Patent Grant
8920105
The present invention relates to a swing-type construction machine such as a compact excavator, etc. in which a plurality of working device pipes are inserted into a horizontal hole that is formed in a swing post of the machine.
Regarding the techniques above, JP 2004-36233 A (Patent document 1) describes the prior arts.
Still further, the compact excavator according to the conventional techniques is provided with a swing frame side holding body that holds a part of the plurality of the working device pipes 54, which is located at a side of the swing frame 50, that is, a pipe holding bracket 55, and a swing post side holding body that holds a part of the plurality of the working device pipes 54, which is located at a side of the swing post 52, that is, a clamp 56. As illustrated in
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The respective working device pipe 54 are set to have length that enables a swing cylinder (not shown) to swing. The techniques according to JP 2004-36233 A were invented by the same inventors as those of the present application, and although not mentioned in JP 2004-36233 A, a holding form of the working device pipes 54 in the pipe holding bracket 55 and a holding form of the working device pipes 54 in the clamp 56 are actually configured as the ones illustrated in
At an inner portion, which is located at a side of the center line of rotation of the upperstructure, of the pipe holding bracket 55 for holding the plurality of the working device pipes 54 on a side of the swing frame 50, holes 55a and 55b into which two boom pipes to be connected to the boom cylinder are respectively inserted and a hole 55c into which one of the two arm pipes to be connected to the arm cylinder is inserted are arranged. At a center portion of the pipe holding bracket 55, holes 55d and 55e into which two bucket pipes to be connected to the bucket cylinder are respectively inserted and a hole 55f into which the other one of the arm pipes is inserted are arranged. Furthermore, at an outer portion of the pipe holding bracket 55, holes 55g and 55h into which two spare pipes to be connected to a spare actuator are inserted are arranged.
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In this way, in the holding form in which the working device pipes 54 are held by the pipe holding bracket 55 and the clamp 56, a state where the working device pipes 54 including the plurality of the boom pipes, the arm pipes, the bucket pipes, and the spare pipes are bundled and concentrated is maintained near the connecting pin 53, and while keeping this state, the working device pipes 54 are inserted into the horizontal hole 52a of the swing post 52.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-36233 A
In the conventional techniques according to JP 2004-36233 A described above, the working device pipes 54 are inserted into the horizontal hole 52a of the swing post 52 in a state where they are bundled and concentrated as one group. Accordingly, when swinging a working device (not shown) toward a direction opposite to a side of the swing cylinder, force that is generated in accordance with an operation, in which the boom pipes located at the inner side and the arm pipes and the bucket pipes located at the center side respectively expand outwardly, does not escape and is easily transmitted to the spare pipes located at the outer side. For the reason above, in the conventional techniques, there is a problem that the pipes located at the outer side are pressed against the edge, etc. of the horizontal hole 52a of the swing post 52 with strong force. If such a problem happens repeatedly, it may cause deterioration of durability of the working device pipes 54.
The present invention was made in view of such problems stemming from the conventional technique described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a swing-type construction machine that can reduce force of working device pipes which is generated in accordance with swinging of a working device and presses against an edge, etc. of a horizontal hole of a swing post.
In order to achieve the object described above, the present invention provides a swing-type construction machine comprising: a working device including a plurality of hydraulic actuators; a swing cylinder that swings the working device in a horizontal direction; a swing post that is rotatable in a horizontal direction and on which the working device is mounted; a bracket that is connected to the swing post via a vertically extended connecting pin; a upperstructure having a swing frame on which the bracket is fixed; a control valve that is arranged on the upperstructure; a plurality of working device pipes that connect the control valve with corresponding ones of the plurality of hydraulic actuators; a swing frame side holding body that holds a part of the plurality of the working device pipes which is located at a side of the swing frame; and a swing post side holding body that holds a part of the plurality of the working device pipes which is located at a side of the swing post, the swing post having a horizontal hole into which the plurality of the working device pipes are inserted and is arranged on a position of an opposite side of a swing cylinder across the connecting pin; and the plurality of the working device pipes being arranged such that they extend along a horizontal direction between the swing frame side holding body and the horizontal hole of the swing post, and when inserting the plurality of the working device pipes into the horizontal hole of the swing post, the plurality of the working device pipes are inserted therein so as to wrap around the connecting pin, and at a position upper than a position where the plurality of the working device pipes are inserted into the horizontal hole of the swing post, an extending direction of the plurality of the working device pipes is reversed, and in the reversed state, the plurality of the working device pipes are clamped by the swing post side holding body so that the plurality of the working device pipes extend upwardly thereafter, wherein, the swing frame side holding body is configured by a first clamp that is provided with a plurality of stages of holding portions including a first stage holding portion and a second stage holding portion, and the plurality of the stages of the holding portions respectively clamp corresponding pipes of the the plurality of the working device pipes, and the swing post side holding body is configured by a second clamp having a first stage holding portion for clamping the plurality of the working device pipes that are clamped by the first stage holding portion of the first clamp and a second stage holding portion for clamping the plurality of the working device pipes that are clamped by the second stage holding portion of the first clamp.
