Cab and motor grader
AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorYasuko Yamamoto
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Abstract
A cab includes a floor panel, an operator's seat, a handle post, an operating lever and a pedal. The operating lever includes a rod, a lower link member, an upper link member and a handle. The rod has a rod lower end portion, a rod upper end portion and a bent portion connected to the rod lower end portion and the rod upper end portion. The bent portion is formed in a forwardly convex shape. The pedal has a placement surface on which a foot of an operator is placed. A straight line passing along the placement surface in a side view intersecting with the bending point, when the pedal is located in any position within a pivot range.
Claims4
A cab comprising:
- a floor panel;
- an operator's seat disposed on the floor panel;
- a handle post disposed forwards of the operator's seat;
- an operating lever disposed upright on the floor panel and disposed laterally to the handle post;
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- a pedal disposed on the floor panel and disposed between the operating lever and the operator's seat, the pedal being pivotable up and down,
- the operating lever including a rod, a lower link member, an upper link member and a handle,
- the rod having a rod lower end portion, a rod upper end portion and a bent portion, the rod lower end portion being provided with a first shaft, the rod upper end portion being provided with a second shaft parallel to the first shaft, the bent portion having a bending point positioned forwards of the rod lower end portion, the bent portion being connected to the rod lower end portion and the rod upper end portion, the bent portion being formed in a forwardly convex shape,
- the lower link member being coupled to the first shaft, the lower link member being positioned rearwards of the first shaft, the lower link member being pivotable up and down about a third shaft parallel to the first shaft,
- the upper link member being coupled to the second shaft, the upper link member being positioned rearwards of the second shaft, the upper link member being pivotable up and down about a fourth shaft parallel to the first shaft, and
- the handle being coupled to the upper link member at the fourth shaft,
- the pedal having a placement surface on which a foot of an operator is placed, and
- a straight line passing along the placement surface in a side view intersecting with the bending point, when the pedal is located in any position within a pivot range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.