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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Sumitomo(s.h.i.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeya Izumikawa, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A shovel includes: an arm rotatably attached to a boom rotatably attached to a revolving body; a bucket rotatably attached to the arm; a tilt mechanism configured to support the bucket that can be tilted to the arm; a bucket tilt angle sensor configured to detect a tilt angle of the bucket; and a tilt angle controller configured to control adjusting the tilt angle. The tilt angle controller adjusts the tilt angle by automatic control of the tilt mechanism so that a bucket line of the bucket becomes parallel to a target excavation surface. The automatic control of the tilt mechanism is enabled after moving the shovel and/or during rotating the shovel.