IP Library Granted Patent US 7,537,074
Granted Patent B2
US 7,537,074 · App. 10/588,200 · Granted May 26, 2009

Construction machine

Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,537,074
App. No.
10/588,200
Granted
May 26, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washer tank is integrally formed with a front air duct, and the washer tank and the front air duct are installed within a cab. Thus, the washer tank can be installed within the cab by the use of spaces around the air duct. This arrangement makes it possible to install the washer tank within the cab in an unintrusive way and in the vicinity of a washer liquid spout nozzle without necessitating to provide an installation space exclusively for the washer tank.

Claims (10)

1. A construction machine comprised of a vehicular body having a working mechanism in a front side portion thereof, a hollow cab mounted on said vehicular body and provided with a front window pane on the front side thereof, an operator's seat furnished within said cab and to be taken by an operator, an air duct provided within said cab to supply conditioned air toward air outlets, a washer liquid spout nozzle provided on a front window pane to spurt a washer liquid thereon, and a washer tank holding a washer liquid for supply to said spout nozzle, wherein:

said washer tank is integrally joined with said air duct and installed in said cab;

a duct cover is adapted to cover said air duct and said washer tank; and

said washer tank has a filling inlet port projected upward through the duct cover to receive a washer liquid charged into said washer tank.

2. A construction machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein said operator's seat is located within said cab at a position set apart from said front window pane by a space of a predetermined breadth, and said air duct and said washer tank are located forward of said operator's seat and on the side of said space.

3. A construction machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein an entrance opening is provided in one side section of said cab for getting into or out of said operator's seat, said operator's seat is located within said cab at a position set apart from said front window pane by a space of a predetermined breadth, and said air duct and said washer tank are located forward of said operator's seat and on the opposite side to said entrance opening of said cab.

4. A construction machine as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a floor panel internally provided with an air-conditioning unit accommodation compartment at the foot of said operator's seat, and an air-conditioning unit accommodated in said air-conditioning unit accommodation compartment in said floor panel and connected with said air duct to send out conditioned air.

5. A construction machine as defined in claim 1 , further comprising said duct cover containing a check-out window for checking out a washer liquid level in said washer tank.

6. A construction machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein said washer tank is formed integrally with said air duct.

7. A construction machine as defined in claim 1 , wherein said air duct and said washer tank are formed separately and then integrally joined or assembled together by the use of fixation means.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY TIERRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041807/0804 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2007
From: ISHII, HAJIME; TANAKA, TOMOYUKI; KIMURA, SHOGO
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019372/0665 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-051984 · Feb 26, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070131262A1 · Jun 14, 2007