Self-propelled floor processing machine and production kit

Abstract

The invention relates to a self-propelled ground-working machine having a hull-type ground-working machine, said hull-type ground-working machine comprising a machine frame, a travel drive, a running gear having a plurality of running gears that can roll on a foundation, a working device, said working device having a working tool for ground-working, an operating room, and a control device, the invention relates to a hull-type ground working machine for accommodating a force assembly, the force assembly comprising a force device for providing working energy for the operation of at least one load of the ground working machine. The hull-type ground working machine comprises a first bearing interface, a first signal interface and at least one working energy interface, the force assembly comprises a first bearing device of the bearing force device, the first bearing device comprises a first bearing matching interface used for being connected with the hull-type ground working machine, and the first bearing device comprises a second bearing matching interface used for being connected with the hull-type ground working machine. The force device is held on the first support device by means of the force device interface and the force device mating interface.

Description

Field of the Invention

[0001] The present invention relates to a self-propelled surface working machine having a hull-type surface working machine, wherein the hull-type surface working machine includes:

[0002] - a machine frame,

[0003] - a travel drive as a first load of the surface working machine,

[0004] - a travel mechanism having a plurality of running gears that can roll on the ground, the travel mechanism being erected on the ground to carry the machine frame, wherein at least one running gear can be driven by the travel drive,

[0005] - a working device as a second load of the surface working machine, wherein the working device has a working tool for surface working,

[0006] - an operator's cab as a work station for a machine operator operating the surface working machine, and

[0007] - a control device for controlling the operation of the surface working machine. Background Art

[0008] The hull-type surface working machine and in particular the machine frame are used to accommodate a force assembly that is a power source of the surface working machine, wherein the force assembly includes a force device for providing working energy to operate at least one load in the surface working machine.

[0009] Such surface working machines are generally known, for example, from DE 10 2021 129 619 A1 or DE 10 2014011 195 A1. In the case of DE 10 2021 129 619 A1, a road milling machine, a stabilizer, a recycler or an open-pit mining machine is preferably considered as a self-propelled surface working machine in the present application. Therefore, the working tool is preferably a rotatable working tool for stripping material from the ground, in particular a milling roller having a plurality of milling cutters, and the milling cutters are preferably supported on the outer side of the milling drum in a spiral arrangement.

[0010] Currently, self-propelled surface working machines, especially road milling machines, stabilizers, recyclers and open-pit mining machines, are constructed from their individual components, wherein various functional devices, such as an internal combustion engine as a central power source of the surface working machine, a running gear having a surrounding crawler, a working device and / or a working tool, etc., are installed as pre-installed components on the self-propelled surface working machine formed during installation.

[0011] In addition to direct on-site processing, various additional requirements for on-site processing machines, such as noise emissions, dirt emissions in different application areas, especially based on different legislations, the availability of different energies and / or energy forms for various operating applications, and additional requirements regarding different technical boundary conditions, may no longer be able to be met with the desired quality by a single on-site processing machine. Therefore, manufacturers of self-propelled on-site processing machines face an increasingly severe challenge of providing on-site processing machines that are as adaptable as possible to the corresponding requirement situations.

[0012] Providing on-site processing machines with a structure suitable for a preset processing range, but with different structures in consideration of existing additional requirements to meet the processing range will result in significantly more costs at least during installation and subsequent operations without further measures, and will also lead to a higher requirement for installation space, because without further measures, it cannot be expected that on-site processing machines with conceptually different energy conversions or / and energy transmissions can be installed without problems at the same installation location. Summary of the Invention

[0013] Therefore, the object of the present invention is to reduce the costs of providing on-site processing machines and to enable economic diversification of the product range for on-site processing machines with the same processing range, which, although suitable for completing the same on-site processing range, are conceptually different in terms of the energy conversion or / and energy transmission always required for on-site processing machines.

[0014] Manufacturers of on-site processing machines currently offer different on-site processing machines for similar processing ranges based on the same physical principle of action. However, the main difference between on-site processing machines lies in their power limits, that is, mainly in the size of their working devices, especially their working tools, and thus in the power consumption of the working devices. Therefore, different on-site processing machines are provided for different working widths or / and different working powers, and different working tools can be configured for them. The working tools are used for similar on-site processing that works according to the same physical principle, especially for stripping the ground, but with different working results.

[0015] In the case of particularly preferred stripping-type on-site processing, different stripping widths can be achieved by on-site processing machines with working tools of different widths. Different stripping priorities, such as the largest possible stripping power relative to a ground surface to be processed as finely as possible, can be achieved by stripping devices, such as milling cutters, that are different in terms of structure type or / and quantity or / and arrangement.

[0016] The processing range achievable by a surface working machine is formed by all the working tools that can be mounted on the same basic equipment. The basic equipment is mainly defined by its mechanical frame, which sets limits on the working devices or / and working tools that can be mounted thereon. In the technical field of milling machines for surface stripping, which is of particular interest here, different milling tools can be mounted on the same basic equipment. The corresponding milling widths of the milling tools are different, and the milling width can be selected within a predetermined range of milling widths, or / and the milling tools can differ in the number or / and shape of the milling cutters mounted on them.

[0017] Regardless of the range available on different working devices and working tools of a given surface working machine, the remaining part of the surface working machine, i.e., the basic equipment, usually remains unchanged due to the component selection in the area of its working devices.

[0018] Therefore, the present invention is not based on how to make the same surface working machine applicable to different processing tasks, but on how to make the same surface working machine best meet the same surface working task under different legal or / and technical or / and economic boundary conditions. Of course, this does not exclude replacing the working devices or / and working tools on the surface working machine according to the present invention. However, such replacement is not necessary for achieving the task defined above.

[0019] According to the present invention, this object is achieved by constructing the force assembly of the surface working machine as its power source in a modular manner.

[0020] This enables the selection of a particularly suitable force assembly from a plurality of different, in principle possible, force assemblies even during the planning of the surface working machine and its construction on the surface working machine for later application cases.

[0021] To achieve the modular construction of the force assembly, the hull-type surface working machine includes:

[0022] - A first support interface for preferably detachably and physically connecting the force assembly to the mechanical frame as required,

[0023] - A first signal interface for establishing a preferably detachably signal-transmitting first signal connection between the control device and the force assembly, and

[0024] - At least one working energy interface for establishing a preferably detachably working energy connection for transmitting working energy between at least one load and the force assembly.

[0025] Through the said interfaces, the force assembly can be connected to the hull-type surface working machine mechanically via the first support interface, for signal and data transmission via the first signal interface, and for transmitting working energy to at least one load via the working energy interface.

[0026] In the present invention, the connection of the components described, such as the force component and the hull-type surface processing machine as described above, ultimately means the direct or indirect connection of the components to the machine frame.

[0027] The first support interface may have a plurality of mechanical couplings or / and fasteners. Possible coupling elements can be, for example, support recesses or support protrusions. Possible fasteners can be connecting elements, such as at least one fixing opening with a form-fitting profile, such as an internal thread, or / and at least one fixing protrusion with a form-fitting profile, such as, in particular, an external thread. The mechanical couplings or / and fasteners of the first support interface are preferably used to interact complementarily with the corresponding first support mating interface on the force component side. According to a possible, but less preferred, solution due to its lower flexibility after the successful connection of the force component and the hull-type surface processing machine, the first support interface can be at least one engagement configuration for establishing a non-detachable engagement connection, which is achieved, for example, by riveting and welding.

[0028] The first signal interface may include a plug or / and a socket or / and a plurality of plugs or / and a plurality of sockets or any other type of electrical or electronic coupling element. The first signal interface enables the exchange of signals and data between the coupled components or / and structural elements by means of a preferably complementary coupling with the correspondingly configured first signal mating interface.

[0029] At least one operating energy interface is used to transmit the operating energy provided by the force component. The operating energy interface may include a shaft end or a sleeve according to the design of the corresponding load, a transmission element arranged on the shaft end, such as a gear or a friction wheel for a transmission chain or a conveyor belt for a belt drive, etc., or a shaft end or a sleeve, a transmission element arranged on the shaft end, such as a gear or a friction wheel for a transmission chain or a conveyor belt for a belt drive, etc. Therefore, at least one operating energy interface of the at least one operating energy interface can be used to transmit mechanical operating energy, that is, by inputting operating energy or operating power in the form of force or / and torque and motion.

