JP7595991B1 - Crusher as an attachment - Google Patents

Abstract

[Purpose] This invention is used to crush reinforced concrete, and after the work is completed, the crusher attachment is removed from the end of the hydraulic excavator's arm and stored in an appropriate location, preventing damage to the outer hydraulic hose.
[Configuration] A lower jaw 2 and an upper jaw 3 are formed on the main body outer casing 1, and concrete blocks can be crushed by swinging the upper jaw 3. A hydraulically driven hydraulic cylinder 5 is built into the main body outer casing 1, and a branching board 18 is also provided within the hydraulic cylinder 5. One end of each of two external hydraulic hoses 7, 7 is connected via this branching board 18 and exposed to the outside of the main body outer casing 1, and the other ends of both external hydraulic hoses 7, 7 can be inserted into the inside of the main body outer casing 1 through holes provided in the corners of the top surface of the main body outer casing 1.
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Description

The present invention relates to a crusher as an attachment that is used to crush reinforced concrete and that can effectively prevent damage to the outer hydraulic hose when it is detached from the tip of a hydraulic excavator and stored.

Conventionally, there have been various mounting structures for the hydraulic cylinder that rotates the movable blade. In general, the cylinder part of the hydraulic cylinder is supported at the rear of the machine body, and the tip of the cylinder rod is supported on the movable blade side. In this case, the reinforced concrete is crushed, and then the reinforced concrete blocks are broken into appropriate sizes and processed as crushed concrete rather than industrial waste. During this breaking process, the reinforced concrete blocks contain many irregular rebars pointing in various directions, as shown in Figure 7.

In this case, when the rebar is being broken into smaller pieces, there are many cases where the tip of the rebar gets inside the crusher and damages the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder. For this reason, in order to prevent this, there are examples where a cover is provided on the piston rod. There are also examples where this type of configuration is used to prevent the rebar from entering during the breaking work. Furthermore, there have been cases where the internal hydraulic hose has also been damaged.

In addition, in Patent Document 1, the direction of the hydraulic cylinder is reversed, with the piston rod located at the rear of the main body and the cylinder part located in front of the movable jaw, but since this is the only configuration, it is unclear whether damage to the piston rod can be reliably prevented.

Such a crusher is used by attaching it to the end of the arm of a hydraulic excavator as an attachment, and when not in use, it is removed from the end of the arm and stored in an appropriate location. In such cases, the external hydraulic hose attached to the crusher is generally left hanging loose, as shown in Figures 8(A) to (D), and it often gets caught between the crusher body and the hose, causing damage.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 7-204526

Therefore, the problem (technical problem or objective, etc.) that this invention aims to solve is the need to provide better protection for the external hydraulic hose when the crusher is removed from the hydraulic excavator and stored, even if the crusher is used by attaching it to the hydraulic excavator.

As a result of intensive research by the inventors to solve the above problems, the inventors have found the invention of claim 1 to be a box-shaped main body housing having two housing side sections made of metal plates arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval on both sides in the width direction, a housing upper section provided on the upper surfaces of both housing side sections, a housing rear section provided on the rear surfaces of both housing side sections, a housing bottom section provided on the bottom surface of the housing rear section, and a rectangular front opening formed on the front side, a lower jaw section formed integrally with the main body housing as viewed from the side and protruding from the front side in the front-to-rear direction of a lower position of the main body housing, and an upper jaw section protruding from the front opening on the front side in the front-to-rear direction of an upper position of the main body housing and performing a swinging motion together with the lower jaw section, a hydraulic cylinder is housed within the movable main body outer casing, a branching plate from the hydraulic cylinder is built into the rear of the main body outer casing in the fore-and-aft direction, one end of each of two external hydraulic hoses from the branching plate is connected to the branching plate, the entirety of each external hydraulic hose is arranged while being exposed to the outside of the main body outer casing, and the other end of each external hydraulic hose is configured to be insertable into holes provided in both corners on the front side of the top surface of the main body outer casing only when the crusher as an attachment for a hydraulic excavator is removed from the hydraulic excavator and the external hydraulic hose is stored, and half the length of the external hydraulic hose is inserted into each hole.
By doing so, the above problem was solved.

