Hydraulic excavator
A hydraulic excavator includes a lower travel body, an upper swiveling body, an exterior door, and a louver. The upper swiveling body has a swiveling platform and a frame with a lower end part of the frame being secured to the swiveling platform, the upper swiveling body being swivelably supported by the lower travel body. The exterior door has a curved part in which an opening is formed. The exterior door is openably/closably supported by the frame of the upper swiveling body. The louver blocks the opening in the exterior door in a closed state, and the louver is mounted in the frame of the upper swiveling body.
1. A hydraulic excavator comprising:
a lower travel body;
an upper swiveling body having a swiveling platform and a frame with a lower end part of the frame being secured to the swiveling platform, the upper swiveling body being swivelably supported by the lower travel body;
an exterior door having a curved part in which an opening is formed, the exterior door being openably/closably supported by the frame of the upper swiveling body; and
a louver for blocking the opening in the exterior door in a closed state, the louver being mounted in the frame of the upper swiveling body;
the frame having a first vertical frame and a second vertical frame disposed with a gap therebetween, each of the first and second vertical frames being arranged to extend upward with a lower end part thereof secured to the swiveling platform and an upper part thereof having a sloped part that slopes inward toward a vehicle body,
the louver being disposed along the sloped parts of the first and second vertical frames.
2. The hydraulic excavator as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the frame has:
an upper frame detachably disposed on the first and second vertical frames, between an upper end part of the first vertical frame and an upper end part of the second vertical frame,
the louver is secured to the upper frame and detachable from the first and second vertical frame together with the upper frame.
3. The hydraulic excavator as recited in claim 2 , wherein
the louver further includes
a first bracket and a second bracket that are disposed between the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame and have upper secured parts and vane securing parts, the upper secured parts being parallel to the upper frames and the vane securing parts extending downward along the sloped parts of the vertical frames from the upper secured parts, and
a plurality of vanes, one end of each of the vanes being secured to the vane securing part of the first bracket and the other end being secured to the vane securing part of the second bracket; and
the upper secured part of the first bracket is secured to one end of the upper frame on the first vertical frame side, and the upper secured part of the second bracket is secured to the other end of the upper frame on the second vertical frame side.
4. The hydraulic excavator as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the exterior door further includes a flat surface part formed by an even surface below the curved surface part;
an opening different from the opening formed in the curved surface part is formed in the flat surface part; and
the hydraulic excavator further includes a louver for blocking the opening of the flat surface part, the louver being mounted in the exterior door.
5. The hydraulic excavator as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the frame has:
an upper frame detachably disposed on the first and second vertical frames, between an upper end part of the first vertical frame and an upper end part of the second vertical frame,
the louver is supported by the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame.
6. The hydraulic excavator as recited in claim 4 , further comprising
a cooling unit supported by the upper swiveling body and disposed in a position facing the openings formed in the flat surface part and the curved surface part.
7. The hydraulic excavator as recited in claim 1 , further comprising
a replacement component supported by the upper swiveling body and disposed below the upper frame.