[0030] Depending on the form of the operating energy required by the load and the operating energy provided by the force assembly, one of the at least one operating energy interfaces can be an interface for fluid transmission, in particular for transmitting liquids, such as hydraulic oil, or gases, such as compressed air. In this case, the operating energy interface can include a known fluid quick coupling or be a known fluid quick coupling. This situation can occur, for example, when at least one load is a hydraulic motor or a hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly common in a ground working machine, and the force assembly provides it with potential operating energy in the form of a certain amount of hydraulic liquid at a pressure level that is typically above the ambient atmospheric pressure. Therefore, it is suitable for providing potential operating energy in the form of a certain amount of gas at a predetermined air pressure level for at least one pneumatic load, such as a pneumatic piston-cylinder assembly.

[0031] Similarly, for example, when the load is an electrical load, such as an electric motor, a data processing device, such as a control device, a lighting device, etc., the operating energy can be electrical energy. In this case, at least one of the at least one operating energy interfaces can be an electrical interface, i.e., an electrical plug or socket, for example. Multiple operating energy interfaces can be respectively configured as electrical interfaces to use electrical energy in different forms on the same ground working machine. Therefore, electrical energy can be transmitted at different frequencies up to direct current or / and at different voltages or / and at different current intensities at different operating energy interfaces.

[0032] For more cases that are formed according to rules rather than exceptions for multiple loads operating on a ground working machine based on different physical principles, the ground working machine preferably has multiple operating energy interfaces on its mechanical frame side, preferably at least one for each form of energy transmitted from the force assembly to the load.

[0033] In order to connect to the hull-type ground working machine, in particular to the mechanical frame, via the first support interface, the force assembly has a first support device that is separately constructed from the mechanical frame, and the first support device bears the force device. For this purpose, the first support device has a first support mating interface to preferably detachably and physically connect the force assembly to the hull-type ground working machine, in particular to the mechanical frame. The first support device, as an adapter or "shaping regulator" between the hull-type ground working machine (one side) and the force assembly (the other side), is an important component that enables the rapid, uncomplicated, but durable and reliable arrangement of different force devices, especially those operating based on different physical principles, on the hull-type ground working machine, in particular on the mechanical frame, during the manufacture of the ground working machine.

[0034] In order to fix the force device to the first support device, the force device has a force device interface and the first support device has a force device mating interface different from the first support mating interface. In an embodiment of the present invention, the force device interface cannot be directly coupled to the first support interface, for example due to its shape or / and its connection part. No matter which force device is accommodated on the first support device, the first support device bearing the force device can always be connected to the hull-type ground processing machine, in particular to the machine frame, by using the first support interface and the first support mating interface. If different force components with different first support devices are provided for a ground processing machine, the mechanical connectability of the different force components to the hull-type ground processing machine and their supportability on the hull-type ground processing machine can be ensured by using a quasi-standardized connection in the first support interface and the first support mating interface.

[0035] The force device is held on the first support device by the connection between the force device interface and the force device mating interface. The force device interface can have one or more force device support configurations. The force device mating interface can have one or more force device seat configurations, and the force device seat configurations can be coupled to the force device support configurations, where the force device support configurations and the force device seat configurations are prevented from separating from each other, especially by a form-fit connection, in the coupled state or can ensure prevention of separation from each other. Regarding the design of the force device support configuration and the force device seat configuration, the content described above for the first support interface and the support mating interface applies mutatis mutandis, and vice versa.

[0036] Therefore, different first support devices can be provided for different force devices, and the only structural boundary condition is the construction or arrangement of the corresponding force device mating interface. The corresponding force device mating interfaces of the first support devices are individually matched to the respective force devices to be accommodated and their force device interfaces.

[0037] Therefore, a plurality of different force components can be provided for a set of production parts for manufacturing a ground processing machine, the force devices of the force components are different, but they are only different in terms of their respective first support devices. The first support devices are preferably only different in their respective force device mating interfaces for fixing the respective force devices, because each force device has its own force device support configuration, and the force device support configurations have different shapes or / and different parts respectively.

[0038] Although not necessary, for reasons of simplifying production and installation, in addition to the individual force device mating interfaces, the first support devices of the different force components basically provided for manufacturing the ground processing machine in the production kit are preferably constructed and designed to be the same.

[0039] Advantages: By arranging the first support device in the middle, the hull-type floor processing machine for accommodating the force assembly without the force assembly can always be constructed in a substantially identical manner. Strictly speaking, this is also the case in the prior art, except that on the so-prepared "hull-type floor processing machine", only a force device without the first support device can just be matched and connected thereto. According to the present invention, regardless of the type of force assembly, it can be quickly, problem-free, permanently and reliably connected to the mechanical frame of the hull-type floor processing machine via the connection of the first support interface and the first support mating interface as a pre-installed structural member. And on the hull-type floor processing machine, preferably there is no interface on the mechanical frame side for directly accommodating the force device.

[0040] Since the first support interface and the first support mating interface are interface configurations for connecting three-dimensional objects to each other, the first support interface and the first support mating interface preferably include a plurality of cooperating and preferably complementary connection configurations.

[0041] Due to the increased strength and stiffness, preferably the first support interface and the first support mating interface are used for preferably releasably directly connecting to each other. However, the modular construction method of the floor processing machine may alternatively require that the first support interface and the first support mating interface be preferably releasably indirectly connected in the case of arranging at least one force exchange device in the middle, wherein the force exchange device is different from the first support device. The prefix "force" here only means that the exchange device is used to fix the force assembly on the mechanical frame. The exchange device can be an adapter, which can be connected to the first support interface on one of its functional sides and can be connected to the first support mating interface on its other functional side. Such a force exchange device can be, for example, another support device as another functional component of the force assembly, which will be described in detail below.

[0042] In order to be able to control the force component within the necessary range during operation and / or to detect the status and operating state of the force component and be able to process it via a control device, the force component may include a first signal mating interface, and the first signal mating interface is used to establish a preferably detachable, signal-transmitting signal connection with a first signal interface that is part of the first signal connection. Preferably, the first signal interface and the first signal mating interface can be connected to each other without tools, for example, by establishing a plug-in connection therebetween. Preferably, the first signal interface and the first signal mating interface are constructed with electrically conductive contacts that are complementary to each other in shape, such as being constructed as a plug and a socket and / or a contact shoe and a contact tongue, etc. The first signal interface and the first signal mating interface can be realized respectively through an interface body, which ensures particularly fast and simple connectability. However, the first signal interface and the first signal mating interface can also be formed by a plurality of interface sub-bodies that can be connected to each other individually, for example, when it is necessary to transmit signals from the force component to different parts on the mechanical frame and / or via different lines and / or when the existing structural space is not sufficient for forming a single interface body.

[0043] An undesired separation of the plug-in connection established between the first signal interface and the first signal mating interface can be avoided by a form-fitting connection between the bodies carrying the corresponding contacts. Therefore, one of the first signal interface and the first signal mating interface may have a locking configuration and the corresponding other interface has a locking mating configuration that form-fits with the locking configuration.

[0044] The first signal mating interface can be connected to at least one sensor of the force device and / or a local control device and / or at least one actuator on the force device in a signal- and / or data-transmitting manner.

[0045] In order to output the required operating energy, the force assembly may include at least one operating energy mating interface, which is used to establish a preferably detachable as per the regulations and operating energy connection for transmitting operating energy with at least one operating energy interface. Here, at least one operating energy mating interface of the at least one operating energy mating interface can be used to directly connect with at least one operating energy interface of the at least one operating energy interface and / or at least one operating mating interface of the at least one operating energy mating interface can be used to indirectly connect with at least one operating energy interface of the at least one operating energy interface in the case of an intermediate arrangement of a transmission device. Such a transmission device can be, for example, a transmission or a lever, which connects the operating energy mating interface that outputs mechanical operating energy with the operating energy interface that receives mechanical operating energy. In the case of providing potential operating energy in the form of a fluid quantity, especially a hydraulic fluid quantity, at a predetermined pressure level, the transmission device can be realized by a fluid line assembly, especially a hose or / and a pipe assembly. In the case of providing electrical operating energy, the transmission device can be an electrical line assembly, optionally including a circuit, such as a transformer for changing the voltage or / and a converter for generating or / and changing the frequency of the current that provides the operating energy. The possible objection that current and electrical energy may be different entities is only theoretically correct in the current case, but it is irrelevant to the considered surface processing machine. Since electrical operating energy is used to perform operations through the operating device and is thus provided as electrical operating energy per unit time, it is thus electrical power. Electrical power is the product of voltage and the current flowing at that voltage. By using a converter, the provided voltage and the current flow caused by that voltage have a frequency. In this case, it should be noted that the surface processing machine mainly requires alternating current to supply power to an alternating current or three-phase motor, while other electrical loads common in vehicles, for example, usually operate through direct current.

