IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,323,557
Granted Patent B2
US 10,323,557 · App. 15/757,235 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

Construction machine

Inventors: Hayato Kubota (Tsuchiura, JP); Kazuhiko Mizoguchi (Ishioka, JP); Hiroki Sugawara (Kasumigaura, JP); Shigeru Hirasawa (Mito, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,323,557
App. No.
15/757,235
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

On a revolving frame ( 5 ), a counterweight ( 6 ), an engine ( 7 ), a cooling fan ( 9 ), a heat exchanger ( 10 ), an exterior cover ( 14 ) forming a machine room ( 15 ) on the revolving frame ( 5 ), an exhaust gas purifying device ( 16 ) including a urea selective reduction catalyst ( 24 ), a urea water injection valve ( 26 ) injecting a urea water which is a reducing agent toward an upstream side of the urea selective reduction catalyst ( 24 ), and a urea water supply line ( 28 ) through which the urea water to be supplied to the urea water injection valve ( 26 ) flows are provided. A horizontal support member ( 34 ) supporting the exterior cover ( 14 ) is provided on a front side of the counterweight ( 6 ), and a heat shield cover ( 38 ) is mounted on the horizontal support member ( 34 ). A line accommodating space ( 41 ) is formed between the horizontal support member ( 34 ) and the heat shield cover ( 38 ), and a urea water supply line ( 28 ) for shielding heat from the engine ( 7 ) is accommodated in this line accommodating space ( 41 ).

Claims (28)

1. A construction machine comprising:

a self-propelled lower traveling structure and an upper revolving structure mounted rotatably on said lower traveling structure,

said upper revolving structure comprising:

a revolving frame forming a support structural body;

a counterweight provided on a rear side of said revolving frame;

an engine located on a front side of said counterweight and provided on said revolving frame in a horizontal position, extending in a left-and-right direction;

a cooling fan provided on one side in a left-and-right direction of said engine and suctioning an outside air as a cooling air by rotating with said engine as a power source;

a heat exchanger located closer to an upstream side in a flow direction of the cooling air than said cooling fan and provided by facing said cooling fan and cooling a fluid by the cooling air;

an exterior cover formed by including a left surface plate, a right surface plate, and a top surface plate and forming a machine room for accommodating onboard devices including said engine and said heat exchanger on said revolving frame;

an exhaust gas purifying device provided in an exhaust pipe of said engine and including a urea selective reduction catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas;

a urea water injection valve provided in said exhaust gas purifying device and injecting a urea water which is a reducing agent to an upstream side of said urea selective reduction catalyst;

a urea water tank storing the urea water to be supplied to said urea water injection valve; and

a urea water supply line connecting said urea water tank and said urea water injection valve through said machine room and through which the urea water to be supplied to said urea water injection valve flows, characterized in that:

said construction machine further comprising:

a support member arranged on a front side of said counterweight and supporting said exterior cover;

a heat shield cover provided on said support member for shielding heat from said engine and forming a line accommodating space for accommodating the urea water supply line between itself and said support member,

said support member is constituted by including a plurality of vertical support members extending in an up-and-down direction from said revolving frame and a horizontal support member extending in a left-and-right direction;

said horizontal support member is mounted on an upper-part position of said vertical support member and an upper-part position of said heat exchanger, respectively; and

said heat shield cover is mounted on said horizontal support member.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

an opening part for opening said line accommodating space to an outside air is provided on said support member, and said opening part is provided at a portion faced with said counterweight.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said urea water supply line accommodated in said line accommodating space is covered by a heat insulating material.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said machine room has a heat exchanger upstream room located closer to an upstream side of a flow direction of the cooling air than said heat exchanger and an engine room located closer to a downstream side of the flow direction of the cooling air than said heat exchanger and said engine is arranged;

said urea water tank is arranged in said heat exchanger upstream room;

said urea water supply line is connected to said urea water injection valve from said heat exchanger upstream room through said engine room; and

said line accommodating space formed between said support member and said heat shield cover accommodates a portion in said urea water supply line arranged in said engine room.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2018
From: KUBOTA, HAYATO; MIZOGUCHI, KAZUHIKO; SUGAWARA, HIROKI; HIRASAWA, SHIGERU
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045093/0219 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-198415 · Oct 6, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180274423A1 · Sep 27, 2018
Cited By (1)
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