Motor vehicles – Power – With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
Patent
1987-02-11
1988-09-20
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Power
With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
180 684, B60K 1104
Patent
active
047718447
ABSTRACT:
A turf maintenance apparatus (10) having a cooling system. The cooling system includes a front-facing air inlet (42) which delivers air to a longitudinal duct (100) running along the length of the turf maintenance machine (10). A flow reverser (120) is located at the downstream end of the longitudinal duct (100) and serves to turn the flow roughly 180.degree. into a rear-facing radiator (80). The air inlet screen (42) is preferably located immediately behind the operator's seat (40), in a region which is substantially devoid of grass clippings. The preferred turf maintenance machine (10) thus has its power take off (PTO) located near cutting reels (22, 24) and has the air inlet for its cooling system located in a region which is relatively clean and readily serviced by the operator.
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Toro Brochure: Groundmaster 327 and Groundmaster 322-D, Form 85-68-T, Radiator & Hood Assembly form Groundmaster 322-D Parts Catalog, Form No. 3312-958.
Buckley R. Lawrence
Mitchell David M.
The Toro Company
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