Patent ID: 8136843
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A01B,B60K

Abstract:
1. A gas-engine-mounted working machine comprising: a gas engine mounted on a machine body and supplied with fuel gas from a cassette gas canister; gas canister retainer means including a gas canister cover unit and an adapter unit having a nozzle receiving opening, an outlet port of the cassette gas canister being inserted into the nozzle receiving opening to attach the cassette gas canister to said gas canister retainer means, wherein a pivotable shutter member biasably engages the cassette gas canister when the cassette gas canister is attached to the nozzle receiving opening, and wherein the pivotable shutter member biasably closes the nozzle receiving opening when the cassette gas canister is detached from the nozzle receiving opening; and a handle column extending rearwardly and upwardly from the machine body and including left and right handle posts fixed to the machine body for supporting an operating handle of the machine, said left and right handle posts having a forward facing surface which faces said gas engine, wherein the cassette gas canister is located, via said gas canister retainer means, between said forward facing surface of said left and right handle posts and said gas engine.