Patent ID: 7780213
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. Heavy equipment having a tool box opening in a forward direction of the equipment, comprising: a lower driving structure; an upper frame mounted on the lower driving structure to be swivelled; a cap mounted in front and an engine room mounted in the rear of the upper frame, respectively; working devices including a boom fixed to the upper frame, an arm, a bucket, and hydraulic cylinders for driving the boom, the arm, and the bucket, respectively; a counter weight mounted in the rear of the upper frame to keep the balance of the equipment during working; a tool box door mounted on the upper frame to open from the rear to the front side of the equipment, and forming storage space; a gas spring for opening the tool box door when a button mounted on an external surface of the tool box door is pressed; and further comprising a damping elastic member for preventing an abrupt opening of the tool box door when the tool box door is opened from the rear to the front side of the equipment by the gas spring; and a protection member and an auxiliary handle mounted on the upper frame to prevent the gas spring and the damping elastic member from being damaged by an external impact.