Patent Publication Number: US-9429171-B2

Title: Hydraulic control device of wheeled industrial vehicle

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     This invention relates to a hydraulic control system for a wheeled working vehicle, which travels on wheels and stores, in an accumulator, pressure oil to be fed to a hydraulic bake system that applies braking to the wheels. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     A hydraulic control system for a wheeled working vehicle, which travels on wheels, is provided with an engine, a starter for starting up the engine in association with a manipulation of a key switch, a hydraulic pump drivable by the engine, an accumulator for storing pressure oil therein by being fed with pressure oil delivered from the hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic brake system for applying braking to the wheels by being fed with the pressure oil stored in the accumulator. Conventional hydraulic control systems of this type include those provided with a hydraulic circuit that upon starting up an engine, stops feeding pressure oil from a hydraulic pump to an accumulator to reduce a load acting on the engine (see Patent Document 1). 
     PRIOR ART DOCUMENT 
     Patent Document 
     Patent Document 1: JP-A-2002-89506 
     DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
     Problem to be Solved by the Invention 
     As mentioned above, these conventional hydraulic control systems are provided with a hydraulic circuit that upon starting up an engine, stops feeding pressure oil from a hydraulic pump to an accumulator. As this hydraulic circuit includes a selector valve interposed between the hydraulic pump and the accumulator, there is a potential problem of occurrence of a situation in which the feeding of pressure oil from the hydraulic pump to the accumulator cannot be done in a normal operation state other than the time of a start-up of the engine, for example, if the selector valve develops a malfunction such as sticking. 
     With the foregoing circumstance in view, the present invention has as an object thereof the provision of a hydraulic control system for a wheeled working vehicle which upon starting up an engine, can reduce a load acting on the engine to quickly start up the engine, and also, to reliably feed pressure oil from a hydraulic pump to an accumulator. 
     Means for Solving the Problem 
     To achieve the above-mentioned object, a hydraulic control system according to the present invention for a wheeled working vehicle is configured as will be described next. 
     [1] In one aspect of the present invention, the hydraulic control system is applicable to the wheeled working vehicle provided with an engine, a starter for starting up the engine, a hydraulic pump drivable by the engine, an accumulator for storing pressure oil therein by being fed with hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump, a brake system for applying braking to wheels by the pressure oil stored in the accumulator, and a brake valve for controlling the pressure oil to be fed to the brake system; and is characterized in that it is provided with a first accumulator connected, as the accumulator, to a first line connecting the hydraulic pump and the brake valve to each other, a second accumulator connected, as the accumulator, to a second line branching from the first line at a point between the hydraulic pump and the first accumulator, an operation detection device for detecting whether or not the starter is in an operation state, a rotational frequency detection device for detecting a rotational frequency of the engine, an on/off valve arranged in the second line and switchable in valve position to an open position, where the first line and the second accumulator are communicated to each other, or a closed position, where the first line and the second accumulator are cut off from each other, and a valve control device for controlling the on/off valve based on the operation state of the starter as detected by the operation detection device and the rotational frequency of the engine as detected by the rotational frequency detection device, and upon detection of the operation state of the starter by the operation detection device, the valve control device controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the closed position until the rotational frequency of the engine as detected by the rotational frequency detection device reaches a preset rotational frequency set beforehand, but controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the open position after the rotational frequency of the engine has reached the preset rotational frequency. 
     In the hydraulic control system described above in [1], upon detection of the operation state of the starter by the operation detection device, the valve control device controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the closed position until the rotational frequency of the engine as detected by the rotational frequency detection device reaches the preset rotational frequency set beforehand. As a consequence, no pressure oil flows from the first line into the second line, and the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump is fed to only the first accumulator out of the first and second accumulators. 
     Described specifically, upon starting up the engine, the hydraulic control system described above in [1] feeds the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump, to only the first accumulator out of the first and second accumulators until the rotational frequency of the engine reaches the preset rotational frequency set beforehand, thereby enabling to reduce a load acting on the hydraulic pump compared with a case of simultaneous feeding of the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump, to both the first and second accumulators, and hence, enabling to reduce the load acting on the engine and to start up the engine quickly. 
