Deere + Company

Robert Henry Casterton

Gordon K Wiegardt

Darrell L Wright

Larry J Phippen

An air distribution system for a vehicle cab. The system uses two blowers: a first constant-volume blower for drawing fresh outside air into the cab and a second variable-speed blower for recirculating the inside air. An air filter is positioned upstream of both blowers for filtering out dust and other contaminants. As the fresh outside air passes through the first blower, it is mixed in a mixing zone with inside air which passes thorugh the second blower. This intermixed air is then passed through a temperature controller which includes a heating unit and an air conditioning unit. The temperature controller treats the air stream before it is routed through a series of ductwork to various parts of the operator's compartment of the cab. This two-blower air distribution system is a vast improvement over conventional air distribution systems in that it always provides for a positive air pressurization within the cab thereby preventing the influx of dust.

Air distribution system

A vehicle with a total power fluid system includes a pair of drive wheels, variable displacement, fluid motors driven by an engine driven, variable displacement, fluid pump. The motor displacements are controlled by operator speed input and speed sensing controls, and the pump displacement is controlled by a pressure sensing pressure control. A vehicle steering control includes an operator steering input control connected to a steerable wheel control for actuating a valve for holding, turning, or castering fluidly steerable wheels which are capable of turning the vehicle. The operator steering input control is further connected to the operator speed input controls to slow the turn-side drive wheel motor during either a steerable wheel controlled or an emergency, drive wheel controlled turn. During either an electrical failure or a hydraulic failure sensed by the inability of the steerable wheels to follow the operator steering input control, the valve will be actuated to caster the steerable wheels. The operator steering input control further includes provisions for greater steering sensitivity near the centered steerable wheel position and for limiting the degree of steerable wheel turn with increasing vehicle speed.

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Waterloo, IA, United States of America

Robert Henry Casterton