Abstract: In an excavation area limiting control system for a construction machine for limitingly controlling an area to be excavated, a region where a front device 1A is movable is set beforehand. The position and posture of the front device are calculated based on signals from angle sensors 8a-8c, and a target speed vector of the front device is calculated based on detection signals from control lever units and load pressures detected by pressure sensors 270a to 271b. The target speed vector is modified so that a vector component of the target speed vector in the direction toward the boundary of the set region is reduced when the front device is within the set region near the boundary thereof, and the front device is returned to the set region when the front device is outside the set region. Control signals corresponding to the modified target speed vector are further modified depending on the load pressures and output to proportional solenoid valves 210a to 211b.

Abstract: For enabling a boom to be smoothly raised during the triple combined operation of boom-up, arm-crowd and bucket-crowd in a hydraulic circuit system for a hydraulic excavator, in a first valve group of a hydraulic valve apparatus (12), a variable throttle valve (70) is installed in a feeder passage (32) of a bucket directional control valve (21) downstream of a load check valve (32a), and a secondary pressure C as a boom-up operation command is introduced through a line (71) to a pilot control sector (70a) of the variable throttle valve (70) which sector operates in the throttling direction, so that when the secondary pressure C is 0 or small, the variable throttle valve (70) is fully opened and, as the secondary pressure C increases, an opening area of the variable throttle valve (70) is reduced to restrict the flow rate of a hydraulic fluid supplied through the bucket directional control valve (21).

Abstract: To provide a burglarproof device for a hydraulic machine which has a high degree of security against burglary, ensures high safety, and can be simply installed in a location where the device is hard to find for burglars, a solenoid valve 23 of a burglarproof device 20 is installed in a pilot primary pressure line 3 between a pilot hydraulic pump 1 and a pilot valve device 4. Unless ten numeral keys 21a of a key input device 21 are depressed in the order of the password, an unlocking electronic circuit 22K does not generate an unlock signal and the solenoid valve 23 keeps the pilot primary pressure line 3 cut off. Therefore, a pilot primary pressure from the pilot hydraulic pump 1 is shut off and, even with a manual lever 4c of the pilot valve device 4 operated, no pilot secondary pressure is produced and a main control valve 6 is kept standstill. As a result, a hydraulic cylinder 8 is not operated and the hydraulic machine is unable to move.

Abstract: A controller 24 includes function generators 151, 152. The function generator 151 is set to have such a characteristic that as the detected value P.sub.N of a negative control pressure from a pressure sensor 21 is reduced, a first target tilting amount .theta..sub.N increases from a minimum value to a maximum value, and the function generator 152 is set to have such a characteristic that as the detected value P.sub.B of a control input (pilot pressure) for driving a boom cylinder 6 is increased, a second target tilting amount .theta..sub.B increases from a predetermined minimum value to the same maximum value as the above maximum value. Minimum one of the two target tilting amounts from both the function generators is selected, and a proportional solenoid valve 25 is driven based on the selected minimum tilting amount.

Abstract: When an operator makes the reversing-lever operation by operating a control lever 4A in a direction x.sub.2 in the event a solenoid proportional valve 91A of a directional control valve 8A is failed to be left open, an operation position sensor 30A.sub.2 outputs a low-level signal and operation position sensors 30A.sub.1, 30B.sub.1, 30B.sub.2 output high-level signals. Therefore, an AND circuit 6b.sub.2 outputs a low-level signal and an AND circuit 6b.sub.1 outputs a high-level signal, whereupon a switch signal is output from an amplifier 6h to a solenoid switching valve 121 for shifting it to a right-hand position shown in FIG. 1 so that a pilot line 51 is kept communicated with a reservoir 97. No switch signal is output from the amplifier 6h to a solenoid switching valve 122 for holding it in a left-hand position shown in FIG. 1 so that the pilot line 52 is kept communicated with a pilot pump 96.

Abstract: When the pump pressure detected through a pressure detecting line 48 is raised higher than a first predetermined pressure Pd1, a recovery switching valve 44 is shifted to a valve-closed position to cease the recovery function. At this time, the pump delivery pressure detected through a pressure detecting line 51 is higher than a second predetermined pressure Pd1* close to the first predetermined pressure Pd1, and an engine speed increasing device 52 controls an engine controller 11 to increase the rotational speed of an engine 10, thereby increasing the pump delivery rate. Thus, it is possible to make small speed change of an actuator and to increase working efficiency with no deterioration in operability, even when a recovery function is ceased.

