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US 7,401,848 B2Granted
Rotatable cab with floor-mounted heating, ventilation and air conditioning
AssigneeCaterpillar SARL
InventorsTinoy Haboon, Sidney Keith Scott, Matthew J. Harrenstein
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Abstract
A work machine includes a machine cab and a machine work body. The work body includes an HVAC unit mounted below a floor of the machine cab. The machine cab includes an HVAC duct system configured to move with the machine cab and seal with the HVAC unit of the work body.
Claims20
A machine, comprising:
- a machine cab and a machine body, the body including an HVAC unit mounted to the body below a floor of the machine cab, and the machine including an HVAC duct system configured to have components move with the machine cab and configured to seal to the HVAC unit of the body.
A skid steer loader, comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a fully enclosed machine cab disposed adjacent the work body and configured to rotate relative to the work body, the skid steer loader including an HVAC duct system mounted below a floor plate and configured to have components move with the machine cab and mate with at least one duct of the HVAC duct system coupled to the body.
A method of conditioning air for a machine having a cab and a body, comprising:
- receiving conditioned air and fresh air through at least one duct integral with the cab;
- conditioning the air by an HVAC unit coupled to the body beneath a floor of the cab;
- and
- supplying conditioned air to the cab through the at least one duct integral with the cab.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.