Arrangement for the retention of an implement to a lifting gear
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorLars G. Norberg
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Abstract
An arrangement for latching an implement to an implement carrier includes a lock formed from a J-shaped rod so as to have spaced, axially aligned pin-shaped latch components respectively located at the ends of short and long legs of the rod. The lock is reciprocally mounted to one of right and left carrier holders with the latch components being releasably received in transversely spaced sets of mounting openings provided in the carrier and in the implement. The lock includes a handgrip extending between the short and long legs of the lock and being located outwardly of the holder to which the lock is mounted so as to be easily accessible to an operator who can grasp the same and effect simultaneous movement of the latch components to detach the implement from the carrier.
Claims6
In an arrangement for detachably securing an implement to an implement carrier of a type having right and left implement holders, comprising:
- an elongate lock reciprocally mounted to one of said right and left implement holders for movement as a unit in opposite directions along a horizontal, transverse axis between a latched position and an unlatched position;
- said lock having first and second, pin-shaped locking components spaced from each other along the length of said lock and located along said axis;
- said carrier including a pair of attaching points comprising first and second pairs of carrier openings aligned with and spaced transversely from each other and adapted for being placed next to and aligned with first and second implement openings;
- said first and second pairs of carrier openings being located along said axis and respectively receiving said first and second locking components when the lock is in its latched position;
- said lock including a handgrip located on an opposite side of said one of said right and left holders from said first and second pairs of carrier openings whereby the handgrip may be pulled away from said one of said right and left holders to move said lock to its unlatched position to simultaneously remove said first and second locking components from at least one of each of said first and second pairs of carrier openings.
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