Patent ID: 8616318

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; a movement mechanism provided between the cooler unit and the support deck, the movement mechanism allowing the cooler unit to effect a translational movement to change a distance relative to the engine; a tilt mechanism provided between the cooler unit and the support deck, the tilt mechanism allowing tilting of an upper portion of the cooler unit in the direction away from the engine after the transitional movement of this cooler unit away from the engine; and a carrier deck provided on the support deck remote from the movement mechanism and the tilt mechanism, the carrier deck having a sliding movement surface, the sliding movement surface having a sufficient length to carry a lower portion of the cooler unit during the transitional movement of the cooler unit away from the engine under assistance of the movement mechanism and the tilt mechanism.