Patent ID: 8413676

Claim:
A construction machine comprising: an automotive lower traveling structure; an upper revolving structure which is mounted swingably on said lower traveling structure and having a working mechanism mounted on a front part thereof and an engine for driving a hydraulic pump mounted on a rear part thereof; an operating oil tank which is formed as a box structure and provided on said upper revolving structure in a horizontal position by being located on a side of a revolving center of said upper revolving structure and adapted to store operating oil to be supplied to said hydraulic pump; a fuel tank provided on said upper revolving structure adjacently to said operating oil tank and adapted to store fuel to be supplied to said engine; a fuel pump for injecting the fuel into said fuel tank from a container with the fuel for replenishment stored therein; and an elongated suction hose provided by being connected to a suction port of said fuel pump and adapted to suck the fuel in said container toward said fuel pump, characterized in that; said fuel pump is provided on a front side of said operating oil tank, a delivery side thereof being connected to said fuel tank, a hose looping supporter for supporting a looped hose portion formed by annularly looping a lengthwise midway portion of said suction hose in a horizontal direction is provided on a top surface which is flat and at a highest position of said horizontal operating oil tank, said hose looping supporter clamps said looped hose portion from an outer peripheral side on said top surface side of said operating oil tank by resisting against a force in the diameter enlarging direction which acts in a radial direction of said looped hose portion of said suction hose.