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US 6,471,245 B1Granted
Ballast weight arrangement
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorHerbert Schott
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Abstract
A ballast weight arrangement for a working vehicle has an interlocking connection between a ballast weight and a ballast weight support in the transverse plane of the vehicle, wherein interlocking is brought about by at least one projection on the ballast weight engaging in a recess on an adjacent ballast weight. Interlocking is achieved by controlled movement of a locking member on lifting up ballast weight 8 from a deposit block 22 and be released on putting down ballast weight 8 on deposit block 22.
Claims12
A ballast weight arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
- a ballast weight support member and a ballast weight, said support member and said ballast weight arranged to co-operate with one another to attach said ballast weight to said support member, and
- a locking member and an actuating element movably mounted in said ballast weight, wherein movement of said actuating element causes movement of said locking member between a locked position, in which said ballast weight is secured to said support member, and an unlocked position, in which said ballast weight may be removed from said support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.