     In the hydraulic control system described above in [1], it is only the second accumulator out of the first and second accumulators that the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump becomes unable to be fed when the valve position of the on/off valve is the closed position. Even if the on/off valve should stick at the closed position, the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump can, therefore, be still fed to the first accumulator although it becomes impossible to feed the hydraulic oil to the second accumulator. Accordingly, the hydraulic control system described above in [1] can reliably perform the feeding of pressure oil from the hydraulic pump to the accumulator. 
     [2] In another aspect of the present invention, the hydraulic control system is applicable to the wheeled working vehicle provided with an engine, a starter for starting up the engine, a hydraulic pump drivable by the engine, an accumulator for storing pressure oil therein by being fed with hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump, a brake system for applying braking to wheels by the pressure oil stored in the accumulator, and a brake valve for controlling the pressure oil to be fed to the brake system, and is characterized in that it is provided with a first accumulator connected, as the accumulator, to a first line connecting the hydraulic pump and the brake valve to each other, a second accumulator connected, as the accumulator, to a second line branching from the first line at a point between the hydraulic pump and the first accumulator, an operation detection device for detecting whether or not the starter is in an operation state, an on/off valve arranged in the second line and switchable in valve position to an open position, where the first line and the second accumulator are communicated to each other, or a closed position, where the first line and the second accumulator are cut off from each other, and a valve control device for controlling the on/off valve based on the operation state of the starter as detected by the operation detection device, and the valve control device controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the closed position upon detection of the operation state of the starter by the operation detection device, but controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the open position while the operation state of the starter is not detected. 
     In the hydraulic control system described above in [2], while the operation state of the starter is detected by the operation detection device, the valve control device controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the closed position. With the valve position of the on/off valve being controlled at the closed position, no pressure oil flows from the first line into the second line, and the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump is fed to only the first accumulator out of the first and second accumulators. 
     As a consequence, upon starting up the engine, the hydraulic control system described above in [2] feeds the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump, to only the first accumulator out of the first and second accumulators while the starter is in the operation state, thereby enabling to reduce the load acting on the hydraulic pump compared with a case of simultaneous feeding of the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump, to both the first and second accumulators, and hence, enabling to reduce the load acting on the engine and to start up the engine quickly. 
     In the hydraulic control system described above in [2], it is only the second accumulator out of the first and second accumulators that the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump becomes unable to be fed when the valve position of the on/off valve is the closed position. Even if the on/off valve should stick at the closed position, the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump can, therefore, be still fed to the first accumulator although it becomes impossible to feed the hydraulic oil to the second accumulator. Accordingly, the hydraulic control system described above in [2] can reliably perform the feeding of pressure oil from the hydraulic pump to the accumulator. 
     [3] The hydraulic control system according the present invention may be characterized in that in the hydraulic control system described above in [1] or [2], the hydraulic control system is further provided with a hydraulic oil temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump and a temperature determination device for determining whether or not the temperature detected by the hydraulic oil temperature detection device is lower than a predetermined temperature, and the valve control device controls the valve position of the on/off valve at the closed position when the operation state of the starter has been detected by the operation detection device and the temperature of the hydraulic oil has been determined to be lower than the predetermined temperature by the temperature determination device. 
     The viscosity of hydraulic oil depends on its temperature. As the temperature of the hydraulic oil decreases, its viscosity hence increases so that the load acting on the engine upon its start-up increases. In the hydraulic control system described above in [3], the predetermined temperature is set based on whether or not it is a temperature of the hydraulic oil at which the viscosity of the hydraulic oil affects the start-up of the engine. Upon starting up the engine, the hydraulic control system described above in [3], therefore, can reduce the load acting on the engine by controlling the valve position of the on/off valve to the closed position when the viscosity of the hydraulic oil affects the start-up of the engine (when the temperature of the hydraulic oil is a temperature lower than the predetermined temperature), but can allow the second accumulator to store pressure oil, without reducing the load acting on the engine, by controlling the valve position of the on/off valve to the open position instead of the closed position when the viscosity of the hydraulic oil does not affect the start-up of the engine (when the temperature of the hydraulic oil is a temperature equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature). 
     [4] The hydraulic control system according to the present invention may be characterized in that in the invention as described above in any one of [1] to [3], a proportion of a capacity of the first accumulator, which accounts for a total capacity of the first and second accumulators, is in a range that the capacity of the first accumulator can actuate the hydraulic brake system a predetermined number of times which is once or more, and is set smaller than a proportion of a capacity of the second accumulator, which accounts for the total capacity. 
