Riding-Type Mower
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsKazuaki Nogami, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Takahiro Shiraga, Eiji Sato, Seiya Yoshida
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Abstract
In a riding-type mower, a vehicle body includes a rear portion in which a pair of right/left vehicle body frames extend in a front-rear direction relative to the vehicle body, with a gap therebetween in a lateral width direction. A mowing device is configured to discharge mown grass rearward relative to the vehicle body such that the mown grass falls onto the ground. A cover is provided in a bottom portion of the vehicle body, at a position that is rearward of the mowing device, and covers a gap between the pair of right/left vehicle body frames.
Claims7
1-5. (canceled)
A work vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- an engine hood that is installed in a rear portion of the vehicle body;
- a diesel engine that is provided in the engine hood;
- a cooling fan that is located in the engine hood at a position forward of the diesel engine;
- an emission gas purification device that is provided in the engine hood, the emission gas purification device being configured to collect particulate matter contained in an emission gas from the diesel engine;
- a cooling air guiding path that is provided in the engine hood, the cooling air guiding path being configured to guide a portion of cooling air from the cooling fan to a heat radiation area to which heat is radiated from the diesel engine and the emission gas purification device;
- an air guide that is provided in the engine hood for guiding the cooling air;
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- an in-hood element that is provided in the engine hood, at a position upstream of the heat radiation area in a direction in which the cooling air is sent,
- wherein the cooling air guiding path is constituted by a gap between the air guide and the in-hood element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.