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US 9,435,591 B2Granted
Heat exchanger pivotable for clean-out
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsRobert J. Hachmann, Daniel R. Klein
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Abstract
A machine has a mount, a support mounted pivotally to the mount to pivot relative to the mount about a first pivot axis between a first support position and a second support position, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is mounted pivotally to the support to pivot relative to the support about a second pivot axis between a first exchanger position and a second exchanger position.
Claims19
A machine, comprising:
- a mount,
- a support mounted pivotally to the mount to pivot relative to the mount about a first pivot axis between a. first support position and a second support position, and
- a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having at right angles to one another a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension and having, in a use position of the heat exchanger, a height in the first dimension, a width in the second dimension, and a thickness in the third dimension, the heat exchanger porous therethrough in the third dimension for flow of air through the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger mounted pivotally to the support to pivot relative to the support about a second pivot axis between a first exchanger position and a second exchanger position, the second pivot axis parallel to the second dimension, the first pivot axis non-parallel to the second dimension and positioned higher than the second pivot axis at a point of connection between the support and the mount when the support is positioned in the second support position, the heat exchanger movable relative to the mount between the use position in which the heat exchanger is positioned in the first exchanger position and the support is positioned in the first support position and a clean-out position in which the heat exchanger is positioned in the second exchanger position and the support is positioned in the second support position, the heat exchanger configured to lean about the second pivot axis away from the first exchanger position into a lean position allowing tilting of the heat exchanger about the first pivot axis during a transition between the use position and the clean-out position;
- wherein, an obstacle prohibits the heat exchanger from substantially pivoting about the first pivot axis unless the heat exchanger is in the lean position;
- wherein the first pivot axis passes through a portion of the heat exchanger in both the use position and the clean-out position.
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A machine, comprising:
- a mount,
- a support mounted pivotally to the mount to pivot relative to the mount about a first pivot axis between a first support position and a second support position, and
- a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having at right angles to one another a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension and having, in a use position of the heat exchanger, a height in the first dimension, a width in the second dimension, and a thickness in the third dimension, the heat exchanger porous therethrough in the third dimension for flow of air through the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger mounted pivotally to the support to pivot relative to the support about a second pivot axis between a first exchanger position and a second exchanger position, the second pivot axis parallel to the second dimension, the first pivot axis non-parallel to the second dimension and positioned higher than the second pivot axis at a point of connection between the support and the mount when the support is positioned in the second support position, the heat exchanger movable relative to the mount between the use position in which the heat exchanger is positioned in the first exchanger position and the support is positioned in the first support position and a clean-out position in which the heat exchanger is positioned in the second exchanger position and the support is positioned in the second support position, the heat exchanger configured to lean about the second pivot axis away from the first exchanger position into a lean position allowing tilting of the heat exchanger about the first pivot axis during a transition between the use position and the clean-out position;
- wherein, an obstacle prohibits the heat exchanger from substantially pivoting about the first pivot axis unless the heat exchanger is in the lean position;
- wherein, the second pivot axis is horizontal when the support is positioned in the first support position, and the first pivot axis passes through a portion of the heat exchanger in both the use position and the clean-out position.
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A machine, comprising:
- a mount,
- a support mounted pivotally to the mount to pivot relative to the mount about a first pivot axis between a first support position and a second support position, and
- a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having at right angles to one another a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension and having, in a use position of the heat exchanger, a height in the first dimension, a width in the second dimension, and a thickness in the third dimension, the heat exchanger porous therethrough in the third dimension for flow of air through the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger mounted pivotally to the support to pivot relative to the support about a second pivot axis between a first exchanger position and a second exchanger position, the second pivot axis parallel to the second dimension, the first pivot axis non-parallel to the second dimension and positioned higher than the second pivot axis at a point of connection between the support and the mount when the support is positioned in the second support position, the heat exchanger movable relative to the mount between the use position in which the heat exchanger is positioned in the first exchanger position and the support is positioned in the first support position and a clean-out position in which the heat exchanger is positioned in the second exchanger position and the support is positioned in the second support position, the heat exchanger configured to lean about the second pivot axis away from the first exchanger position into a lean position allowing tilting of the heat exchanger about the first pivot axis during a transition between the use position and the clean-out position;
- wherein, an obstacle prohibits the heat exchanger from substantially pivoting about the first pivot axis unless the heat exchanger is in the lean position;
- wherein the mount comprises a stand, and the support is mounted pivotally to the stand so as to depend relative thereto when the support is positioned in the first support position;
- further wherein, the support comprises a striker, the stand comprises a first travel limiter and a second travel limiter, the first travel limiter is configured to contact the striker to limit pivoting of the support about the first pivot axis beyond the first support position, and the striker is configured to contact the second travel limiter when the support is positioned in the second support position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.