[0046] According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy cannot be consumed. At most, a part of the energy dissipates into the environment as heat loss without being further utilized. Since the required operating energy cannot be obtained in the form of mechanical energy and usually cannot be easily stored in other energy forms in the required quantity, the force device preferably has at least one energy conversion machine, which converts the operating energy of one energy form fed in into operating energy of another energy form on the output side. The force device can have an internal combustion engine or / and an electric motor or / and a fluid motor, especially a hydraulic motor, as the energy conversion machine. In this case, the energy conversion machine directly outputs mechanical energy to the moving output element, such as a rotating output shaft. The mechanical energy from the energy conversion machine can directly be the operating energy or / and can be converted into another energy form before being supplied to the load as described below.

[0047] The surface processing machine preferably has an energy supply assembly, which has at least one energy supply device for supplying operating energy to the force device. Different force components are used, and the availability of different energy forms or / and the energy availability at different application sites can advantageously provide different energy supply devices for being arranged on the hull-type surface processing machine.

[0048] In principle, the energy supply device can be directly and firmly supported on the machine frame via a separate fixing part and a fixing member without using a modular structure and without a second supporting device. The energy supply device support configuration on the energy supply device is directly and physically connected to the energy supply device support configuration on the machine frame at this time. In this case, the energy supply device is the energy supply assembly. However, it is preferably arranged that the surface processing machine is also modularly constructed in terms of its energy supply assembly as its energy source.

[0049] The basic idea of modularization in the present invention includes the basic construction of functional components in the functional device and the supporting device carrying the functional device. Therefore, for example, the aforementioned force component is constructed as a functional component.

[0050] Correspondingly, according to the preferred improvement of the surface processing machine discussed here, as other possible functional components, the energy supply assembly may have:

[0051] - an energy supply device,

[0052] - a second supporting device separately constructed from the machine frame, wherein the second supporting device carries the energy supply device, and

[0053] - an operating energy matching interface, which is used to establish a preferably detachably specified operating energy connection for transmitting operating energy with the operating energy interface.

[0054] The second supporting device is used to simplify the application of different energy supply assemblies on the same hull-type surface processing machine.

[0055] Here, the second supporting device includes a second supporting matching interface, which is used to preferably detachably and physically fix the second supporting device on the second supporting interface. In addition, the second supporting device preferably includes an energy supply device matching interface, which has one or more energy supply device support configurations for physically connecting with the energy supply device interfaces of the corresponding energy supply devices to fix the energy supply devices on the second supporting device. The energy supply device interface may include at least one energy supply device support configuration, which can be physically connected to at least one energy supply device support configuration of the energy supply device matching interface. Preferably, all the second supporting devices in the possible multiple energy supply assemblies of the above production kit at least respectively have the same second supporting matching interface. However, the second supporting devices of the production kit may have different energy supply device matching interfaces matching the corresponding energy supply devices to be supported thereon.

[0056] Thus, a plurality of different energy supply components can be provided for a set of production components for manufacturing a floor processing machine, and the energy supply components differ only in their energy supply devices. Although the second support device can be configured differently, as long as it only has a second support mating interface, for the sake of simplifying manufacturing and installation, the second support devices are preferably constructed substantially identically and preferably differ only in their respective energy supply device mating interfaces, because each energy supply device has its own energy supply device interface at a respectively different support site. When an energy supply device is fixed to the second support device, the specific design of the energy supply device mating interface is no longer important for the further installation of the resulting energy supply component on the hull-type floor processing machine.

[0057] Here, according to a preferred improvement of the present invention, which is basically the same as what has been described above for the first support interface, it is especially applicable to the second support interface and the second support mating interface:

[0058] - The second support interface and the second support mating interface can be used to preferably detachably directly connect to each other as required, or

[0059] - The second support interface and the second support mating interface can be used to preferably detachably indirectly connect in the case of arranging at least one energy supply exchange device in between, wherein the energy supply exchange device is different from the second support device.

[0060] It is also applicable that the additional part "energy supply" only indicates the corresponding relationship between the exchange device and the energy supply component. In addition, what has been described in this application regarding the force-exchange device is applicable to the energy supply exchange device.

[0061] The second support interface can be directly constructed on the machine frame.

[0062] The second support device can be the above-mentioned force-exchange device and thus can carry the force component in addition to the energy supply device. It is also conceivable to fix the second support device to the first support device such that the energy supply component can be installed on the first support device as an installable module. In the latter case, the first support device carries the force device and the energy supply component. Finally, the first support device can be the second support device. At this time, the first support device carries the force device and the energy supply device. In all the above embodiments, the first support interface is also the second support interface. In the first two cases, the force component and the energy supply component can also be arranged on the machine frame as pre-installed superior functional modules despite their respective modular structures. In the third case described above, the force device, the energy supply device, and the first support device also form a pre-installed functional module. Therefore, the structural space provided or available for the functional modules on the machine frame can be optimally utilized, because dividing the available structural space between the force component and the energy supply component can be carried out immediately after the support device carrying the functional device and the functional component.

[0063] Alternatively, the first and second support interfaces can be constructed separately from each other in different regions on the hull-type ground processing machine, especially on the machine frame. In this case, the force component and the energy supply component can be directly fixed to the hull-type ground processing machine, especially the machine frame, independently of each other.

[0064] The content of the possible design options for the first support interface in this application may correspondingly apply to the second support interface.

[0065] Here, the operating energy interface is used to establish an operating energy connection that preferably can be disconnected as required for transmitting operating energy between the energy supply device and the force device and is arranged on the force component. The operating energy interface can be arranged on the first support device or the force device. The operating energy can be electrical energy. Therefore, the operating energy interface and the operating energy mating interface can each have electrical contacts whose entities are coordinated with each other to establish an electrical circuit. The electrical contacts sized according to the standard of the expected electrical power to be transmitted can be implemented as male and female contacts that are complementary in entity. The operating energy interface and the operating energy mating interface can be designed as a plug and a socket.

[0066] As described above regarding the first signal interface and the first signal mating interface, the operating energy interface and the operating energy mating interface can be locked to each other reliably, especially by a form-fit connection, to prevent unwanted separation, just like any other interface mating interface combination for transmitting fluids or electric currents in the present invention.

[0067] The operating energy can be the energy stored in a fluid, that is, the energy of a fuel in liquid or / and gas form. The operating energy interface and the operating energy mating interface can then be complementary connection sections of a fluid quick coupling to form a fluid pipeline.

[0068] Less preferably than basically possible, the operating energy is provided as the potential energy of a fluid quantity at a higher pressure. In this case, the operating energy interface and the operating energy mating interface can be complementary connection sections of a fluid quick coupling to form a fluid pipeline.

[0069] To provide the operating energy, the energy supply device can have at least one of the following devices:

[0070] a. A fuel tank for storing fluid fuel,

[0071] b. An internal combustion engine whose output shaft is coupled to the input shaft of a generator,

[0072] c. An internal combustion engine whose output shaft is coupled to the input shaft of a fluid pump,

[0073] d. An electric motor whose output shaft is coupled to the input shaft of a fluid pump,

[0074] e. An electrical energy storage device,

[0075] f. Photovoltaic module,

[0076] g. Fuel cell module,

[0077] h. Electrical circuit module for connection to an external power supply.

[0078] The listed content is not exhaustive.

[0079] Variant a. provides available energy stored in a fluid by combustion. Variants b., e., f., g., and h. provide electrical energy as operating energy. Variants c. and d. provide potential energy in the form of a fluid quantity, in particular a hydraulic fluid quantity, at a higher pressure. The fluid pump can be a gas compressor or a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump is preferred due to the strong compressibility of the gas compared to hydraulic liquids. Variant a. can be combined with variants b., c., and g.

[0080] In order to be able to control the energy supply module within the required range during operation if necessary and / or in order to be able to detect the status and operating state of the energy supply module and process it via a control device, the energy supply module can include a second signal matching interface, which is used to establish a preferably detachable, signal-transmitting signal connection with a second signal interface that is part of a second signal connection. The second signal interface is connected to the control device and is arranged on the hull-type surface processing machine. Preferably, the second signal interface and the second signal matching interface can be connected to each other without tools, for example by establishing a plug connection between them. The content described above for the design of the first signal interface and the first signal matching interface, including their locking against undesired separation, also applies accordingly to the second signal interface and the second signal matching interface.

