Patent ID: 8317889

Claim:
An installation structure for a dustproof net to be arranged in a machine having an engine, a cooling fan for producing cooling air to cool the engine, plural heat exchangers arranged on an upstream side of the cooling fan, and a compartment with the engine, cooling fan and plural heat exchangers accommodated therein such that the dustproof net is arranged at a position on a side upstream of the heat exchanger located most upstream among the plural heat exchangers relative to a flow of air drawn in by the cooling fan and in isolation from the most upstream heat exchanger to remove dust contained in the air drawn in by the cooling fan, wherein: the dustproof net is provided with a support structure for supporting the dustproof net on members that form the compartment, the machine is a construction machine provided with a revolving upperstructure, the compartment is an engine compartment mounted on the revolving upperstructure, the support structure comprises holding strips, which hold the dustproof net thereon and is to be fixedly secured on the members that form the engine compartment, wherein the holding strips comprise: a first side-holding strip to be fixedly secured on a front-side compartment cover located, as a member forming the engine compartment, on a front side of the revolving upperstructure to hold one of opposite sides of the dustproof net, a second side-holding strip to be fixedly secured on a rear-side compartment cover located, as another member forming the engine compartment, on a rear side of the revolving upperstructure to hold the other side of the dustproof net, a bottom-holding strip to be fixedly secured on a revolving frame of the revolving upperstructure, said revolving frame being a further member forming the engine compartment, to hold a bottom of the dustproof net, and a top-holding strip arranged on a top part of the dustproof net and fixedly secured at one end thereof on the first side-holding strip and at an opposite end thereof on the second side-holding strip.