Operator cab for heavy construction equipment

Abstract

An operator cab for heavy construction equipment is disclosed to prevent a sliding door from rocking or rattling due to a shock or vibration applied to the cab in a state that the sliding door slidably mounted on the cab is opened or closed. The operator cab includes a sidewall member with a doorway, upper, central, and lower rails provided on upper, central, and lower portions of the sidewall member, respectively, a sliding door slid by upper, central, and lower rollers engaged with the upper, central, and lower rails, respectively, to open or close the doorway, upper and lower roller holders installed on ends of the upper and lower rails, respectively, in a shape corresponding to the upper and lower rollers, and having an engaging groove receiving and supporting the upper and lower rollers when the sliding door is fully opened or closed, a locking device having a pair of male and female locking strikers which are engaged to each other at one side of the sliding door when the sliding door is fully opened, and a locking holder formed on an external periphery of a loader corresponding to the male locking striker.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional cab for heavy construction equipment;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the sliding door in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 a is a cross-sectional view taken along line S-S in FIG. 2 to illustrate a closed state of the sliding door;

FIG. 3 b is a cross-sectional view taken along line T-T in FIG. 2 to illustrate an opened state of the sliding door;

FIG. 3 c is a cross-sectional view of the central rail and central roller in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a cab for heavy construction equipment according to a present invention;

FIG. 5 a is an enlarged view of the roller holder indicated by a circle portion A in FIG. 4;

FIG. 5 b is an enlarged view of the roller holder indicated by a circle portion B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 5 c is an enlarged view of the roller holder indicated by a circle portion C in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 a is a view illustrating an upper roller holder mounted on a cab for heavy construction equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 b is a view illustrating a central roller holder mounted on a cab for heavy construction equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 c is a view illustrating a lower roller holder mounted on a cab for heavy construction equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an alternative embodiment of a roller holder mounted on a cab for heavy construction equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state that the roller holder shown in FIG. 7 is accommodated in a bracket holder;

FIG. 9 a is a perspective view illustrating a door locking device mounted on a cab for heavy construction equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 b is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state before the door locking device shown in FIG. 9a is locked; and

FIG. 9 c is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state after the door locking device shown in FIG. 9b is locked.

Claims

1. An operator cab for heavy construction equipment, comprising: a sidewall member with a doorway; upper, central, and lower rails provided on upper, central, and lower portions of the sidewall member, respectively;a sliding door slid by upper, central, and lower rollers engaged with the upper, central, and lower rails, respectively, to open or close the doorway; andupper and lower roller holders installed on ends of the upper and lower rails, respectively, in a shape corresponding to the upper and lower rollers, and having an engaging groove receiving and supporting the upper and lower rollers when the sliding door is fully opened or closed.

2. An operator cab for heavy construction equipment, comprising: a sidewall member with a doorway;upper, central, and lower rails provided on upper, central, and lower portions of the sidewall member, respectively;a sliding door slid by upper, central, and lower rollers engaged with the upper, central, and lower rails, respectively, to open or close the doorway; andupper, central, and lower roller holders installed on ends of the upper, central, and lower rails, respectively, in a shape corresponding to the upper, central, and lower rollers, and having an engaging groove receiving and supporting the upper, central, and lower rollers when the sliding door is fully opened or closed.

3. The operator cab as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the upper, central, and lower roller holders is an elastic member.

4. The operator cab as claimed in claim 3, wherein the elastic member is a rubber material.

5. The operator cab as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the central and lower roller holders is divided into a first roller holder receiving a rolling roller and a second roller holder receiving a guide roller.

6. The operator cab as claimed in claim 1, further comprising upper, central, and lower bracket holders installed on the ends of the upper, central, and lower rails, respectively, and having a compressing groove receiving and supporting the bracket which rotatably supports the upper, central, and lower rollers when the sliding door is fully opened or closed.

7. An operator cab for heavy construction equipment, comprising: a sidewall member with a doorway;upper, central, and lower rails provided on upper, central, and lower portions of the sidewall member, respectively;a sliding door slid by upper, central, and lower rollers engaged with the upper, central, and lower rails, respectively, to open or close the doorway;upper and lower roller holders installed on ends of the upper and lower rails, respectively, in a shape corresponding to the upper and lower rollers, and having an engaging groove receiving and supporting the upper and lower rollers when the sliding door is fully opened or closed;a locking device having a pair of male and female locking strikers which are engaged to each other at one side of the sliding door when the sliding door is fully opened; anda locking holder formed on an external periphery of a loader corresponding to the male locking striker.

8. The operator cab as claimed in claim 7, wherein the locking device includes at least one pair of locking strikers installed on the upper or central and the lower portions of the door, respectively, when the sliding door is fully opened, in which one of the strikers is installed on the sliding door, and the other is installed on the sidewall member, thereby selectively locking or unlocking the sliding door.

9. The operator cab as claimed in claim 7, wherein the locking device includes: a male locking striker having a loader protruding from an outside of the sidewall member and a head of a diameter larger than that of a body;a female locking striker engaged with the male locking striker and having a housing installed on one side of the door and a fixing portion supporting a rear end of the head in the inside of the housing; anda locking holder installed on an outside of the loader of the male locking striker and having a recessed portion receiving a portion of the periphery surface of the housing when the door is locked.

10. The operator cab as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one of the pair of the locking strikers are engaged with each other at the upper or lower and central portions of the door far away from the doorway of the cab when the door is fully opened.

11. The operator cab as claimed in claim 7, wherein the locking holder is made of a rubber material.