[0081] In many cases, the operating energy interface of a load, in particular multiple loads, is spatially too far away from the operating energy matching interface of the force module, so that the operating energy interface and the operating energy matching interface cannot be directly connected to transmit energy to each other. In order to connect the operating energy interface and the operating energy matching interface to each other, the surface processing machine can therefore have a transmission module. The transmission module is then arranged in or on the surface processing machine to establish at least part of the operating energy connection. Preferably, the transmission module has at least one mechanical follower.

[0082] Here, preferably, a mechanical follower of at least one mechanical follower mechanism is connected or connectable to the working device to transmit torque to at least one load through a mechanical energy transmission connection that is part of the working energy connection, and / or at least one mechanical follower of at least one mechanical follower mechanism is connected to an energy converter to convert mechanical energy into other energy forms. Preferably, the energy in the energy form converted by at least one energy converter can be transmitted as working energy to at least one load through a fluid or / and electrical energy transmission connection that is part of the working energy connection. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the energy converter connected to at least one mechanical follower of the transmission assembly may include a fluid pump for generating fluid flow, especially a hydraulic pump for generating hydraulic flow, or / and a fluid pump for generating a fluid pressure level, especially a hydraulic pump for generating a hydraulic pressure level, or it may be a fluid pump, especially a hydraulic pump, or / and the energy converter may include a generator or may be a generator.

[0083] The energy transmission connection is an energy connection, where the additional "transmission" only means that the energy connection corresponds to the transmission assembly and is used for the connection of the transmission assembly to transmit energy to at least one load. The mechanical energy transmission connection may include a belt or / and a transmission or / and a rod, or it is a belt or / and a transmission or / and a rod. The fluid energy transmission connection may include at least one fluid line, especially a fluid hose or / and a fluid pipe, or it is at least one fluid line, especially a fluid hose or / and a fluid pipe. The electrical energy transmission connection may include at least one electrical circuit or it is at least one electrical circuit.

[0084] Although the force device can output potential energy as working energy according to the above description, the force device preferably includes a heat engine or an electric motor and outputs mechanical energy as working energy. The working energy mating interface has an output shaft or an output sleeve for outputting mechanical working energy. The transmission device may have an input shaft or an input sleeve for connecting to the working energy mating interface. The transmission device may have an output shaft or an output sleeve for connecting to the working energy interface.

[0085] The transmission assembly may include a transfer case having an input shaft and at least one output shaft or generally a pivot point, preferably multiple output shafts or generally having multiple pivot points, as a functional or transmission device for the energy or power that can be intercepted on the output side on the transmission assembly. The transmission assembly may particularly include a so-called pump transfer case, which has at least one auxiliary driven mechanism, preferably multiple auxiliary driven mechanisms, on which hydraulic pumps driven by the transfer case are respectively coupled. However, if there is a corresponding demand for electric current or compressed gas on the ground processing machine, at least one hydraulic pump can be replaced by a generator and / or a gas compressor if necessary. In addition, the pump transfer case preferably has a mechanical main driven mechanism, which enables the mechanical power input at the input part of the pump transfer case to be intercepted on the output side of the pump transfer case. Preferably, the mechanical main driven mechanism is coupled to the working device, particularly to its working energy interface, in a force-transmitting or / and torque-transmitting manner. The main driven mechanism is usually the driven mechanism of the transfer case with the maximum intercepted power. The main driven mechanism and the auxiliary driven mechanism or the main transmission mechanism and the auxiliary transmission mechanism usually also differ in terms of the transmission ratio between the input side and the output side. The transmission ratio of the main driven mechanism is usually closer to 1 than that of the auxiliary driven mechanism, or the transmission ratio of the main transmission mechanism is usually closer to 1 than that of the auxiliary transmission mechanism.

[0086] In order to be able to control the transmission assembly within the required range if necessary during operation and / or in order to be able to detect the state and operating state of the transmission assembly and be able to process it through a control device, the transmission assembly may include a third signal matching interface, which is used to establish a preferably detachably signal connection for transmitting signals with a third signal interface that is part of a third signal connection. The third signal interface is connected to the control device and is provided on the hull-type ground processing machine. Preferably, the third signal interface and the third signal matching interface can be connected to each other without tools, for example, by establishing a plug-in connection between them. The content described above for the design of the first signal interface and the first signal matching interface, including their locking property to prevent unwanted separation from each other, also applies correspondingly to the third signal interface and the third signal matching interface.

[0087] Since on the surface processing machines usually discussed here, not only multiple loads are arranged, but multiple loads operating according to different physical action principles are arranged, such as electric motors and electric actuators for motion drives, hydraulic motors and actuators, mechanical working devices, and pneumatic actuators. At least one working energy interface preferably includes a mechanical first working energy interface or / and a hydraulic second working energy interface or / and an electrical third working energy interface or / and a pneumatic fourth working energy interface. In particular, the travel drive uses a hydraulic motor or an electric motor. The fluid actuator can be, for example, a piston-cylinder assembly, which serves as a steering actuator for steering the running gear of the front axle or / and the rear axle or a lifting assembly for lifting components, such as the roof of the operator's cab, etc.

[0088] The transmission assembly can quite generally have a transmission device as described above, where the transmission device includes:

[0089] - An input-side coupling configuration for preferably detachably and energy-transmittingly connecting with the working energy mating interface, and

[0090] - At least one output-side coupling configuration for preferably detachably and energy-transmittingly connecting with at least one working energy interface.

[0091] And what has been said above about the energy supply device may also apply correspondingly to the transmission device: In principle, the transmission device can be firmly supported on the machine frame via separate fixing parts and fasteners without using a modular structure, without a supporting device. The transmission device interface with the transmission device support configuration on the transmission device is directly physically connected to the suitable transmission device support configuration of the personalized design on the machine frame. In this case, the transmission device is the transmission assembly.

[0092] However, using different force components on hull-type surface processing machines that are otherwise basically the same may require using different transmission assemblies or at least making it meaningful. The third supporting device can be used to simplify the application of different transmission assemblies.

[0093] Therefore, according to a preferred embodiment, the transmission assembly includes a third supporting device that carries the transmission device, where the third supporting device includes a third supporting mating interface for preferably detachably and physically connecting the third supporting device to the third supporting interface. The third supporting device preferably also includes a transmission device mating interface to physically fix the transmission device to the third supporting device, and the transmission device mating interface has a transmission device support configuration for physically connecting with the transmission device interface of the transmission device.

[0094] Accordingly, a plurality of different transfer assemblies can be provided for a set of production parts for manufacturing a surface processing machine, and the transfer assemblies differ only in their transfer devices. Although the third support device can be configured differently as long as it only has a third support mating interface, for the sake of simplifying manufacturing and installation, the third support devices are preferably constructed substantially identically and preferably differ only in their respective transfer device support interfaces, because each transfer device has its own transfer device interface at a respectively different location. When the transfer device is fixed to the third support device, the specific design of the transfer device mating interface is no longer important for the further installation of the resulting transfer assembly on the hull-type surface processing machine.

[0095] Here, the following preferably applies to the third support interface and the third support mating interface:

[0096] - The third support interface and the third support mating interface are used for a preferably positively detachable direct connection to each other, or

[0097] - The third support interface and the third support mating interface are used for a preferably positively detachable indirect connection with at least one transfer switching device arranged in between, wherein the transfer switching device is different from the third support device.

[0098] What has been said in this application about possible design options for the first and second support interfaces may correspondingly apply to the third support interface.

[0099] The invention also relates to a production kit for a self-propelled surface processing machine as described above and improved, wherein the production kit includes:

[0100] - A hull-type surface processing machine, which has as a mechanical base

[0101] · A mechanical frame

[0102] · A travel drive as a first load of the surface processing machine,

[0103] · A travel mechanism having a plurality of running gears that can roll on the ground, wherein the travel mechanism stands on the ground and carries the mechanical frame, and wherein at least one running gear can be driven by the travel drive,

[0104] · A working device as a second load of the surface processing machine, wherein the working device has a working tool for surface processing,

[0105] · An operator's cab as a work station for a mechanical operator for operating the surface processing machine, and

[0106] · A control device for controlling the operation of the surface processing machine,

[0107] · A first support interface,

[0108] · A first signal interface, and

[0109] · At least one working energy interface,

[0110] Wherein, the production kit further includes:

[0111] - A plurality of force components as described above and improved, wherein the force devices of at least two force components provide working energy based on different physical action principles.

[0112] The improvement scheme of the production kit is described in this specification in relation to a plurality of different energy supply components and / or in relation to providing a plurality of different transmission components.

