Patent ID: 6450284
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
A cab for a construction machine including a cab box mounted on a frame structure of a construction machine and internally defining an operating room, an operator's seat provided on a floor panel of said cab box, and right and left consoles located respectively on right and left sides of said operator's seat, each one of said consoles having an operating lever at its front portion to be pivotally shifted by an operator, characterized in that said cab comprises:a switch box having a base end portion supported on one of said right and left consoles at a position in the proximity of said operating lever and having a fore end portion extended forward of said console, said base end portion of said switch box being pivotally connected to said console in the fashion of a cantilever; said switch box being disposed in a slanting direction and inclined upwardly toward the front side of said operating lever with respect to said operator's seat position; and a plural number of switches provided on said switch box for manipulation by said operator when said construction machine is in a vehicular drive mode or in a working mode.