Fuel supply guide and working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023114311-A1
Application number	US-202218080364-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 13, 2022
Priority date	Jan 27, 2021
Publication date	Apr 13, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

To ease work of transferring a fuel from a fuel supply tank to a fuel tank, a fuel supply guide to be used to supply the fuel by using the fuel supply tank to the fuel tank having a tank body for storing the fuel and a fuel supply port on the upper side of the tank body includes a support member provided on an upper portion of the fuel tank, and a body member projecting from the support member in a direction away from the fuel supply port as the body member extends upward and projecting higher than the fuel supply port. The body member is capable of receiving the fuel supply tank by an upper portion thereof to support the fuel supply tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A fuel supply guide to be used to supply a fuel by using a fuel supply tank to a fuel tank that includes a tank body for storing the fuel and a fuel supply port on an upper side of the tank body, the fuel supply guide comprising:
a support member provided on an upper portion of the fuel tank; and a body member projecting from the support member in a direction away from the fuel supply port as the body member extends upward and projecting higher than the fuel supply port, the body member being capable of receiving the fuel supply tank at an upper portion thereof to support the fuel supply tank.

2 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 1 , wherein the body member is attachable to and detachable from the support member.

3 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 1 , wherein
the support member includes a first support member closer to a first vertical surface of the fuel tank extending in an up-down direction, and a second support member closer to a second vertical surface of the fuel tank opposite to the first vertical surface, and the body member includes a first member inserted into the first support member in an insertable/extractable manner, a second member inserted into the second support member in an insertable/extractable manner, and a coupling member to couple the first member and the second member to each other.

4 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 1 , wherein the body member is supported by the support member to be shiftable between a usage position for placing the fuel supply tank thereon and a storage position in which the body member faces a surface of the fuel tank extending in an up-down direction.

5 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 4 , wherein the support member has a guide groove along a vertical surface of the fuel tank extending in the up-down direction, the guide groove guiding the body member to be shiftable between the usage position and the storage position.

6 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 5 , wherein
the body member includes a main member formed of a long material, a first engagement portion provided at an intermediate portion in a longitudinal direction of the main member, and a second engagement portion provided closer to an end in the longitudinal direction of the main member, and the body member is disposed with the longitudinal direction of the main member coinciding with the up-down direction such that the second engagement portion is positioned below the first engagement portion in a state of being in the storage position, the guide groove has a first groove to guide the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion to be movable in the up-down direction, and a second groove branched from an intermediate portion of the first groove to guide the second engagement portion, and the main member is shifted from the storage position to the usage position by moving the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion upward along the first groove, and then moving the second engagement portion along the second groove by rotating the main member around the first engagement portion.

7 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 6 , wherein the guide groove has a third groove to hold the main member in the usage position as a result of the second engagement portion being fitted to the third groove when the main member is in the usage position.

8 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 1 , wherein the body member is supported by the support member to be shiftable between a usage position for placing the fuel supply tank thereon and a storage position in which the body member is in a position at an upper portion of the fuel tank and extends in a horizontal direction.

9 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 8 , comprising:
a lock member to lock the body member, wherein the support member is disposed at an upper portion of the fuel tank in the horizontal direction, the body member includes a pivotally supported portion pivotably supported by one end portion of the support member in the horizontal direction, the body member being shiftable between the usage position and the storage position by being rotated around the pivotally supported portion, and the lock member is bridged over the body member and the support member and locks the body member in the usage position when the body member is in the usage position.

10 . The fuel supply guide according to claim 9 , wherein
the support member has a first locking groove formed to be spaced from the pivotally supported portion toward another end of the support member in the horizontal direction, a second locking groove formed to be spaced from the first locking groove toward the other end, and a third locking groove formed to be spaced from the second locking groove toward the other end, the body member includes a first locking portion provided at an end portion thereof opposite to an end portion thereof provided with the pivotally supported portion, the lock member includes a pivotally attached portion provided closer to one end thereof and pivotally attached to an intermediate portion of the body member, and a second locking portion provided closer to another end thereof and to be fitted to the first locking groove to lock the body member in the usage position when the body member is in the usage position, and when the body member is in the storage position, the pivotally attached portion is fitted to the first locking groove, the first locking portion is fitted to the second locking groove, and the second locking portion is fitted to the third locking groove.

11 . A working machine comprising the fuel supply guide according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Horii Hiroshi

Classifications

• B60K2015/03118

  Multiple tanks, i.e. two or more separate tanks · CPC title

• B60K2015/03151

  Mechanical connection between the tanks · CPC title

• B60K2015/03184

  Exchangeable tanks, i.e. the empty tank is replaced by refilled tank · CPC title

• B60K15/063

  Arrangement of tanks · CPC title

• E02F3/325 Primary

  Backhoes of the miniature type · CPC title