Load handling vehicle
AssigneeJ. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
InventorsDavid John Brown, Roy William Allsopp, David Burrage
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Abstract
A load handling vehicle (10) of the kind specified wherein the load carrying means comprises a boom (20) pivotally mounted to the structure forwardly (11) of the operator's position (17) and wherein cooling means (40) for the motor are disposed at one side of the vehicle.
Claims28
A load handling vehicle of the kind specified wherein the load carrying means comprises a boom pivotally mounted to the structure forwardly of the operator's position.
A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein cooling means are disposed at one side of the vehicle.
A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the boom comprises a mechanical self-levelling arm.
A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the operator's position comprises an operator's seat movable between a first position wherein the seat is located on the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle and a second position wherein the seat is offset from the centre line of the vehicle.
A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims comprising an engine wherein the engine is disposed forwardly of the operator's position.
A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein a driver's line of sight extends downwardly at an angle to the horizontal in the range 29° to 35° and preferably about 32° over a front part of the vehicle.
A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims wherein an uppermost part of the boom assembly is disposed below a horizontal plane including the driver's eye level.
A vehicle as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Any novel feature or novel combination of features described herein and/or in the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.