Lift truck with muffler in overhead guard
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorsDonald J. DePriester, Neal J. Marks
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Abstract
A lift truck in which the engine exhaust conduit extends upwardly along one side of the overhead safety guard and which is connected to a muffler extending transversely of the upper rear portion of the overhead guard and located in nested relation thereto.
Claims6
In an industrial truck having an engine and an operator's compartment, an overhead guard extending over the operator's compartment, means forming a recess at the top rear portion of the guard which extends transversely of the guard, a muffler located in the recess being supported in said recess out of contact with the means which form the recess, a tail pipe extending upwardly along one side of the overhead guard to connect the one end of the muffler to the engine, and a muffler exhaust element located adjacent the opposite side of the guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.