Construction machine
AssigneeKobelco Construction Machinary Co., Ltd.
InventorIsao MIYACHI
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Abstract
In a compact excavator of the type wherein an opening portion of an engine room with a fuel tank installed therein is opened and closed with a bonnet and an operator's seat is provided on the bonnet, a load transfer member is provided on an upper surface of the fuel tank in a state in which a load receiving portion is in contact with the bonnet, so that a total load comprising the weight of the operator's seat, the weight of an operator sitting on the operator's seat and the weight of the bonnet is transmitted from the bonnet to the fuel tank as a force of pressing down the tank from above.
Claims7
A construction machine comprising:
- a fuel tank;
- a bonnet adapted to open and close at least an upper surface opening portion of a tank accommodating space with said fuel tank accommodated therein;
- an operator's seat provided on said bonnet;
- and
- a load transfer member for transmitting a load acting on said bonnet to said fuel tank as a force of pressing down said fuel tank from above.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.