Tractor cab operator platform
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSUSHANTA K. DAS, CARL E. CALDWELL, II, PAUL M. ELHARDT, JAWAHAR R. NAIDU, NICHOLAS M. TOOMEY
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Abstract
A tractor cab operator platform includes a composite floor holding a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit, a plurality of blowers, and a plurality of openings for air filters. The composite floor may have a plurality of airflow passages between the plurality of air filters, the plurality of blowers and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit. An operator seat may be removably mounted on a seat pan over the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit.
Claims12
A tractor cab operator platform, comprising:
- a composite floor having a rear wall, a central portion under an operator seat, and a front floor area;
- a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit fully recessed in a chamber in the central portion of the composite floor;
- a plurality of channels in the composite floor extending forwardly and rearwardly from the chamber and providing an airflow path;
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- a removable seat pan over the chamber and covering a top surface of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit.
A tractor cab operator platform, comprising:
- a one piece composite floor with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit fully recessed in a chamber therein;
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- an airflow path in the composite floor from a plurality of fresh air intakes behind the chamber, through the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit in the chamber, to a plurality of air outlet tubes in front of the chamber.
A tractor cab operator platform, comprising:
- a composite floor holding a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit, a plurality of blowers, and a plurality of air filters;
- the composite floor having a plurality of airflow passages between the plurality of air filters, the plurality of blowers and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit;
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- an operator seat removably mounted over the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.