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US 10,005,397 B2Granted
Work vehicle
AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorsTakuya Uemura, Naoto Shigeiri
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Abstract
An access device is configured to be switched between a stored state in which an access member is stored in a vehicle body and a deployed state in which the access member is deployed. In the stored state, an exterior cover becomes a portion of an exterior surface of the vehicle body and the access member is stored inside the vehicle body. In the deployed state, the access member extends from the vehicle body toward a ground surface and the exterior cover is disposed on a back side of the access member.
Claims15
A work vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body,
- a travel device disposed at a lateral side of the vehicle body, the travel device including a crawler belt;
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- an access device attached to the vehicle body,
- the vehicle body including a fender part disposed above the crawler belt,
- the access device including
- an access member including a first access member and a second access member, the second access member being rotatably attached to the first access member,
- an exterior cover attached to the access member, the exterior cover including a first exterior cover and a second exterior cover, the first exterior cover being attached to the first access member, the second exterior cover being separate from the first access member and attached to the second access member, and
- a handrail attached to the access member,
- the access device being configured to be switched between a stored state in which the access member is stored in the vehicle body and a deployed state in which the access member is deployed,
- in the stored state, the access device being folded and disposed on the fender part above the crawler belt, the exterior cover forming a portion of an exterior surface of the vehicle body, and the access member and the handrail being stored inside the vehicle body,
- in the deployed state, the access member extending from the vehicle body toward a ground surface, the exterior cover being disposed on a back side of the access member, and the access device being disposed at a lateral side of the travel device and further outward than the crawler belt in a vehicle width direction.
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