Brush rake attachment for bulldozer blade

• US 3,163,945 A
• Filed: 08/22/1963
• Issued: 01/05/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thurman T. Dooley
• Original Assignee: Thurman T. Dooley
• Inventors: Dooley, Thurman T.
• Application Number:
  US04/303,760
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• US Class Current: 37/405
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/8152 Attachments therefor, e.g. wear resisting parts, cutting edges E02F3/8155, E02F3/8157 take precedence; teeth per se E02F9/28

Claims

5. IN COMBINATION WITH A BULLDOZER HAVING A MOLDBOARD THEREON WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED PORTION EXTENDING ALONG THE LOWER FRONT EDGE THEREOF;

A BRUSH RAKE ATTACHMENT FOR SAID MOLDBOARD COMPRISING, A BODY;

A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED CHANNEL FORMED ALONG THE INNER SIDE OF THE BODY AND RECEIVING THE SAID V-SHAPED EDGE PORTION OF THE MOLDBOARD;

A PLURALITY OF TINES SECURED TO THE BODY AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY WITH RESPECT THERETO;

A BRACE MEMBER SECURED TO EACH TINE AND TO THE BODY, SAID BRACE MEMBER EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE BODY;

A LATERALLY EXTENDING BAR SECURED TO THE INNER ENDS OF THE BRACE MEMBERS;

STOP MEANS ATTACHED TO THE REAR SIDE OF THE MOLDBOARD ENGAGEABLE WITH THE BAR TO LIMIT UPWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF;

AND SUSPENSION MEANS DETACHABLY SUSPENDING THE BAR TO THE REAR SIDE OF THE MOLDBOARD WITH THE BAR IN POSITION TO CONTACT THE STOP MEANS.