Patent ID: 8342277

Claim:
A mounting arrangement for mounting a cooler unit to a work machine including a traveling device, a machine body frame, an engine and the cooler unit disposed adjacent the engine, the arrangement comprising: a support deck provided in the machine body frame for supporting the cooler unit; an attachment unit for releasably fixing the cooler unit to the machine body frame; and a movement/tilt mechanism provided between the cooler unit and the support deck wherein the movement/tilt mechanism includes: a movement mechanism effecting a horizontal movement of the cooler unit for changing a distance of the cooler unit relative to the engine; a tilt mechanism effecting a tilting movement of an upper portion of the cooler unit in a direction away from the engine after the horizontal movement of the cooler unit away from the engine; an engaging member formed at a lower portion of the cooler unit; a horizontal movement guide provided on the support deck to be engageable with the engaging member for allowing only the horizontal movement of the cooler unit; a tilt guide provided on the support deck to be in communication with a movement end of the horizontal movement guide for guiding an upward movement of the engaging member so as to allow the tilting movement of the upper portion of the cooler unit in the direction away from the engine, at an end of the horizontal movement of the cooler unit using the horizontal movement guide; and a support member provided remote from the engaging member in a guiding direction of the horizontal movement guide, the support member being engageable with a bottom face of the cooling unit to act as an auxiliary guide for effecting the horizontal movement of the cooler unit using the horizontal movement guide, wherein the support member acts also as an auxiliary guide for effecting the tilting movement of the cooler unit using the tilt movement guide.