     The hydraulic control system described above in [4] can reduce the load acting on the engine without decreasing the total capacity of the first and second accumulators upon feeding the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump, to only the first accumulator out of the first and second accumulators. 
     Advantageous Effects of the Invention 
     According to the hydraulic control system of the present invention for the wheeled working vehicle, it is possible, upon starting up the engine, to reduce a load acting on the engine to quickly start up the engine, and also, to reliably feed pressure oil from the hydraulic pump to the accumulator. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a side view of a wheeled hydraulic excavator as a wheeled working vehicle on which a hydraulic control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention is arranged. 
         FIG. 2  is a hydraulic circuit diagram showing the hydraulic control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 3A through 3E  are time charts illustrating operation of the hydraulic control system shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         FIG. 4  is a hydraulic circuit diagram showing a hydraulic control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     A description will be made about hydraulic control systems according to first and second embodiments of the present invention for a wheeled working vehicle. 
     First Embodiment 
     With reference to  FIGS. 1 to 3 , a description will be made about the hydraulic control system according to the first embodiment for the wheeled working vehicle. 
     A wheeled hydraulic excavator  1  shown in  FIG. 1  is provided with a travel base  2  having a pair of left and right front wheels  2   a  and a pair of left and right rear wheels  2   b , an upperstructure  3  turnably connected to an upper section of the travel base  2 , and a front working device  7  equipped on a front section of the upperstructure  3 . The upperstructure  3  is provided with a cab  4  arranged on a left side of the front working device  7 , an engine compartment  5  arranged behind the cab  4 , and a counterweight  6  arranged behind the engine compartment  5 . The front working device  7  is provided with a boom  8  tiltably connected to the upperstructure  3 , an arm  9  pivotally connected to a free end portion of the boom  8 , and a bucket  10  pivotally connected to a free end portion of the arm  9 . These boom  8 , arm  9  and bucket  10  are configured to be drivable by extension and retraction of a boom cylinder  8   a  (hydraulic cylinder), arm cylinder  9   a  (hydraulic cylinder) and bucket cylinder  10   a  (hydraulic cylinder), respectively. 
     The wheeled hydraulic excavator  1  is provided with a front brake system  11  (hydraulic brake system) for applying braking to the front wheels  2   a , and a rear brake system  12  (hydraulic brake system) for applying braking to the rear wheels  2   b . The hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment of the present invention controls these front brake system  11  and rear brake system  12 , and is provided with a diesel engine  21  which is an internal combustion engine, a starter  22  for starting up the diesel engine  21 , a hydraulic pump  23  drivable by an output transmitted from the diesel engine  21 , and first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  for storing therein hydraulic oil delivered and fed from the hydraulic pump  23 . 
     The first accumulator  24  stores pressure oil, which is to be used for driving the front brake system  11 , therein by being fed with hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 . The first accumulator  25  stores pressure oil, which is to be used for driving the rear brake system  12 , therein by being fed with hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 . These first accumulators  24 , 25  are connected to the hydraulic pump  23  via a first line  28 . The first line  28  is provided with an accumulator charge valve  30 . The accumulator charge valve  30  is provided with a check valve (not shown) and a pressure control valve (not shown). The check valve allows a flow of pressure oil directed from the hydraulic pump  23  toward the first accumulators  24 , 25 , but prevents a flow of pressure oil in a direction opposite to the first-mentioned flow. On the other hand, the pressure control valve similarly allows a flow of pressure oil directed from the hydraulic pump  23  toward the first accumulator  25 , but drains pressure oil inside the first line  28  to a hydraulic oil tank  31  when the pressure (hereinafter called “the charge pressure”) stored in the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  has increased to a predetermined pressure (for example, 20 Mpa) or higher. 
     The second accumulators  26 , 27  are connected to a second line  29  branching from the first line  28 . The hydraulic control system  20  is also provided with an on/off valve  32  arranged in the second line  29  and interposed between the first line  28  and the second accumulators  26 , 27 . The on/off valve  32  has two valve positions, one being an open position (the lower valve position in  FIG. 2 ) and the other a closed position (the upper valve position in  FIG. 2 ). Described specifically, the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is fed to the second accumulators  26 , 27  when the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is the closed position, while the feeding of the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to the second accumulators  26 , 27  is prevented when the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is the closed position. The on/off valve  32  is a spring return electric valve, and the normal position of the on/off valve  32  is set at the open position by its return spring  32   a.    
