Tractor with a working implement
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsShoichiro Kawamura, Ryoichi Nishi
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Abstract
A tractor includes a tractor body (2), a driver's seat disposed on the tractor body, a working implement attached to a rear end of the tractor body, a tractor control station disposed forwardly of the driver's seat, an implement control station disposed rearwardly of the driver's seat, and a position switching mechanism for switching the driver's seat between a forward facing position for allowing a driver seated on the driver's seat to operate the tractor control station, and a rearward facing position for allowing the driver to operate the implement control station. A passage (52) is disposed on the tractor body (2) for allowing the driver to move past the driver's seat (8) between the tractor control station (43) and the implement control station (33).
Claims15
A tractor comprising:
- a tractor body;
- a working implement attached to a rear end of said tractor body;
- first and second wheel fenders disposed on right and left lateral sides, respectively, of said tractor body;
- and
- a driver's station disposed on said tractor body, said driver's station including:
- a tractor control station disposed in a forward region of said driver's station;
- an implement control station disposed in a rearward region of said driver's station;
- a driver's seat disposed in a central region of said driver's station;
- and
- a position switching mechanism for switching said driver's seat between a forward facing position for allowing the driver seated on said driver's seat to operate said tractor control station, and a rearward facing position for allowing the driver to operate said implement control station,
- wherein when said position switching mechanism switches said driver's seat from said rearward facing position to said forward facing position, a plurality of control levers at least having a lever for propelling said tractor body are located on one lateral side of the driver, while a walk-through passage is defined on an other lateral side of the driver so as to allow the driver having left said implement control station to enter said tractor control station without off-boarding from said tractor body, and
- when said position switching mechanism switches said driver's seat from said forward facing position to said rearward facing position, said control levers are located on said other lateral side of the driver, while said walk-through passage is defined on said one lateral side of the driver so as to allow the driver having left said tractor control station to enter said implement control station without off-boarding from said tractor.
A tractor comprising:
- a tractor body;
- a working implement attached to a rear end of said tractor body;
- and
- a driver's station disposed on said tractor body, said driver's station including:
- a tractor control station disposed in a forward region of said driver's station;
- an implement control station disposed in a rearward region of said driver's station;
- a driver's seat disposed in a central region of said driver's station, said driver's seat having a swing axis located within said driver's seat in plan view;
- and
- a position switching mechanism for swinging said driver's seat about said swing axis between a forward facing position for allowing the driver seated on said driver's seat to operate said tractor control station, and a rearward facing position for allowing the driver to operate said implement control station,
- wherein when said position switching mechanism swings said driver's seat about said swing axis from said rearward facing position to said forward facing position, a plurality of control levers at least having a lever for propelling said tractor body are located on one lateral side of the driver, while a walk-through passage is defined on an other lateral side of the driver so as to allow the driver having left said implement control station to enter said tractor control station without off-boarding from said tractor body, and
- when said position switching mechanism swings said driver's seat about said swing axis from said forward facing position to said rearward facing position, said plurality of control levers are located on said other lateral side of the driver, while said walk-through passage is defined on said one lateral side of the driver so as to allow the driver having left said tractor control station to enter said implement control station without off-boarding from said tractor body.
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