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US 4,659,102 AGranted
Front hitch assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsHeinz Stuhrmann, Robert Kryscyk
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Abstract
A connecting and coupling arrangement for frontal attachment to a tractor includes at least one lower link, an actuating means, an angle lever, an optional upper link and a lift strut for connection to an item of equipment. Connected to the working vehicle is a frame which can slidably carry an ancillary frame which can be connected to an item of equipment or to a weight. In addition, the frame and the ancillary frame may be displaced in the direction of the longitudinal center plane of the tractor to increase the stability thereof.
Claims13
A coupling arrangement for attachment to a front end of a vehicle, comprising:
- a fixed frame fixed to the vehicle;
- an angle lever pivotally coupled to the fixed frame and having first and second legs;
- an actuator coupled to one of the legs of the angle lever;
- an equipment device including a support member and a guide member projecting therefrom;
- an ancillary frame slidably mounted to the fixed frame, the ancillary frame including a guideway for slidably receiving the guide member of the equipment device;
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- a coupling strut including means at one end thereof for coupling to the other leg of the angle lever and means at the other end thereof for coupling to the support member of the equipment device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.