[0113] For each of the above-mentioned first, second, and third support devices, it is applicable that it may have a support frame or bracket, which bears the gravity of the functional device or / and functional component carried by the corresponding support device. In order to reduce the weight without significant loss of load-bearing capacity, the support frame or bracket may preferably be a truss frame or truss bracket preferably including diagonal braces and connection points. The truss of the support device may be configured to be detachably assembled as required or may be joined in a non-loosenable manner as required, for example, by welding or / and riveting. The support device may be configured as a one-piece or multi-piece. In a multi-piece embodiment, at least two of the mechanical coupling parts or / and fixing parts of the support mating interface of the support device are arranged on different parts of the multi-piece support device that are separately constructed entities.

[0114] The control device described in this application is preferably a data processing device and preferably has at least one integrated circuit and a data memory itself. Operating programs and control commands that can be executed by at least one integrated circuit can be stored in the data memory. In addition, the data memory can be used to store operating data during the operation of the surface processing machine.

[0115] Different from the above, the basic idea of the present invention can also be realized in a self-propelled surface processing machine with a force device that is directly fixed to the mechanical frame without arranging a first support device with a first support mating interface and a force device mating interface in the middle, and its energy supply component is connected to the mechanical frame through the use of the second support interface and the second support mating interface described above when the second support device bearing it is arranged in the middle. Such a surface processing machine has a second support device but no first support device. Similarly, it has an exemplary second support interface but no first support interface.

[0116] Therefore, in the second embodiment, the present invention also relates in principle to a self-propelled surface processing machine, which includes a hull-type surface processing machine, wherein the hull-type surface processing machine has:

[0117] - A mechanical frame,

[0118] - A travel drive as the first load of the ground working machine,

[0119] - A travel mechanism having a plurality of traveling mechanisms that can roll on the ground foundation, the traveling mechanisms being erected on the ground foundation to carry the machine frame, wherein at least one traveling mechanism is driven by the travel drive,

[0120] - A working device as the second load of the ground working machine, wherein the working device has a working tool for ground working,

[0121] - An operator's cab as the work station of the machine operator for operating the ground working machine, and

[0122] - A control device for controlling the operation of the ground working machine, and

[0123] - A power device having at least one energy converter, wherein the power device is used to provide working energy for the operation of at least one load of the ground working machine,

[0124] Wherein, the hull-type ground working machine is used to accommodate an energy supply component, and the energy supply component includes an energy supply device for supplying operating energy to the power device.

[0125] According to the basic idea of the present invention, the ground working machine of the second embodiment is improved such that the hull-type ground working machine further includes:

[0126] - A second support interface for physically connecting the energy supply component to the hull-type ground working machine, and

[0127] - An operating energy interface for establishing an operating energy connection for transmitting operating energy between the energy supply component and the power device,

[0128] Wherein, the energy supply component has:

[0129] - An energy supply device,

[0130] - An operating energy matching interface for establishing an operating energy connection for transmitting operating energy with the operating energy interface, and

[0131] - A second support device separately constructed from the machine frame, wherein the second support device carries the energy supply device, and wherein the second support device includes a second support matching interface for physically fixing the second support device to the second support interface.

[0132] The energy supply device has an energy supply device interface. The second support device has an energy supply device matching interface different from the first support matching interface. The energy supply device is held on the second support device through the connection of the energy supply device interface and the energy supply device matching interface.

[0133] According to an advantageous refinement, the hull-type surface processing machine can have a second signal interface for establishing a transmission signal between the control device and the energy supply component. Thus, the control device can control the operation of the energy supply component and / or detect the operating data and operating status of the energy supply component if necessary. The energy supply component preferably has a second signal mating interface for connection to the second signal interface at this time.

[0134] The invention also relates to a second embodiment of the above-mentioned second embodiment of the production kit for the matching self-propelled surface processing machine. Thus, the invention also relates to a production kit for a self-propelled surface processing machine according to the second embodiment as described in lines 4 to 28 on page 27. The self-propelled surface processing machine has a hull-type surface processing machine, and the hull-type surface processing machine has a second support interface, optionally a second signal interface, and an operating energy interface as a mechanical chassis. The production kit of the second embodiment also has a plurality of energy supply components, and the energy supply devices of the energy supply components provide operating energy based on different physical action principles and / or provide operating energy in different energy forms.

[0135] The operating energy is an energy form different from the energy form of the working energy.

[0136] The refinements and design solutions of the energy supply component, the energy supply device, the force device, the traveling mechanism, the traveling drive, the working device, the control device, the mechanical frame, and the interfaces, couplings, and connections explained in the first embodiment are also the refinements and design solutions of the second embodiment, specifically the solutions regarding the surface processing machine and the production kit, as long as they do not conflict with the above basic design of the second embodiment.

[0137] For the first embodiment and the second embodiment, it applies that the above-mentioned refinement of the surface processing machine is also a refinement of the production kit. The correspondingly improved production kit includes the hull-type surface processing machine and the components required for manufacturing the improved surface processing machine among other components.

[0138] Generally, if the force device is directly connected to the mechanical frame, the transmission device that may be connected to the force device as part of the working energy connection may also be directly connected to the mechanical frame. Preferably, at this time, the energy supply component is the only above-mentioned component that is connected to the mechanical frame with a second support device arranged in the middle.

[0139] The second embodiment is particularly meaningful for the energy supply component that supplies electrical operating energy to the electrical force device. In this case, as in the first embodiment, the force device can include a plurality of sub-force devices that are separately constructed and arranged, and each sub-force device outputs working energy to the load. The number of loads can be equal to the number of sub-force devices, can be greater than the number of sub-force devices, or can be less than the number of sub-force devices. Description of the Drawings

[0140] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Shown therein are:

[0141] Figure 1 A schematic side view of a first part of a first embodiment of a production kit according to the present invention and a self-propelled surface processing machine formed therefrom according to the present invention, the self-propelled surface processing machine including a hull-type surface processing machine, a first force assembly, a first energy supply assembly, and a first transmission assembly,

[0142] Figure 2 A schematic side view of a second part of a first embodiment of a production kit according to the present invention, the production kit including a second force assembly, second and third energy supply assemblies, and a second transmission assembly, and separately showing first and second support devices, and

[0143] Figure 3 A schematic partial view of a second embodiment of a surface processing machine and a production kit according to the present invention according to the present application. Detailed Description of the Specific Embodiment

[0144] Figure 1 and Figure 2 Exemplarily shown is a partial view of a first embodiment of a production kit 8 for manufacturing a self-propelled surface processing machine 10 in the form of a large surface or road milling machine according to the present invention.

[0145] Figure 1 The observer in Figure 1 looks at the surface processing machine 10 or simply the "machine" 10, which is made up of components of the production kit 8, in the direction of the mechanical transverse direction Q orthogonal to the drawing plane of Figure 1 . The mechanical longitudinal direction orthogonal to the mechanical transverse direction Q is denoted by L and extends parallel to Figure 1 the drawing plane of Figure 1 The arrow tip of the mechanical longitudinal direction L in

[0146] points in the forward direction. The mechanical height direction H extends parallel to the yaw axis Gi of the machine 10, the mechanical longitudinal direction L extends parallel to the roll axis Ro, and the mechanical transverse direction Q extends parallel to the pitch axis Ni.

[0147] The self-propelled surface processing machine 10 includes a hull-type surface processing machine 11 as a mechanical base frame.

[0148] The number of components of the body 14 increases during the installation of the self-propelled ground working machine 10, and the body 14 includes a front hydraulic lifting column 16 and a rear hydraulic lifting column 18 on the hull-type ground working machine 11, and the front hydraulic lifting column and the rear hydraulic lifting column are connected to the machine frame 12 at one end and connected to the front walking mechanism 20 or to the rear walking mechanism 22 at the other end.

[0149] exist Figure 1 It cannot be seen in the side view of the machine 10 that in its front end region and in its rear end region the machine 10 has two lifting columns 16 and 18, each with a chassis 20 and 22 connected thereto. The front lifting column 16, like the rear lifting column 18, is connected in a known manner to the chassis connection 24, for example a connecting fork which bridges the respective chassis 20 and 22 in the machine transverse direction Q.

[0150] The traveling mechanisms 20 and 22 are shown as chain-type traveling mechanisms by way of example. In the embodiment shown, the traveling mechanisms are constructed substantially identically and form the traveling mechanism 26 of the machine 10 and the hull-type ground processing machine 11. Individual or all traveling mechanisms 20 and / or 22 may also be wheeled traveling mechanisms different from this. Each of the traveling mechanisms 20 and 22 is driven by a motor, in the embodiment shown by a hydraulic motor 28.

