Tractor with improved frame construction
AssigneeValmet Corporation
InventorRauno Bergous
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Abstract
A farm tractor or the like including an engine situated at a forward end of the tractor substantially above the front wheel axle and a gear box situated at a rearward end of the tractor. A fuel tank is fitted between the engine and the gearbox, the fuel tank comprising an elongate box-beam shaped member constituting a load carrying part of the supporting frame assembly of the tractor and extending over a substantial part of the length thereof. The fuel tank includes a body forming wall defining a substantially single curved surface generated by a generatrix which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of movement of the tractor. The body forming wall is constituted by a formed sheet of metallic material and a pair of substantially planar end members are fixed to the ends of the fuel tank body.
Claims11
In a farm tractor or the like including a supporting frame assembly on which are mounted an engine, a drive transmission including a gearbox, and front and rear wheel axles, said tractor further including a fuel tank, the improvement comprising, in combination:
- said engine is situated at a forward end of the tractor substantially above the front wheel axle;
- said transmission gearbox is situated at a rearward end of the tractor;
- said fuel tank is situated between said engine and said transmission gearbox, and wherein said fuel tank comprises an elongate box-beam shaped member constituting a load carrying part of said supporting frame assembly of the tractor extending over a substantial part of the length of the tractor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.