Construction machine

• US 8,925,663 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co.,Ltd. (Hitachi Construction Machinery (China) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tabeta, Hiroshi, Kimura, Shogo, Ooshima, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Walters, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): SWENSON, BRIAN L
• Application Number:
  US13/994,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20130302125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 414/190.09, 414/687, 180/68.1, 180/68.4, 180/68.6, 296/190.01, 296/190.08, 296/190.09, 165/42
• US Class Current: 180/68.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/0616 with provisions for replacing the filter element
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/28 with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm , i.e. there is either one arm or a pair of arms, e.g. dippers, buckets
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/325 Backhoes of the miniature type
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0858 Arrangement of component parts installed on superstructures not otherwise provided for, e.g. electric components, fenders, air-conditioning units E02F9/16, E02F9/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/16 Cabins, platforms, or the like, for drivers for motor vehicles in general B62D33/06, for cranes B66C13/54
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/163 Structures to protect drivers, e.g. cabins, doors for cabins; Falling object protection structure [FOPS]; Roll over protection structure [ROPS] for handrails mounted on cabins E02F9/0833 takes precedence; for vehicles in general B60R21/11, B60R21/13, for fork-lift trucks B66F9/07545

Abstract

An upper revolving structure is provided with a revolving frame, a floor member, and a cab box. On this, an indoor unit for an air conditioner is provided on the floor member, and an outdoor air inlet port is provided by being opened to the outside of the cab box. An outdoor air duct is provided for supplying outdoor air introduced through the outdoor air inlet port toward the indoor unit. In this duct, an intermediate portion is arranged at a high position on the side of an operator'"'"'s seat, and on this intermediate portion, a filter accommodating portion is provided by being opened into the cab box. In the filter accommodating portion, an outdoor air filter for trapping dusts in the outdoor air flowing through the outdoor air duct is accommodated capable of being attached and removed.

Claims

1. A construction machine comprising:

an automotive lower traveling structure, an upper revolving structure rotatably mounted on said lower traveling structure, and a working mechanism provided capable of moving upward/downward on said upper revolving structure, comprising;

said upper revolving structure is provided with a revolving frame forming a support structural body, a floor member provided on said revolving frame, in which the rear side is an operator'"'"'s seat mounting portion on which an operator'"'"'s seat is mounted and the front side is a foot rest portion on which the operator places the foot, a cab box provided by covering a periphery and an upper part of said floor member in order to form an operator'"'"'s room on said floor member, an indoor unit for an air conditioner arranged on said floor member and supplying sucked air into said cab box as conditioned air, an outdoor air inlet port provided by being opened to the outside of said cab box, and an outdoor air duct provided by connecting said outdoor air inlet port and said indoor unit and supplying the outdoor air introduced through said outdoor air inlet port into said indoor unit, wherein;

said outdoor air duct is arranged so that an intermediate portion between said outdoor air inlet port and said indoor unit passes between a side surface portion of said cab box and a side portion of said operator'"'"'s seat;

said outdoor air duct is formed having an inverted U-shape so that said intermediate portion comes to a highest position;

a filter accommodation portion is provided in said intermediate portion of said outdoor air duct and has a filter mounting port opened upward in said cab box; and

an outdoor air filter for trapping dusts in the outdoor air flowing through said outdoor air duct is configured to be accommodated in said filter accommodating portion capable of being attached and removed through said filter mounting port.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein said outdoor air duct is composed of a rising duct portion which rises and extends from said outdoor air inlet port and becomes the upstream side of said outdoor air filter, said filter accommodating portion provided on the upper part of said rising duct portion which becomes said intermediate portion, and a falling duct portion which falls down from said filter accommodating portion and reaches said indoor unit and becomes the downstream side of said outdoor air filter.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein in said operator'"'"'s seat mounting portion of said floor member, a mounting opening is provided at a location on the side of said operator'"'"'s seat, and said filter accommodating portion is configured to be mounted on said mounting opening so as to open upward.