[0151] In the illustrated embodiment, the chassis 20 and the chassis 22, with the possible travel directions indicated by the double arrow D, each have a radially inner receiving and guiding structure 30, on which a circumferential running chain 32 (only indicated on the front chassis 20) is arranged and guided in a circumferential movement by the running chain 32. The inner guiding structure can be connected to the chassis connecting structure 24 in a tilting manner about a tilting axis parallel to the pitch axis Ni.

[0152] The distance between the machine frame 12 and the traveling mechanisms 20 and 22 can be changed by means of the hydraulic lifting columns 16 and 18 .

[0153] The ground working machine 10 or the hull-type ground working machine 11 has a driver's cabin 34 , from which the machine operator can operate the machine 10 in a controlled manner via an operating console 36 and a control device 38 accommodated therein.

[0154] Below the machine frame 12, a working device 40 is arranged, which is exemplarily a milling device 40 here. The milling device has a milling roller 44 as the working tool of the working device 40 accommodated in a milling roller housing 42. The milling roller 44 can rotate about a milling axis R extending in the machine transverse direction Q, so that during ground processing, foundation material can be removed from the bearing surface AO of the foundation U starting from the bearing surface AO with a milling depth determined by the relative height position of the machine frame 12 above the bearing surface AO. Therefore, the height adjustability of the lifting columns 16 and 18 of the machine frame 12 is also used to set the milling depth or generally the working depth of the machine 10 during ground processing. Alternatively or additionally, the milling roller 44 can be accommodated on the machine frame in a height-adjustable manner relative to the machine frame 12.

[0155] For Figure 1 As is common for the large road milling machines shown in, the milling device 40 is arranged between the front running gear 20 and the rear running gear 22 in the machine longitudinal direction L. Such large milling machines and ground stripping machines usually can have a conveyor belt to convey the stripped ground material away from the machine 10. The conveyor belt that exists in principle in the machine 10 is not shown for greater clarity.

[0156] The lifting column 16 and its running gear 20 can rotate about a steering axis S by a hydraulic steering device 46 shown only roughly. Additionally preferably, but also alternatively, the rear lifting column 18 and its running gear 22 can rotate about a steering axis parallel to the steering axis S by a steering device.

[0157] The cab 34 is covered by a protective roof structure 48, and the protective roof structure includes a protective roof 50. The protective roof 50 is arranged on the machine frame 12 in a liftable manner by means of a movement guide 52 and a hydraulic movement drive 54. In Figure 1 the protective roof 50 is shown in its lifted operating state, in which the machine 10 is ready for ground processing operation.

[0158] To form the ground processing machine 10, a first force assembly 56 is arranged on the hull-type ground processing machine 11. The hull-type ground processing machine 11 includes a force assembly as the central force mechanism of the machine 10, which basically provides all the working power of the machine 10.

[0159] The first force assembly 56 includes an internal combustion engine 58 as the first force device and includes a first support device 60. For an explanatory reference to the design of the support device 60, Figure 2 in Figure 2 the support device is shown separately.

[0160] The hull - type ground processing machine 11 has a first support interface 62 on the machine frame 12 or on the body 14. The first support device 60 is fixed to the first support interface by a first support mating interface 64 arranged on the first support device 60. In the illustrated embodiment, the first support interface 62 is symbolically shown by three coupling configurations 62a, and three coupling mating configurations 64a of the support mating interface 64 of the first support device 60 are coupled to the coupling configurations. For the special positional reliability of the arrangement of the first support device 60 on the machine frame 12, the coupling configurations 62a and the coupling mating configurations 64a are complementarily constructed. The coupling configurations 62a and the coupling mating configurations 64a can be fixed to each other by screw engagement or by other engagement means.

[0161] For clarity, in Figure 2 the first support interface 62 with its coupling configurations 62a and the first support mating interface 64 with its coupling mating configurations 64a are marked again.

[0162] The first support mating interface 64 is arranged on the functional side 60a of the first support device 60 corresponding to the machine frame 12. The functional side 60 is also the physical side of the first support device 60.

[0163] An internal combustion engine 58 is arranged on the functional side 60b of the first support device 60 opposite to the functional side 60a. For this purpose, the first support device 60 has a power device mating interface 66 on the functional side 60b which is also the physical side of the first support device 60, and the internal combustion engine 58 is held at the power device mating interface by means of its power device interface 68. The power device interface 68 and the power device mating interface 66 can be constructed in the same way as known motor supports for supporting an internal combustion engine in a vehicle frame.

[0164] Figure 1 The power device mating interface 66 is symbolically shown by two power device support configurations 66a in

[0165] A pump power take - off 70 as a transmission device is also arranged on the functional side 60b corresponding to the functional device. In the illustrated embodiment, the first support device 60 which carries the transmission device and is thus also the third support device in the introduction of the specification has a transmission device mating interface 72 on its functional side 60b, which is symbolically shown by two transmission device support configurations 72a.

[0166] The pump power take - off 70 is supported at the transmission device mating interface 72 in a known manner by means of its transmission device interface 74. The transmission device interface 74 is symbolically shown by two transmission device support configurations 74a, and in Figure 1 for clarity, only the right - hand one is provided with a reference numeral.

[0167] The pump transfer case 70 and the first or third support device 60 form a transmission assembly 76.

[0168] As an output element for outputting operating power or operating energy, an internal combustion engine 58, such as a diesel internal combustion engine, has an output shaft 78 that extends orthogonally to the drawing plane of Figure 1 and serves as an operating energy mating interface. In the ready-to-run state, the operating energy mating interface is torque-transmittably coupled to the input sleeve 80 of the pump transfer case 70.

[0169] The pump transfer case 70 has a pulley 82 as a first mechanical driven mechanism. The pulley can be driven by a drive belt 83, which is only schematically shown in Figure 1 and a pulley 84 that is torque-transmittably coupled to the milling roller 44 as an operating energy interface to complete the belt drive. A speed reducer may be arranged between the pulley 84 on the milling roller side and the milling roller 44. The speed reducer preferably reduces the rotational speed of the pulley 84 to the milling roller 44 by a transmission ratio and increases the torque by the reciprocal of the transmission ratio. Since the pulley 82 on the drive side transmits the operating energy required for the operation of the milling device 40, the pulley 82 on the drive side forms the main driven mechanism of the pump transfer case 70.

[0170] A hydraulic pump 86 is arranged on another driven mechanism, more precisely on the auxiliary driven mechanism of the pump transfer case 70. During its operation, the hydraulic pump outputs hydraulic fluid, which is fluid operating energy with a relatively high pressure level, to a quick-connect configuration 88 as a coupling configuration. The fluid operating energy of the hydraulic pump 86 can propel the surface processing machine 10 through a hydraulic motor 28, raise and lower the protective roof through a hydraulic motion driver 54 of the protective roof structure 48, and steer the front lifting column 16 or / and the rear lifting column 18 through a steering device 46. The amount of hydraulic fluid present on the surface processing machine 10 can be raised to an elevated pressure level via the quick-connect configuration 88 by the hydraulic pump 86.

[0171] The internal combustion engine 58 has its own motor controller 90, which forms a component control device subordinate to the control device 38 during operation. To connect the motor controller 90 of the internal combustion engine 58 to the control device 38 of the hull-type surface processing machine 11 or the surface processing machine 10, the hull-type surface processing machine 11 has a first signal interface 92, and the first signal mating interface 94 of the internal combustion engine 58 can be coupled to the first signal interface in a data and signal transmission manner. One of the first signal interface 92 and the first signal mating interface 94 may include a plug and the corresponding other interface may include a mating socket.

[0172] To supply fuel to the supply section that is the operating energy for operating the internal combustion engine 58, the internal combustion engine 58 preferably has a quick-connect configuration 96 as an operating energy interface, through which the internal combustion engine 58 can be supplied with fuel.

[0173] In order to ensure that the internal combustion engine 58 can operate for a longer time, an energy supply assembly 98 is arranged on the hull-type surface processing machine 11. The energy supply assembly 98 supplies operating energy to the internal combustion engine 58 during the operation of the internal combustion engine, that is, fuel is supplied here.