     The pressure oil stored in the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  can be fed to the front brake system  11  or rear brake system  12  via a brake valve  33  interlocked with a brake pedal  34 . 
     The hydraulic control system  20  is also provided with a controller  40  for controlling the on/off valve  32 , and also with a key switch  45 . The key switch  45  is selectively manipulated to 3 positions, i.e., an off position (Off), an on position (On) and a start-up position (Start). With the key switch  45  having been switched to the on position or start-up position, electric power is fed to the controller  40 . With the key switch  45  being held at the start-up position, the starter  22  is brought into an operation state. The key switch  45  is configured to return from the start-up position to the on position by itself. 
     The controller  40  is a microcomputer equipped with CPU, ROM and RAM, and is provided with an operation detection device  41  set by a control program. Based on whether or not the key switch  45  is in a state that it has been manipulated to the start-up position, this operation detection device  41  detects whether or not the starter  22  is in the operation state. 
     As a hydraulic oil temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of hydraulic oil to be handled at the hydraulic pump  23 , the hydraulic control system  20  is further provided with a hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46  for converting the temperature of the hydraulic oil to an oil temperature detection signal (electrical signal) and outputting the signal to the controller  40 . The controller  40  is provided with a temperature determination device  42  set by the control program. This temperature determination device  42  is inputted with the oil temperature detection signal from the hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46 , and determines whether or not the temperature of the hydraulic oil as indicated by the oil temperature detection signal is lower than a predetermined temperature. 
     Incidentally, the viscosity of hydraulic oil depends on its temperature. As the temperature of the hydraulic oil decreases, its viscosity hence increases so that the load upon starting up the diesel engine  21  increases under an effect of the hydraulic pump connected to the diesel engine  21 . At the temperature determination device  42 , the predetermined temperature which serves as a reference value for the determination of the temperature of the hydraulic oil is set based on whether or not it is a temperature at which the viscosity of the hydraulic oil affects the start-up of the diesel engine  21 . The temperature at which the viscosity of the hydraulic oil becomes a load that affects the start-up of the diesel engine  21  can be determined by an experiment or the like. 
     The hydraulic control system  20  is further provided with a rotary encoder  47  for converting a rotation angle of an output shaft of the diesel engine  21  to a rotation detection signal (electrical signal) and outputting the signal. The controller  40  is provided with a rotational frequency calculation device  43  set by the control program. Based on the rotation angle indicated by the rotation detection signal from the rotary encoder  47 , this rotational frequency calculation device  43  calculates the rotational frequency per unit time of the diesel engine  21 . The rotary encoder  47  and rotational frequency calculation device  43  make up a rotational frequency detection device for detecting the rotational frequency per unit time of the diesel engine  21  (hereinafter called “the engine rotational frequency”). 
     The controller  40  is also provided with a valve control device  44  set by the control program. This valve control device  44  controls the on/off valve  32  based on the result of detection by the operation detection device  41 , the result of determination by the temperature determination device  42 , and the result of calculation of the engine rotational frequency by the rotational frequency calculation device  43 . Described specifically, when the operation state of the starter  22  has been detected by the operation detection device  41  and the temperature of the hydraulic oil as detected by the hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46  has been determined by the temperature determination device  42  to be a temperature lower than the predetermined temperature, the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is controlled at the closed position until the engine rotational frequency calculated by the rotational frequency calculation device  43  reaches an idling rotational frequency (for example, 800 rpm) set beforehand, but the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is controlled at the open position after the engine rotational frequency calculated by the rotational frequency calculation device  43  has reached the idling rotational frequency (for example, 800 rpm) as the preset rotational frequency set beforehand. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 3A through 3E , a description will be made about operation of the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment configured as described above. In  FIGS. 3A through 3E , solid lines indicate operation when control of the on/off valve  32  is performed to reduce a load acting on the diesel engine  21 , while dashed two-dotted lines indicate operation when no control of the on/off valve  32  is performed. 
