Construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12024848-B2
Application number	US-202017273597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2020
Priority date	Jan 25, 2019
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A hydraulic oil tank (17) is supported by a tank support base (18) and a tank support base (19) at a position higher than that of an upper surface (8A) of a right side frame (8) . Also, a space portion (23) with an opening (23A) corresponding to an outer side in the right-and-left direction of an upper revolving structure (3) is provided between a hydraulic oil tank attachment site (9B) and a hydraulic oil tank attachment site (10B), and a bottom surface portion (17E) of the hydraulic oil tank (17). In addition, the opening (23A) of the space portion (23) is provided with an opening/closing cover (25D) openably closing the opening (23A).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A construction machine comprising:
a vehicle body;
a vehicle body frame including a center frame disposed in the center in the right-and-left direction of said vehicle body, a left side frame provided on the left side of said center frame and extending in a front-and-rear direction of said vehicle body, and a right side frame provided on the right side of said center frame and extending in the front-and-rear direction of said vehicle body;
a tank attachment site located and provided on the right side or the left side of said vehicle body frame; and
an oil reservoir tank storing oil liquids provided at said tank attachment site, wherein
said tank attachment site is provided with a pair of tank support bases supporting said oil reservoir tank at a position at which a bottom surface portion of said oil reservoir tank is separated upward from said tank attachment site,
said pair of tank support bases are disposed separately in the front-and-rear direction of said vehicle body,
said oil reservoir tank is supported by said pair of tank support bases at a position higher than that of an upper surface of either said left side frame or said right side frame,
a space portion with an opening corresponding to an outer side in the right-and-left direction of said vehicle body opposite to said center frame is provided between said tank attachment site and said bottom surface portion of said oil reservoir tank,
a tool receiver is accommodated in said space portion,
the opening of said space portion is provided with an opening/closing cover openably closing said opening,
a supply pipe supplying oil liquid and a discharge pipe discharging oil liquid are provided at said bottom surface portion of said oil reservoir tank,
said oil reservoir tank is supported on said pair of tank support bases such that said supply pipe and said discharge pipe are accommodated in said space portion, and
said pair of tank support bases is set in a dimension so as to allow drainage work performed through said discharge pipe, and said tool receiver and tools to be taken in and out of the space mounted on said tool receiver.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein
said pair of tank support bases is formed as a partition plate surrounding the periphery of said space portion other than said opening.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a right front extension beam and a right rear extension beam supporting said right side frame on said center frame, and disposed at an interval in a front-and-rear direction of said center frame, wherein
said oil reservoir tank is a hydraulic oil tank which reserves hydraulic oil,
said tank attachment site is a hydraulic oil tank attachment site which is provided on each of an upper surface of said right front extension beam and an upper surface of said right rear extension beam,
said upper surface of said right front extension beam provided with said hydraulic oil tank attachment site and said upper surface of said right rear extension beam provided with said hydraulic oil tank attachment site are set to height dimensions equivalent to that of said upper surface of said right side frame,
said tank support bases are each provided with said hydraulic oil tank attachment site of said right front extension beam and said hydraulic oil tank attachment site of said right rear extension beam,
said tool receiver is accommodated removably on an upper side of said hydraulic oil tank attachment site of said right front extension beam and an upper side of said hydraulic oil tank attachment site of said right rear extension beam, and
in a state in which said tool receiver is accommodated in said space portion, a bottom side of said space portion is closed by said tool receiver.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Fujishima Hiroaki
• Kamiya Shouhei
• Saitou Tomoyuki
• Nakano Tadashi
• Yokemura Naoki

Classifications

• E02F9/0883

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• B60K15/063 Primary

  Arrangement of tanks · CPC title

• B60Y2200/412

  Excavators · CPC title

• E02F3/32

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

• E02F9/0833

  Improving access, e.g. for maintenance, steps for improving driver's access, handrails · CPC title