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Heating, ventilating and air conditioning system for a skid steer loader

  • US 6,223,807 B1
  • Filed: 07/09/1999
  • Issued: 05/01/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a skid steer loader having a frame, an engine compartment at a rear of the frame, an operator'"'"'s cab at a front portion of the frame extending upwardly from the engine compartment and having a front and a rear wall, and a loader bucket mounted on arms for up and down movement at a front end of the skid steer loader, the improvement comprising a ventilation assembly including a housing at least partially between the rear wall of the cab and the engine compartment, the housing forming a plenum chamber;

  • a fan in the plenum chamber;

    at least one of a heater core and an air conditioning evaporator mounted in the plenum chamber;

    at least one duct connected to carry air from the plenum chamber to lower portions of an interior of the cab;

    the fan being oriented to direct air through said at least one of the heater core and the air conditioning evaporator, and through said at least one duct to the interior of the cab;

    the housing, said at least one of the heater core and air conditioning evaporator, and said at least one duct being mounted on the rear of, and on the exterior of, the cab, and an ambient air inlet to the plenum chamber located above the engine compartment.

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