Abstract: A valve apparatus has a casing (11; 41) formed therein with at least one pair of spool bores (12a, 13c, etc.; 42a, 43a), a single common pump port (19), at least one tank port (16t) and a plurality of actuator ports (22a, 23a, etc.) including a pair of actuator ports communicating with each of the spool bores, and a plurality of spools (14a, 15a, etc.; 44a, 45a) slidably inserted respectively in the spool bores in the casing. Each of the spools control communication between the common pump port and tank port and the corresponding pair of the actuator ports. The common pump port is arranged to communicate with a common pump line (18) which is formed between the pair of spool bores and spools arranged in juxtaposed relation to each other so as to intersect a plane in which the axes of the pairs of spool bores extend.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system comprises a controller (12) and several condition sensors. A boom-up target flow rate setting section determines a boom-up target flow rate based on signals from a pressure sensor (11) and a rotational speed meter (16), a pump delivery rate detecting section determines a pump delivery rate based on signals from a tilt angle sensor (15) and the rotational speed meter (16), a differential pressure detecting section and a center bypass flow rate calculating section determine a center bypass flow rate based on signals from pressure sensors (9, 10), a boom cylinder calculating section determines a boom cylinder flow rate from the pump delivery rate and the center bypass flow rate, and a first pump target displacement volume calculating section calculates a first pump target tilt angle .theta..sub.1 in accordance with the difference between the boom-up target flow rate and the boom cylinder flow rate. In this case, .theta..sub.1 is larger than a second pump target tilt angle .theta..sub.

Abstract: The hydraulic circuit system for civil engineering and construction machines includes a first pressure adjusting device (130) arranged between first variable restrictors (107, 107a) of a left traveling directional control valve (47) and a first traveling motor (57) for controlling the pressure downstream of the first variable restrictors to a value corresponding to a first signal pressure and a second pressure adjusting device (133) arranged between second variable restrictors (108, 108a) of a right traveling directional control valve (49) and a second traveling motor (58) for controlling the pressure downstream of the second variable restrictors to a value corresponding to a second signal pressure. A shuttle valve (136) detects a higher one of load pressures of the first and second traveling motors as a maximum load pressure.

Abstract: A hydraulic recovery device in a hydraulic system having a pump (1) driving a plurality of actuators through a plurality of control valves (2, 3), the hydraulic recovery device comprising a variable resistance valve (6, 60) in a first line being controlled by a control signal (Px), a third line, a check valve (7) disposed in the third line for allowing the hydraulic fluid to flow only in a direction from the first line toward the second line.

Abstract: A hydraulic control valve apparatus including a flow control valve having a pair of variable throttles, a feeder passage, a pair of load passages, directional control valve devices comprise a seat valve having a seat valve body movably disposed in a housing to form an auxiliary variable throttle in the feeder passage, and a control variable throttle (33) formed in the seat valve body for changing an opening area in accordance with an amount of movement of the seat valve body; (b) a pilot line (24, 29-31, 35-37) for communicating a portion (7C) of the feeder passage upstream of the auxiliary variable throttle with a downstream portion (7A, 7B) of the feeder passage through the control variable throttle to determine the amount of movement of the seat valve body in accordance with a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid passing through the pilot line; and (c) pilot flow control (400; 401; 403; 405; 406; 407; 408) having a pilot variable throttle (45) disposed in the pilot line and input (800; 52-59; 159, 54-59; 231A,

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for hydraulic working machines has a variable displacement hydraulic pump, at least one actuator driven by the hydraulic fluid, a directional control valve of center bypass type for controlling the flow of the hydraulic fluid, a center bypass line for connecting the center bypass passage of the control valve to a reservoir and a fixed restrictor disposed in the center bypass line. A first control signal that determines a first target displacement of the hydraulic pump is determined by using the pressure generated by the fixed restrictor. A second control signal is generated for determining a second target displacement of a hydraulic pump. A third control signal, which is the larger one of the first and second control signals, provides a target displacement that is applied to a pump regulator that controls the displacement of the hydraulic pump.

