Patent ID: 8365855

Claim:
A construction machine comprising: an automotive vehicle body provided with a working mechanism at a front side thereof; a counterweight provided at a rear side of said vehicle body for keeping a weight balance with said working mechanism; an engine mounted on said vehicle body to be positioned in front side of said counterweight; a heat exchanger mounted on said vehicle body adjacent to said engine to cool a fluid by a cooling air; and a housing cover for accommodating mounted equipments including at least said engine and said heat exchanger therein and including an engine cover at a top surface side which is opened or closed at the time of performing a maintenance operation of said mounted equipments, further including; a partition member being provided with said heat exchanger that partitions said engine and said heat exchanger and extends upwards over a top surface of said heat exchanger, and a space surrounded by said partition member, a top surface side of said heat exchanger and an under surface side of said engine cover being defined as an article accommodating space.