STORAGE CHAMBER ASSEMBLY IN A MACHINE

• US 20150183377A1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: RUFFNER, THOMAS S., Winckler, Kurt L.
• Application Number:
  US14/656,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20150183377A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/101 fixed
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/104 with refrigerating or warming systems

Abstract

A chamber assembly disposed in an operator cab of a machine is disclosed. The chamber assembly includes a base member and a plurality of side walls for defining a cavity therebetween. The base member includes one or more first holes to drain fluid contained in the cavity. One of the plurality of side walls includes one or more openings to fluidly communicate the cavity with an air conditioning system of the machine. The chamber assembly further includes a lining member detachably disposed on the base member. The lining member includes one or more second holes to allow the fluid to flow therethough and communicate with the first holes of the base member. The lining member further includes one or more projections to abut the base member. The lining member further includes a receptacle member to hold one or more vessels.

Claims

1. A chamber assembly disposed in an operator cab of a machine, the chamber assembly configured to store one or more objects, the chamber assembly comprising:

a base member and a plurality of side walls extending from the base member, the base member and the plurality of side walls structured and arranged to define a cavity therebetween, wherein the base member comprises one or more first holes configured to drain fluid contained in the cavity of the chamber assembly, wherein at least one of the plurality of side walls comprises one or more openings, the openings configured to fluidly communicate the cavity of the chamber assembly with an air conditioning system of the machine;

a lining member configured to be received within the cavity of the chamber assembly and detachably disposed on the base member, the lining member comprising;

a top surface and a bottom surface distal to the top surface, the bottom surface overlaid on the base member;

one or more second holes extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, the one or more second holes configured to communicate with the one or more first holes of the base member;

one or more projections extending from the bottom surface, the one or more projections configured to abut the base member to define a space between the base member and the bottom surface of the lining member to allow the fluid to flow therethrough;

a receptacle member defined on the top surface of the lining member, the receptacle member configured to hold one or more vessels; and

a cover member configured to enclose the cavity defined by the plurality of side walls and the base member.