Kubota Corporation

Motoki Sunada

Nobuo Higashino

Yasuo Nakata

Siro Sugiyama

Eisaku Shinohara

Yuji Tsutsui

Takeshi Kajimoto

Michio Noguchi

A swivel type working vehicle having a turntable ( ) with a rear hood ( ) covering an engine ( ) and a side hood ( ) covering hydraulic equipment. The rear hood ( ) includes a pivot device ( ) disposed in an upper front end region thereof and having a pivot axis extending transversely of a vehicle body. The rear hood is pivotable by the pivot device between a closed position covering the engine and an open position exposing the engine. The side hood ( ) includes a pivot mechanism ( ) disposed in a lower front end region thereof and having a pivot axis extending transversely of the vehicle body. The side hood being pivotable by the pivot mechanism between a closed position covering the hydraulic equipment and an open position exposing the hydraulic equipment.

Swivel type working vehicle

An adapter for operatively connecting a work implement such as a bucket or fork to a loader vehicle body. The adapter may be commonly used for connection of various types or sizes of implements. Though easy to use and manufacture, the adapter provides strong, reliable and balanced connection between the vehicle and implement through its pair of side brackets and one center bracket which are rigidly connected with each other via a common support frame and which pivotably connect in substantially straight alignment respectively with a pair of implement lift arms and one implement pivot arm extending from the vehicle body.

Work-implement adapter for front loader

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Kaizuka, Japan

Motoki Sunada