The invention of claim 2 solves the above problem by providing a crusher as an attachment, as described in claim 1, characterized in that a magnetic disk is provided at the lower end of the main body outer casing.

The invention of claim 1 has the excellent effect of allowing the external hydraulic hose to be securely stored and preventing damage to the external hydraulic hose exposed to the outside, particularly when the crusher is not used as an attachment for small-cutting work. In particular, the external hydraulic hose can be properly stored when the crusher is removed from the hydraulic excavator as an attachment, and damage can be reliably prevented. In the invention of claim 2, the crusher is equipped with a magnetic disk at the bottom end of the main body outer casing, but small-cutting work is also performed, and the same effect as claim 1 is achieved.

1A is a cross-sectional view of the present invention in a maximally open state, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of the present invention in a closed state, showing the operation of the present invention. 1A is a vertical cross-sectional perspective view of the present invention with approximately half of the device cut away, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of a hydraulic cylinder portion. FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the present invention as seen from the front side, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing the relationship between the hydraulic cylinder portion and the internal hydraulic hose. 1A is a perspective view showing the state immediately after the present invention has been removed from the hydraulic excavator, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing the state immediately before the external hydraulic hose is stored in the outer casing main body. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the present invention immediately after it has been removed from the hydraulic excavator, with a portion of the side plate of the main body outer casing having the tip end of the external hydraulic hose housed in the outer casing main body removed, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the branch panel portion of FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the crusher with the tip end of an external hydraulic hose housed in an outer casing body, as viewed from the front, showing the present invention removed from a hydraulic excavator, and FIG. 1B is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 1A. 1A is a perspective view of the crusher as viewed from below, and FIG. 1B is a vertical cross-sectional side view of FIG. 1A, which shows another embodiment of the present invention in which an electromagnet is provided below the crusher. These are prior art drawings, in which (A) is a diagram showing a state in which a crusher attachment is attached to the tip of a hydraulic excavator and many reinforced concrete blocks are being broken into smaller pieces, (B) is an enlarged diagram of the main parts in which a concrete block with reinforcing bars is being broken into smaller pieces, and (C) is a perspective view of an example of a reinforced concrete block. 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D are diagrams showing the state of a hydraulic excavator with a crusher attachment removed therefrom and in suitable storage, according to the prior art.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the small-piece crusher A of the present invention mainly comprises a crusher housing 1, a fixed jaw 2, a movable jaw 3, cutting blades 4a and 4b, and a hydraulic cylinder 5. The crusher A is mounted as an attachment to the tip of the arm of a construction vehicle 9 such as a hydraulic excavator.

In the small-cut crusher A, a front-rear direction and a width direction are set. The front-rear direction is the left-right direction between the crusher outer casing 1 and the fixed jaw 2 when viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 1, and the width direction is a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The up-down direction is a direction approximately perpendicular to the front-rear direction (left-right direction).

The crusher A has a fixed jaw 2 integrally formed on the lower outer side of the crusher outer casing 1, and a movable jaw 3 opens and closes on the fixed jaw 2 (see Fig. 1(A)). The movable jaw 3 has a pivot base (root) supported on a shaft 16 so that it can rotate on the shaft of the crusher outer casing 1 (see Figs. 1 and 2(A)).

The crusher outer casing 1 has two casing side sections 11, 11 made of metal plates arranged parallel to each other at a specified distance on both sides in the width direction, with a casing top section 12 provided on the upper surfaces of both casing side sections 11, 11, a casing back section 13 provided on the rear surfaces of both casing side sections 11, 11, and a casing bottom section 14 provided on the bottom surface of the casing back section 13, which are integrated into the casing by welding (see Figures 1 and 2 (A)).

A square front opening 15 is formed on the front of the crusher housing 1. Specifically, the front opening 15 is a space surrounded by the two housing side sections 11, 11, the housing top section 12, the housing back section 13, and the housing bottom section 14, that is, an opening that separates the inside and outside of the crusher housing 1. The movable jaw 3 is configured to protrude from one upper side of the crusher housing 1 to the front side through the front opening 15 and to perform a swinging motion with the lower jaw section 2.

