Heavy equipment having tool box opening in forward direction of the equipment
View Patent ↗Heavy equipment having a tool box opening in forward direction of the equipment is provided, in which a tool box door mounted on an upper frame of an excavator can be simply opened and closed through pressing of a button, an auxiliary structure, such as a handrail that is used when an operator ascent toward an engine room, is not required, and the shape of the tool box door can be freely designed to sufficiently secure storage space. The heavy equipment includes a lower driving structure; an upper frame mounted on the lower driving structure to be swiveled; a cap and an engine room mounted in front and in the rear of the upper frame; working devices including a boom fixed to the upper frame, an arm, a bucket, and hydraulic cylinders for driving the boom, the arm, and the bucket, respectively; a counter weight mounted in the rear of the upper frame to keep the balance of the equipment during working; a tool box door mounted on the upper frame to open from the rear to the front side of the equipment, and forming storage space; and a gas spring for opening the tool box door when a button mounted on an external surface of the tool box door is pressed.
1. Heavy equipment having a tool box opening in a forward direction of the equipment, comprising:
a lower driving structure;
an upper frame mounted on the lower driving structure to be swivelled;
a cap mounted in front and an engine room mounted in the rear of the upper frame, respectively;
working devices including a boom fixed to the upper frame, an arm, a bucket, and hydraulic cylinders for driving the boom, the arm, and the bucket, respectively;
a counter weight mounted in the rear of the upper frame to keep the balance of the equipment during working;
a tool box door mounted on the upper frame to open from the rear to the front side of the equipment, and forming storage space;
a gas spring for opening the tool box door when a button mounted on an external surface of the tool box door is pressed;
and further comprising a damping elastic member for preventing an abrupt opening of the tool box door when the tool box door is opened from the rear to the front side of the equipment by the gas spring; and
a protection member and an auxiliary handle mounted on the upper frame to prevent the gas spring and the damping elastic member from being damaged by an external impact.
2. The heavy equipment of claim 1 , further comprising a foothold for ascending and descending formed on the upper frame so that an operator can ascend to the engine room by stepping on the foothold when the tool box door is opened.
3. The heavy equipment of claim 2 , further comprising a handle for ascending and descending formed on one side of the foothold.
4. The heavy equipment of claim 3 , further comprising an embossing part formed to project from an upper surface of the foothold to prevent slipping during ascending or descending.
5. The heavy equipment of claim 4 , wherein through holes are formed on the embossing part.