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Cab for an agricultural vehicle

a cab and agricultural technology, applied in the direction of roofs, vehicle arrangements, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of reducing the interior space of the cab, limiting the space within the cab, and not being able to accommodate the driver's seat, etc., to achieve the effect of improving the external height of the cab, improving the visibility of the spout, and increasing the door heigh

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-06
BLUE LEAF I P INC +1
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This design improves vertical visibility of the discharge spout without increasing the cab's external height, maintaining functionality and aesthetics, and keeps the additional glass area clean, allowing the driver to observe the spout without bending.

Problems solved by technology

This, however, is not possible in practice because limits are imposed on the height of the vehicle to enable it to operate on normal roads and to avoid contact with overhead obstructions such as bridges and power cables.
However, that would restrict the space within the cab and it would not be possible to accommodate the driver's seat, a passenger seat, and the control console.
A still further possibility would be to provide a window above the side door, but such a window would not be cleaned by the windshield wiper that is normally mounted on the door and would become useless within a very short time of operation in the field.

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[0019] The terms “front and rear” are used herein in their normal sense to refer to the sides of the cab that face forwards and backwards, respectively, in the direction of travel of the vehicle.

[0020] The drawings show a cab 10 for a forage harvester. As most clearly seen from FIG. 4, the cab has single piece glass front 12, two glass side doors 14 and a rear window 16. The glass front 12, the side doors 14 and the rear window 16 are all curved in both the horizontal and the vertical plane and are supported on a tubular frame 18. The base 20 and the lower part of the back 28 of the cab 10 are preferably made of a metal, such as sheet metal, aluminium, steel, or another feasible product, and are secured to the tubular frame 18.

[0021] As further illustrated in FIG. 4, the roof structure 22 of the cab 10 is formed of an outer skin 22a and an inner skin 22b. On the outside of the cab 10, the headlights 24 are situated between the two skins 22a and 22b of the roof structure 22 in two ...

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Abstract

A cab for an agricultural vehicle has a roof structure formed of spaced inner and outer skins, wherein the separation of the skins is greater at the front of the cab than at the rear. The reduction in the depth of the roof structure at the rear allows the door height to be raised and the vertical visibility to be improved.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS [0001] This Patent Application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to GB 0422122.2, filed on Oct. 6, 2004 titled, “Improvements in a Cab for an Agricultural Vehicle”, the full disclosure of which is hereby fully incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to the design of a cab for an agricultural vehicle and has particular application to the cab of a forage harvester. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] As is well known, a forage harvester is a vehicle that gathers crop, chops it into forage and discharges forage through a spout into a container of a vehicle, such as a tractor or a truck, which is driven alongside the harvester. In a forage harvester, it is of great importance for the driver to be able to monitor that the forage discharged from the spout is being correctly dropped into the container that is being driven alongside. [0004] In order to appreciate the problems overcome by ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B62D33/06
CPCB62D33/06B62D33/0617
Inventor VANDENDRIESSCHE, JEAN-PIERRESTEEN, PIETER M.I.LONGUEVILLE, LIESBETH M.M.
Owner BLUE LEAF I P INC