Side mounted transmission shifting mechanism
AssigneeAllis-Chalmers Corporation
InventorGerardus M. Ballendux
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Abstract
A side mounted transmission shifting mechanism having a lever pivotally connected for reciprocating and pivoting a crank arm on the crankshaft to shift a vehicle transmission. The crank arm selectively engages one of a plurality of shift rails to selectively shift the transmission.
Claims10
A transmission shifting mechanism for shifting a transmission comprising, a transmission housing, a shaft having a crank arm reciprocally and pivotally mounted in said housing, shift rails slidably mounted for selective engagement by said crank arm responsive to reciprocal movement of said shaft, a shift lever mounted on said shaft for selectively reciprocating and pivoting said shaft to shift said vehicle transmission, a side cover on said transmission for supporting said shifting mechanism and said shift rails to allow complete removal of the shifting mechanism when said cover is removed from the transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.