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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Satoshi Tabuchi, Kobe, JP;
Kyoko Masuda, Kobe, JP;
Zenzo Yamaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhiro Ueda, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Noda, Hiroshima, JP;
Yusuke Fujiwara, Hiroshima, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a construction machine capable of smooth exhaust and suppression of a leak of noise from an engine room, including an engine guard defining an engine room, a cooling fan disposed in the engine room, a projection element projecting upward beyond the engine guard, and an exhaust duct. The exhaust duct has a bent shape including a first duct section extending along an axial flow direction of the cooling fan from an upstream end portion surrounding a duct inlet to a connection portion and a second duct section extending upward from the connection portion and surrounding a duct outlet opened upward, also including an engine concealment section obstructing a direct view to an engine through the duct outlet from outside the engine room.