Articulating attachment for front loaders and the like
OwnerMichael D. Mooreinventor
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Abstract
An articulating attachment is provided for use in conjunction with tractors, front loaders and the like wherein the attachment facilitates rotary and sliding motion of a working member such as a blade or bucket carried by the tractor or front loader having a mounting plate for connecting the attachment to said loader, a hydraulically driven rotary drive carried by the mounting plate and a hydraulically driven sliding drive carried by the rotary drive. The rotary drive and sliding drive may be operated simultaneously. A clam shell drive is also provided capable of opening and closing a bucket having two opposed jaws.
Claims9
An articulating attachment for use in conjunction with a tractor, wherein said tractor is adapted to carry a working member, and wherein said articulating attachment facilitates rotary and sliding motion of said working member in transverse directions relative to the direction of travel of said tractor, said articulating attachment comprising:
- mounting plate means for connecting said attachment to said tractor,
- rotary drive means carried by said mounting plate means for imparting rotary motion to said working member in directions transverse to the direction of travel of said tractor, and
- sliding drive means carried by said rotary drive means for imparting sliding motion to said working member in directions transverse to the direction of travel of said tractor, said sliding drive means being adapted to carry said working member.
A removable attachment for use in conjunction with a front loader, wherein said front loader is adapted to carry a bucket, wherein said removable attachment facilitates rotary and sliding motion of said bucket in directions transverse to the direction of travel of said front loader, comprising:
- mounting plate means for removably connecting said attachment to said front loader,
- rotary drive means carried by said mounting plate means for imparting rotary motion to said bucket in directions transverse to the direction of travel of said front loader, and
- sliding drive means carried by said rotary drive means for imparting sliding motion to said bucket in directions transverse to the direction of travel of said front loader, said sliding drive means being adapted to removably carry said bucket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.