Breaking equipment

• US 5,385,311 A
• Filed: 12/13/1993
• Issued: 01/31/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ohyodo Komatsu Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ohyodo Komatsu Company Limited
• Inventors: Satone, Hiroyuki, Morikawa, Sumio, Zakohji, Nobuyuki, Ohga, Toshiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosenbaum, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUSAR, JOHN
• Application Number:
  US08/165,090
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 241/101.7, 241/264, 241/266, 241/291, 30/134
• US Class Current: 241/266
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 17/06 actuated by fluid or gas pressure
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/965 of metal-cutting or concrete-crushing implements shearing devices B23D17/00; wrecking of buildings, e.g. tools therefor, E04G23/08
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 2023/086 of tanks, reservoirs or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 23/08 Wrecking of buildings of fences E04H17/26; Demolition agents based on cementitious or like materials C04B41/0009
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 23/082 using shears, breakers, jaws and the like metal-cutting or concrete-crushing implements mounted on backhoes E02F3/965

Abstract

Breaking equipment comprising a mounting bracket that is attached to an arm of a power shovel for vertical pivotal movement, a holder frame mounted on the mounting bracket for swivel movement, a hydraulic motor attached to the mounting bracket for rotatably and reversibly driving the holder frame or a swivel break mechanism which is used in place of the hydraulic motor for restricting swivel movement of the holder frame, a pair of pivot arms of a symmetrically L-shaped configuration attached at their mid points to the holder frame by means of pivot axes, the pivot axes being separated apart a predetermined distance H from one another so as to satisfy the equations; a=<b and H=<2h, wherein, a is a distance from the pivot point to the forward end of each of the pivot arms, b is a distances from the pivot point to the rearward end of each of the pivot arms, and h is a distance from the blade edge vertically to the line connecting the pivot point and the forward point of the application, a hydraulic cylinder connected between the pair of pivot arms and blade bases and breaking attachments attached to the opposite inner surfaces thereof at a point forward of the mid-point.

Claims

1. A breaking equipment comprising:

a mounting bracket attached to an arm of a power shovel main body at the forward end thereof for vertically pivotable movement;

a holder frame mounted to the mounting bracket for swivel movement;

a hydraulic motor attached to the mounting bracket for rotatably and reversibly driving the holder frame;

a pair of pivot arms of a symmetrically L-shaped configuration pivotably attached, at their respective substantially mid-points, to said holder frame by means of separate pivot axes for open-close pivotable movement, said pivot axes being spaced apart a predetermined distance H from one another so as to satisfy the equations;

a=<

b and H=<

2h, wherein, a is a distance from the pivot point to the forward end of each of said pivot arms, b is a distance from the pivot point to the rearward end of each of said pivot arms, and h is a distance from the bald edge vertically to the line connecting the pivot point and the forward point of application, wherein the forward point of the application is the point at which a forward end attachment is connected to the pivot arm;

a hydraulic cylinder connected between said pair of pivot arms at the rearward ends thereof for opening/closing said pivot arms;

a blade base for a long cutter and a blade base for a short cutter removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the opposite inner surfaces thereof at a point forwardly of said mid-point; and

a coarse breaking attachment and a fine breaking attachment removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the forward, opposite inner surfaces thereof.

2. A breaking equipment according to claim 1, wherein said hydraulic cylinder is of a multi-stage telescopic cylinder construction.

3. A breaking equipment comprising:

a mounting bracket attached to an arm of a power shovel main body at the forward end thereof for vertically pivotable movement;

a holder frame mounted to the mounting bracket for swivel movement;

a hydraulic motor attached to the mounting bracket for rotatably and reversibly driving the holder frame;

a pair of pivot arms of a symmetrically L-shaped configuration pivotably attached, at their respective substantially mid-points, to said holder frame by means of separate pivot axes for open-close pivotable movement, said pivot axes being spaced apart a predetermined distance H from one another so as to satisfy the equations;

a=<

b and H=<

2h, wherein, a is a distance from the pivot point to the forward end of each of said pivot arms, b is a distance from the pivot point to the rearward end of each of said pivot arms, and h is a distance from the bald edge vertically to the line connecting the pivot point and the forward point of application, wherein the forward point of the application is the point at which a forward end attachment is connected to the pivot arm;

two hydraulic cylinders connected between the rearward ends of said pivot arms and said holder frame;

two hydraulic cylinders connect between the rearward ends of said pivot arms and said holder frame;

a blade base for a long cutter and a blade base for a short cutter removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the opposite inner surfaces thereof at a point forwardly of said mid-point; and

a coarse breaking attachment and a fine breaking attachment removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the forward, opposite inner surfaces thereof.

4. A breaking equipment according to claim 3, wherein each said hydraulic cylinder is of a multi-stage telescopic cylinder construction.

5. A breaking equipment comprising:

a mounting bracket attached to an arm of a power shovel main body at the forward end thereof for vertically pivotable movement;

a holder frame mounted to the mounting bracket for swivel movement;

a swivel brake mechanism adapted to be mounted to the mounting bracket for restricting swivel movement of said holder frame;

a pair of pivot arms of a symmetrically L-shaped configuration pivotably attached, at their respective substantially mid-points, to said holder frame by means of separate pivot axes for open-close pivotable movement, said pivot axes being spaced apart a predetermined distance H from one another so as to satisfy the equations;

a=<

b and H=<

2h, wherein, a is a distance from the pivot point to the forward end of each of said pivot arms, b is a distance from the pivot point to the rearward end of each of said pivot arms, and h is a distance from the bald edge vertically to the line connecting the pivot point and the forward point of application, wherein the forward point of the application is the point at which a forward end attachment is connected to the pivot arm;

a hydraulic cylinder connected between said pair of pivot arms at the rearward ends thereof for opening/closing said pivot arms;

a blade base for a long cutter and a blade base for a short cutter removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the opposite inner surfaces thereof at a point forwardly of said mid-point; and

a coarse breaking attachment and a fine breaking attachment removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the forward, opposite inner surfaces thereof.

6. A breaking equipment according to claim 5, wherein said hydraulic cylinder is of a multi-stage telescopic cylinder construction.

7. A breaking equipment comprising:

a mounting bracket attached to an arm of a power shovel main body at the forward end thereof for vertically pivotable movement;

a holder frame mounted to the mounting bracket for swivel movement;

a swivel brake mechanism adapted to be mounted to the mounting bracket for restricting swivel movement of said holder frame;

a pair of pivot arms of a symmetrically L-shaped configuration pivotably attached, at their respective substantially mid-points, to said holder frame by means of separate pivot axes for open-close pivotable movement, said pivot axes being spaced apart a predetermined distance H from one another so as to satisfy the equations;

a=<

b and H=<

2h, wherein, a is a distance from the pivot point to the forward end of each of said pivot arms, b is a distance from the pivot point to the rearward end of each of said pivot arms, and h is a distance from the bald edge vertically to the line connecting the pivot point and the forward point of application, wherein the forward point of the application is the point at which a forward end attachment is connected to the pivot arm;

two hydraulic cylinders connected between the rearward ends of said pivot arms and said holder frame;

a blade base for a long cutter and a blade base for a short cutter removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the opposite inner surfaces thereof at a point forwardly of said mid-point; and

a coarse breaking attachment and a fine breaking attachment removably attached to each of said pivot arms in the forward, opposite inner surfaces thereof.

8. A breaking equipment according to claim 7, wherein each said hydraulic cylinder is of a multi-stage telescopic cylinder construction.