Adjustable End Stop
OwnerJohannes Martin, Gabriel Reitemann +2inventors
InventorsJohannes Martin, Gabriel Reitemann, Jürgen Meierhöfer, Matthew Benjamin Shaw
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Abstract
An adjustable end stop comprises a body having a cavity fluidly connected to a port fitted with a grease nipple. A piston has a first end slidably mounted in the cavity and moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. Filling the cavity with a flowable filling material such as grease via the grease nipple causes the piston to move towards the extended position to adjust the overall height of the end stop. The end stop is suitable for use in limiting sway of a draft link of a three-point hitch.
Claims20
An adjustable end stop comprising:
- a body defining a cavity fluidly connected to a port fitted with a grease nipple;
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- a piston having a first end slidably mounted in the cavity and moveable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- wherein filling the cavity with a flowable filling material via the grease nipple causes the piston to move towards the extended position.
An adjustable end stop comprising:
- a body having a cavity fluidly connected to a port;
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- a piston having a first end slidably mounted in the cavity and moveable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a cap movable relative to the body between a first position in which a height of the end stop is at a minimum and a second position in which a height of the end stop is at a maximum;
- wherein filling the cavity with a flowable filling material via the port causes the piston to move towards the extended position;
- wherein movement of the piston towards the extended position causes the cap to move towards the second position, the cap extending about a second end of the piston and slidably mounted to the body for movement between the first and second positions;
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- wherein the arrangement is configured such that, in use, lateral forces applied to the cap are transferred directly from the cap to the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.