Patent ID: 7913746

Claim:
An air conditioning arrangement for a work vehicle having a cabin, the air conditioning arrangement comprising: a hood disposed forwardly of the cabin; an air conditioning unit housed under the hood forwardly of the cabin, the air conditioning unit comprising a main duct, a rear duct for delivering conditioned air rearward in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a front duct comprising a portion for delivering conditioned air frontward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the front duct further comprising a portion extending rearward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle under the air conditioning unit; a dashboard provided in a front portion in the cabin, the dashboard comprising an upper outlet, a defrost outlet and a lower outlet, each of the upper outlet, the defrost outlet and the lower outlet being communicated with either one of the front duct and the rear duct; an evaporator disposed in the main duct; and a heater disposed downstream of the evaporator, wherein the main duct is communicated with the rear duct at a position between the evaporator and the heater, and the main duct is communicated with the front duct downstream of the heater.