[0174] The energy supply assembly 98 is constructed in a modular manner and includes a fuel tank 100 as an energy supply device and a second support device 102 for fixing on the mechanical frame 12 of the hull-type surface processing machine 11 or the surface processing machine 10. A certain amount of fuel is accommodated in the fuel tank 100, and the fuel can be supplied to the internal combustion engine 58 through a fuel delivery pipeline 104 which serves as an operating energy pipeline and a part of the operating energy connection 106. For this purpose, the fuel delivery pipeline 104 bears a quick-connect mating configuration 108 as an operating energy mating interface, which can be quickly and tool-free combined with the quick-connect configuration 96 on the internal combustion engine side to form the operating energy connection 106. The quick-connect configuration 96 and the quick-connect mating configuration 108 form an operating energy coupler in the state of coupling the transmission fluid.

[0175] A delivery module 110 can be arranged in the fuel tank 100, and the delivery module can be controlled by a control device 38. For this purpose, the fuel tank 100 has a second signal mating interface 112, and the second signal mating interface can be coupled with a second signal interface 122 (not shown) on the side of the hull-type surface processing machine 11 to transmit signals and data (see Figure 1 ) The second signal interface 122 can be designed in the same way as the first signal interface 92. Figure 2 )

[0176] The fuel tank 100 as an energy supply device of the surface processing machine 10 has a separate energy supply device interface 114, and the fuel tank is fixed on a similarly separate energy supply device mating interface 116 of the second support device 102 by means of the energy supply device interface 114. The energy supply device interface 114 has a plurality of energy supply device support configurations 114a shown only symbolically, and each single energy supply device support configuration is coupled with a complementary energy supply device seat configuration 116a and is physically fixed thereon.

[0177] The energy supply assembly 98 is directly fixed on the mechanical frame 12 or the body 14 at the second support interface 118 of the mechanical frame 12 via the second support device 102. The second support device 102 has a second support mating interface 120 for fixing at the second support interface 118. The second support interface 118 is represented by two symbolically shown coupling configurations 118a in Figure 1 , and the two support mating interfaces 120 are represented by two symbolically shown complementary coupling mating configurations 120a in Figure 1 .

[0178] The second support mating interface 120 is arranged on the functional and physical side 102a of the second support device 102 facing the machine frame 12, and the energy supply device mating interface 116 is arranged on the opposite side 102b of the second support device 102 that is away from the functional and physical side of the machine frame 12.

[0179] Therefore, the surface processing machine 10 can be constructed in a modular manner in terms of its supply of operating energy or operating power and can be matched to the corresponding customer requirements or the boundary conditions of the application.

[0180] In Figure 2 the other components of the production kit 8 are shown. Components, devices, interfaces, and configurations that are functionally substantially the same but have different designs from those in Figure 1 are provided with the same but primed markings in Figure 1 . For their explanation, unless additional information is explicitly provided, reference is explicitly made to the description given for the corresponding reference numerals in Figure 2 . Figure 1

[0181] In Figure 2 the lower left part shows the part with the support interfaces 62 and 118 of the hull-type surface processing machine 11. Also shown here are the second signal interface 122 for a possible signal and data transmission connection of the energy supply component 98 (also as design 98' or 98") to the control device 38 and the third signal interface 124 for a possible signal and data transmission connection of the transmission component 76 (also as design 76') to the control device 38. The energy supply component 98 to be connected separately (if necessary as design 98' or 98") has a corresponding second signal mating interface 112 at this time, and the transmission component 76 to be connected separately (if necessary as design 76') has a corresponding third signal mating interface 126.

[0182] Therefore, different from Figure 1 the transmission component 76 of

[0183] Another transmission component 76', which is also the pump power take-off 70', is not fixed to the first support device 60 and is not fixed to its own third support device either, but is directly supported on the machine frame 12 via the corresponding transmission device support configuration 74a' and the support configuration 72a'. Figure 2The pump transfer case 70' therein has a total of four mechanical auxiliary driven mechanisms, each of which has a hydraulic pump 86' driven thereby, and each of them has a fluid quick-connect configuration 88 for outputting hydraulic fluid at a higher pressure. For clarity, only two of the four hydraulic pumps 86' of the pump transfer case 70' on the right side are provided with reference numerals.

[0184] By using the four hydraulic cylinders 86', a local control device 128 can be used to control the pump transfer case 70' or generally control the transmission assembly 76', which can be coupled to the third signal interface 124 through the third signal cooperation interface 126.

[0185] In Figure 2 An alternative force assembly 56' with an electric motor 58' is also shown as a force device. The output shaft 78' of the operation energy cooperation interface of the force assembly 56' as the electric motor 58' can be connected to the input sleeve 80' of the pump transfer case 70' in a torque-transmitting manner.

[0186] Different from the first force assembly 56 with the internal combustion engine 58, the alternative force assembly 56' as an electric force assembly 56' requires operating energy in the form of electrical energy. For this purpose, an alternative energy supply assembly 98' is provided, and the energy supply assembly has a storage battery 130 as an energy storage device. Therefore, the operating energy interface 96' and the operating energy cooperation interface 108' are configured as electrical quick-connect members, for example, configured as a plug and a socket. Thus, a cable connects the electric motor 58' and its energy supply unit, the storage battery 130.

[0187] In contrast to Figure 1 The energy supply assembly 98' cannot be directly connected to the mechanical frame 12 via the second support device 102' but indirectly via the first support device 60' different from

[0188] In the drawings, the coupling mating configurations 64a and 120a are only shown exemplarily in different shapes to graphically support their distinguishability. In fact, the coupling mating configurations 64a and 120a can be constructed in the same shape. This is even preferred in terms of manufacturing costs. The listed possible shape identities also apply to at least two of the support configurations among the coupling configurations 62a and 118a, the force device support configuration 66a, the transmission device support configuration 72a', and the energy supply device support configuration 116a, and at least two of the support configurations among the force device support configuration 68a, the transmission device support configuration 74a', and the energy supply device support configuration 114a.

[0189] In contrast, instead of the energy supply assembly 98' with the storage battery 130, a module of the energy supply assembly 98'' having a fuel cell 132 and a fuel tank 100'' connected thereto to convert into electrical energy in the fuel cell 132 can be used. The control device 113 for controlling the operation of the fuel cell 132 can be connected to the control device 38 of the hull-type ground working machine 11 through the second signal matching interface 112'. Such an energy supply device 98'' can also be prepared on the second support device 102' for being arranged on the hull-type ground working machine 11. The second support device 102' can be supported indirectly via the first support device 60' or directly on the machine frame via the second support interface like the energy supply assembly 98'.

[0190] As an energy supply assembly, an energy supply assembly 98''' on which a cable reel 134 is arranged can also be used as a module prepared on the ground working machine 10, and the cable reel has a line assembly 136 for connecting to a power source on the construction site side.

[0191] Therefore, due to the different components existing in the production kit 8, the ground working machine 10 can be equipped with different power machines, different energy supply assemblies for supplying operating energy, and different transmission components at a relatively low cost and is designed for different application boundary conditions.

[0192] The examples of the different modules provided above are only exemplary and not exhaustive.

[0193] In Figure 3 a second embodiment designed according to the basic idea of the present invention of the hull-type ground working machine is shown and denoted by 1011. A second embodiment designed according to the basic idea of the present invention of the production kit is also shown and denoted by 1008. The arrangement of one of the various energy supply assemblies 1098', 1098'', or 1098''' shown on the second support interface 1118 makes the hull-type ground working machine complete and forms a second embodiment of the self-propelled ground working machine.

[0194] Compared with that related to the corresponding first embodiment Figure 1and Figure 2 Identical and functionally identical components, devices, members, and member sections are provided with the same reference numerals in Figure 3 , but with the number 1000 added.

[0195] Only the second embodiment of the surface processing machine or the hull-type surface processing machine 1011 and the production kit 1008 will be described below in comparison with Figure 1 and Figure 2 the corresponding first embodiment. Unless otherwise stated differently below, the description also applies to the interpretation of Figure 3 . Therefore, reference is also made to the description of Figure 1 and Figure 2 for the interpretation of Figure 3 .

[0196] The main difference between the hull-type surface processing machine 11 of the first embodiment and the hull-type surface processing machine 1011 is that the force assembly 1056' having an electric motor 1058' as a force device and the transmission assembly 1076' configured exemplarily as a pump power take-off 1070' are directly and firmly connected to the machine frame 1012 via corresponding support and bearing configurations. Therefore, the force assembly 1056' and the transmission assembly 1076' are part of the hull-type surface processing machine 1011.

[0197] Only the energy supply components 1098', 1098", and 1098''' can be preferably detachably connected to the hull-type surface processing machine 1011 via a second support interface 1118 and a second support mating interface 1120 of the second support device 1102 or 1102' that preferably complements the second support interface.

