Small-Sized Construction Machine

• US 20180245381A1
• Filed: 09/07/2016
• Published: 08/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co.,Ltd. (Hitachi Construction Machinery (China) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co.,Ltd. (Hitachi Construction Machinery (China) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: SETAKI, Masashi, TANAKA, Tomoyuki, KAWAMOTO, Junya
• Granted Patent: US 10,458,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/05 Inlet covers
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/063 Arrangement of tanks
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/067 Mounting of tanks
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2015/053 with hinged connection to the vehicle body
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2015/0561 Locking means for the inlet cover
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2015/0592 with storage means for the cap
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/412 Excavators
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/325 Backhoes of the miniature type
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0883 Tanks, e.g. oil tank, urea tank, fuel tank for vehicles in general B60K15/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0891 Lids or bonnets or doors or details thereof doors for cabins E02F9/163 takes precedence; for motor vehicles B62D25/10
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/24 Safety devices , e.g. for preventing overload E02F9/226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/34 for fuel inlet covers essentially flush with the vehicle surface
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/42 for large commercial vehicles, e.g. trucks, construction vehicles or vehicles for mass transport

Abstract

A cap holder (21) that is attached to the inner surface side of a fuel filling door (19) in a state of facing an inner surface of the fuel filling door (19) with an interval in order to hold a cap (11K) removed from a fuel tank (11) and a lock (22) that locks the fuel filling door (19) from the outside in a state where the fuel filling door (19) closes a fuel filling opening (18) are provided on the fuel filling door (19). The lock (22) has a lock lever (22C) that rotationally moves between a locking position where the fuel filing door (19) maintains a state of closing the fuel filling opening (18) and an unlocking position where the fuel filling door (19) allows opening of the fuel filling opening (18). This lock lever (22C) is configured by a long member a base end of which is rotatably attached to the fuel filling door (19) and a leading end of which is allowed to enter a gap between the fuel filling door (19) and the cap holder (21).

Claims

1. A small-sized construction machine comprising:

a self-propelled lower traveling structure;

an upper revolving structure that is rotatably mounted on said lower traveling structure; and

a working mechanism that is provided on the front part side of said upper revolving structure, wherein

said upper revolving structure includes;

a revolving frame forming a support structural body,

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

an engine located on the front side of said counterweight and mounted on said revolving frame,

a cab provided on said revolving frame so as to cover said engine from above and on one side in a left-right direction of which an openable/closable door is provided, and

a fuel tank that has a fuel filling port and a cap that closes said fuel filling port and stores fuel to be supplied to said engine, wherein

a fuel filling opening that is located on the side behind said door and surrounds said fuel filling port of said fuel tank and a lid member that caps said fuel filling opening to be openable/closable are provided on an outer surface of one side in the left-right direction on which said door of said cab is provided, characterized in that;

a cap holder that is attached to the inner surface side of said lid member in a state of facing an inner surface of said lid member with an interval in order to hold said cap removed from said fuel tank and a lock that locks said lid member from the outside in a state where said lid member closes said fuel filling opening are provided on said lid member,

said lock has a lock lever that is composed of a long member a base end of which is rotatably attached to said lid member and a leading end of which is allowed to enter the gap between said lid member and said cap holder and that rotationally moves between a locking position where said lid member maintains a state of closing said fuel filling opening and an unlocking position where said lid member allows opening of said fuel filling opening.

2. The small-sized construction machine according to claim 1, wherein

a U-shaped guide groove into which part of said cap enters is provided in said cap holder, and

said guide groove in said cap holder opens in a direction which said cap is allowed to move by being pushed by said lock lever when said lock lever has rotationally moved from said unlocking position to said locking position.

3. The small-sized construction machine according to claim 1, wherein

said fuel filling port of said fuel tank is provided on the rear side of said door of said cab, facing said fuel filling opening provided in said cab.

4. The small-sized construction machine according to claim 2, wherein

said fuel filling opening is configured to be equipped with an abutting member on which said cap that is pushed by said lock lever abuts when rotationally moving said lock lever from said unlocking position to said locking position in a state of holding said capon said cap holder.

5. The small-sized construction machine according to claim 4, wherein

a scattering preventing cover that prevents fuel to be filled from scattering around is provided between said fuel filling opening and said fuel filling port of said fuel tank, and

a frame part which surrounds the circumference of said fuel filling opening is configured to also serve as said abutting member in said scattering preventing cover.

6. The small-sized construction machine according to claim 1, wherein

said lock lever of said lock performs unlocking and locking by rotating 180 degrees in a circumferential direction.