Patent Publication Number: US-10323557-B2

Title: Construction machine

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a construction machine such as a hydraulic excavator including an exhaust gas purifying device for purifying nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas, for example. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In general, a hydraulic excavator as a construction machine is constituted by a self-propelled lower traveling structure, an upper revolving structure mounted on the lower traveling structure, capable of revolving around a center of a revolving device as a revolving center, and a working mechanism provided on the upper revolving structure, capable of moving upward/downward. 
     The upper revolving structure is constituted by including a revolving frame forming a support structural body, a counterweight provided on a rear side of the revolving frame and taking a weight balance with the working mechanism, an engine located on a front side of the counterweight and mounted on a rear side of the revolving frame in a horizontal position extending in a left-and-right direction, a cooling fan rotating with the engine as a power source and suctioning an outside air as cooling air, a heat exchanger arranged closer to an upstream side in a flow direction of the cooling air than the cooling fan, and an exterior cover forming a machine chamber accommodating onboard devices such as the engine, the heat exchanger and the like on the revolving frame. 
     For the engine of the hydraulic excavator, a diesel engine is used, and this diesel engine discharges nitrogen oxides (hereinafter referred to as NOx) together with the exhaust gas. Thus, an exhaust gas purifying device for purifying NOx contained in the exhaust gas is known. This exhaust gas purifying device is provided in an exhaust pipe of the engine, for example, constituted by a urea selective reduction catalyst for removing nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas and a urea water injection valve for injecting a urea solution as a reducing agent to the urea selective reduction catalyst and decomposes NOx into a harmless nitrogen gas and water. Thus, a urea water tank for storing the urea water which is a reducing agent and a urea water supply line for supplying the urea water to the urea water injection valve are provided in the hydraulic excavator. 
     Here, if the urea water (32.5% urea water, for example) used for purifying NOx is held at a high temperature of approximately 60° C., its quality deteriorates in approximately one week and cannot be used anymore, and the higher the temperature becomes, the faster the quality deteriorates. Since the deteriorated urea water has high corrosiveness, there is nonconformity that it corrodes metal components such as the urea water injection valve. Thus, the urea water tank storing the urea water and the urea water supply line through which the urea water flows needs to be arranged at a place where it is hardly susceptible to heat from the engine and a temperature is held low in the machine room. 
     On the other hand, an art of cooling the urea water in the urea water tank by the cooling air with a low temperature before passing through the heat exchanger by arranging the urea water tank on an upstream side from the heat exchanger in the flow direction of the cooling air is disclosed (Patent Document 1). 
     Moreover, an art in which a box-shaped or frame-shaped fixing member is fixed to the upper revolving structure, and the urea water tank is arranged inside this fixing member through a heat insulating material is disclosed. As a result, even if the temperature in the machine room is raised by the heat generated by the engine or the like, a temperature rise of the urea water stored in the urea water tank can be suppressed (Patent Document 2). 
     On the other hand, by laying out the urea water supply line at a position separated from the onboard device which becomes a heat source such as an engine, a hydraulic pump or the like or by covering the urea water supply line with the heat insulating material, a rise of the temperature of the urea water flowing through the urea water supply line can be suppressed. 
     PRIOR ART DOCUMENT 
     Patent Document 
     
         
         Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-138526 A 
         Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2012-145086 A 
       
    
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     However, the urea water injection valve is arranged in the vicinity of the engine in order to inject the urea water into the exhaust gas. Therefore, a part of the urea water supply line connecting the urea water tank and a fuel injection valve to each other is laid out in an engine room in which the engine is arranged in the machine room. 
     In this case, an injection amount of the urea water is substantially in proportion to a fuel consumption amount. Thus, in the hydraulic excavator having a small engine output and a smaller fuel consumption amount, the flow of the urea water flowing through the urea water supply line is slow, and time during which the urea water stays in the urea water supply line becomes long. Moreover, if the urea water supply line laid out in the engine room becomes long due to the layout of the onboard devices arranged in the engine room, the temperature of the urea water rises while the urea water flows through the lengthy urea water supply line. 
     Thus, in the hydraulic excavator particularly with a small engine output or the hydraulic excavator with the length of the urea water supply line laid out in the engine room being long, even if the heat insulating material is wound around the urea water supply line, the heat from the engine or the like cannot be sufficiently shut off, and there is a problem that the temperature of the urea water rises. Moreover, if a device accommodating space in the engine room is small, the heat insulating material having a sufficient thickness cannot be wound around the urea water supply line, and there is a problem that the temperature of the urea water rises. 
     The present invention was made in view of the aforementioned problems of the prior arts and has an object to provide a construction machine which can suppress a temperature rise of a urea water by shielding a urea water supply line from the heat of an engine. 
