Cnh America LLC

Cnh U.k.

Thomas Charles Kindred

Jeffrey William Mowatt

A fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle, comprises a main fuel tankhaving a filler pipeand a separate inletand a removable auxiliary tankhaving a second filler pipeand an outletfor supplying fuel into the separate inletof the main tank. To avoid spillage from the filler pipe of the main tank, in one aspect of the invention, a valveis provided in the main fuel tankto close off the second inletwhen the fuel level within the main tankreaches a predetermined level. In a second aspect of the invention, spillage is avoided by means of an extension tubewhich sealingly engages the filler tubeof the main tank at its lower end and opens at its upper end into the filler pipeof the auxiliary tank

Fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle

A steering wheel assembly for a machine or a vehicle includes a steering wheel and a pommel mounted on the steering wheel for rotation about an axis extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the steering wheel to facilitate one-handed rotation of the steering wheel. The pommel carries control switches to control functions of the machine or vehicle in particular to allow shuttling between forward and reverse drive. A mechanism is connected to the pommel to rotate the pommel relative to the steering wheel in synchronism with the rotation of the steering wheel about its axis in such a manner as to maintain the same orientation of the pommel in all positions of the steering wheel.

Steering wheel assembly

An agricultural vehicle includes a cab for an operator of the agricultural vehicle, the cab including a floor, and a utility box mounted beneath the floor for displacement between a storage and an extended position, the utility box including a latch for retaining the utility box in the storage position, the latch being releasable from within the cab.

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Wickford, United Kingdom

Thomas Charles Kindred