Work vehicle
AssigneeYanmar Co., Ltd.
InventorGaku Higashiguchi
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Abstract
The invention aims at providing a work vehicle in which an operator can easily view each of switches in spite of the work vehicle in which a plurality of switches such as a DPF regeneration switch, a working switch and a one-touch automatic switch are concentrically provided on a front surface of a control seat. In a work vehicle having a cabin which is inward provided with a control seat installed in a travel machine body, a DPF regeneration switch, a working switch, and a one-touch automatic switch are provided. The DPF regeneration switch is provided on an upper surface of a steering column in a base portion of a control steering wheel, and the DPF regeneration switch is arranged in a field of vision of an operator under a straight moving work posture.
Claims17
A work vehicle comprising:
- a steering column which is arranged in front of a control seat which is provided on a travel machine body;
- and
- a control steering wheel which has an approximately round shape in a plan view and is arranged in an upper end side of a steering wheel shaft which protrudes upward out of an upper surface of the steering column,
- wherein the control steering wheel is constructed by spokes which are axially supported to the steering wheel shaft, and a steering wheel which is arranged in an outer side of the spokes,
- wherein the steering wheel shaft extends along a steering wheel shaft axis, the steering wheel shaft axis extending through the upper surface of the steering column, and
- wherein a plurality of switches are arranged at positions which are on the upper surface of the steering column and correspond to an area surrounded by the spokes and the steering wheel in the control steering wheel at a straight traveling position.
A work vehicle comprising:
- a steering column configured to be positioned in front of a control seat of a travel machine body, the steering column comprising:
- an upper surface;
- and
- a side surface;
- a steering wheel shaft which extends along a steering wheel shaft axis and protrudes upward out of the upper surface of the steering column;
- a control steering wheel coupled to an upper end of the steering wheel shaft and configured to rotate about the steering wheel shaft axis, the control steering wheel comprising:
- spokes that are axially supported to the steering wheel shaft;
- and
- a steering wheel coupled to an outer side of the spokes and that circumscribes the spokes, the spokes and the steering wheel define one or more openings;
- and
- a plurality of switches provided on the upper surface of the steering column;
- and
- wherein the plurality of switches are configured to be visible through at least one of the one or more openings based on the control steering wheel being at a straight traveling position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.