     (1) In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention is applied to a construction machine comprising: a self-propelled lower traveling structure and an upper revolving structure mounted rotatably on the lower traveling structure, the upper revolving structure comprising: a revolving frame forming a support structural body; a counterweight provided on a rear side of the revolving frame; an engine located on a front side of the counterweight and provided on the revolving frame in a horizontal position, extending in a left-and-right direction; a cooling fan provided on one side in a left-and-right direction of the engine and suctioning an outside air as a cooling air by rotating with the engine as a power source; a heat exchanger located closer to an upstream side in a flow direction of the cooling air than the cooling fan and provided by facing the cooling fan and cooling a fluid by the cooling air; an exterior cover formed by including a left surface plate, a right surface plate, and a top surface plate and forming a machine room for accommodating onboard devices including the engine and the heat exchanger on the revolving frame; an exhaust gas purifying device provided in an exhaust pipe of the engine and including a urea selective reduction catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas; a urea water injection valve provided in the exhaust gas purifying device and injecting a urea water which is a reducing agent to an upstream side of the urea selective reduction catalyst; a urea water tank storing the urea water to be supplied to the urea water injection valve; and a urea water supply line connecting the urea water tank and the urea water injection valve through the machine room and through which the urea water to be supplied to the urea water injection valve flows. 
     A feature of the present invention is that the construction machine further comprising: a support member arranged on a front side of the counterweight and supporting the exterior cover; and a heat shield cover provided on the support member for shielding heat from the engine and forming a line accommodating space for accommodating the urea water supply line between itself and the support member. 
     According to the present invention, by mounting a heat-shielding cover using the support member for supporting the exterior cover, the line accommodating space can be formed between the support member and the heat-shielding cover. As a result, a portion in the urea water supply line passing through the machine room and influenced by the heat from the engine can be shielded from a hot air by a support portion seat and the heat-shielding cover. Therefore, the temperature rise of the urea water flowing through the urea water supply line by the heat from the engine can be suppressed. As a result, deterioration of the urea water caused by the heat can be prevented, and reliability of the exhaust gas purifying device including the urea selective reduction catalyst can be improved. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a left side view showing a hydraulic excavator according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a plan view of the hydraulic excavator when seen from above in a state where an exterior cover is omitted. 
         FIG. 3  is a rear view of the hydraulic excavator when seen from rear in a state where a counterweight is omitted. 
         FIG. 4  is a plan view showing a state where a heat exchanger, a urea water tank, a urea water pump, a urea water supply line, a horizontal support member, an exhaust gas purifying device and the like are arranged on a revolving frame. 
         FIG. 5  is a partially broken exploded view showing a state where the urea water tank, the urea water pump, the urea water supply line, the horizontal support member, the exhaust gas purifying device and the like are removed from the revolving frame in  FIG. 4 . 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective view showing a state where the heat exchanger, the urea water tank, the urea water pump, the urea water supply line, the horizontal support member, the exhaust gas purifying device and the like are arranged on the revolving frame. 
         FIG. 7  is a sectional view schematically showing the exhaust gas purifying device. 
         FIG. 8  is a perspective view showing the urea water supply line, the horizontal support member, and a heat-shielding cover in  FIG. 6  in an enlarged manner. 
         FIG. 9  is an exploded perspective view showing the urea water supply line, the horizontal support member, and the heat shielding cover in an exploded manner. 
         FIG. 10  is a perspective view of the horizontal support member when seen from the rear side. 
         FIG. 11  is an enlarged sectional view showing the urea water supply line, the horizontal support member, the heat-shielding cover, and a line accommodating space when seen from an arrow XI-XI direction in  FIG. 8 . 
     
    
    
     MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     Hereinafter, an embodiment of a construction machine according to the present invention will be described in detail in accordance with the attached drawings by using a hydraulic excavator as an example. 
     In  FIG. 1 , a hydraulic excavator  1  which is a representative example of a construction machine has a self-propelled crawler-type lower traveling structure  2  and an upper revolving structure  3  rotatably mounted on the lower traveling structure  2 . A working mechanism  4  is provided capable of moving upward/downward on a front side of the upper revolving structure  3 , and an excavating work of earth and sand and the like by using this working mechanism  4  is performed. 
     A revolving frame  5  forms a support structural body which becomes a base for the upper revolving structure  3 . As shown in  FIGS. 4 to 6 , the revolving frame  5  has a bottom plate  5 A made of a thick steel plate or the like extending to a front-and-rear direction, a left vertical plate  5 B, a right vertical plate  5 C provided upright on the bottom plate  5 A and extending in the front-and-rear direction at a predetermined interval in a left-and-right direction, a left side frame  5 D arranged on a left side of the left vertical plate  5 B at an interval and extending in the front-and-rear direction, and a right side frame  5 E arranged on a right side of the right vertical plate  5 C at an interval and extending in the front-and-rear direction. Moreover, the revolving frame  5  has a left extension beam  5 F extended in a left direction from the bottom plate  5 A and the left vertical plate  5 B and supporting the left side frame  5 D on a distal end portion, a right extension beam  5 G extended in a right direction from the bottom plate  5 A and the right vertical plate  5 C and supporting the right side frame  5 E on a distal end portion, and a rear plate  5 H extending in the left-and-right direction between rear end portions of the left side frame  5 D and the right side frame  5 E. 
