Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Takehito Ikema

Tomohiko Yasuda

Atsushi Kitaguchi

Kazunori Ishihara

Yasuki Kita

Yoshifumi Nabeshima

Takayuki Satou

Takashi Sasaki

Hitomi Ooshima

Takayuki Sato

Michio Fushiki

Shinji Akino

Takeo Yamamoto

Disclosed is a body structure for a dump truck () having a body frame (). The body structure is provided with hinge pins () to be located toward a rear of the body frame, a body (A) to be tiltably disposed on the body frame via the hinge pins and to be adapted to load payload (), and stiffening members arranged on outer surfaces of the body. The body is constructed at least of a floor board (), a front board (), side boards (), and a canopy (). The stiffening members include side-board stiffeners () connecting upper portions of elongated joints between the side boards and the front board to portions of elongated joints between the side boards and the floor board. The latter portions are located rearward of positions laterally corresponding to a barycentric position (G) of the payload () in a longitudinal direction of the body.

Body structure for dump truck

A body for a dump truck includes a body frame, a bottom wall, front wall, and left and right side walls arranged on the body frame. The body also includes an earth/sand anti-sticking device and a steel member arranged outside and opposite the earth/sand anti-sticking device such that a space is formed between the steel member and the earth/sand anti-sticking device. The body is provided with at least one steel rib arranged in the space, fixedly secured to the steel member to reinforce the steel member, and arranged extending upright toward the earth/sand anti-sticking device. The steel member is any one of the bottom wall, front wall, and left and right walls, and the steel rib is shaped to divide the space.

Body for dump truck

A body for a dump truck includes a body frame, a bottom wall, front wall and left and right side walls arranged on the body frame. The bottom wall, front wall and left and right side walls define a payload section for loading a payload, an earth/sand anti-sticking device is arranged in a corner part of the payload section to prevent earth or sand from sticking in the corner part. A steel member is arranged outside and opposite to the earth/sand anti-sticking device such that a space is formed between the steel member and the earth/sand anti-sticking device. The body includes at least one steel rib having a ridge extending out from a surface of a plate that forms the earth/sand anti-sticking device, the ridge is fixedly secured by welding to the plate that forms the earth/sand anti-sticking device.

Rear wheel tires of a vehicle body are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction. A foreign object removing device is provided between an outer tire and an inner tire of the rear wheels on one side of the vehicle for removing foreign objects between the tires. The foreign object removing device includes a bar-shaped member inserted in a suspended state between the tires, and a shoe provided in a lower end side of the bar-shaped member to collide with foreign objects such as earth and sand, and stones getting in between the tires for flicking out the foreign objects from between the tires. The shoe is replaceably attached to the lower end side of the bar-shaped member by using a bolt. In a case where the shoe wears down, only the shoe is replaced.

Transporter vehicle

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Tsuchiura, Japan

Takehito Ikema