Assembly for coupling implements to excavating machines
AssigneeRockland, Inc.
InventorWilliam F. Geraghty
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Abstract
A coupler assembly for detachably connecting an implement provided with a pair of mounting pins to a machine-having a dipper stick and at least one tilt link, generally consisting of a body pivotally connectable to such dipper stick and such pivot link, a first jaw portion engageable with one of the implement connecting pins and a pair of opposed guide slots; a jaw member mounted on the body and cooperable with the guide slots for displacement along a line of travel, engageable with the other of the implement connecting pins; and structure for displacing the jaw member along such line of travel.
Claims20
A coupler assembly for detachably connecting an implement provided with a pair of mounting pins on a machine having a dipper stick provided with a connecting pin and at least one tilt link provided with a connecting pin comprising:
- a body having a first and second means for connecting said body to said dipper stick connecting pin and said tilt link connecting pin, respectively, a first jaw portion engageable with one of said implement mounting pins and a pair of opposed guide slots;
- a jaw member mounted on said body and cooperable with said guide slots for displacement along a line of travel, engageable with the other of said implement mounting pins;
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- means for selectively displacing said jaw member along said line of travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.