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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Toshikazu Okada, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Kita, Hirakata, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a dual tilt control system for a work vehicle, the system being capable of using a switching valve adapted to low pressure and low flow rates and left and right tilt cylinders of the same diameter and yielding large force during pitch and dual tilt operations and requiring no piston valve. A left tilt cylinder driving hydraulic circuit and a right tilt cylinder driving hydraulic circuit for respectively supplying pressure oil from a hydraulic pump to the left and right cylinders are arranged in parallel and comprise a left tilt cylinder actuation switching valve and a right tilt cylinder actuation switching valve, respectively. In a pilot pressure signal circuit for controlling the tilt cylinder actuation switching valves, a pilot switching valve for switching a blade between the pitch operation, a single tilt operation and the dual tilt operation by means of the left and right cylinders is provided.