The present invention is configured as above, and accordingly the plurality of the working device pipes to be inserted into the horizontal hole of the swing post are held basically in a two-stage group of working device pipes in a vertical direction by cooperation of the first clamp and the second clamp. There is a case in which, when the plurality of the working device pipes expand outwardly along with an operation in which the working device swings in an opposite direction against a side of a swing cylinder (not shown), the mutually adjacent working device pipes in a group of the working device pipes on the same upper row of the first clamp, which includes the spare pipe, the arm pipe, the bucket pipe, and the boom pipe, come in contact with each other, or the mutually adjacent working device pipes in a group of the working device pipes on the same lower row of the second clamp, which includes the spare pipe, the bucket pipe, the arm pipe and the boom pipe, come in contact with each other. Even in such the case, with the configuration according to the present embodiment, sliding between the pipes is easily generated, and this siliding makes it possible to suppress transmission of force that is generated in accordance with the expanding action. Therefore, when the plurality of the working device pipes respectively expand outwardly along with a swing operation of the working device, transmission of force to the spare pipes and, etc. that are located more outside than the other working device pipes, which is generated in accordance with the expanding action of the working device pipes that are located inside are suppressed. That is, it is possible to reduce force of the working device pipes, which is generated along with a swing operation of the working device and presses against an edge, etc. of the horizontal hole of the swing post.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, the swing-type construction machine according to the present invention further comprises a cover, wherein the cover is provided for fixing the first clamp on the bracket and is arranged on the swing post, and the second clamp is fixed thereon to be covered thereby.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, the first clamp is configured by a rubber and a holding metal fitting, the rubber is provided with holes that constitute the first stage holding portion and the second stage holding portion of the first clamp and the holes into which the plurality of working device pipes are inserted are arranged in a row in a horizontal direction, the holding metal fitting holds the rubber so as not to expand the rubber and is fixed on the bracket, the second clamp is configured by a rubber and a holding metal fitting, the rubber of the second clamp is provided with holes that constitute the first stage holding portion and the second stage holding portion of the second clamp and the holes into which the plurality of working device pipes are inserted are arranged in a row in a horizontal direction, and the holding metal fitting of the second clamp holds the rubber of the second clamp so as not to expand the rubber of the second clamp and is fixed on the cover.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, the swing-type construction machine is a compact excavator that constitutes a small-sized construction machine, the working device includes a boom that is attached to the swing post swingably in a vertical direction, an arm that is attached to a top portion of the boom swingably in a vertical direction, and a bucket that is attached to a top portion of the arm swingably in a vertical direction, the working device is also provided with a boom cylinder for driving the boom, an arm cylinder for driving the arm, and a bucket cylinder for driving the bucket that constitute hydraulic actuators, the swing post includes a mounting portion of the swing cylinder on a position opposite to a side of the horizontal hole across the connecting pin, and the working device pipes include a boom pipe to be connected to the boom cylinder, an arm pipe to be connected to the arm cylinder, and a bucket pipe to be connected to the bucket cylinder.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, the swing-type construction machine is configured such that it includes the two boom pipes, the two arm pipes, and the two bucket pipes, in the first clamp, one of the two boom pipes, one of the two arm pipes, and one of the two bucket pipes are inserted into the holes that constitute the first stage holding portion of the first clamp, while the other one of the two boom pipes, the other one of the two arm pipes, and the other one of the two bucket pipes are inserted into the holes that constitute the second stage holding portion of the first clamp, and in the second clamp, the boom pipe, the arm pipe, and the bucket pipe that are inserted into the holes that constitute the first stage holding portion of the first clamp and the arm pipe that is inserted into the hole that constitutes the second stage holding portion of the first clamp are inserted into the holes that constitute the first stage holding portion of the second clamp, while the boom pipe and the bucket pipe that are inserted into the holes that constitute the second stage holding portion of the first clamp are inserted into the holes that constitute the second stage holding portion of the second clamp.