Abstract: An unloading valve is connected to a hydraulic pump, the unloading valve being opened when a differential pressure between a delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump and a maximum load pressure exceeds a predetermined value, for discharging a part of a flow rate of a hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump to a reservoir. A fixed restriction for generating a control pressure corresponding to the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid discharged through the unloading valve is connected downstream of the unloading valve. A control device for the hydraulic pump is constructed to reduce the delivery rate of the hydraulic pump as the control pressure generated by the fixed restriction is raised, and increase the pump delivery rate as the control pressure is lowered.

Abstract: In a hydraulic drive system for a construction machine, first flow control mechanism includes first and second flow control valves (11a, 11b) and first interlock mechanism (54, 55) for interlocking the first and second flow control valves with first directional control mechanism (7), and second flow control mechanism includes third and fourth flow control valves (12a, 12b) and second interlock mechanism (56, 57) for interlocking the third and fourth flow control valves with second directional control mechanism (9). First pressure control mechanism includes at least first pressure control valve (13a) operated in response to a pressure signal in a valve-closing direction, and second pressure control mechanism includes only second pressure control valve (15b) operated in response to the pressure signal in a valve-closing direction.

Abstract: A plurality of directional control valves (5, 6) respectively disposed between a hydraulic pump (50) and a plurality of actuators (3, 4) each comprises a pump port (9), a pressure chamber (10), a feeder passage (11), actuator ports (12a, 12b), a reservoir port (13), first meter-in variable restrictors (15a, 15b) disposed between the pump port and the pressure chamber, and a pressure compensating valve (16) disposed between the pressure chamber and the feeder passage and having a pair of opposite ends, one of which is subjected to a pressure in the pressure chamber and the other of which is subjected to a maximum load pressure among the plurality of actuators. The hydraulic pump (1) includes a pump flow control device (2) for controlling a delivery rate of the hydraulic pump so that a delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump is held higher by a predetermined value than the maximum pressure obtained, as a load sensing pressure, from load pressures of the plurality of actuators.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for civil-engineering and construction machines has reverse motion check valves and a regulator for selectively limiting outflow of the hydraulic fluid through the reverse-motion check valves. This prevents unusual operation of the valves in certain environments, such as in a low-temperature environment and in an environment where the civil-engineering and construction machine is operated on an incline.

Abstract: In a controller (229) of a hydraulic control system for construction machines, a valve control signal calculating function (301) works such that when an operation pattern signal (A-I) for actuators (201, 202 . . . ) is outputted, it selects corresponding one of plural output patterns for an auxiliary valve control pressure stored, as a function of a differential pressure signal between a pump delivery pressure and a maximum load pressure, in relation to the operation pattern signals, followed by calculating an auxiliary valve control pressure (Pc) dependent upon the differential pressure signal based on the selected output pattern, and also selects corresponding one of plural sets of rates of change (K . . . , K . . . ) for the auxiliary valve control pressure stored in relation to the operation pattern signals, followed by combining the calculated auxiliary valve control amount with the selected set of speed changes to calculate each of valve control signals (S21-S26).

Abstract: A valve apparatus has a flow control valve having a supply passage communicating with a hydraulic fluid supply source, a load passage communicating with an actuator, and a first meter-in variable restrictor disposed between the supply passage and the load passage and opened dependent on an operation amount there; a first signal passage located downstream of the first variable restrictor and having a passage section for detecting load pressure of the actuator; a tank passage communicating with a reservoir tank; a discharge passage for communicating the first signal passage with the tank passage; and a second variable restrictor provided in the discharge passage and having its opening variable dependent on the operation amount of the flow control valve to produce in the first signal passage a control pressure different from the load pressure, the control pressure in the first signal passage being led to the hydraulic fluid supply source though a second signal passage.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for construction machines includes a hydraulic pump (1), a plurality of hydraulic actuators (2, 3) driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump, a plurality of flow control valves (4, 5) for controlling flow rates of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuators, respectively, and a plurality of distribution compensating valves (6, 7) for controlling differential pressures across the flow control valves, respectively, the plurality of actuators including a first actuator (2) which undergoes a relatively large load pressure and a second actuator (3) which undergoes a smaller load pressure than that of the first actuator.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive traveling system has a pressure compensated low control valve connected between a hydraulic pump and a variable displacement type hydraulic motor for controlling a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the motor. The flow rate is controlled in accordance with the delivery pressure of the pump and demanded traveling speed of the motor. When the delivery pressure of the pump is at a high level, the motor is shifted to a first capacity. When the delivery pressure of the pump is low, the motor is shifted to either the second capacity or the first capacity depending upon the demanded traveling speed.