     A description will first be made about operation when the on/off valve  32  is used to reduce the load acting on the diesel engine  21 . As illustrated in  FIG. 3A , when the key switch  45  is manipulated from the off position (Off) to the on position (On) at a time point T1, electric power is fed to the controller  40  to boot up the controller  40 . As a consequence, an oil temperature detection signal from the hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46  is inputted to the controller  40 , and the temperature determination device  42  of the controller  40  performs a determination as to whether or not the temperature of the hydraulic oil as indicated by the oil temperature detection signal is lower than the predetermined temperature. Now assume that the temperature of the hydraulic oil has been determined to be lower than the predetermined temperature. 
     When the key switch  45  is next manipulated to the start-up position at a time point T2, the starter  22  is operated. In conjunction with this, the engine rotational frequency begins to increase as indicated by the solid line in  FIG. 3C . Further, based on the key switch  45  being in a state of having been manipulated to the start-up position, the operation detection device  41  of the controller  40  detects at the time point T2 that the starter  22  is in an operation state. This time, the temperature of the hydraulic oil has been determined, after an elapse of time from the time point T1, by the temperature determination device  42  to be lower than the predetermined temperature. Therefore, at the timing of the time point T2 at which the operation state of the starter  22  has been detected by the operation detection device  41 , the valve control device  44  of the controller  40  outputs a control signal to the on/off valve  32  to switch on the on/off valve  32  and controls the valve position of the on/off valve  32  at the closed position, as indicated by the solid line in  FIG. 3B . The valve control device  44  then holds the valve position of the on/off valve  32  at the closed position until the engine rotational frequency calculated by the rotational frequency calculation device  43  reaches the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm) set beforehand. 
     The on/off valve  32  is arranged in the second line  29  and is interposed between the first line  28  and the second accumulators  26 , 27 . With the valve position of the on/off valve  32  being controlled at the closed position, no pressure oil, therefore, flows from the first line  28  into the second line  29  so that the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  driven by the engine  21  is fed to only the first accumulators  24 , 25  out of the first accumulator  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27 . As the pressure (charge pressure) stored in the first accumulator  24 , 25  rises as indicated by the solid line in  FIG. 3E , the delivery pressure (pump pressure) of the hydraulic pump  23  also rises, and accordingly, the load acting on the hydraulic pump  23  becomes greater. 
     When the key switch  45  is returned from the start-up position to the on position at a time point T3, the starter  22  stops, and the diesel engine  21  starts up to increase the engine rotational frequency by itself. Even in this state, the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is still fed to the first accumulators  24 , 25 , and as a consequence, the charge pressure of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and the pump pressure reach the a predetermined pressure (20 Mpa) set by the charge valve  30  at a time point T4 as illustrated in  FIGS. 3E and 3D . At this time, the charge valve  30  is brought to a state that the pressure in the first line  28  is drained to the hydraulic oil tank  31 , and accordingly, the pump pressure drops to a tank pressure (approximately 0 Mpa) as illustrated in  FIG. 3D . 
     Then at a time point T5, the engine rotational frequency reaches the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm). At this time, based on the fact that the engine rotational frequency calculated by the rotational frequency calculation device  43  has reached the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm), the valve control device  44  of the controller  40  stops the output of the control signal to the on/off valve  32 , and as illustrated by the solid line in  FIG. 3B , switches off the on/off valve  32  and allows the valve position of the on/off valve  32  to return to the open position by the return spring  32   a.    
     When the valve position of the on/off valve  32  returns to the open position at the time point T5 as described above, the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is brought into a state that it is fed from the first line  28  to the second accumulators  26 , 27  via the second line  29 . As an entirety of the first accumulators  24 ,  25  and second accumulators  26 ,  27 , the charge pressure, therefore, decreases corresponding to the usable capacity of the second accumulators  26 , 27  (the charge pressure of the first accumulators  24 , 25  does not decrease). In association with the beginning of feeding of the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to the second accumulators  26 , 27  at a time point T6, the pump pressure rises sharply and the charge pressure of the second accumulators  26 , 27  begins to rise. Then at a time point T7, the charge pressure of the second accumulators  26 , 27  reaches the predetermined pressure (20 Mpa) set by the charge valve  30 . At this time, the charge valve  30  is brought into a state that it drains the pressure in the first line  28  to the hydraulic oil tank  31 , and as a consequence, the pump pressure drops to the tank pressure (approximately 0 Mpa). 
