Patent ID: 7967547
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A work machine, comprising: a working structure; a boom having one end mounted to the working structure; a bucket and a fork which are mutually replaceable with each other, the bucket or the fork being mounted to the other end of the boom; a bell crank mounted to a middle portion of the boom in a longitudinal direction of the boom; a tilt cylinder having one end pivoted on the working structure and the other end mounted to one end portion of the bell crank, the tilt cylinder being at least one of expandable and contractible to adjust a distance between the working structure and the bell crank; and a connecting link for connecting the other end portion of the bell crank and the bucket or fork; wherein when the bucket is attached and set at a ground horizontal position and a lower surface of the bucket is disposed on a ground surface: the other end of the tilt cylinder is mounted to an upper end portion of the bell crank, and the connecting link is connected to a lower end portion of the bell crank; wherein the bell crank is connected to the boom, the connecting link is connected to the bell crank and the tilt cylinder is connected to the bell crank such that an angle θ formed by a first line segment connecting a pivot position of the bell crank on the boom and a pivot position of the bell crank on the connecting link, and a second line segment connecting the pivot position of the bell crank on the boom and a pivot position of the bell crank on the tilt cylinder on a side of the bucket is represented by the following expression: 155 (deg)≦θ≦176 (deg); and wherein the bell crank is connected to the boom, the tilt cylinder is connected to the bell crank and the tilt cylinder is connected to the working structure such that an angle α formed by the second line segment and a third line segment connecting the pivot position of the bell crank on the tilt cylinder and a pivot position of the tilt cylinder on the working structure on a side of the working structure is represented by the following expression: 53.5 (deg)≦α≦72.3 (deg), and wherein the bucket is connected to the boom and the connecting link such that a fourth line segment connecting a pivot position of the bucket on the boom and a pivot position of the bucket on the connecting link is inclined to the boom on an opposite side of the ground surface, and such that an angle δ formed by the fourth line segment and a vertical line passing through the pivot position of the bucket on the boom on the opposite side of the ground surface is represented by the following expression: δ≦23.3 (deg), and wherein the angles θ, α and δ are selected such that when the bucket is moved to and set at a top position without expanding or contracting the tilt cylinder from a position the tilt cylinder is in when the bucket is set at the ground horizontal position, a lowering angle ω of a front end of the lower surface of the bucket with respect to a horizontal plane is represented by the following expression: ω≦4.5 (deg); and wherein when the bucket is set at the ground horizontal position and the lower surface of the bucket is disposed on the ground surface, the end of the tilt cylinder connected to the working structure is mounted below a mounting position of the boom on the working structure.