| 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 |

| 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.
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