Patent ID: 7654188

Claim:
A machine comprising: a machine body; left and right outriggers provided on respective left and right sides of the machine body, each of the outriggers having opposite ends, wherein one of the opposite ends of each of the outriggers is pivoted onto the machine body so that the outrigger is vertically rotatable centered on the end thereof pivoted onto the machine body, and wherein the other of the opposite ends of each of the outriggers serves as an earthed member; left and right hydraulic cylinders whose telescopic movements raise and lower the respective outriggers, wherein each of the hydraulic cylinders has a cylinder part whose end is pivoted onto the machine body so that the hydraulic cylinder is vertically rotatable centered on the end of the cylinder part, wherein each of the hydraulic cylinders has a rod part whose end is connected to the end of the corresponding outrigger serving as the earthed member, wherein when each of the outriggers is raised to be folded, each of the hydraulic cylinders is telescopically moved to vertically rotate the corresponding outrigger centered on the end of the outrigger pivoted onto the machine body so as to move the end of the outrigger serving as the earthed member upward so that the hydraulic cylinder is vertically rotated centered on the end of the cylinder part according to the rotation of the outrigger and is disposed laterally inward of the corresponding outrigger, and wherein when each of the outriggers is lowered to be extended outwardly downward so as to earth the earthed member, each of the hydraulic cylinders is telescopically moved to vertically rotate the corresponding outrigger centered on the end of the outrigger pivoted onto the machine body so as to move the end of the outrigger serving as the earthed member downward so that the hydraulic cylinder is vertically rotated centered on the end of the cylinder part according to the rotation of the outrigger and is disposed above the corresponding outrigger so as to have its rod part above its cylinder part; a pin pivoting the end of the cylinder part of each of the hydraulic cylinders onto the machine body so as to serve as a rotation fulcrum of the corresponding hydraulic cylinder; a fluid passage formed in the rod part of each of the hydraulic cylinders, the fluid passage including a fluid suction and delivery port, and the fluid suction and delivery port having a connection portion disposed adjacent to an axis of the pin; a hydraulic pressure hose connected to the connection portion of the fluid passage in each of the hydraulic cylinders; and openings provided in the machine body adjacent to the respective pins so as to pass the respective hydraulic pressure hoses therethrough to the inside of the machine body.