     On the other hand, four engine brackets  5 J, for example, are provided on a rear side of the revolving frame  5  positioned between the left vertical plate  5 B and the right vertical plate  5 C. An engine  7  which will be described later is mounted on each of these engine brackets  5 J. A foot portion of the working mechanism  4  is mounted, capable of moving upward/downward on front end sides of the left and right vertical plates  5 B,  5 C. A counterweight  6  which will be described later is mounted on rear end portions of the left vertical plate  5 B and the right vertical plate  5 C. 
     The counterweight  6  is provided on the rear side of the revolving frame  5  and takes a weight balance with the working mechanism  4 . A rear surface  6 A of the counterweight  6  is formed having an arc shape around a revolving center of the upper revolving structure  3  and is constituted so as to be substantially contained in a vehicle width of the lower traveling structure  2  in a revolving operation of the upper revolving structure  3 . A maintenance opening  6 C penetrating the rear surface  6 A and a front surface  6 B and a maintenance cover  6 D covering this maintenance opening  6 C capable of being opened/closed are provided on a left end side of the counterweight  6 . 
     The engine  7  is provided on the rear side of the revolving frame  5  located on the front side of the counterweight  6 . The engine  7  has four mounting legs  7 A corresponding to each of the engine brackets  5 J of the revolving frame  5 . Each of the mounting legs  7 A is mounted on each of the engine brackets  5 J through a vibration isolating mount. As a result, the engine  7  is mounted on the revolving frame  5  in a horizontal position where a crank shaft (not shown) extends in the left-and-right direction. A pump mounting part  7 B is provided on a right side of the engine  7 . A hydraulic pump  8  is mounted on this pump mounting part  7 B, and a mounting base  17  of an exhaust gas purifying device  16  which will be described later is mounted. Moreover, a first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  of the exhaust gas purifying device  16  is connected to an exhaust pipe  7 C of the engine  7 . 
     A cooling fan  9  is mounted on the left side of the engine  7 . The cooling fan  9  suctions an outside air as a cooling air by rotating with the engine  7  as a power source and supplies this cooling air to a heat exchanger  10  which will be described later. The cooling air by the cooling fan  9  passes through the heat exchanger  10  and flows to the engine  7  side. 
     The heat exchanger  10  is arranged closer to the upstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air than the cooling fan  9 . The heat exchanger  10  is provided on a rear left side of the revolving frame  5  in a state faced with the cooling fan  9 . The heat exchanger  10  is constituted by a support frame  10 A provided upright on the revolving frame  5 , a radiator  10 B, an oil cooler  10 C, an intercooler  10 D and the like supported by this support frame  10 A. The heat exchanger  10  is to cool various kinds of fluids whose temperatures have risen by the cooling air supplied by the cooling fan  9 . Moreover, the support frame  10 A of the heat exchanger  10  supports a left end side of a horizontal support member  34  which will be described later at its upper-part position. 
     A hydraulic oil tank  11  and a fuel tank  12  are provided by being juxtaposed in the left-and-right direction on the front side of the hydraulic pump  8 . The hydraulic oil tank  11  is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped container extending in the up-and-down direction and stores a hydraulic oil for driving various kinds of hydraulic actuators mounted on the hydraulic excavator  1 . The fuel tank  12  is arranged adjacent to a right side of the hydraulic oil tank  11 . The fuel tank  12  is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped container extending in the up-and-down direction and stores a fuel to be supplied to the engine  7 . 
     A cab  13  is mounted on a front left side of the revolving frame  5 . The cab  13  defines a driver&#39;s cab which an operator gets onboard. A driver&#39;s seat on which the operator is seated, an operation lever for traveling, an operation lever for work and the like (none of them is shown) are disposed inside the cab  13 . 
     An exterior cover  14  is arranged between the counterweight  6  and the cab  13  and is provided on the revolving frame  5  in a state extending in the left-and-right direction. As shown in  FIG. 3 , the exterior cover  14  is constituted by including a left surface plate  14 A covering the heat exchanger  10  and the like from a left side, a right surface plate  14 B covering the hydraulic pump  8  and the like from a right side, a top surface plate  14 C covering the heat exchanger  10 , the hydraulic pump  8  and the like from above, an engine cover  14 D, and a purifying device cover  14 E. The engine cover  14 D protrudes upward from the top surface plate  14 C and covers the engine  7  and the like from above. The purifying device cover  14 E is arranged adjacent to a right side of the engine cover  14 D and covers the exhaust gas purifying device  16  which will be described later. A tail pipe  14 F for discharging the exhaust gas to an outside is provided on the purifying device cover  14 E by protruding upward. 
