Patent ID: 7938215
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62D,F01P,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A tractor cooling installation comprising: an engine cooling radiator fixed relative to the tractor, a first inner bank of one or more coolers pivoted on the radiator for upward pivoting movement away from the radiator about a first generally horizontal pivot axis transverse to the tractor, and a second outer bank of one or more coolers also pivoted on the radiator for upward pivoting movement away from the first inner bank of coolers about a second generally horizontal pivot axis transverse to the tractor; wherein the first bank of coolers is mounted on a first frame which pivots about the first axis and the second bank of coolers is mounted on a second frame which pivots about the second axis; and wherein a first cooler from the first bank of coolers is mounted on the first frame for pivoting upwardly with the first frame away from the radiator and a second cooler which also forms part of the first bank of coolers is pivotally supported at an upper end from the first frame about a third generally horizontal axis, the lower end of the second cooler being attached to the tractor by pivoting link means so that as the first frame pivots upwardly about the first axis the second cooler pivots relative to the first frame about the third axis to a location spaced from the first cooler and the radiator.