The present invention is configured such that a swing frame side holding body for holding a part of working device pipes, which is located at a side of a swing frame, includes a first clamp having a first stage holding portion that clamps one of the group of the working device pipes and a second stage holding portion that is arranged on a position lower than the first stage holding portion and clamps the other group of the working device pipes, while a swing post side holding body for holding a part of the working device pipes, which is located at a side of a swing post, includes a first stage holding portion that clamps the group of the working device pipes that are clamped by the first stage holding portion of the first clamp and a second stage holding portion that clamps the group of the working device pipes that are clamped by the second stage holding portion of the first clamp. In the configuration according to the present invention, a group of the multiple working device pipes are arranged in a vertical direction within the swing post. Accordingly, when swinging the working device in a direction opposite to a side of the swing cylinder, even if the working device pipes that are included in an upper group of the working device pipes come into contact with the working device pipes that are included in a lower group of the working device pipes, sliding therebetween can be generated. In this way, it is possible to reduce force of the working device pipes, which is generated along with a swing operation of the working device and presses against an edge, etc. of the horizontal hole of the swing post, and therefore, the present embodiment can improve durability of the working device pipes as compared with a conventional one.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a swing-type construction machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
A swing-type construction machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is, for example, a compact excavator that constitutes a small sized construction machine. As illustrated in
The working device 7 includes a boom 8 that is attached to the swing post 6 swingably in a vertical direction, an arm 9 that is attached to a top portion of the boom 8 swingably in a vertical direction, and a bucket 10 that is attached to a top portion of the arm 9 swingably in a vertical direction. The working device 7 is also provided with a boom cylinder 11 for driving the boom 8, of which one end is connected to the swing post 5 and the other end is connected to the boom 8, an arm cylinder 12 for driving the arm 9, of which one end is connected to the boom 8 and the other end is connected to the arm 9, and a bucket cylinder 13 for driving the bucket 10, of which one end is connected to the arm 9 and the other end is connected to the bucket 10. The boom cylinder 11, the arm cylinder 12, and the bucket cylinder 13 constitute hydraulic actuators that are included in the working device 7.
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In the present embodiment, an arrangement form of the working device pipes to be arranged in an existing compact excavator is taken into account. Accordingly, as illustrated in
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The rubber 30 includes holes 30g, 30e, 30c, and 30a that form the first stage holding portion, a slit 30j that makes the holes 30g, 30e, 30c, and 30a expandable when inserting the corresponding working device pipes thereto, holes 30h, 30f, 30d, and 30b that form the second stage holding portion, and a slit 30k that makes the holes 30h, 30f, 30d, and 30b expandable when inserting the corresponding working device pipes thereto, and a channel 30i into which the holding metal fitting 31 is fitted.
The boom pipe 21g is inserted into the hole 30g of the first stage holding portion of the rubber 30, the bucket pipe 21e is inserted into the hole 30e, the arm pipe 21c is inserted into the hole 30c, and the spare pipe 21a is inserted into the hole 30a. The boom pipe 21h is inserted into the hole 30h of the second stage holding portion of the rubber 30, the arm pipe 21f is inserted into the hole 30f, the bucket pipe 21d is inserted into the hole 30d, and the spare pipe 30b is inserted into the hole 30b.
The holding metal fitting 31 has the U-shape basically, and includes abutting portions 31a and 31b, which abut on a wall surface 5a of the bracket 5 illustrated in
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The holding metal fitting 36 has a pair of legs 36b and 36c that form a concave portion 36a into which the rubber 35 is fitted and abutting portions that are respectively formed on each end of the legs 36b and 36c to abut the cover 23. The abutting portions include holes 36e and 36f that correspond respectively to holes 23b and 23c that are formed on the cover 23. On each back side of the abutting portions, nuts 41 and 43 that correspond respectively to the holes 36e and 36f are welded. A hole 35i into which a cylindrical member 37 is inserted is formed on the center of the rubber 35, a hole 23a that corresponds to the hole 35i is formed on the cover 23, and a hole 36d is formed on a position of the holding metal fitting 36, where the cylindrical member 35 corresponds. On a back side of the hole 36d which is apart of the holding metal fitting 36, a nut (not shown) is welded. The holding metal fitting 36 is configured to be fixed on the swing post 6 by bolts 45 and 46.
When mounting the second clamp 24 on the cover 23, the respective abutting portions of the legs 36b and 36c of the holding metal fitting 36 abut on the cover 23 such that the rubber 35 fits into the concave portion 36a in a state where the cylindrical member 37 is inserted into the hole 35i of the rubber 35. In this state, a bolt 39 is inserted into the hole 23a of the cover 23, the cylindrical member 37 that is inserted into the hole 35i of the rubber 35, and the hole 36d of the holding metal fitting 36 via a washer 38 to be screwed with a nut (not shown) that is welded on the back side of the holding metal fitting 36. Furthermore, a bolt 40 is inserted into the hole 23b of the cover 23 and the hole 36e of the abutting portion of the leg 36b of the holding metal fitting 36 to be screwed with a nut 41. Moreover, a bolt 42 is inserted into the hole 23c of the cover 23 and the hole 36f of the abutting portion of the leg 36c of the holding metal fitting 36 to be screwed with a nut 43.
