IP Library Granted Patent US 8,666,609
Granted Patent B2
US 8,666,609 · App. 13/018,096 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Work vehicle

Inventor: Tetsuya Iida (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,666,609
App. No.
13/018,096
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tractor includes booms, lift cylinders, a hitch, dump cylinders, a magnetic valve, a speed-up circuit, and a speed-up restricting arm. The lift cylinders swing the booms upward and downward by an operating oil being supplied thereto. The hitch is provided to the booms to allow an implement to be attached thereto. The dump cylinders swing the implement upward and downward by the operating oil being supplied thereto. The magnetic valve switches between supplying the operating oil to the dump cylinders and supplying the operating oil to a grab cylinder provided in the implement. The speed-up circuit is able to perform a speed-up operation for increasing the flow rate of the operating oil supplied to the magnetic valve. The speed-up restricting arm is arranged near the speed-up circuit. The speedup restricting arm is brought into contact with a contact member attached to an input member for switching an operation of the speed-up circuit, to thereby restrict the speed-up operation, so that a speed-up of the grab cylinder is prevented.

Claims (18)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body;

a boom extending to the front or to the rear of the vehicle body;

a first drive part configured to swing the boom upward and downward by an operating oil being supplied thereto;

an attaching part provided to the boom to allow an implement to be attached thereto;

a second drive part configured to swing the implement upward and downward by the operating oil being supplied thereto;

a switching valve configured to switch between supplying the operating oil to the second drive part and supplying the operating oil to a third drive part provided in the implement;

a speed-up part able to perform a speed-up operation for increasing the flow rate of the operating oil supplied to the switching valve; and

a restricting part arranged near the speed-up part and configured to be brought into contact with a switching member for switching an operation of the speed-up part or with a member attached to the switching member, to thereby restrict the speed-up operation so that a speed-up of the third drive part prevented.

2. A work vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising:

an operating part able to perform an operation for driving the third drive part; and

a detecting part configured to detect that the speed-up operation is restricted,

wherein when the operation for driving the third drive part is performed by using the operating part and the detecting part detects that the speed-up operation is restricted, the switching valve supplies the operating oil to the third drive part.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising a loader attachable to and removable from the vehicle body, wherein

the loader includes at least the boom, the attaching part, the first drive part, and the second drive part,

in a state where the loader is removed from the vehicle body, the switching valve is located in the loader.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising hydraulic pipes for supplying the operating oil to the first drive part, the second drive part, and the third drive part, wherein

the hydraulic pipes are arranged so as to define a passing region where the hydraulic pipes pass near a surface of the boom facing the vehicle body side, and in the passing region, at least one of the hydraulic pipes overlaps at least a part of the other hydraulic pipes in a side view.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2011
From: IIDA, TETSUYA
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026130/0253 →
Continuity (1)
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