US 7,497,081 B2
Hydraulic fluid supply structure
Shigenori Sakikawa, Hyogo (Japan)
Assigned to Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hyogo (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/611,580.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-362994 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0137972 A1, Jun. 21, 2007
Int. Cl. F16D 31/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 60—422  [60/435] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A hydraulic fluid supply structure comprising:
a discharge line fluidly connected to a discharge port of a hydraulic pump body and regulated to have a first pressure value;
an external hydraulic fluid extraction line for supplying the hydraulic fluid to a raising and lowering hydraulic actuator for raising and lowering a working machine, the external hydraulic fluid extraction line being fluidly connected to the discharge line through a resistance valve;
a PTO hydraulic fluid line for supplying the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic operating type clutch mechanism for engaging or disengaging power transmission to the working machine, the PTO hydraulic line being fluidly connected to the discharge line through a throttle valve and regulated to have a second pressure value lower than the first pressure value; and
a PTO switching valve interposed in the PTO hydraulic fluid line so as to turn ON/OFF the supply of the hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic clutch mechanism, wherein the PTO switching valve is configured to block a primary side line, out of the PTO hydraulic line, positioned on the upstream side from the PTO switching valve, when the supply of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic clutch mechanism is turned OFF, and
the PTO hydraulic fluid line is fluidly disconnected from the discharge line when the hydraulic pressure of the discharge line becomes higher than a third pressure value, which is lower than the first pressure value and higher than the second pressure value.