     A machine room  15  is defined by the exterior cover  14  on the revolving frame  5  and accommodates the engine  7 , the hydraulic pump  8 , the cooling fan  9 , the heat exchanger  10 , the exhaust gas purifying device  16 , a urea water tank  27  and the like inside. Here, the machine room  15  is roughly divided into a heat exchanger upstream room  15 A located closer to an upstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air than the heat exchanger  10  and an engine room  15 B located closer to a downstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air than the heat exchanger  10 . 
     The heat exchanger upstream room  15 A is surrounded by the heat exchanger  10 , the counterweight  6 , the left surface plate  14 A and the top surface plate  14 C of the exterior cover  14 . The urea water tank  27  and the like are arranged inside the heat exchanger upstream room  15 A. On the other hand, the engine room  15 B is surrounded by the heat exchanger  10 , the counterweight  6 , the right surface plate  14 B and the top surface plate  14 C of the exterior cover  14 . The engine  7 , the hydraulic pump  8 , the exhaust gas purifying device  16  and the like are arranged inside the engine room  15 B. The cooling air by the cooling fan  9  flows from the heat exchanger upstream room  15 A to the engine room  15 B through the heat exchanger  10 . Therefore, the temperature in the heat exchanger upstream room  15 A is kept lower than the temperature in the engine room  15 B. 
     The exhaust gas purifying device  16  is provided by being connected to an exhaust side of the engine  7 . This exhaust gas purifying device  16  removes carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and the like contained in the exhaust gas discharged from the engine  7  by oxidation, purifies nitrogen oxides (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas and moreover, reduces an exhaust noise. As shown in  FIGS. 3 and 6 , the exhaust gas purifying device  16  has the mounting base  17 , and this mounting base  17  is mounted on the pump mounting part  7 B of the engine  7  together with the hydraulic pump  8 . As a result, the exhaust gas purifying device  16  is arranged above the hydraulic pump  8 . As shown in  FIG. 7 , the exhaust gas purifying device  16  is constituted by including the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  which will be described later, a connecting pipe  21 , a second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  and the like. 
     The first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  is connected to an outlet side of the exhaust pipe  7 C of the engine  7 . The first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  is constituted by including a cylindrical case  19  extended in the front-and-rear direction and an oxidation catalyst  20  arranged in the cylindrical case  19 . The cylindrical case  19  is formed as a cylindrical sealed container, and a supply port  19 A made of a tubular body is provided on an upstream side (front side portion) of the cylindrical case  19  by protruding in a radial direction. An outlet side of the exhaust pipe  7 C is connected to a protruding end side of the supply port  19 A protruding to an outside of the cylindrical case  19 . An exhaust port  19 B opened in the radial direction is provided on a downstream side (rear side portion) of the cylindrical case  19 . 
     The oxidation catalyst  20  is arranged in the cylindrical case  19 . The oxidation catalyst  20  is made of a cell-state cylindrical body made of ceramics, for example, a large number of through holes is formed in an axial direction thereof, and an inner surface is coated with noble metal or the like. The oxidation catalyst  20  is to oxidize and to remove carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and the like contained in the exhaust gas by making the exhaust gas flow through each of the through holes at a predetermined temperature. 
     The connecting pipe  21  connects the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  and the second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  to each other. The connecting pipe  21  is arranged on an outer peripheral side of the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  and extends in the front-and-rear direction substantially in parallel with the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18 . The connecting pipe  21  connects the exhaust port  19 B of the cylindrical case  19  and the supply port  23 A of a cylindrical case  23  constituting the second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  to each other. The connecting pipe  21  is to lead the exhaust gas discharged from the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  to the second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22 . 
     The second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  is connected to the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  through the connecting pipe  21 . The second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  is arranged at a position overlapping an upper side of the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  with the connecting pipe  21  between them and extends in the front-and-rear direction substantially in parallel with the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18 . The second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  is constituted by including the cylindrical case  23  having a cylindrical shape, a urea selective reduction catalyst  24  arranged in the cylindrical case  23 , and an oxidation catalyst  25  arranged on the downstream side of the urea selective reduction catalyst  24 . 
     The cylindrical case  23  is formed as a sealed container by closing both ends of a cylindrical body. The supply port  23 A opened in the radial direction is provided on a front side portion which becomes an upstream side of the cylindrical case  23 . An outlet side of the connecting pipe  21  is connected to the supply port  23 A. On the other hand, an exhaust port  23 B made of a tubular body is provided on a rear side portion which becomes a downstream side of the cylindrical case  23  by protruding upward from an inside to an outside of the cylindrical case  23  in the radial direction. A protruding end side of the exhaust port  23 B protruding to the outside of the cylindrical case  23  is connected to a tail pipe  14 F of the purifying device cover  14 E. A large number of through holes is provided on a lower side of the exhaust port  23 B arranged in the cylindrical case  23 , and by passage of the exhaust gas through each of these through holes, an exhaust noise is reduced (muffled). 
