Jack device and work machine equipped with jack device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12515930-B2
Application number	US-202118041481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2021
Priority date	Sep 11, 2020
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

Provided is a jack device easily storable in a storage space of a machine body of a work machine. The jack device includes an arm, a cylinder, a float and a pin. The arm is rotatably connected to the machine body. The cylinder is connected to the arm rotatably about a cylinder rotary axis so as to have an upright posture and a tilt posture. The pin rotatably connects the float to a rod of the cylinder. The jack device is stored in a state where the cylinder is contracted and in the tilt posture and the bottom surface of the float lies along a facing part of the machine body that faces the storage space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A jack device to be mounted on a machine body of a work machine, the machine body defining a storage space, the jack device being capable of lifting up the machine body and storable in the storage space, the jack device comprising:
an arm connectable to the machine body rotatably about an arm rotation axis extending in a machine up-down direction, which is an up-down direction of the machine body; a cylinder that includes a tube and a rod, the tube holding the rod so as to allow the rod to be moved relatively to the tube in a cylinder expansion-contraction direction, the entire cylinder being expanded and contracted in the cylinder expansion-contraction direction by a relative movement of the rod to the tube, the tube being connected to the arm so as to allow the cylinder to rotate about a cylinder rotation axis to have an upright posture and a tilt posture; a float connected to a lower end part of the rod, the float having a bottom surface placeable on the ground; a pin that connects the float to a lower end of the rod so as to allow the float to rotate about a float rotation axis extending in a direction along the cylinder rotation axis; a first rotation limiting part provided on the tube and; a second rotation limiting part contactable with the first rotation limiting part when the cylinder is contracted, wherein: the upright posture is a posture where the cylinder expansion-contraction direction is parallel to the machine up-down direction, and the tilt posture is a posture where the cylinder expansion-contraction direction is tilted from the machine up-down direction so as to allow the jack device to be stored in the storage space with a contraction of the cylinder in the cylinder expansion-contraction direction; the pin is configured to allow the float to rotate relatively to the rod enough to allow the bottom surface of the float of the jack device in the tilt posture to lie along a facing part of the machine body that faces the storage space to thereby allow the jack device to be stored in the storage space; and the second rotation limiting part is configured to limit an angle of rotation of the float relative to the tube about a center axis of the cylinder within an allowable angle range by contact of the second rotation limiting part with the first rotation limiting part.

2 . The jack device according to claim 1 , further comprising a bearing provided between the pin and at least one of the rod and the float to allow the float to make a relative rotation to the rod within a predetermined angle range, the relative rotation including a rotation in a direction other than a direction of rotation about a center axis of the pin.

3 . The jack device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotation limiting part is configured to come into contact with the first rotation limiting part so as to guide the float to a position where a rotation angle of the float relative to the tube is confined within the allowable angle range along with a contraction of the cylinder with a deviation of the rotation angle from the allowable angle range.

4 . The jack device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotation limiting part is an outer peripheral surface of the pin, configured to limit a rotation of the pin relative to the tube by contact of the second rotation limiting part with the first rotation limiting part.

5 . The jack device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotation limiting part is provided in the rod to limit a rotation of the rod relative to the tube by contact of the second rotation limiting part with the first rotation limiting part.

6 . A work machine comprising:
a machine body defining a storage space; and a jack device, mounted on the machine body, the jack device including: an arm connectable to the machine body rotatably about an arm rotation axis extending in a machine up-down direction, which is an up-down direction of the machine body; a cylinder that includes a tube and a rod, the tube holding the rod so as to allow the rod to be moved relatively to the tube in a cylinder expansion-contraction direction, the entire cylinder being expanded and contracted in the cylinder expansion-contraction direction by a relative movement of the rod to the tube, the tube being connected to the arm so as to allow the cylinder to rotate about a cylinder rotation axis to have an upright posture and a tilt posture: a float connected to a lower end part of the rod, the float having a bottom surface placeable on the ground; and a pin that connects the float to a lower end of the rod so as to allow the float to rotate about a float rotation axis extending in a direction along the cylinder rotation axis, wherein: the jack device is shiftable between a use state where the jack device is projected to an outside of the storage space beyond the machine body to be able to lift up the machine body by expansion of the cylinder in the upright posture and a storage state where the jack device is stored in the storage space, by rotation of the arm relative to the machine body about the arm rotation axis, the storage state being a state where the cylinder is in the tilt posture and the float is in a posture along a facing part of the machine body that faces the storage space; the machine body includes a side wall, a top wall connected to an upper end of the side wall and including an upper projecting part that projects horizontally beyond the side wall, and a bottom wall connected to a lower end of the side wall and including a lower projecting part that projects horizontally beyond the side wall; the arm rotation axis passes through the upper projecting part and the lower projecting part in the machine up-down direction, and the cylinder rotation axis extends in a direction orthogonal to each of the machine up-down direction and an arm rotation-radius direction, which is a direction parallel to a radius of rotation of the arm about the arm rotation axis; and the storage space is defined by a storage surface of the machine body, the storage surface including an outer side surface of the side wall, a lower surface of the top wall, and an upper surface of the bottom wall; and the bottom surface of the float of the jack device where the cylinder is in the tilt posture is capable of lying along the storage surface.

7 . The work machine according to claim 6 , wherein the float is rotatable relatively to the rod enough to reach a posture where the bottom surface of the float lies along a top surface of the bottom wall in the storage state.

8 . The work machine according to claim 7 , wherein the float has a shape that causes the float to be maintained in a horizontal posture by a self-weight of the float regardless of the rotation of the cylinder about the cylinder rotation axis, the horizontal posture being a posture where the bottom surface is horizontal.

Assignees

• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Arita Ryuichi
• Kishi Takuro

Classifications

• E02F9/085

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