Working vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsRyozo Imanishi, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Masaki Hayashi, Katsuhiko Uemura, Eriya Harada
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Abstract
A working vehicle according to the present invention has a vertical engine mounted in an engine room covered by a hood, cooling air being drawn from above the engine and exhausted outwardly of a vehicle body through exhaust openings formed in a front surface of the hood. The working vehicle includes a fan disposed above the engine, and dust netting disposed above the fan. The dust netting is substantially box-shaped and includes an overhang portion extending rearwardly of the engine and downwardly.
Claims10
A working vehicle having a vertical engine mounted in an engine room covered by a hood, cooling air being drawn from above the engine and exhausted outwardly of a vehicle body through exhaust openings formed in a front surface of the hood, said working vehicle comprising:
- a radiator mounted above the engine:
- a fan operatively connected to the engine and positioned between said engine and said radiator for cooling said radiator;
- and
- dust netting mounted above said fan, wherein
- said dust netting is substantially box-shaped and includes an overhang portion extending rearwardly of said engine and a shield assembly plate fixed to a lower surface of said dust netting, said shield assembly plate having defined therein an opening for guiding the cooling air to said engine, and
- said radiator includes means for engaging with said opening in said shield assembly plate, whereby said dust netting is fixed to said radiator.
A working vehicle having a vertical engine mounted in an engine room covered by a hood, cooling air being drawn from above the engine and exhausted outwardly of a vehicle body through exhaust openings formed in a front surface of the hood, said working vehicle comprising:
- a radiator mounted above the engine;
- a fan operatively connected to the engine and positioned between said engine and said radiator for cooling said radiator;
- dust netting mounted above said fan for covering said fan against dust;
- and
- control panel rearward of said engine relative to said vehicle body, said control panel defining a rear wall of the engine room and having defined thereon intake openings through which cooling air is drawn, wherein
- said dust netting is substantially box-shaped and includes an overhang portion, said overhang portion including a horizontal overhang portion extending rearward of of said engine relative to said vehicle body and parallel to an upper surface of said radiator, and a lower overhang portion extending downward from said horizontal overhang portion, said lower overhang portion being positioned adjacent said intake openings of said control panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.