IP Library Granted Patent US 9,347,202
Granted Patent B2
US 9,347,202 · App. 14/233,022 · Granted May 24, 2016

Construction machine

Inventors: Hajime Nakashima (Hiroshima, JP); Masaru Numasawa (Hiroshima, JP); Kazuhiro Ueda (Hiroshima, JP); Zenzo Yamaguchi (Kobe, JP); Yasumasa Kimura (Kobe, JP)
Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.; Kobe Steel, Ltd.
E02F9/0866B60K11/06E02D17/13F01N3/05F01N13/082B60K13/04B60Y2200/412F01N2590/08Y02T10/20
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Patent No.
US 9,347,202
App. No.
14/233,022
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A construction machine includes: an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening; a fan for sucking cooling air into the engine room through the intake opening; a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and discharging the cooling air sucked into the engine room to an outside of the engine room through the discharge opening; and an exhaust gas pipe guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct. A portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct, and the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe inserted into the duct is formed with an exhaust hole which causes the exhaust gas to be discharged in a direction different from a flowing direction of discharge wind in the duct through the exhaust hole.

Claims (68)

1. A construction machine comprising:

an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening;

a fan for sucking cooling air into the engine room through the intake opening;

a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and discharging the cooling air sucked into the engine room to an outside of the engine room through the discharge opening; and

an exhaust gas pipe guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct, wherein

an inserted portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct, and the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe inserted into the duct is provided with a part defining an exhaust hole through which the exhaust gas can be discharged in a discharge direction;

the duct has a surrounding portion which radially surrounds the part of the inserted portion that defines the exhaust hole, wherein the surrounding portion extends in an extension direction;

the part of the inserted portion defining the hole extends in a direction intersecting the extension direction; and

the discharge direction is different from the extension direction.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the exhaust hole is formed in a semi-circumferential portion of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe, the semi-circumferential portion being positioned on a leeward side of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 ,

further comprising plural exhaust holes formed at respective positions of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe, which respective positions are circumferentially different from each other.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 ,

further comprising plural exhaust holes formed at respective positions, which respective positions are longitudinally different from each other.

5. The construction machine according to claim 4 , wherein

an opening area of the exhaust holes per unit length of the inserted portion gradually decreases toward the distal end side of the inserted portion so that amounts of the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust holes are substantially equalized in the longitudinal direction of the inserted portion.

6. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the duct is formed with at least one bent portion, and

the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe is disposed at a position upstream of the bent portion in the flowing direction of the discharge wind in the duct.

7. The construction machine according to claim 6 , wherein

the duct has an outlet-side opening which is an outlet of the discharge wind flowing through the duct, and

the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe is provided in a state where the outlet-side opening of the duct is not visible from the outside through the outlet-side opening of the duct.

8. A construction machine comprising:

an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening;

a fan for sucking cooling air into the engine room through the intake opening;

a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and discharging the cooling air sucked into the engine room to an outside of the engine room through the discharge opening; and

an exhaust gas pipe guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct, wherein

an inserted portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct, and the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe inserted into the duct is provided with a part defining an exhaust hole through which the exhaust gas can be discharged so as to be dispersed in a longitudinal direction of the inserted portion;

the duct has a surrounding portion which radially surrounds the part of the inserted portion that defines the exhaust hole, wherein the surrounding portion extends in an extension direction; and

the part of the inserted portion defining the hole extends in a direction intersecting the extension direction.

9. The construction machine according to claim 8 , wherein

the exhaust hole is formed in a semi-circumferential portion of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe, the semi-circumferential portion being positioned on a leeward side of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe.

10. The construction machine according to claim 8 ,

further comprising plural exhaust holes formed at respective positions of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe, which respective positions are circumferentially different from each other.

11. The construction machine according to claim 8 ,

further comprising plural exhaust holes formed at respective positions, which respective positions are longitudinally different from each other.

12. The construction machine according to claim 11 , wherein

an opening area of the exhaust holes per unit length of the inserted portion gradually decreases toward the distal end side of the inserted portion so that amounts of the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust holes are substantially equalized in the longitudinal direction of the inserted portion.

13. The construction machine according to claim 8 , wherein

the duct is formed with at least one bent portion, and

the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe is disposed at a position upstream of the bent portion in the flowing direction of the discharge wind in the duct.

14. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein

the duct has an outlet-side opening which is an outlet of the discharge wind flowing through the duct, and

the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe is provided in a state where the outlet-side opening of the duct is not visible from the outside through the outlet-side opening of the duct.

15. A construction machine comprising:

an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening;

a fan for sucking cooling air into the engine room through the intake opening;

a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and discharging the cooling air sucked into the engine room to an outside of the engine room through the discharge opening; and

an exhaust gas pipe guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct, wherein

an inserted portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct, and the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe inserted into the duct is provided with an exhaust hole through which the exhaust gas can be discharged in a discharge direction, to cause the exhaust gas to be discharged so as to be dispersed in a longitudinal direction of the inserted portion;

the duct has a surrounding portion which radially surrounds the part of the inserted portion that defines the exhaust hole, wherein the surrounding portion extends in an extension direction;

the part of the inserted portion defining the hole extends in a direction intersecting the extension direction; and

the discharge direction is different from the extension direction.

16. The construction machine according to claim 15 , wherein

the exhaust hole is formed in a semi-circumferential portion of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe, the semi-circumferential portion being positioned on a leeward side of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe.

17. The construction machine according to claim 15 ,

further comprising plural exhaust holes formed at respective positions of the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe, which respective positions are circumferentially different from each other.

18. The construction machine according to claim 15 ,

further comprising plural exhaust holes formed at respective positions, which respective positions are longitudinally different from each other.

19. The construction machine according to claim 18 , wherein

an opening area of the exhaust holes per unit length of the inserted portion gradually decreases toward the distal end side of the inserted portion so that amounts of the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust holes are substantially equalized in the longitudinal direction of the inserted portion.

20. The construction machine according to claim 15 , wherein

the duct is formed with at least one bent portion, and

the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe is disposed at a position upstream of the bent portion in the flowing direction of the discharge wind in the duct.

21. The construction machine according to claim 20 , wherein

the duct has an outlet-side opening which is an outlet of the discharge wind flowing through the duct, and

the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe is provided in a state where the outlet-side opening of the duct is not visible from the outside through the outlet-side opening of the duct.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2014
From: NAKASHIMA, HAJIME; NUMASAWA, MASARU; UEDA, KAZUHIRO; YAMAGUCHI, ZENZO; KIMURA, YASUMASA
To: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.; KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-157829 · Jul 19, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140151143A1 · Jun 5, 2014