Patent ID: 8342789
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: E02F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A loader work machine comprising: a machine body frame including a frame body having a bottom wall and a pair or right/left side walls, and a pair of right/left support frame members connected to a rear end of the frame body; a cabin mounted on the machine body frame; a transverse connecting member disposed rearwardly of the cabin for connecting the pair of right/left support frame members to right/left sides thereof, respectively; a pair of fight/left arms disposed on right/left sides of the machine body frame, with base portions thereof being vertically pivotally supported to the pair of right/left support frame members, respectively; a pair of right/left arm cylinders provided between the base portions of the arms and the rear portions of the machine body frame for lifting up/down the arms; and a hood provided at the rear end of the frame body and downwardly of the transverse connecting member between the pair of right/left support frame members, for housing an engine; wherein the transverse connecting member includes a front wall plate and an upper wall plate projecting rearward from an upper end of the front wall plate; the upper wall plate of the transverse connecting member is disposed more downwardly than the vertical center of the cabin; a rear portion of the upper wall plate is inclined downwardly rearward; a hood upper wall is provided for covering a rear upper side between the pair of fight/left support frame members; a front end portion of the hood upper wall is connected to the rear portion of the upper wall plate of the transverse connecting member; and the hood upper wall is inclined downwardly rearward in correspondence with the rear portion of the upper wall plate.