Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Hiroaki Iwamitsu

Takashi Tsukiana

Koichi Yamashita

Kazuyuki Saki

Keiji Fujioka

Kazuhiro Ueda

Seigo Arai

Akihiko Eita

In a construction machine comprising an engine, hydraulic device, and heat exchanger for cooling the engine and the hydraulic device, which are all disposed in an upper rotating body of the construction machine, there is formed a maintenance passage along which maintenance portions of the engine and the hydraulic device are disposed so as to cross the upper rotating body. Exhaust air from cooling fans for sending air to the heat exchanger is discharged to the exterior of the machine body through the passage. Thus, the passage is utilized as an exhaust air passage for the heat exchanger, whereby it is possible to provide a construction machine improved in cooling efficiency for the heat exchanger.

Construction machine

A construction machine having an oil cooler 3, a radiator 4, and a fan shroud 5 arranged in an upper rotating body 13, in which the oil cooler 3 and the fan shroud 5 are securely fixed to the upper rotating body 13 and the radiator 4 is adapted to be detachably fixed to the upper rotating body 13 while the oil cooler 3 and the fan shroud 5 are held in the state fixed to the upper rotating body 13.

Cooling apparatus for construction machine

An air intake structure in a construction machine, comprising a radiator chamber, a radiator ventilating hole formed in an upper position of the radiator chamber, an air cleaner chamber formed in close proximity to the radiator chamber, an air cleaner ventilating hole formed in the ceiling surface of the air cleaner chamber, an intake duct disposed below the air cleaner ventilating hole and communicating with the radiator chamber, and an air cleaner disposed in close proximity to the ceiling surface of the air cleaner chamber at a position close to the intake duct. According to this air intake structure, not only the engine cooling efficiency can be enhanced to a satisfactory extent, but also a lower space in the air cleaner chamber can be fully utilized effectively.

Air intake structure in a construction machine

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroaki Iwamitsu