[0198] Since the second support device 1102 or 1102' is coupled to the machine frame 1012 or the body 1014 via the second support interface 1118 and the second support mating interface 1120, Figure 3 all second support devices 1102 or 1102' have the same second support mating interface 1120. Therefore, Figure 3 a single second support device 1102' in

[0199] Figure 3 is represented by an ellipsis because it has a different energy supply device mating interface 1116' compared to the remaining second support devices 1102, but this is only exemplarily shown that the second support device can have any suitable energy supply device mating interface on its functional side facing the energy supply device.

[0200] Therefore, the most suitable energy supply components are separately provided for the floor processing machine according to the requirements.

Claims

1. A self-propelled ground processing machine (10), comprising a hull-type ground processing machine (11), wherein: The hull-type ground processing machine (11) comprises: - a mechanical frame (12), a travel drive (28) as a first load of the ground working machine (10), a travelling gear (26) having a plurality of travelling gears (20, 22) which can roll on a foundation (U), the travelling gears being erected on the foundation (U) and carrying the machine frame (12), wherein at least one travelling gear (20, 22) can be driven by the travel drive (28), a working device (42) as a second load of the ground working machine (10), wherein the working device (42) has a working tool (44) for ground working, - an operating room (34) as a workstation for a machine operator operating the floor processing machine (10), and - a control device (38) for controlling the operation of the floor working machine (10), The hull-type ground processing machine (11) is used to accommodate a force assembly (56; 56'), wherein the force assembly (56; 56') includes a force device (58; 58'), and the force device is used to provide working energy for the operation of at least one load of the ground processing machine (10), Characterized in that the hull-type ground processing machine (11) comprises: - a first bearing interface (62) for physically connecting the force assembly (56; 56') to the hull-type ground processing machine (11), - a first signal interface (92) for establishing a first signal connection for transmitting signals between the control device (38) and the force assembly (56; 56'), and at least one working energy interface (84) for establishing a working energy connection for transmitting working energy between at least one load and the force assembly (56; 56'), wherein the force assembly (56; 56') has a first support device (60; 60') constructed separately from the machine frame (12), the first support device bearing the force device (58; 58'), wherein the first support device (60; 60') has a first support mating interface (64; 64') for physically connecting the force assembly (56; 56') to the hull-type ground processing machine (11), and wherein the force device (58; 58') has a force device interface (68; 68'), wherein the first support device (60; 60') has a force device mating interface (66; 66') different from the first support mating interface (64; 64'), and wherein the force device (58; 58') is held on the first support device (60; 60') by connection between the force device interface (68; 68') and the force device mating interface (66; 66').

2. The self-propelled ground processing machine (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that: - the first bearing interface (62) and the first bearing mating interface (64; 64') are configured to be directly connected to each other, or The first bearing interface (62) and the first bearing mating interface (64; 64') are designed to be indirectly connected with at least one force exchange device arranged in between, wherein the force exchange device is different from the first bearing device (60; 60').

3. The self-propelled floor processing machine (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The force assembly (56; 56') comprises a first signal mating interface (94) for establishing a signal connection with a first signal interface (92) for transmitting a signal as part of a first signal connection.

4. The self-propelled floor-working machine (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The force assembly (56; 56') comprises at least one working energy coordination interface (78; 78'), which is used to establish a working energy connection with at least one working energy interface (84) for transmitting working energy.

5. The self-propelled floor-working machine (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The force assembly (56; 56') has at least one energy converter (58; 58'), which converts operating energy fed into it into working energy on the output side, wherein the working energy is an energy form different from the operating energy, and wherein the ground processing machine (10) has an energy supply assembly (98; 98'; 98"; 98'") for supplying operating energy to the force device (58; 58').

6. The self-propelled ground processing machine (10) according to claim 5, characterized in that: The energy supply assembly (98; 98'; 98"; 98'") has: - energy supply device (100; 130; 132, 100"; 136), - a second support device (102; 102') constructed separately from the machine frame (12), wherein the second support device (102; 102') carries the energy supply device (100; 130; 132, 100"; 136), and - an operating energy coordination interface (108; 108'), which is used to establish an operating energy connection with the operating energy interface (96; 96') for transmitting operating energy, Wherein, the second supporting device (102; 102') comprises: - a second bearing mating interface (120), the second bearing mating interface being used for physically fixing the second bearing device (102; 102') to the second bearing interface (118; 118'), Wherein, for the second bearing interface (118; 118') and the second bearing mating interface (120), the following applies: - the second bearing interface (118; 118') and the second bearing mating interface (120) are configured to be directly connected to each other, or - the second bearing interface (118; 118') and the second bearing mating interface (120) are configured to be indirectly connected with at least one energy exchange device (60') arranged in between, wherein the energy exchange device (60') is different from the second bearing device (102; 102'), And wherein the operating energy interface (96; 96') is used to establish an operating energy connection for transmitting operating energy between the energy supply device (100; 130; 132, 100"; 136) and the force device (58; 58') and is arranged on the force component (56; 56').

7. The self-propelled floor processing machine (10) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that: The force device (58; 58') has an internal combustion engine (58) or / and an electric motor (58') or / and a hydraulic motor as an energy converter (58; 58').

8. The self-propelled floor processing machine (10) according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that: The energy supply device (100; 130; 132, 100″; 136) has at least one of the following devices: - a tank (100) for storing fluid fuel, - an internal combustion engine, the output shaft of which is coupled to the input shaft of the generator, - an internal combustion engine, the output shaft of which is coupled to the input shaft of the fluid pump, - an electric motor, the output shaft of which is coupled to the input shaft of the fluid pump, - an electrical energy storage device (130), - Photovoltaic modules, - a fuel cell assembly (132), - an electrical circuit assembly (136) for connection to an external power source.

9. The self-propelled floor-working machine (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The ground processing machine (10) has a transmission component (76; 76'), wherein the transmission component (76; 76') is used to establish at least one section of the working energy connection, wherein the transmission component (76; 76') has at least one mechanical output mechanism, wherein at least one mechanical follower is mechanically connected or mechanically connectable to the working device (42), or / and At least one of the at least one mechanical driven mechanism is connected to an energy converter (86; 86') to convert mechanical energy into other energy forms, wherein the energy in the energy form converted by the energy converter (86; 86') can be transmitted as working energy to at least one load via a transmission energy connection that is part of the working energy connection.

10. The self-propelled ground processing machine (10) according to claim 9, including claim 4, characterized in that: The force device (58; 58') outputs mechanical energy, wherein the working energy cooperation interface (78; 78') has an output shaft (78; 78') or an output sleeve for this purpose, wherein the transmission component (76; 76') has an input shaft or an input sleeve (80; 80') for connecting to the working energy cooperation interface (78; 78').

11. The self-propelled floor processing machine (10) according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that: The energy converter (86; 86') is a generator and / or a fluid pump (86; 86').

12. The self-propelled floor-working machine (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The at least one working energy interface (84) comprises a mechanical first working energy interface (84) and / or a hydraulic second working energy interface (88) and / or an electrical third working energy interface and / or a pneumatic fourth working energy interface.

13. The self-propelled ground processing machine (10) according to any one of claims 9 to 12, including claims 4 and 9, characterized in that: The transmission assembly (76; 76') has a transmission device (70; 70'), wherein the transmission device (70; 70') comprises: - an input-side coupling configuration (80; 80') for connecting to the working energy matching interface (78; 78') for transmitting working energy, and At least one output-side coupling (82) for connection to the at least one working power interface (84) for transmitting working power.

14. The self-propelled floor processing machine (10) according to claim 13, characterized in that: The transmission assembly (76; 76') comprises a third support device (60) which carries the transmission device, wherein the third support device (60) comprises: - a third bearing mating interface (64), the third bearing mating interface being used to physically connect the third bearing device (60) to the third bearing interface (62), Wherein, the third support interface (62) and the third support mating interface (64) are applicable: - the third bearing interface (62) and the third bearing mating interface (64) are configured to be directly connected to each other, or The third bearing interface (62) and the third bearing mating interface (64) are configured to be indirectly connected with at least one transmission exchange device arranged in between, wherein the transmission exchange device is different from the third bearing device (60).

15. A production kit (8) for a self-propelled soil processing machine (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, It is characterized in that The production kit (8) has a hull-type ground processing machine (11) according to the preamble of claim 1 as a machine base, the hull-type ground processing machine having a first bearing interface (62), a first signal interface (92) and at least one working energy interface (84), and the production kit (8) also has a plurality of force components (56; 56'), the force device (58; 58') of the force assembly provides working energy based on different physical principles of action.

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