The rubber 35 of the second clamp 24 includes holes 35g, 35f, 35e, 35c, and 35a that constitute the first stage holding portion of the second clamp 24, and holes 35h, 35d, and 35b that constitute the second stage holding portion of the second clamp 24. Slits that make these holes expandable when inserting the corresponding working device pipes thereto are formed on lower sides or upper sides of each hole.
The boom pipe 21g is inserted into the hole 35g of the first stage holding portion of the rubber 35, the arm pipe 21f is inserted into the hole 35f, the bucket pipe 21e is inserted into the hole 35e, the arm pipe 21c is inserted into the hole 35c, and the spare pipe 21a is inserted into the hole 35a. The boom pipe 21h is inserted into the hole 35h of the second stage holding portion of the rubber 35, the bucket pipe 21d is inserted into the hole 35d, and the spare pipe 21b is inserted into the hole 35b.
The present embodiment is configured as above, and accordingly the plurality of the working device pipes 21 to be inserted into the horizontal hole 6a of the swing post 6 are maintained basically in a two-stage group of the working device pipes in a vertical direction by cooperation of the first clamp 22 and the second clamp 24. There is a case in which, when the plurality of the working device pipes 21 expand outwardly along with an operation in which the working device 7 swings in an opposite direction against a side of a swing cylinder (not shown), the mutually adjacent working device pipes of a group of the working device pipes on the same upper row of the first clamp 22, which includes the spare pipe 21a, the arm pipe 21c, bucket pipe 21e, and the boom pipe 21g, come in contact with each other, or the mutually adjacent working device pipes of a group of the working device pipes on the same lower row of the second clamp 24, which includes the spare pipe 21b, the bucket pipe 21d, the arm pipe 21f and the boom pipe 21h, come in contact with each other. Even in such the case, with the configuration according to the present embodiment, sliding between the pipes is easily generated, and this sliding makes it possible to suppress transmission of force that is generated in accordance with the expanding action.
Furthermore, when the plurality of the working device pipes 21 expand outwardly as mentioned above, there is a case where either of the spare pipe 21a, the arm pipe 21c, the bucket pipe 21e, and the boom pipe 21g that are included in the group of the working device pipes on the same upper row of the first clamp 22 comes into contact with one or more pipes of the spare pipe 21b, the bucket pipe 21d, the arm pipe 21f and the boom pipe 21h that are included in the group of the working device pipes on the same lower row of the second clamp 24. Even in such the case, with the configuration according to the present embodiment, sliding between the pipes on the upper row and the pipes on the lower row is easily generated, and this sliding makes it possible to suppress transmission of force that is generated in accordance with the expanding action.
As described above, when the plurality of the working device pipes 21 respectively expand outwardly along with a swing operation of the working device 7, transmission of force to the spare pipes 21a and 21b, etc. that are located more outside than the other working device pipes, which is generated in accordance with the expanding action of the working device pipes that are located inside can be suppressed. That is, it is possible to reduce force of the working device pipes 21, which is generated along with a swing operation of the working device 7 and presses against an edge, etc. of the horizontal hole 6a of the swing post 6. Therefore, the present embodiment can improve durability of the working device pipes 21.
In the present embodiment, it is configured that the first clamp 22 includes the first stage holding portion and the second stage holding portion that hold the different groups of the working device pipes with each other. In this connection, when there is enough space left to accommodate the working device pipes 21 within the swing post 6, it may be configured such that the first clamp 22 includes a third stage holding portion for holding a group of the working device pipes on a position lower than the second stage holding portion. In this case, the second clamp 24 is also configured to include a third stage holding portion for holding a group of working device pipes. If configuring the first clamp 22 and the second clamp 24 as above, sliding between the pipes is also easily generated, and transmission of force to the working device pipes that are located outside, which is caused in accordance with the expanding action of the working device pipes that are located more inside, can be suppressed even when the mutually adjacent working device pipes come into contact with each other or even when the working device pipes positioned above and below come into contact with each other at the time of an outwardly expanding action of the plurality of the working device pipes 21 which is generated along with an operation in which the working device 7 swings in an opposite direction against a side of a swing cylinder (not shown). Therefore, when configuring the first clamp 22 and the second clamp 24 as above, it works the same way as the previously described embodiment and can obtain the same effect as well.
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