     The urea selective reduction catalyst  24  is arranged on the upstream side of the cylindrical case  23 . The urea selective reduction catalyst  24  is made of a cell-state cylindrical body made of ceramics, for example, a large number of through holes is formed in the axial direction thereof, and an inner surface is coated with noble metal. This urea selective reduction catalyst  24  is to selectively subject nitrogen oxides (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas discharged from the engine  7  to a reduction reaction by ammonia generated from the urea aqueous solution and to decompose it to a harmless nitrogen gas and water. 
     The oxidation catalyst  25  is arranged on the downstream side of the cylindrical case  23 . The oxidation catalyst  25  is made of a cell-state cylindrical body made of ceramics substantially similarly to the aforementioned oxidation catalyst  20 , a large number of through holes is formed in an axial direction thereof, and an inner surface is coated with noble metal. As a result, the oxidation catalyst  25  oxides residue ammonia staying after reduction of the nitrogen oxidizes by the urea selective reduction catalyst  24  and separates it to the nitrogen gas and water. 
     A urea water injection valve  26  is provided on the connecting pipe  21  of the exhaust gas purifying device  16 . The urea water injection valve  26  is connected to the urea water tank  27  through a urea water supply line  28  which will be described later. The urea water injection valve  26  is arranged closer to the upstream side than the urea selective reduction catalyst  24  and injects the urea water (urea aqueous solution) which is a reducing agent toward the exhaust gas flowing through the connecting pipe  21 . 
     The urea water tank  27  is provided on the rear left side of the revolving frame  5 . That is, the urea water tank  27  is located closer to the rear side than the cab  13  and is arranged in the heat exchanger upstream room  15 A. The urea water tank  27  is to store the urea water as the reducing agent to be supplied to the urea water injection valve  26 . In this case, the urea water tank  27  is arranged in the heat exchanger upstream room  15 A which becomes the upstream side of the heat exchanger  10  in the flow direction of the cooling air to be supplied into the machine room  15  by the cooling fan  9 . As a result, a temperature rise of the urea water in the urea water tank  27  caused by the heat generated by the engine  7  or the like can be suppressed. 
     A water supply port  27 A is provided on the rear side of the urea water tank  27  at a position corresponding to the maintenance opening  6 C of the counterweight  6 , and a urea water is supplied into the urea water tank  27  through this water supply port  27 A. Moreover, a lid member  27 B is provided on an upper side of the urea water tank  27 , and one end side of the urea water supply line  28  which will be described later is mounted on this lid member  27 B. 
     The urea water supply line  28  is arranged through the machine room  15  and connects the urea water tank  27  and the urea water injection valve  26  to each other. A urea water pump  31  which will be described later is provided in the middle of the urea water supply line  28 , and the urea water supply line  28  is constituted by a tank-side supply line  28 A connecting the urea water tank  27  and the urea water pump  31  to each other and an injection-valve side supply line  28 B connecting the urea water pump  31  and the urea water injection valve  26  to each other. The urea water supply line  28  is formed by using a pressure-resistant hose having flexibility, for example, and is covered by a tubular heat insulating material  29  over an entire length thereof. The tubular heat insulating material  29  is formed cylindrically by using a foaming resin material, for example, and the urea water supply line  28  is inserted to an inside thereof. As a result, the tubular heat insulating material  29  shields the urea water supply line  28  from heat. 
     Here, as shown in  FIGS. 3 to 5 , the tank-side supply line  28 A has a tank-side downward line  28 A 1  and a tank-side horizontal line  28 A 2 . The tank-side downward line  28 A 1  extends downward from the urea water tank  27  toward the bottom plate  5 A of the revolving frame  5 . The tank-side horizontal line  28 A 2  extends horizontally from a lower end of the tank-side downward line  28 A 1  toward the urea water pump  31  through a lower side of the heat exchanger  10 . Here, a portion in the tank-side horizontal line  28 A 2  arranged in the engine room  15 B is covered by a large-diameter tubular heat insulating material  30  molded having a large-diameter cylindrical shape by using a resin material thicker than the tubular heat insulating material  29 . That is, a portion in the tank-side horizontal line  28 A 2  arranged in the engine room  15 B is covered in double by the tubular heat insulating material  29  and the large-diameter tubular heat insulating material  30 . As a result, the urea water flowing through the tank-side supply line  28 A is shielded from heat so that the temperature does not rise by the heat generated by the engine  7  or the like. 
