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    USO0S9747964, United States Patent 11» Ishikawa et al. [54] HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC WORKING MACHINE [75] Inventors: Kot [73] Assignee [21] Appl. No.: 08/987,709 (22) Filec: Dee. 9, 1997 [30] Foreign Application Priority Data Dec. 10,1996 UP] dapan 220876 {st} Ine cl’ Feb 31/02 [2] US.c. 61399, 0/445, 60/452 [58] Fleld of Search 607399, 45, 452 156] References Chted US, PATENT DOCUMENTS 245587 12/988 Walle sovasa Zori2ie 71107 Mller cosss2 A20S8 31988 Holmes oa Ex38955 11989 Jonson eal FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 214 633 3/1987 European Pat. Of uy) Patent Number: 5,974,796 [45] Date of Patent: Nov. 2, 1999 482256 6/1991 Furopean Pat OF 23080 S987 Sqan Th93. upon Toe apon 1092 Ud Kington covas 221967 21906 United Kngtom Primary Examiner. Daniel Lopez Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Beall Law Offices (57) ABSTRACT A regulator (20) comprises a servo piston 21 and a tilting ‘control valve (22) which is made up of a spool 22a), 3 spring 2b), a control piston (22d) and a first pressure bearing chamber (22e), With these components, the regula- tor (20) controls « pump tilting such that a pump delivery rae is reduced as delivery pump pressuee rises. The tilting control valve (22) also includes a second pressure bearing chamber (22/). When a gate-lock lever (31) is operated to switch over a lock valve (30), a flow control valve (6) is disabled from operating not to move even if a conteol lever (11a) is erroneously touched, and the machine is surely kept from coming into operation. At the same time, pilot primary pressure from a pilot pump (3) is introdueed to the second pressure bearing chamber (22)) of the tilting control valve (22), causing the pump tilting to reduce down to a minimum {illing (q,,,). Inthe inoperative condition where the operator thas no inlention of carrying out work, itis thus possible to ‘minimize the tilting of the hydraulic pump and reduce an energy loss. 7 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets i 2 “LARGER SMALLER! \, USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 1 of 14 5,974,796 LARGER |>SMALLER! USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 2 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.2 PUMP TILTING Qmax Qmin|----- PUMP PRESSURE Po USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 3 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.3 “ SMALLER! USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 4 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.4 SIGNAL PRESSURE CENTER BYPASS FLOW RATE USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 5 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.5 PUMP TILTING Qmax STAND-BY , | __ TILTING 9S Qmin P; SIGNAL PRESSURE USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 6 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.6 PUMP TILTING Qmax STAND-BY , | TILTING ‘ Qs CENTER BYPASS FLOW RATE USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 7 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.7 LARGER | USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 8 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.8 SIGNAL PRESSURE CENTER BYPASS FLOW RATE FIG.9 PUMP TILTING max STAND-BY TILTING = %S Qmin Ps SIGNAL PRESSURE USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 9 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.10 sh 5,974,796 Sheet 10 of 14 Nov. 2, 1999 US. Patent ATWNDIS O1L0373 26 3ATVA GIONS10S AWNOLLYOdOUd OL 7 BUNSS3Ud INdLNO 130UVL AATWA GIONS IOS TYNOLLUOdOUd (GaIS NOLLOVYLNOO UBQNMMAO) 9X IWNDIS O14L0373 G01 | Ig 3ATVA GIONS 10S AWNOLLYOdOUd OL O _ _ _ < SUNSSIud LNGLNO L3OUVL dls NOISNSLX3 3ATWA GIONS TOS “IWNOLLOdOUd YSONMAO) ®X TWNDIS O1WLOTTI (ONLLTL WAWININ) _| P20 ONILAIL dWAd L39uVE £6 INIA ions 10s WNOLLYOd Od OL <—“aunss3tid ANdiNO L35uv) 3A1VA GIONS10S| “WNOLLYOdOUd 90l bLSld USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 11 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.12 TARGET OUTPUT PRESSURE OF PROPORTIONAL SOLENOID VALVE ~~ LEVER SHIFT AMOUNT FIG.13 TARGET PUMP TILTING Qmax STAND-BY TILTING — °s nial LEVER SHIFT AMOUNT US. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 12 of 14 FIG.14 PUMP: TILTING max STAND-BY , TILTING ali Grin te COMMAND PRESSURE USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 13 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.15 eu USS. Patent Nov. 2, 1999 Sheet 14 of 14 5,974,796 FIG.16 5,974,796, 1 HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC WORKING MACHINE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invent ‘The present invention relates toa hydraulic ciruit system for hydraulic working machines such as. hydraulic excavators, and more particularly to a hydraulic circuit system for hydraulic working machines provided with a safety contol device, e, «lock valve, which is operated upon a gate-lock lever manipulated by an operator when the ‘operator has no intention of carying out work, for cuting, ‘off pilot primary pressure from a