Cabin for Work Vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorNobushige Ichikawa
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Abstract
A cabin for a work vehicle comprises: a driver's seat positioned within the cabin; cabin frames including at least a transverse frame located in a rear region of the cabin; a roof supported by at least some of the cabin frames; at least one air-conditioning duct located within the root an air-conditioning unit located rearwardly with respect to a rearward end of a seat portion of the driver's seat and adjacent the transverse frame for conditioning air and for feeding air-conditioned air into the at least one air-conditioning duct.
Claims8
An air conditioning system for a cabin of a work vehicle, the cabin comprising:
- a driver's seat (12) positioned within the cabin (1);
- a roof (7);
- an air-conditioning duct (15) located inside the roof (7);
- an air conditioning unit (A) located inside the roof (7) for conditioning air and for feeding air-conditioned air into the air-conditioning duct (15);
- and a structural framework (B), wherein
- the air conditioning unit (A) is located rearward of a rearward end of a seat portion of the driver's seat (12),
- the structural frame (B) includes right and left vertical frames (2) located at the rearmost portion of the structural frame (B), a transverse frame (6B), and right and left fore-and-aft frames (6A) located at corresponding right and left side portions of the roof (7), each of the right and left vertical frames (2) having a top end portion being located at a height level higher than the right and left fore-and-aft frames (6A),
- the transverse frame (6B) extends between the top end portions of the vertical frames (2) at a height level higher than the fore-and-aft frames (6A), and
- the air conditioning unit (A) is supported by a lower portion of the transverse frame (6B) so that the air conditioning unit (A) is placed between the vertical frames (2) located on both sides of the transverse frame (6B) when viewed from above.
An air conditioning system for a cabin of a work vehicle, the cabin comprising:
- a driver's seat (12) positioned within the cabin (1);
- a roof (7);
- an air-conditioning duct (15) located inside the roof (7);
- an air conditioning unit (A) located inside the roof (7) for conditioning air and for feeding air-conditioned air into the air-conditioning duct (15);
- and a structural framework (B), wherein
- the air conditioning unit (A) is located rearward of a rearward end of a seat portion of the driver's seat (12),
- the structural frame (B) includes right and left vertical frames (2) located at the rearmost portion of the structural frame (B), a transverse frame (6B), and right and left fore-and-aft frames (6A) located at corresponding right and left side portions of the roof (7), each of the right and left vertical frames (2) having a top end portion being located at a height level higher than the right and left fore-and-aft frames (6A),
- the transverse frame (6B) extends between the top end portions of the vertical frames (2) at a height level higher than the fore-and-aft frames (6A), and
- the air conditioning unit (A) is supported by a lower portion of the transverse frame (6B) so that a top of the air conditioning unit (A) and right and left sides of the air conditioning unit (A) are surrounded by the transverse frame (6B) and the right and left vertical frames (2), respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.