     On the other hand, the injection-valve side supply line  28 B has an injection-valve side rearward line  28 B 1 , an injection-valve side upward line  28 B 2 , and an injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3 . The injection-valve side rearward line  28 B 1  extends rearward from the urea water pump  31  toward the rear plate  5 H along the left vertical plate  5 B of the revolving frame  5 . The injection-valve side upward line  28 B 2  extends upward from a rear end of the injection-valve side rearward line  28 B 1  along the front surface  6 B of the counterweight  6 . The injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  extends horizontally to the right from an upper end of the injection-valve side upward line  28 B 2  toward the urea water injection valve  26  along the upper end of the counterweight  6 . The injection-valve side rearward line  28 B 1  and the injection-valve side upward line  28 B 2  are further covered by the large-diameter tubular heat insulating material  30  arranged on an outer peripheral side of the tubular heat insulating material  29 . That is, the injection-valve side rearward line  28 B 1  and the injection-valve side upward line  28 B 2  arranged in the engine room  15 B are covered in double by the tubular heat insulating material  29  and the large-diameter tubular heat insulating material  30 . As a result, heat is shielded so that a temperature of the urea water flowing through the injection-valve side supply line  28 B does not rise by the heat generated by the engine  7  or the like. 
     Here, in this embodiment, since the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  of the urea water supply line  28  is arranged in an upper-side region of the engine room  15 B which is usually a dead space, this dead space can be effectively utilized. However, the heat generated by the engine  7 , the hydraulic pump  8  and the like stays in the upper-side region of the engine room  15 B. Thus, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  extending in the left-and-right direction along the upper end of the counterweight  6  is susceptible to an influence of the heat from the engine  7  or the like. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  of the injection-valve side supply line  28 B is accommodated in a line accommodating space  41  formed by a horizontal support member  34  and a heat shield cover  38  which will be described later. 
     The urea water pump  31  is arranged on the bottom plate  5 A by being located closer to the left side than the left vertical plate  5 B of the revolving frame  5 . This urea water pump  31  is to press-feed the urea water stored in the urea water tank  27  toward the urea water injection valve  26 . The tank-side supply line  28 A (tank-side horizontal line  28 A 2 ) is connected to a suction side of the urea water pump  31 , and the injection-valve side supply line  28 B (injection-valve side rearward line  28 B 1 ) is connected to an ejection side of the urea water pump  31 . 
     The support member  32  is arranged on the front side of the counterweight  6  and supports the exterior cover  14 . As shown in  FIGS. 3 and 6 , the support member  32  is constituted by including a plurality of vertical support members  33  (only two of them are shown) whose lower ends are fixed to the rear plate  5 H of the revolving frame  5  and extending in the up-and-down direction and a horizontal support member  34 . The horizontal support member  34  is connected to an upper-part position of the support frame  10 A of the heat exchanger  10  and an upper part position of the vertical support member  33  and extends in the left-and-right direction along the upper end of the counterweight  6 . 
     Here, as shown in  FIGS. 8 to 11 , the horizontal support member  34  is formed by using a steel plate material or the like bent into an inverted L-shape. Specifically, the horizontal support member  34  has a front surface plate  34 A faced with the front surface  6 B of the counterweight  6  at an interval in the front-and-rear direction and extending in the left-and-right direction and a top surface plate  34 B bent forward from an upper end of the front surface plate  34 A. A notch part  34 C notched having a rectangular shape from a front end edge of the top surface plate  34 B toward the front surface plate  34 A is formed on both sides of the top surface plate  34 B in a length direction (left-and-right direction), respectively. A cover mounting plate  34 D inclined forward from the front surface plate  34 A diagonally downward is fixed to each of these notch parts  34 C. It is constituted such that the engine cover  14 D is mounted on each of the cover mounting plates  34 D through a hinge member (not shown). 
     Here, a bracket  34 E protruding to the left side is integrally formed on a left end side of the front surface plate  34 A, and two bolt through parts  34 F are provided on this bracket  34 E. On the other hand, a bolt through hole  34 G is provided on a right end side of the top surface plate  34 B. And as shown in  FIG. 3 , regarding the horizontal support member  34 , a bolt  35  inserted into the bolt through part  34 F of the bracket  34 E is screwed with the upper part position of the support frame  10 A of the heat exchanger  10  and a bolt (not shown) inserted into the bolt through hole  34 G of the top surface plate  34 B is screwed with the upper part position of the vertical support member  33 . As a result, the horizontal support member  34  is fixed between the support frame  10 A of the heat exchanger  10  and the vertical support member  33 . Moreover, two bolt through holes  34 H for mounting the heat shield cover  38  which will be described later are provided between each of the notch parts  34 C on the top surface plate  34 B. 
