Patent ID: 7182164

Claim:
Cooling equipment for an excavator, having a longitudinal axis of symmetry identifying two directions of preferential movement; said equipment comprising at least one air intake, a duct for delivery of the air to a radiator for cooling of coolant liquids, and a fan operable to send a flow of incoming air from said at least one air intake to said radiator through said delivery duct for providing the desired cooling of the coolant liquid; wherein that said at least one air intake is positioned in a way substantially perpendicular to a flow of air drawn in during the forward movement of said excavator, wherein that said radiator is positioned in a manner substantially tangential to said flow of air; and further wherein a further air intake is provided in said delivery duct downstream of said at least one air intake; said further air intake being shielded from the air coming from said at least one air intake by a deflector.