In other words, the interior and exterior of the crusher outer casing 1 are distinguished by the front opening 15. Inside the crusher outer casing 1, various devices and members such as hydraulic devices are provided. Specifically, the hydraulic cylinder 5, the internal hydraulic hoses 6, 6, and the branching board 18 are provided (see Figures 5 (A) and (B)). Outside the crusher outer casing 1, external hydraulic hoses 7, 7 are provided.

The fixed jaw 2, like the crusher housing 1, is made by forming metal plates into a predetermined shape and welding them together to form a housing. In the explanation of this invention, the fixed jaw 2 refers to the part that protrudes forward in the front-rear direction (left-right direction) of the crusher housing 1 from directly below the front opening 15 (see Figures 1(A) and 2(A)). The crushing surface 2a of the fixed jaw 2 is formed flat and also has a hole. The hole corresponds to the crushing blade of the movable jaw 2.

The movable jaw 3 is composed of a movable crushing section 31 and a pivoting side base 32 (see Figure 1). The pivoting side base 32 of the movable jaw 3 is supported by a support shaft 16 provided inside the crusher outer casing 1, and is rotatably provided, so that it can swing (open and close) on a vertical plane relative to the fixed jaw 2. Then, the concrete blocks are crushed by the crushing blades of the movable crushing section 31 and the crushing work surface 2a.

The movable jaw 3 is oscillated by a hydraulic device such as a hydraulic cylinder 5 provided inside the crusher housing 1. Specifically, the pivot base 32 of the movable jaw 3 is pivoted to the support shaft 16, and the outer end 51X of the cylinder portion 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 is supported by a support 31X at the tip end of the movable jaw 3 (see Figures 1 and 2(A)).

The hydraulic cylinder 5 is composed of a cylinder portion 51 and a piston rod 52, and the piston rod 52 is disposed so as to be located at the rear side of the crusher housing 1. Specifically, the tip 52X of the rod portion 52a of the piston rod 52 is supported 16 on both side plate portions at the rear side of the crusher housing 1 (see Figures 1 and 2 (A)).

As shown in Figs. 2(A) and (B), two rod internal hydraulic passages 521, 522 are provided in the piston rod 52. The rod internal hydraulic passage 521 is formed so as to communicate from the tip 52X of the rod portion 52a to the front side of the piston portion 52b. The rod internal hydraulic passage 522 is formed so as to communicate from the tip 52X of the rod portion 52a through the piston portion 52b to the inside of the cylinder portion 51.

The internal hydraulic hoses 6, 6 each consist of a hose body 61 and holders 62, 62 at both ends. The holders 62 on one side of each of the hose bodies 61 are configured to communicate from the end of the piston rod 52 to the connection socket 53 at the tip 52X of the piston rod 52 and to the hydraulic passages 521 or 522 within the rod.

The holder portion 62 on the other side of the hose body portion 61 is connected to a branching board 18 provided in the crusher outer casing 1. At this time, the hose body portion 61 of the internal hydraulic hose 6 is stored in the main body outer casing in a curved vertical shape. Furthermore, as shown in Figures 3(A) and (B), the two internal hydraulic hoses 6, 6 are arranged symmetrically when the attached hydraulic cylinder 6 is viewed in plan (rear) view.

As shown in Figures 5(A) and (B), the internal hydraulic hoses 6, 6 are provided so that the hydraulic cylinder 5 and the branching board 18 are in communication with each other. Specifically, the holder portion 62 at the upper end of the internal hydraulic hose 6 is connected to the connection socket 53 at the tip 52X of the piston rod 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5, and the holder portion 62 at the lower end of the internal hydraulic hose 6 is connected to the joint of the branching board 18. The internal hydraulic hose 6 is formed so as to have an approximately three-quarters circle shape when viewed from the side of the crusher A as a whole, and is provided so as to form a vertical surface when viewed from the front (or back) side.

