(EN) An automatic cushioning control apparatus for a cylinder of a working machine, capable of providing a quiet cylinder cushioning effect causing little shaking of a vehicle body without using a mechanical cylinder cushion. To obtain such an effect, this apparatus is provided with a means (1) for detecting the position of a working machine cylinder in the direction of a stroke thereof, a means (2) for detecting the direction of extending and retracting movement of the cylinder of the working machine, a means (3) for computing lever gain (K) with respect to a level signal from a lever (4) which is adapted to satisfy the relation, o < K < 1, in accordance with signals from the means (1, 2), and change from one toward zero in accordance with the distance between the free end of the cylinder and a stroke end thereof when the cylinder is moved toward its stroke end, a multiplication element (5) adapted to multiply an operating instruction from the lever (4) by the lever gain K, and a means (6) for controlling the driving of the cylinder of the working machine in accordance with an output from the multiplication element (5).
