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US 8,006,991 B2Granted
Construction machine
AssigneeKobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Taniuchi, Koji Yonezawa
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Abstract
In a hydraulic excavator, in a rear part of an upper rotating body mounted on a lower traveling body is disposed an engine room, and in a front surface of a partition wall for partitioning the front surface side of the engine room from the exterior is provided a step serving as a foothold for opening and closing a bonnet and performing maintenance work. On the lower side of the step, a duct for exhausting the air within the engine room to the exterior is formed in a state that the step serves as an upper surface wall of the duct.
Claims12
A construction machine, comprising:
- a lower traveling body;
- an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on said lower traveling body;
- a bonnet for opening and closing an upper surface side portion of an engine room housing an engine, the bonnet being disposed on a rear part of said upper rotating body;
- a step comprising a horizontal surface located below a top surface of said bonnet, said step serving as a foothold for opening and closing work of said bonnet and for maintenance work, the step being provided in an upper frame of said upper rotating body on a front side of said engine room;
- a duct for exhausting the air within said engine room to the exterior, the duct being provided on the lower side of said step, which step is located exteriorly of the bonnet when the bonnet has closed the upper surface side portion of the engine room, the duct being provided in a state that said step forms an upper surface wall of said duct;
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- a partition wall that partitions the front surface side of said engine room from the exterior, said step being attached to a front surface of said partition wall, whereby the step extends forwardly from the partition wall and exteriorly of the engine room.
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A construction machine, comprising:
- a lower traveling body;
- an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on said lower traveling body;
- a bonnet for opening and closing an upper surface side portion of an engine room housing an engine, the bonnet being disposed on a rear part of said upper rotating body;
- a step serving as a foothold for opening and closing work of said bonnet and for maintenance work, the step being provided in an upper frame of said upper rotating body on a front side of said engine room;
- a duct for exhausting the air within said engine room to the exterior, the duct being provided on the lower side of said step, which step is located exteriorly of the bonnet when the bonnet has closed the upper surface side portion of the engine room, the duct being provided in a state that said step forms an upper surface wall of said duct,
- wherein an auxiliary step is attached to a part of an upper surface of said step and an auxiliary duct is formed by said step and said auxiliary step as constituent elements;
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- a partition wall that partitions the front surface side of said engine room from the exterior, said step being attached to a front surface of said partition wall, whereby the step extends forwardly from the partition wall and exteriorly of the engine room.
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A construction machine, comprising:
- a lower traveling body;
- an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on said lower traveling body;
- a bonnet for opening and closing an upper surface side portion of an engine room housing an engine, the bonnet being disposed on a rear part of said upper rotating body;
- a step comprising a horizontal surface located below a top surface of said bonnet, said step serving as a foothold for opening and closing work of said bonnet and for maintenance work, the step being provided in an upper frame of said upper rotating body on a front side of said engine room;
- a partition wall for partitioning a front surface side of the engine room from the exterior, being provided on the upper frame, said step being attached to a front surface of said partition wall, whereby the step extends forwardly from the partition wall and exteriorly of the engine room;
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- a duct for exhausting the air within said engine room to the exterior, the duct being provided on the lower side of said step, the duct being provided in a state that said step also serves an upper surface wall of said duct, and that an exhaust port by which a duct space communicates with the engine room is formed at the partition wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.