Patent ID: 8813910
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. An operator cage for a machine, the cage comprising a base unit, a fence assembly including a guard rail, and a vertical support post, a control console and a load sensor that is constructed and arranged to sense an external load applied to the console, wherein the console is mounted on the guard rail for pivoting movement about the guard rail, and the load sensor is mounted on the support post, and is constructed and arranged to detect pivoting movement of the console about the guard rail from an unloaded condition to a loaded condition, and resilient biasing means that is constructed and arranged to bias the console with a predetermined biasing force towards the unloaded condition, wherein the console is constructed and arranged to be displaced from the unloaded condition to the loaded condition only when the external load applied to the control console exceeds the predetermined biasing force.