     An opening part  36  is provided in the front surface plate  34 A faced with the front surface  6 B of the counterweight  6 . This opening part  36  is formed by a rectangular square hole extending in the left-and-right direction and opens the line accommodating space  41  which will be described later to an outside air. Moreover, as shown in  FIG. 10 , a plurality of columnar shape heat insulating materials  37  is provided by being located on the surface in the horizontal support member  34  faced with the front surface  6 B of the counterweight  6 . This columnar shape heat insulating material  37  is formed having a square columnar shape by using a foaming resin material, for example, and is mounted so as to surround a periphery of the opening part  36 . As shown in  FIG. 11 , each of the columnar shape heat insulating materials  37  separates the engine room  15 B from the opening part  36  by being brought into contact with the front surface  6 B of the counterweight  6 . As a result, inflow of a hot air in the engine room  15 B into the line accommodating space  41  through the opening part  36  is prevented. 
     Subsequently, the heat shield cover  38  and the line accommodating space  41  used in this embodiment will be described. 
     The heat shield cover  38  is mounted on the horizontal support member  34  and forms the line accommodating space  41  which will be described later between it and the horizontal support member  34 . As shown in  FIGS. 9 and 11 , the heat shield cover  38  is formed by using the steel plate material or the like bent having an inverted U-shape and extends in the left-and-right direction along the horizontal support member  34 . 
     The heat shield cover  38  has an top surface plate  38 A faced with the top surface plate  34 B of the horizontal support member  34  in the up-and-down direction, a front surface plate  38 B extending downward from the front end of the top surface plate  38 A, and a bottom surface plate  38 C extending rearward from the lower end of the front surface plate  38 B. The front surface plate  38 B is faced with the front surface plate  34 A of the horizontal support member  34  at an interval in the front-and-rear direction. The bottom surface plate  38 C is faced with the top surface plate  38 A at an interval in the up-and-down direction. A screw seat  38 D having a female screw hole is fixed by using means such as welding or the like at two spots corresponding to each of the bolt through holes  34 H of the horizontal support member  34  in the top surface plate  38 A. Moreover, a plate-shaped heat insulating material  39  formed having a thin plate shape by using a foaming resin material, for example, is mounted on an inner side surface in the heat shield cover  38  on the line accommodating space  41  side. 
     Then, a bolt  40  inserted into each of the bolt through holes  34 H of the horizontal support member  34  is screwed with each of the screw seats  38 D of the heat shield cover  38  so that the heat shield cover  38  is fixed to the horizontal support member  34 . In this state, as shown in  FIG. 11 , the line accommodating space  41  having a square section is formed between the horizontal support member  34  and the heat shield cover  38 . 
     A portion in the urea water supply line  28  susceptible to an influence of the heat from the engine  7  or the like, that is, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  of the injection-valve side supply line  28 B arranged in the engine room  15 B is accommodated in the line accommodating space  41 . The injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  accommodated in the line accommodating space  41  is covered by the tubular heat insulating material  29 , and an outer peripheral side of the tubular heat insulating material  29  is further covered by each plate-shaped heat insulating material  39  mounted on the inner side surface of the heat shield cover  38 . Therefore, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  accommodated in the line accommodating space  41  is covered in double by the tubular heat insulating material  29  and the plate-shaped heat insulating material  39 . 
     As a result, as shown in  FIG. 11 , the hot air B radiated from the engine  7  or the like toward the injection-valve side supply line  28 B can be shielded by the heat shield cover  38 . As a result, the temperature rise of the urea water flowing through the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  accommodated in the line accommodating space  41  can be suppressed. Moreover, since the line accommodating space  41  is open to the outside air at all times through the opening part  36  provided on the horizontal support member  34 , the line accommodating space  41  does not become a closed sectional space. As a result, even if the hot air is generated in the line accommodating space  41 , collecting of the hot air in the line accommodating space  41  can be suppressed by emitting this hot air A into the outside air through the opening part  36 . 
     It is to be noted that a cooling water line  42  through which a part of an engine cooling water flows is arranged in the tubular heat insulating material  29  covering the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3 . As a result, in a cold region or the like, for example, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  can be warmed as necessary by using the engine cooling water flowing through the cooling water line  42 , freezing of the urea water flowing through the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  is constituted to be prevented. 
     The hydraulic excavator  1  according to this embodiment has the constitution as described above, and its operation will be described below. 
     When the operator who got onboard the cab  13  starts the engine  7 , the hydraulic pump  8  is driven. A pressure oil from the hydraulic pump  8  is supplied to various hydraulic actuators mounted on the hydraulic excavator  1 . In this state, when the operator operates the operation lever for traveling, the lower traveling structure  2  can be advanced or retreated. Moreover, when the operator operates the operation lever for work, an excavating work or the like of earth and sand can be performed by using the working mechanism  4 , while the upper revolving structure  3  is revolved. 
     Here, during the operation of the hydraulic excavator  1 , the oxidation catalyst  20  provided in the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  oxidizes and removes carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and the like in the exhaust gas discharged from the engine  7 . On the other hand, the urea selective reduction catalyst  24  provided in the second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  decomposes nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust gas into harmless nitrogen gas and water by injection of the urea water from the urea water injection valve  26 . Moreover, the oxidation catalyst  25  provided in the second exhaust gas post-treatment device  22  oxidizes and removes the residue ammonia. As described above, the exhaust gas from the engine  7  is purified by the exhaust gas purifying device  16 . The purified exhaust gas is discharged into the atmospheric air through the tail pipe  14 F of the purifying device cover  14 E. 