     A description will next be made about operation when the on/off valve  32  is not used. As illustrated by the dashed two-dotted line in  FIG. 3B , when the control of the valve position of the on/off valve  32  to the closed position is not performed at the time point T2, in other words, when the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is maintained at the open position, the operation of the starter  22  is performed in parallel with the feeding of the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to both the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27 . As illustrated by the dashed two-dotted lines in  FIGS. 3E and 3D , the charge pressure of the entirety of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  and the pump pressure begin to rise from the time point T2 and reach the predetermined pressure (20 Mpa), which has been set by the charge valve  30 , at a time point T8. On the other hand, as illustrated by the dashed two-dotted line in  FIG. 3C , the engine rotational frequency begins to rise from the time point T2, and reaches the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm) at a time point T9. 
     As will be appreciated from a comparison between the patterns of rises in engine rotational frequency as indicated by the solid line and dashed two-dotted line in  FIG. 3C , the engine rotational frequency reaches the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm) earlier when the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is controlled to the closed position at the time point T2, in other words, when the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is fed to only the first accumulators  24 , 25  out of the first accumulators  24 ,  25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  than when the control of the valve position of the on/off valve  32  to the closed position is not performed at the time point T2, in other words, when the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is simultaneously fed to both the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 ,  27 , because the state that the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is fed to only the first accumulators  24 , 25  out of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 ,  27  leads to a smaller load acting on the hydraulic pump  23 , and accordingly, to a smaller load acting on the diesel engine  21  than the state that the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  is simultaneously fed to both the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 ,  27 . 
     The following advantageous effects can be brought about according to the hydraulic control system  20  of the first embodiment. 
     By feeding the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to only the first accumulators  24 ,  25  out of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  until the engine rotational frequency reaches the preset idling rotational frequency (800 rpm) upon starting up the diesel engine  21 , the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment can reduce the load acting on the hydraulic pump  23 , and hence, to reduce the load acting on the diesel engine  21  so that the engine can be started up (can reach the idling rotational frequency) quickly. 
     In the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment, it is only the second accumulators  26 , 27  out of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  that become unable to be fed with the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  when the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is the closed position. Even if the on/off valve  32  should stick at the closed position, the hydraulic oil delivered from the hydraulic pump  23  can, therefore, be still fed to the first accumulators  24 , 25  although it becomes impossible to feed the hydraulic oil to the second accumulators  26 , 27 . Accordingly, the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment can reliably perform the feeding of pressure oil from the hydraulic pump  23  to the accumulators. 
     In the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment, the valve control device  44  controls the valve position of the on/off valve  32  to the closed position when a temperature of the hydraulic oil lower than the predetermined temperature is detected by the hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46 . The predetermined temperature has been set based on whether or not it is a temperature at which the viscosity of the hydraulic oil affects the start-up of the diesel engine  21 . When the viscosity of the hydraulic oil does not affect the start-up of the diesel engine  21  upon starting up the engine, the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment, therefore, allows the second accumulators  26 , 27  to perform storing pressure oil, without reducing the load acting on the diesel engine  21 , by setting the valve position of the on/off valve  32  at the open position instead of the closed position. 
     Second Embodiment 
     With reference to  FIG. 4 , a description will be made about the hydraulic control system according to the second embodiment of the present invention for the wheeled working vehicle. Of the elements shown in  FIG. 4 , those equivalent to the corresponding ones shown in  FIG. 2  are indicated by similar signs as those used in  FIG. 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , the hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment is different in configuration from the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment in that it is not provided with the rotary encoder  47  and rotational frequency calculation device  43 , in other words, the rotational frequency detection device in the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment but is provided with a valve control device  51  different from the valve control device  44 , and the configuration other than the above-described difference is the same as the corresponding configuration of the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment. 
     In the hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment, the valve control device  51  controls the on/off valve  32  based on the result of detection by the operation detection device  41  and the result of determination by the temperature determination device  42 . Described specifically, when the operation state of the starter  22  has been detected by the operation detection device  41  and the temperature of the hydraulic oil as detected by the hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46  has been determined by the temperature determination device  42  to be a temperature lower than the predetermined temperature, the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is controlled at the closed position, but otherwise, the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is controlled at the open position. 