What is particularly important is that, as shown in Figures 3(B) and (C), the spacing δ between the holder parts 62, 61 at the base of the internal hydraulic hose 6, 6 connected to the piston rod 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 is formed to be slightly smaller than the diameter φ of the rod part 52a of the piston rod 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5. This has the advantage that even if the tip of the reinforcing bar s tries to enter during crushing of a concrete block containing reinforcing bar s using the crusher A of the present invention and hits the cylinder part 51, it is possible to significantly reduce damage to the piston rod 51 and the internal hydraulic hose 6, 6. In addition, the spacing δ between the holder parts 62, 61 can be formed to be equivalent to the diameter φ of the rod part 52a, and even in this case, it can achieve approximately the same effect as when it is slightly smaller than the diameter φ.

The external hydraulic hoses 7, 7 each comprise a hose body 71 and holders 72, 72 at both ends, and the holder 72 at one base end is bent at a right angle and rotatably connected to the end of a connection socket 181 provided on the outside of the housing side portion 11, as shown in FIG. 5(B). The connection socket 181 is connected to the side of the branch panel 18.

As shown in Fig. 5(A) and Fig. 6, the holder portion 72 on the other side of the external hydraulic hose 7 is configured so that it can be inserted into the inside of the crusher outer casing 1 through a hole 19 provided in the front portion of the housing upper surface portion 12 of the crusher outer casing 1. Specifically, the other ends of the external hydraulic hoses 7, 7 are configured so that they can be inserted into holes 19, 19 symmetrically on the outside of the housing side portions 11, 11 on both sides of the crusher outer casing 1.

Even if the holder portion 72 at the end of the external hydraulic hose 7, 7 and a part of the hose main body portion 71 are inserted through the hole portion 19, they are configured not to interfere with other components inside the crusher outer casing 1. Setting in this manner is performed only when the crusher A, which serves as an attachment, is removed from the hydraulic excavator. This makes it possible to completely prevent the external hydraulic hose 7 from being pinched or damaged by the crusher A.

A fixed cutting section 4a is provided on the crushing work surface 2a of the fixed jaw 2, and a movable cutting section 4b is provided on the movable jaw 3 (see Figure 1). Then, as the movable jaw 3 opens and closes above the fixed jaw 2, the fixed jaw 2 and the movable jaw 3 clamp the concrete block k, while the concrete block k is crushed by the movable side crushing section 33 provided on the crushing work surface 2a of the movable jaw 3. Then, the fixed cutting section 4a and the movable cutting section 4b intersect and cut the reinforcing bar s in a sheared state (see Figure 8).

Also, as shown in FIG. 7, a crusher may be equipped with an electromagnet, with a magnetic disk 9 provided on the underside of the crusher's main body outer casing 1. In this case, crusher A has the advantage that the reinforcing bars s separated from the reinforced concrete blocks can be bound together at once by magnetic force, making it easy to clean up.

1 ... main body outer casing, 18 ... branch plate, 2 ... lower jaw portion, 3 ... upper jaw portion, 5 ... hydraulic cylinder,
51: cylinder portion; 62: holder portion; δ: interval; 19: hole portion; 7: external hydraulic hose;
9...Magnetic disc.

Claims (2)

two housing side sections made of metal plates are arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval on both sides in the width direction, a housing upper section is provided on the upper surfaces of both housing side sections, a housing rear section is provided on the rear surfaces of both housing side sections, a housing bottom section is provided on the bottom surface of the housing rear section, and a box-shaped main body housing having a rectangular front opening on its front surface is provided with a lower jaw section that protrudes integrally with the main body housing in the front-to-rear direction from a lower position thereof as viewed from the side, and an upper jaw section that protrudes from the front opening on the front side in the front-to-rear direction at an upper position of the main body housing and performs a swinging motion together with the lower jaw section, and a hydraulic cylinder is housed within the main body housing for driving the upper jaw section,
A branching plate from the hydraulic cylinder is built into the rear of the main body outer casing in the fore-and-aft direction, one end of each of two external hydraulic hoses from the branching plate is connected to the branching plate, the entirety of the external hydraulic hoses are arranged while being exposed to the outside of the main body outer casing, and the other end of the external hydraulic hose is configured to be insertable into holes provided in both corners on the front side of the top surface of the main body outer casing only when the crusher as an attachment for a hydraulic excavator is removed from the hydraulic excavator and the external hydraulic hoses are stored, and half the length of the external hydraulic hoses is inserted into the holes. 3. The crusher as an attachment according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a magnet plate provided at a lower end of said main body housing.

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