     Here, in this embodiment, the urea water tank  27  storing the urea water is arranged in the heat exchanger upstream room  15 A closer to the upstream side than the heat exchanger  10  in the flow direction of the cooling air. As a result, the urea water tank  27  is not exposed to the heat from the engine  7  or the like and the cooling air warmed by passing through the heat exchanger  10 . Therefore, the temperature rise of the urea water stored in the urea water tank  27  can be suppressed, and properties of the urea water can be kept proper. 
     On the other hand, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  constituting the injection-valve side supply line  28 B in the urea water supply line  28  connecting the urea water tank  27  and the urea water injection valve  26  to each other is arranged in the upper-side region of the engine room  15 B in a state extending in the left-and-right direction along the upper end of the counterweight  6 . As a result, the upper-side region of the engine room  15 B which is usually a dead space can be effectively utilized. 
     In this case, the heat from the engine  7  or the like collects in the upper-side region of the engine room  15 B. Therefore, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  arranged in the upper-side region of the engine room  15 B is susceptible to the influence of the heat from the engine  7  or the like. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the heat shield cover  38  is mounted on the existing horizontal support member  34  provided in the upper-side region of the engine room  15 B in the support member  32  supporting the exterior cover  14 . As a result, the line accommodating space  41  is formed between the horizontal support member  34  and the heat shield cover  38 , and the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  can be accommodated in this line accommodating space  41 . 
     As a result, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  susceptible to the influence of the heat from the engine  7  or the like in the urea water supply line  28  connected to the urea water injection valve  26  through the engine room  15 B of the machine room  15  can be shielded from the hot air B by the horizontal support member  34  and the heat shield cover  38 . As a result, heating of the urea water in the urea water tank  27  by the heat from the engine  7  or the like until it is supplied to the urea water injection valve  26  through the urea water supply line  28  can be suppressed. Therefore, since deterioration of the urea water by heat can be prevented, reliability of the exhaust gas purifying device  16  including the urea selective reduction catalyst  24  can be improved. 
     Moreover, since the opening part  36  is provided in the horizontal support member  34 , the line accommodating space  41  is open to the outside air at all times through the opening part  36 . Therefore, such a situation can be suppressed that the line accommodating space  41  becomes a closed sectional space and the hot air collects inside, and even if a hot air A is generated in the line accommodating space  41 , this hot air A is emitted to the outside air through the opening part  36 . As a result, the hot air does not collect in the line accommodating space  41 , and the temperature rise of the urea water flowing through the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  can be reliably suppressed. In this case, the opening part  36  of the horizontal support member  34  is open to a portion faced with the front surface  6 B of the counterweight  6 . As a result, entry of rainwater, earth and sand or the like into the line accommodating space  41  through the opening part  36  can be suppressed. 
     Moreover, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  accommodated in the line accommodating space  41  is covered by the tubular heat insulating material  29 . As a result, the injection-valve side horizontal line  28 B 3  can be further shielded from the heat of the engine  7 , and the temperature rise of the urea water can be efficiently suppressed. 
     It is to be noted that, in the embodiment, the case where only the oxidation catalyst  20  is provided in the cylindrical case  19  of the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18  is exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to that and may be so constituted that a Diesel Particulate Filter (abbreviated as DPF in some cases) is provided at a location on the downstream side of the oxidation catalyst  20  in the cylindrical case  19  of the first exhaust gas post-treatment device  18 , for example. 
     Moreover, in the embodiment, the hydraulic excavator  1  including the crawler-type lower traveling structure  2  is described as an example of the construction machine. However, the present invention is not limited to that and may be applied to the hydraulic excavator including a wheel-type lower traveling structure, for example, and can be widely applied to other construction machines such as a hydraulic crane and the like. 
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               1 : Hydraulic excavator (Construction machine) 
               2 : Lower traveling structure 
               3 : Upper revolving structure 
               5 : Revolving frame 
               6 : Counterweight 
               7 : Engine 
               9 : Cooling fan 
               10 : Heat exchanger 
               14 : Exterior cover 
               14 A: Left surface plate 
               14 B: Right surface plate 
               14 C: Top surface plate 
               15 : Machine room 
               15 A: Heat exchanger upstream room 
               15 B: Engine room 
               16 : Exhaust gas purifying device 
               24 : Urea selective reduction catalyst 
               26 : Urea water injection valve 
               27 : Urea water tank 
               28 : Urea water supply line 
               29 : Tubular heat insulating material 
               32 : Support member 
               33 : Vertical support member 
               34 : Horizontal support member 
               36 : Opening part 
               38 : Heat shield cover 
               41 : Line accommodating space