Deere + Company

Edward H Kiefer

Richard Jon Smith

George P Lysenko

Gary W Tindall

Robert J White

Richard Lukens Cade

John J Larkin

Richard J Vize

A backhoe loader includes a tractor-type vehicle with an operator station enclosed in a cab. Access to the cab is provided through a pair of front doors that are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the tractor hood, the upper portion of the doors also forming the front windshield of the cab. The major portion of the doors is formed by curved window glass, and each door includes a rigid metal frame that substantially conforms to the door opening. The door is made by placing the metal frame in a mold and encapsulating the frame in a polyurethane material that is molded around the metal frame by a reaction injection molding process. The door hinges and the latching mechanism are attached to the metal frame, while the molded polyurethane supports the window glass.

Vehicle cab door construction

The invention is directed to a flat rear window for a tractor having a middle panel that is slidably coupled to the frame so it can be opened by sliding it downwardly so that it overlaps a bottom stationary panel. The middle panel is provided with guide pins that engage slots formed in guide tracks mounted to the cab. Latches are used to hold the middle panel in its closed position.

Rear window for a tractor cab

A window structure for closing an opening in an upright wall of a cab structure composed of upper and lower glass panels having adjoining horizontal edges. A horizontal hinge connects the upper edge of the upper panel to the cab structure so that the upper panel can swing inwardly to an upper horizontal position just under the roof of the cab. The lower panel may be mounted in the lower portion of the opening or on the rear face of the upper panel and when in the latter position, upper and lower panels may be swung upwardly against the roof of the cab and latched in this position. A gas-pressurized cylinder is used between the cab structure and the upper panel to aid in both raising the panels and to restrain the panels as they are lowered.

Window structure for tractor cab

An industrial vehicle is provided with a motion alarm actuated such as to never sound when the vehicle is stationary, to always sound when the vehicle moves rearwardly and to sound during forward vehicle motion except when the vehicle engine is running and the shift lever is placed in a position intended for forward vehicle motion.

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Dubuque, IA, United States of America

Edward H Kiefer