     According to the hydraulic control system  50  of the second embodiment constructed as described above, the valve control device  51  controls the valve position of the on/off valve  32  to the open position at a time point when the starter  22  has returned from the start-up position to the on position. A period of time during which the load acting on the diesel engine  21  is kept reduced upon starting up the diesel engine  21  is, therefore, only while the starter is in the operation state. As a consequence, a time point at which the engine rotational frequency reaches the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm) is later than the time point T5 in the first embodiment in which the valve position of the on/off valve  32  is controlled at the closed position until the engine rotational frequency reaches the idling rotational frequency (800 rpm), but is earlier than the time point T9 when the on/off valve  32  is not controlled to the closed position. 
     The following advantageous effects can be brought about according to the hydraulic control system  50  of the second embodiment. 
     By feeding the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to only the first accumulators  24 , 25  out of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27  only while the starter  22  is in the operation state upon starting up the diesel engine  21 , the hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment can reduce, compared with the case of the simultaneous feeding of the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to both the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27 , the load acting on the hydraulic pump  23 , and hence, to reduce the load acting on the diesel engine  21  so that the engine can be started up (can reach the idling rotational frequency) quickly. 
     Different from the valve control device  44  in the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment, the valve control device  51  in the hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment does not make a determination as to whether or not the engine rotational frequency has reached the idling rotational frequency set beforehand. The hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment can, therefore, make a control program for use in the control of the on/off valve  32  simpler than the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment. 
     Similar to the hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment, the hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment can reliably perform the feeding of pressure oil from the hydraulic pump  23  to the accumulators. When the viscosity of the hydraulic oil does not affects the start-up of the diesel engine  21  upon starting up the engine, the second accumulators  26 , 27  are allowed to perform storing pressure oil, without reducing the load acting on the diesel engine  21 , by setting the valve position of the on/off valve  32  at the open position instead of the closed position. 
     The above-described hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment and hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment are provided with the hydraulic oil temperature sensor  46  (hydraulic oil temperature detection device) and temperature determination device  42 , and as a condition for controlling the on/off valve  32  at the closed position, require that the temperature of the hydraulic oil is determined by the temperature determination device  42  to be lower than the predetermined temperature. However, the present invention may be provided with neither a hydraulic oil temperature determination device nor a temperature determination device, in other words, may not require, as a condition for the control of the on/off valve  32 , that the temperature of the hydraulic oil is the predetermined temperature. 
     Concerning the above-described hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment and hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment, no description has been made about the proportion of a total capacity of the first accumulators  24 ,  25 , which accounts for a total capacity of the first accumulators  24 ,  25  and second accumulators  26 , 27 . The total capacity of the first accumulators  24 , 25  may be a capacity that can actuate each of the front brake system  11  and rear brake system  12  a predetermined number of times which is once or more, and may be set smaller than a total capacity of the second accumulators  26 , 27 . As a consequence, upon feeding the hydraulic oil, which has been delivered from the hydraulic pump  23 , to only the first accumulators  24 , 25  out of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27 , the load acting on the diesel engine  21  can be reduced without decreasing the total capacity of the first accumulators  24 , 25  and second accumulators  26 , 27 . 
     The wheeled working vehicle, to which the above-described hydraulic control system  20  according to the first embodiment and hydraulic control system  50  according to the second embodiment are each applied, is a wheeled hydraulic excavator. It is, however, to be noted that the wheeled working vehicle to which the present invention is applicable is not limited to a wheeled hydraulic excavator but may be another wheeled working vehicle such as a wheel loader. 
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           1  Wheeled hydraulic excavator 
           11  Front brake system 
           12  Rear brake system 
           20  Hydraulic control system 
           21  Diesel engine 
           22  Starter 
           23  Hydraulic pump 
           24 ,  25  First accumulators 
           26 ,  27  Second accumulators 
           28  First line 
           29  Second line 
           30  Accumulator charge valve 
           31  Hydraulic oil tank 
           32  On/off valve 
           32   a  Return spring 
           33  Brake valve 
           34  Brake pedal 
           40  Controller 
           41  Operation detection device 
           42  Temperature determination device 
           43  Rotational frequency calculation device 
           44  Valve control device 
           45  Key switch 
           46  Hydraulic oil temperature sensor 
           47  Rotary encoder 
           50  Hydraulic control system 
           51  Valve control device