US 7,730,647 B2Granted

Construction machine

AssigneeKomatsu Utility Co., Ltd.

InventorsYoshiteru Kubo, Sachio Shimizu, Shinichi Senba, Hiroyuki Takayama, Kouhei Urase, Takaharu Nishimura

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a construction machine which precipitates the removal of earth that is churned up onto a vehicle body from the vehicle body, which reduces transfer loads on a blade bracket, which improves the attachability of the blade bracket, and which achieves standardization of the blade bracket. The construction machine according to the present invention is constituted such that a frame of a crawler belt-type traveling body comprises a center frame, a pair of truck frames disposed on the outside of two side portions of the center frame, a connecting member which connects the center frame to the truck frames, and a blade bracket which is joined to the center frame and the connecting member.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A construction machine, comprising:

a lower traveling body having a crawler belt and a frame supporting the crawler belt;
an upper slewing body which slews freely in relation to the lower traveling body;
and
a blade, which is rotatably supported by the lower traveling body;
wherein the lower traveling body, includes:
a center frame integrally casted by a cast steel;
right and left truck frames, which are located on an outside of two side portions, respectively, of the center frame;
right and left connecting members, which are fixed to both the center frame and the right and left truck frames, respectively;
and
a blade bracket joined to the center frame and the connecting members, wherein the center frame has, on a front side thereof, a joining flat face that joins the blade bracket,
each of the connecting members has, on a front side thereof, a joining face that joins the blade bracket and has a prescribed width in a vehicle-width direction,
the blade bracket comprising:
a right fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the right fulcrum plate assembly comprises two plates,
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the right connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a left fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the left fulcrum plate assembly comprises two plates,
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the left connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a reinforcing plate that is joined to an upper face of the right fulcrum plate assembly and an upper face of the left fulcrum plate assembly, wherein the reinforcing plate has a rear face, and the rear face of the reinforcing plate is attached to the joining faces of the right and left connecting members and the joining flat face of the center frame.

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A construction machine comprising

a lower traveling body having a crawler belt and an upper slewing body which slews freely in relation to the lower traveling body;
a blade, which is rotatably supported by the lower traveling body;
a frame of the lower traveling body supporting the crawler belt and comprising
a center frame that is hollow and integrally casted by a cast steel and to which the upper slewing body is slewably attached,
right and left truck frames, which are located on an outside of two side portions, respectively, of the center frame,
right and left connecting members, which are hollow and fixed to both the center frame and the truck frames, respectively, and
a blade bracket joined to the center frame and the connecting members, wherein the center frame has, on a front side thereof, a joining flat face that joins the blade bracket,
each of the connecting members has, on a front side thereof, a joining face that joins the blade bracket and has a prescribed width in a vehicle-width direction, wherein the joining face of
the blade bracket comprising:
a right fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the right fulcrum plate assembly comprises
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the right connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a left fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the left fulcrum plate assembly comprises
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the left connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a reinforcing plate that is joined to an upper face of the right fulcrum plate assembly and an upper face of the left fulcrum plate assembly, wherein the reinforcing plate has a rear face, and the rear face of the reinforcing plate is attached to the joining faces of the right and left connecting members and the joining flat face of the center frame, wherein
the front face of the center frame and the front faces of the right and left connecting members form a single plane to which the blade bracket is joined, and
a joining portion of the blade bracket is aligned with the front face of the center frame and the respective front faces of the right and left connecting members and welded thereto, whereby the blade bracket is joined to the center frame and the right and left connecting members.

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A construction machine comprising:

a lower traveling body having a crawler belt and an upper slewing body which slews freely in relation to the lower traveling body;
a blade, which is rotatably supported by the lower traveling body;
the lower traveling body supporting the crawler belt and comprising:
a center frame that is hollow and integrally casted by a cast steel, and to which the upper slewing body is slewably attached,
right and left truck frames, which are located on an outside of two side portions, respectively, of the center frame,
right and left connecting members, which are hollow and fixed to both the center frame and the right and left truck frames, respectively, and
a blade bracket joined to the center frame and the connecting members, wherein the center frame has, on a front side thereof, a joining flat face that joins the blade bracket,
each of the connecting members has, on a front side thereof, a joining face that joins the blade bracket and has a prescribed width in a vehicle-width direction,
the bracket comprising:
a right fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the right fulcrum plate assembly comprises,
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the right connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a left fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the left fulcrum plate assembly comprises
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the left connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a reinforcing plate that is joined to an upper face of the right fulcrum plate assembly and an upper face of the left fulcrum plate assembly, wherein the reinforcing plate has a rear face, and the rear face of the reinforcing plate is attached to the joining faces of the right and left connecting members and the joining flat face of the center frame;
the construction machine further comprising plate-form attachment members interposed respectively between the blade bracket and a portion of the front face of the center frame and the front faces of the right and left connecting members, wherein
the front face of the center frame and the front faces of the right and left connecting members define a single plane, and
the blade bracket is welded to the center frame and the right and left connecting members via the plate-form attachment members.

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A construction machine comprising:

a lower traveling body having a crawler belt;
an upper slewing body, which slews freely in relation to the lower traveling body, and
a blade, which is rotatably supported by the lower traveling body, wherein
the lower traveling body includes a frame supporting the crawler belt, and
the frame includes a center frame that is hollow and integrally casted with a cast steel, and to which the upper slewing body is slewably attached,
the construction machine further comprises:
right and left truck frames, which are located on an outside of two side portions, respectively, of the center frame;
right and left connecting members that are hollow and fixed to both the center frame and the truck right and left frames, respectively;
a blade bracket joined to the center frame and the connecting members, wherein the center frame has, on a front side thereof, a joining flat face that joins the blade bracket,
wherein each of the connecting members has, on a front side thereof, a joining face that joins the blade bracket and has a prescribed width in a vehicle-width direction,
wherein the blade bracket is joined to a front face of the center frame and respective front faces of the two of the connecting members and has a reinforcing plate that extends in a lateral direction of the lower traveling body between the center frame and the right and left truck frames, wherein the blade bracket comprises:
a right fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the right fulcrum plate assembly comprises
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the right connecting member, and
an inner one of the two plates fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the right fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining flat face of the center frame, and
a left fulcrum plate assembly that rotatably supports the blade, wherein the left fulcrum plate assembly comprises
an outer fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the outer fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly is joined to the joining face of the left connecting member, and
an inner fulcrum plate, which has a rear face, wherein an entirety of the rear face of the inner fulcrum plate of the left fulcrum plate assembly being joined to the joining flat face of the center frame and,
an attachment member having a plane to which a joining portion of the blade bracket is welded, wherein
the front face of the center frame is welded to the attachment member,
the front faces of the connecting members are adjacent to the front face of the center frame and are welded to the attachment member, and
the attachment member is interposed between and welded to the blade bracket the center frame and the right and left connecting members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.