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US 2019/0194902 A1Published application
Front Loader
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsRobert Stewart Boyd, Erik Baker
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Abstract
A link operating mechanism is provided spanning a bucket and a stand. The link operating mechanism is configured to cause, using a swing force of the bucket, a bending/stretching link to bend so that propping and supporting of the bending/stretching link are released.
Claims11
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 bending/stretching link that is provided spanning the boom and the stand, and is configured to prop and support the stand in a state in which the stand is engaged on the ground;
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- a link operating mechanism that is provided spanning the bucket and the stand, and is configured to cause, using a swing force of the bucket, the bending/stretching link to bend so that the propping and supporting of the bending/stretching link are released.
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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 to be swung more upwards relative to the boom than the case of the propping/supporting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.