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US 11,142,437 B2Granted
Rising and falling body of work machine and method for storing rising and falling body of work machine
AssigneeKobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorShingo Kurihara
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Abstract
A first width direction bending portion bendably connects a portion of a guy link on a distal end side with respect to a first link portion to the first link portion in a width direction. When the guy link is in a stored state, the portion of the guy link located on the distal end side with respect to the first width direction bending portion is disposed outside the first link portion in the width direction. When the guy link is in a stored state, at least a portion of the guy link is disposed on the outer side in the width direction than a front strut and on a back surface or a side surface of a lower jib.
Claims10
A rising and falling body of a work machine that is mounted on a machine body of a work machine and is capable of changing a state between a working state where the rising and falling body performs predetermined work and a stored state where the rising and falling body is removed from the machine body and is transportable, the rising and falling body comprising:
- a first rising and falling member mounted on the work machine so as to be raised or lowered about a horizontal first rotation axis, the first rising and falling member having a predetermined width along a first width direction parallel to the first rotation axis in a state where the first rising and falling member is mounted on the work machine, the first rising and falling member extending along a first longitudinal direction orthogonal to the first width direction;
- a second rising and falling member having a proximal end portion mounted on the work machine so as to be raised or lowered about a horizontal second rotation axis and a distal end portion opposite to the proximal end portion, the second rising and falling member having a predetermined width along a second width direction parallel to the second rotation axis in a state of being mounted on the work machine, the second rising and falling member extending along a second longitudinal direction orthogonal to the second width direction;
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- a guy link mounted on the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member so as to be swingable relative to the second rising and falling member,
- wherein in the working state, the first rising and falling member and the second rising and falling member are mounted on the work machine and the guy link is connected to the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member, and
- in the stored state, the first rising and falling member is laid down and the second rising and falling member is placed on the first rising and falling member so as to extend along the first rising and falling member, and the guy link is supported by the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member and at least a portion of the guy link is supported by the first rising and falling member,
- a width in the second width direction of a portion of the second rising and falling member that is closer to the proximal end portion than to the distal end portion is set to be larger than a width in the second width direction of the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member, and
- the guy link includes:
- a first link portion mounted on the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member so as to be swingable about a center axis extending in parallel with the second width direction;
- a second link portion disposed at a position farther from the center axis than the first link portion is;
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- a first bending portion that connects the first link portion and the second link portion so that the second link portion is bendable in the second width direction with respect to the first link portion,
- wherein the first bending portion allows the guy link to be bent at the first bending portion such that the second link portion is disposed outside in the second width direction than the first link portion in the stored state, thus allowing at least a portion of the guy link located opposite to the first link portion as viewed from the first bending portion to be fixed to at least one of an upper surface of the first rising and falling member and a side surface of the first rising and falling member outside the second rising and falling member in the second width direction.
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A method for storing a rising and falling body of a work machine,
- the rising and falling body including:
- a first rising and falling member mounted on the work machine so as to be raised or lowered about a horizontal rotation axis;
- a second rising and falling member having a proximal end portion mounted on the work machine so as to be raised or lowered about a horizontal rotation axis and a distal end portion opposite to the proximal end portion;
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- a guy link mounted on the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member so as to be swingable relative to the second rising and falling member,
- the method comprising:
- a preparation step of preparing, as the guy link, a structure including:
- a first link portion mounted on the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member so as to be swingable about a center axis extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis of the second rising and falling member;
- a second link portion disposed at a position farther from the center axis than the first link portion is;
- and a first bending portion that connects the first link portion and the second link portion so that the second link portion is bendable in the width direction with respect to the first link portion;
- a guy link suspending step of bringing about a state where the first rising and falling member is laid down, the second rising and falling member is disposed above the first rising and falling member such that the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member is disposed at a position higher than the proximal end portion of the second rising and falling member, and the guy link is suspended from the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member;
- a first bending step of, after the guy link suspending step, lowering the distal end portion of the second rising and falling member, and bending the guy link at the first bending portion such that the second link portion of the guy link is disposed on an outer side in the width direction with respect to the first link portion;
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- a guy link storing step of, after the first bending step, supporting at least a portion of the guy link located opposite to the first link portion as viewed from the first bending portion on at least one of an upper surface and a side surface of the first rising and falling member on an outer side in the width direction of the second rising and falling member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.