Reducing agent tank and work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9376950-B2
Application number	US-201414359445-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2014
Priority date	Jan 8, 2014
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A container main body of a reducing agent tank stores a reducing agent. A suction pipe has a suction port positioned in the container main body, and guides the reducing agent from the suction port to outside of the container main body. The strainer is provided at the suction port of the suction pipe. The strainer includes a surrounding portion and a facing portion. The surrounding portion has a filter portion which surrounds an internal space to partition the internal space and an external space of the strainer and allows the reducing agent to pass through between the internal space and the external space. The facing portion extends into the internal space of the surrounding portion to face with the filter portion through a gap space communicating with the suction port in the internal space and partition the gap space and the external space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reducing agent tank comprising:
a container main body which stores a reducing agent;
a pipe which includes a suction port positioned in said container main body and guides said reducing agent from said suction port to outside of said container main body; and
a strainer which is provided at said suction port of said pipe,
said strainer includes:
a surrounding portion having a first filter portion which surrounds an internal space of said strainer to partition said internal space and an external space of said strainer and allows said reducing agent to pass through between said internal space and said external space; and
a facing portion which extends into said internal space of said strainer to face with said first filter portion through a gap space communicating with said suction port in said internal space and partition said gap space and said external space, wherein
said surrounding portion has a peripheral portion which surrounds a periphery of said internal space, and a bottom portion which closes a first end of said peripheral portion, and
an opening portion is formed at a second end of said peripheral portion, and
said facing portion has a cover portion which is attached to said second end, and a projecting portion which extends from said cover portion into said internal space, and
said gap space is positioned between a Whole circumference of said projecting portion from a portion at which said projecting portion is connected to said cover portion to a leading end portion of said projecting portion and said peripheral portion, and between said leading end portion and said bottom portion, and
a dimension of said gap space between said leading end portion and said bottom portion is smaller than a thickness of said bottom portion.

2. The reducing agent tank according to claim 1 , wherein said first filter portion is arranged so as to surround a periphery of said gap space.

3. The reducing agent tank according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of said projecting portion in a radial direction is larger than or equal to a half of a dimension of said peripheral portion in a radial direction.

4. A work vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
an exhaust gas treatment device which performs treatment to an exhaust gas from said engine by a reductive reaction;
a reducing agent tank comprising:
a container main body which stores a reducing agent;
a pipe which includes a suction port positioned in said container main body and guides said reducing agent from said suction port to outside of said container main body; and
a strainer which is provided at said suction port of said pipe,
said strainer includes:
a surrounding portion having a first filter portion which surrounds an internal space of said strainer to partition said internal space and an external space of said strainer and allows said reducing agent to pass through between said internal space and said external space; and
a facing portion which extends into said internal space of said strainer to face with said first filter portion through a gap space communicating with said suction port in said internal space and partition said gap space and said external space, wherein
said surrounding portion has a peripheral portion which surrounds a periphery of said internal space, and a bottom portion which closes a first end of said peripheral portion, and
an opening portion is formed at a second end of said peripheral portion, and
said facing portion has a cover portion which is attached to said second end, and a projecting portion which extends from said cover portion into said internal space, and
said gap space is positioned between a whole circumference of said projecting portion from a portion at which said projecting portion is connected to said cover portion to a leading end portion of said projecting portion and said peripheral portion, and between said leading end potion and said bottom portion, and
a dimension of said gap space between said leading end portion and said bottom portion is smaller than a thickness of said bottom portion; and

a reducing agent injection device which injects said reducing agent sucked out from said reducing agent tank to said exhaust gas guided to said exhaust gas treatment device.

5. A reducing agent tank comprising:
a container main body which stores a reducing agent;
a pipe which includes a suction port positioned in said container main body and guides said reducing agent from said suction port to outside of said container main body; and
a strainer which is provided at said suction port of said pipe,
said strainer includes:
a surrounding portion having a first filter portion which surrounds an internal space of said strainer to partition said internal space and an external space of said strainer and allows said reducing agent to pass through between said internal space and said external space; and
a facing portion which extends into said internal space of said strainer to face with said first filter portion thorough a gap space communicating with said suction port in said internal space and partition said gap space and said external space,
said surrounding portion having a through hole which connects said suction port and said gap space, and
said facing portion having a tapered portion which is so shaped that a size of said gap space between said surrounding portion and said facing portion increases as proceeding closer to said through hole along an extending direction of said through hole, wherein
said surrounding portion has a peripheral portion which surrounds a periphery of said internal space, and a bottom portion which closes a first end of said peripheral portion, and
an opening portion is formed at a second end of said peripheral portion, and
said facing portion has a cover portion which is attached to said second end, and a projecting portion Which extends from said cover portion into said internal space, and
said gap space is positioned between a whole circumference of said projecting portion from a portion at which said projecting portion is connected to said cover portion to a leading end portion of said projecting portion and said peripheral portion, and between said leading end portion and said bottom portion, and
a dimension of said gap space between said leading end portion and said bottom portion is smaller than a thickness of said bottom portion.

6. The reducing agent tank according to claim 5 , wherein said facing portion has a second filter portion which allows said reducing agent to pass through between said gap space and said external space.

7. The reducing agent tank according to claim 5 , wherein said first filter portion is arranged so as to surround a periphery of said gap space.

8. The reducing agent tank according to claim 5 , wherein a dimension of said projecting portion in a radial direction is larger than or equal to a half of a dimension of said peripheral portion in a radial direction.

9. A work vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
an exhaust gas treatment device which performs treatment to an exhaust gas from said engine by a reductive reaction;
a reducing agent tank comprising:
a container main body which stores a reducing agent;
a pipe which includes a suction port positioned in said container main body and guides said reducing agent from said suction port to outside of said container main body; and
a strainer which is provided at said suction port of said pipe,
said strainer includes:
a surrounding portion having a first filter portion which surrounds an internal space of said strainer to partition said internal space and an external space of said strainer and allows said reducing agent to pass through between said internal space and said externa

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogawa Satoshi
• Kusaba Taisuke
• Kajiya Masatoshi

Classifications

• B01D35/0273 Primary

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• F01N3/2066 Primary

  Selective catalytic reduction [SCR] · CPC title

• B01D53/9418

  for removing nitrogen oxides by selective catalytic reduction [SCR] using a reducing agent in a lean exhaust gas · CPC title

• F01N2610/02

  the substance being ammonia or urea · CPC title

• B01D35/26

  Filters with built-in pumps {filters provided with a pump mounted in or on the casing (aquarium pumps or filters A01K63/04)} · CPC title