thickness of the second shim in a spool axial direction is larger than a thickness of the first shim in a spool axial direction.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first flushing valve has a first manifold, and a first spool disposed in the first manifold,
the second flushing valve has a second manifold, and a second spool disposed in the second manifold,
a first tank connection line for permitting a line on a low pressure side of the cylinder closed circuit to communicate with the tank is formed at an intermediate portion of the first spool,
a second tank connection line for permitting a line on a low pressure side of the swing closed circuit to communicate with the tank is formed at an intermediate portion of the second spool, and
a width of the second tank connection line in a spool axial direction is smaller than a width of the first tank connection line in a spool axial direction.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a throttle provided on a line connecting the second flushing valve to the tank,
wherein the second flushing valve has a same structure as that of the first flushing valve.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• SAITOH Teppei
• Takahashi Hiromasa
• Hiraku Kenji

Classifications

• E02F9/123 Primary

  Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor (E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence) · CPC title

• E02F3/32

  working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes · CPC title

• E02F9/2289

  Closed circuit · CPC title

• E02F9/2292

  Systems with two or more pumps · CPC title

• E02F9/2296

  Systems with a variable displacement pump · CPC title