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US 11,255,069 B2Granted
Front loader
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsRobert Stewart Boyd, Erik Baker
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Abstract
A front loader includes a link operating mechanism spanning a bucket and a stand. The link operating mechanism is configured to cause, using a swing force of the bucket, a bending and stretching link to bend so that propping and supporting of the bending and stretching link are released.
Claims3
A front loader comprising:
- a boom configured to be removably coupled to a vehicle body;
- a bucket supported at a front end of the boom;
- a stand configured to support the boom, when removed from the vehicle body, in a state in which the bucket is engaged on the ground;
- a boom-side link swingably supported on the boom, the boom-side link being configured to prop and support the stand engaged on the ground as the free end thereof comes into abutment against the stand engaged on the ground;
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- a stand-side link swingably supported on the stand;
- wherein as the stand-side link is swung relative to the stand by a swing force of the bucket, the boom-side link is swung by the stand-side link so that at least a portion of the boom-side link is positioned higher than the boom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.