Kubota Corporation

Koichi Kawaguchi

Masami Hirooka

Naoya Muramoto

Masayuki Nakano

Hiroki Fukudome

Masataka Takagi

Arinobu Ishida

Kiyokazu Nakanishi

Isao Kourogi

A work vehicle with a front loader is disclosed. The work vehicle includes a traveling control section having an operator's seat, a hood provided forwardly of the traveling control section, a pair of masts provided on right and left sides of the hood, a pair of booms projecting forwardly from upper ends of the masts and an implement detachably connected to the booms. An upper face of the hood is inclined downwardly from its rear upper portion to its front upper portion. The inclined upper face is located adjacent a downward line of sight from an operator's space in the traveling control section to a connecting portion between each boom and the implement.

Work vehicle having front loader

An attachment construction for attaching a front loader having booms to a front of a tractor vehicle body is disclosed. The construction includes a pair of support tables projecting from the front portion of the tractor body to the right and left outer sides thereof, an engine constituting the vehicle body being disposed forwardly of the support tables, a front axle frame being secured to right and left sides of the engine, a pair of main frames disposed erect on the respective support tables for supporting the booms, and a pair of attaching brackets secured to right/left inner ends of the respective support tables for attaching the support tables to the vehicle body. Each attaching bracket includes a front attaching portion secured to the front axle frame and a rear attaching portion projecting rearwardly of the support table associated therewith and secured to a fore-and-aft intermediate portion of the vehicle body.

Front loader attachment construction and work vehicle having the attachment construction

A self-propelled vehicle with a loader comprises a vehicle body extending in a fore and aft direction of the vehicle; support bases extending laterally outwardly from opposite sides of the vehicle body; main frames erected on the support bases, respectively, each main frame being in form of a box opening forward and upward and including right and left side walls and a rear wall, the box containing an engageable element; side frames each mounted in the box, each side frame having an engaging element disposed in a lower region thereof for rotatably fitting from above on the engageable element; booms pivotably connected to upper end regions of the side frames, respectively; boom cylinders for swinging the booms relative to the side frames, respectively; and reinforcing members each disposed between the right and left side walls of one of the main frames. Each reinforcing member has a front reinforcing portion extending upward from one of the support bases, a rear reinforcing portion disposed rearwardly of a lower portion of one of the side frames and extending above the engageable element, and an intermediate reinforcing portion interconnecting an upper end of the front reinforcing portions and a lower end of the rear reinforcing portion.

Self propelled vehicle with a loader

Each of right and left attaching units of a front loader of a working vehicle has a pair of side plates extending vertically, and a connecting member interconnecting the side plates in positions intermediate in a fore and aft direction, As a result, each of the right and left attaching units has an H-shaped cross section.

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Sakai, Japan

Koichi Kawaguchi