Load weight measuring system mounted on a construction machine

• US 4,995,468 A
• Filed: 06/02/1989
• Issued: 02/26/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
• Inventors: Fukuda, Masao
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Jr., George H.
• Application Number:
  US07/368,325
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 177/136, 177/146, 177/147, 177/177, 177/178, 177/139, 177/141
• US Class Current: 177/139
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/264 Sensors and their calibration for indicating the position of the work tool
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/10 having fluid weight-sensitive devices

Abstract

A load weight measuring system mounted on a construction machine which, in order to prevent overload, subtracts the weight (Wn) of load that is really loaded relative to the predetermined weight (W_o) of load, to display a residual weight (W'"'"'n) that can be loaded for each loading operation. The measuring apparatus comprises a second weight display unit (24) which displays an actually loaded weight as the measured weight for each loading operation, a first weight display unit (23) which displays the residual weight (W'"'"'n) that can be loaded, and a control unit (7) which controls the display of weight in the first and second weight display units relying upon at least a boom cylinder hydraulic pressure (P) and a boom position (H) as detecting elements.

Claims

1. A load weight measuring system mounted on a construction machine of the type which includes a boom operative by fluid pressure in a boom actuating cylinder which controls said boom having a load-transferring member connected thereto, comprising:

a boom position sensor for sensing a position of said boom;

a boom actuating cylinder fluid sensor for sensing boom cylinder pressure in said boom actuating cylinder;

a first weight indicating unit for indicating the weight of a load actually laded on a loadable vehicle by said construction machine each time as a cumulative measured load weight;

a second weight indicating unit for indicating a substracted weight as the weight obtained by substracting the current cumulative measured load weight from a preset weight of the load to be laded thereon to define the weight of the load which can be laded further on said loadable vehicle by said construction machine; and

controlling means for controlling the weight indication in the first and second weight indicating units using at least the fluid pressure in the boom actuating cylinder and the boom position as detecting elements, whereby the weight of the load actually loaded by the load-transferring member of said construction vehicle is measured and compared by computation with a preset weight of the load to be laded thereon thereby to indicate the weight of the remaining load which can be further laded thereon so that overloading thereof can be prevented.

2. A load weight measuring system mounted on a construction machine as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said controlling means is a microcomputer which includes;

a central controlling circuit or central processing unit (CPU);

a boom actuating cylinder fluid pressure detecting circuit connected with the CPU;

a boom position detecting circuit connected with said CPU;

a cancelling switch ON/OFF actuation detecting circuit connected with said CPU;

an ON/OFF actuation detecting circuit for a button for setting a numeric value for substraction, which is connected with said CPU;

a program memory connected with said CPU;

a delay circuit connected with said CPU;

a weight storage circuit connected through the delay circuit with said CPU;

an indicator drive circuit connected between said weight indicating unit and said CPU;

a printer drive circuit connected between a printing unit and said CPU; and

a buzzer drive circuit connected between the buzzer and said CPU.