Self-contained power supply and support therefor

Claim 1

In combination with a wheel supported vehicle chassis having transversely spaced longitudinally extending frame members, an improved support for a power supply having an engine with an oil reservoir, said support comprising: longitudinally extending upper members spaced from one another by approximately the same distance as the longitudinally extending frame members of the chassis, said upper members defining therebetween an open space through which a power supply unit may extend; a downwardly depending framework carried by and rigidly interconnected with said longitudinally extending upper members, said framework having mounting means to mount a power supply within the framework with the upper end of the supply extending upwardly between the upper members; a closed loop tubular member included within and forming at least a portion of said framework to provide a supplemental oil reservoir for said engine; conduit means to establish fluid communication between the reservoir of the engine and said supplemental oil reservoir; thermostatic control means to control the flow of oil from said supplemental reservoir to the oil reservoir of the engine; and clamp means carried by said upper members to releasably clamp said members to the longitudinally extending frame members of the chassis.