control lever ua 2. Description of the Related Art A hydraulic circuit system for hydraulic working machines such as hydraulic excavators generally comprises 4 variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by a prime mover (engine), and flow control valves for supplying. and returning a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulie pump t© and from actuators. When any of control levers of control lever units is operated, a command signal in the form of pilot pressure, for example, is applied to the associated flow ‘control valve, whereupon the flow control valve is driven to shift in postion to operate the actuator. Also the hydraulic circuit system cludes 2 regulator as tilting contol means for conteolling a tilting ofthe hydraulic pump and hence controlling a delivery flow rate of the pump. There are various types of regulators. One example of| regulators which has an input torque limiting function is designed (0 receive the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump, and when the pump delivery pressure becomes high, to make smaller a pump tilting to reduce a delivery flow rate so tat the pump absorbing torque will not exceed the output torque ofthe prime mover driving the bydaulie pump. This surely prevents the prime mover from stalling even when the pump delivery pressure isso high. The prior art related to the regulator having an input torque limiting function is dis- closed in, eg, JB, ¥, 62-26630, Ina hydraulic eireuit system having a center bypass line by which flow control valves of the center bypass type are connected in series, a negative control type regulator is ‘employed which detects a center bypass flow rate in terms ‘of pressure and controls the pump tilting in accordance with the detected pressure. The negative control type regulator is ‘designed to make smaller the pump tilting to reduce the delivery flow rate when the center bypass flow rate is large and the detected pressure is high, but to make larger the pump tilting to inerease the delivery flow rate when the center bypass flow rate is small and the detected pressure is, low, thereby delivering s pump flow rate depending on the flow rate demanded by the flow control valve to reduce an ‘encegy Loss ‘Ako, in the negative contol type regulator, the ting of the hydraulic pump is generally contalled such that when the control levers are not operated and the flow conteol valves are in the neutral postion, a certain flow rate Target than a minimum flow rate is maintained as a stand-by flow rate to improve response of actuators at the startup of ‘operation. The prior art related to the regulator performing, the negative control and setting the stand-by flow rate is disclosed in, e.g, JP, U, 628304 Meanwhile, in hydraulic working machines. such as hydraulic excavators, a lock valve is provided as safety ‘control means to keep the machine from coming iato opera- tion even ifa control lever is erroneously touched when the as 20 os ss 4s ss 6s 2 ‘operator has no intention of carrying out work in such an ‘occasion as getting off the machine. ‘The lock valve is disposed in a pilot line through which the pilot primary pressure is supplied from a pilot pump to a pilot valve of Control lever unit. When a gate-lock lever is operated, the lock valve is shifted to cut off the pilot primary pressure, whereby the pilot secondary pressure, ie., the command pilot pressure, is output in no way from the pilot valve even with the control lever moved. AS a result, erroneous opera tion of the machine is prevented. The prior at elated to the lock valve is disclosed in, e.g. JP, U, 5-57052. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION ‘The conventional hydraulic circuit system however has a problem that when the gate-lock lever is operated to activate the lock valve, the hydraulic pump has a large tilting and the energy loss i large in spite of the condition where the operator has no intention of earrying out work. More specifically, in the regulator having an input torque limiting function, when the control levers are not operated ‘and the flow coniral valves are in the neutral positions, the pump delivery pressure is usually at a minimum level and therefore the pump tilting is controlled to have a maximum value as a result of the input torque limiting function. Also, in the negative control type regulator, when the control levers are not operated and the flow control valves are in the neutral positions, the pump tilting is controlled to provide a stand-by flow rate larger than a minimum How rate, as ‘mentioned above, for an improvement of response in the start-up operation. Therefore, although the operator manipu- lates the gate-lock lever to activate the lock valve and cut off the pilot primary pressure with no intention of carrying out work, the hydraulic pump continues delivering the maxi- ‘mum flow rate or the stand-by flow rate, resulting in a large energy loss. ‘An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrau- lic circuit system for a hydraulic working machine which ccan make smaller a tilting of a hydraulic pump and reduce