Patent ID: 8132591
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A01B,B62D,E02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tractor, comprising: a driver's station step including a stepping face provided at a forward portion thereof and a bent portion bent forward and upward from the stepping face; an operation pedal swingably supported under the driver's station step, the operation pedal protruding upward of the driver's station step through an opening defined in the bent portion of the driver's station step; a stay unit provided in front of the bent portion, the stay unit including a first stay extending laterally outward of a tractor body for supporting an upper end of the bent portion at a distal end thereof, and a second stay connected with the first stay, the second stay extending downward cantilever-wise from a connecting position with the first stay; a plurality of duct connecting members provided separate from the second stay, the duct connecting members including respective duct connecting ports and respective duct connecting portions, the duct connecting members being attached to the second stay in one vertical row with the duct connecting ports being oriented forward and the duct connecting portions being oriented rearward; a switching valve provided at a rear portion of the vehicle body; and a plurality of metal ducts connected in communication with the switching valve, the metal ducts extending laterally outward of a pedal arm of the operation pedal from respective connecting positions with the switching valve along a lower face of the driver's station step; and change in orientation thereof upward into a vertical row within a space defined downward of the bent portion and laterally outward of the pedal arm of the operation pedal, with a distance between adjacent metal ducts being increased toward forward ends of the metal ducts, to be connected in communication with the respective duct connecting portions of the duct connecting members located laterally inward thereof.