A tractor cab 10 is provided which has a wall portion 16 formed as a double skinned polyethene plastics moulding. The cab also has a tubular ROPS 12 on which the double skinned plastics wall portion is secured. The wall portion includes the wheel arch and fenders of the cab with inner and outer skins 16a, 16b, the inner skin forming the finished inside surface of the region of the cab. The plastics moulding includes moulded channels 16c for receiving part 14 of the tubular cab ROPS. The ROPS is secured to the double skinned plastics moulding with spacers 18, 18a between the inner and outer skins at the points of securement to the ROPS. The inner skin includes moulded formations 21 which form storage receptacles or boxes or mounts for instrumentation or controls and a rear portion of the molding includes recesses 22, 23 to receive cab lights or control buttons.
Tractor cabs
Traktorkabinen
Cabines de tracteur
2017-04-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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