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Granted Patent B2
US 11,085,352 · App. 16/642,468 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Construction machine

Inventors: Toshinori Fujii (Tsukuba, JP); Hitoshi Nishiguchi (Tsuchiura, JP); Masaharu Imi (Tsukuba, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
F01N13/18F01N3/208F01N3/2839F01N2610/02F01N2610/1426F01N2610/1433
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Patent No.
US 11,085,352
App. No.
16/642,468
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a urea water supply device ( 25 ) that is disposed in a urea water pipe line ( 23 ) to supply urea water toward a urea water injection valve ( 21 ) from a urea water tank ( 22 ). A bracket ( 24 ) for attaching the urea water supply device ( 25 ) is attached to a revolving frame ( 5 ) of an upper revolving structure ( 3 ). A cover ( 31 ) for covering the urea water supply device ( 25 ) is attached to the bracket ( 24 ). On top of that, a urea water filter ( 33 ) that is disposed in the urea water pipe line ( 23 ) and traps foreign objects mixed into the urea water is attached to the cover ( 31 ).

Claims (24)

1. A construction machine comprising:

an automotive vehicle body;

an engine disposed on the vehicle body; and

an exhaust gas purifying device that purifies an exhaust gas discharged from the engine,

wherein the exhaust gas purifying device includes:

a urea selective reduction catalyst that is connected to an exhaust pipe of the engine to remove nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas;

a urea water injection valve that injects urea water as a reducing agent in the upstream side of the urea selective reduction catalyst;

a urea water tank that reserves the urea water to be supplied to the urea water injection valve;

a urea water pipe line that establishes connection between the urea water tank and the urea water injection valve;

a urea water supply device that is disposed in the urea water pipe line and provided with a urea water pump to supply the urea water toward the urea water injection valve from the urea water tank; and

a urea water filter that is disposed in the urea water pipe line between the urea water tank and the urea water supply device to trap foreign objects mixed into the urea water, wherein

the urea water filter includes:

a filter case having a top surface plate and a bottom surface plate, and provided with a urea water reserving chamber reserving the urea water therein; and

a filter element that is disposed in the filter case to trap foreign objects mixed into the urea water, the urea water supply device includes:

a casing, and

a built-in filter removably built into the casing, and traps foreign objects mixed into the urea water, the urea water pipe line includes:

a tank-side pipe line part which connects the urea water tank and the urea water filter; and

a supply device-side pipe line part which connects the urea water filter and the urea water supply device,

the tank-side pipe line part is connected to the bottom surface plate of the filter case to cause the urea water from the urea water tank to flow into the urea water reserving chamber from the lower portion of the urea water reserving chamber,

the supply device-side pipe line part is connected to the top surface plate of the filter case to cause the urea water which passed through the filter elements to flow out toward the urea water supply device,

the vehicle body is provided with a bracket for attaching the urea water supply device,

the bracket is provided with a cover for covering the urea water supply device,

the urea water filter is attached to the cover, and

an opening part is disposed in the lower side of the cover to cause the built-in filter to pass through at the time of removing the built-in filter from the casing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: FUJII, TOSHINORI; NISHIGUCHI, HITOSHI; IMI, MASAHARU
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051948/0378 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-051291 · Mar 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200256232A1 · Aug 13, 2020
Cited By (1)
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