Drawbar device for tow vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsAkira Mochizuki, Takanori Mizuno
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Abstract
A drawbar device for a tow vehicle having a vehicle body and a hood operable to open and close for covering a top surface of a rear portion of the vehicle body includes a drawbar bracket, a drawbar pin, an operation lever and a link mechanism. The drawbar bracket is provided on the vehicle body. The drawbar pin is provided at the drawbar bracket so as to be movable upward and downward. The operation lever is provided on the hood so as to be manually operated. The link mechanism is operable to move the drawbar pin upward according to operation of the operation lever.
Claims10
A drawbar device for a tow vehicle having a vehicle body, comprising:
- a manually operated operation lever provided on a rear hood of the tow vehicle, the hood operable to open and close for covering a top surface of a rear portion of the vehicle body, wherein a rear end of the hood is pivotally connected to the rear portion of the vehicle body;
- a drawbar bracket provided on the vehicle body;
- a drawbar pin provided at the drawbar bracket so as to be movable upward and downward;
- a link mechanism operable between the operation lever and the drawbar pin to move the drawbar pin;
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- wherein when the hood is closed, the drawbar pin is moved upward according to the operation lever being inclined at a frontward position and downward according to the operation lever being inclined at a rearward position, and wherein when the hood is opened, an interlocking between the operation lever and the drawbar pin is cut off such that the link mechanism is not operable to move the drawbar pin upward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.