an energy loss in the inoperative condition where the opera tor bas no intention of carrying out work. (1) To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a hydraulic circuit system for 4 hydraulic working machine comprising a variable dis- placement hydraulic pump driven by a prime mover, first lilting control means for controlling the displacement of | the hydraulic pump, a flow control valve for supplying ‘and returning a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump to and from an actuator, operation control means for driving the flow control valve to shift ip position by a ‘command signal, an safety control means provided in the ‘operation control means and being able 1 cut off a generation/-iransmission path of the command signal, ‘wherein the hydraulic circuit system further comprises second tilting control means for controlling the displace- ment of the hydraulic pump in interlock with the opera- tion of the safety control means. ‘With the present invention constructed as set forth above, ‘when the operator has no intention of carrying out work and ‘manipulates the safely contol means, the generation’ transmission path of the command signal forthe flow control valve is cut off and erroneous operation of the machine is prevented. At the same time, the second tilting control ‘means is operated to control the displacement of the hycirau- lic pump ia interlock with the operation of the safety control ‘means. In the inoperative condition where the operator has ‘no intention of carrying out work, it i therefore possible to ‘make smaller a tilting of the hydraulic pump and reduce an 5,974,796, 3 ‘energy loss. (2) In the above system of (1), preferably, the ‘second tilting contol means contcols the displacement ofthe hydraulic pump to reduce in interlock with the operation of| the safety control means. "AS with the above system, this feature also makes it possible to make smaller a tiling ofthe hydraulic pump and reduce an eneray’ loss. {) In the above system of (1), preferably, when the ‘generation/transmission path ofthe command signal is cut off by the safety control means, the second tiling control means controls he displacement ofthe hydraulic pump to ‘become smaller than the displacement provided by the first tilting control means when the generation/~ ‘ransmission path ofthe command signal isnot eut off and the flow control valve isin a neutral position ‘As with the above system, this feature also makes it possible to make smaller tiling of the hydraulic pump and reduce an energy loss in the inoperative condition where the ‘operator has n0 intention of carrying out work. (4) In the above system of (1), the first ilting contol means is, eg, means for controlling the displacement of the hydraulic pump to reduce as delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump rises In this ease, preferably, the second tilting control means controls the displacement of the hydraulic pump in interlock with the operation of the safety contol means to become smallee than the displace- ment provided by th first tilting conteol means when the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump is at the lowest level With this feature, the ist titing control means can effect the so-called input torque limiting control function, while the tilting of the bydraulie pump ean be made smaller and the energy loss can be reduced in the inoperative condition ‘where the operator has no intention of earring out work (5) In the above system of (1) the first tilting contol means, is, eg, means for controlling the displacement of the hydraulic pump in aecoedance with a flow rate demanded by the flow control valve and, when the flow control valve isina neutral position, controlling the displacement ofthe hydraulic pump to provide a stand-by flow rate larger than ‘¢ minimum flow eate of the hydraulic pump. In this case, preferably, the second tiling control means control the displacement ofthe hyraulie pump in interlock with the ‘operation of the safety control means to become smaller than the displacement at which the standby flow rate is provided. ‘With this feature, response atthe Start-up of operation of the actuator ean be improved in the system wherein the fist tilting control means comprises a regulator of the so-called negative or positive control type, while the tilting of the hhydraulie pump can be made smaller and the enengy loss can be reduced in the inoperative condition where the operator has no intention of carrying out work (6) In any of the above systems (2) 10 (5), preferably, the second tilting control means controls the displacement of tbe hydraulic pump in interlock with the operation of the safety control means to take minimum value of the displacement in the range achievable by the hydraulic pump. With this feature, an energy loss can be reduced 10 minimum in the inoperative condition where the operator has no intention of carrying out work (7) In any of the above systems (1) to (6), preferably, the ‘operation control means is pilot-operated means for pro

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