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Aircraft tow bar device

  • US 3,955,832 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1975
  • Issued: 05/11/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An aircraft tow bar device including means for selective engagement with a pair of holes in opposed flanges of a bracket fixed to the main strut of the nose wheel assembly of an aircraft comprising:

  • A. a main stem including,1. a rear end portion providing a hitch means fixed relative to its distal end for attachment to a tow vehicle, and2. a forward end portion;

    B. a wheel assembly fixed intermediate said rear and forward end portions;

    C. a tow head fixed relative to the distal end of said forward end portion including,1. a generally E-shaped main frame providing,a. a transverse base portion,b. opposed forwardly extending, parallel outer arms from said base portion,c. a forwardly extending central arm from said base portion, bisecting the distance between said outer arms and defining a pair of forwardly opening yokes;

    2. a pair of spaced apart, parallel, transverse rods spanning said parallel yokes and being fixed relative to said outer arms,3. a pair of forwardly extending parallel fingers including through holes for slidable engagement along said rods within the respective pair of yokes,

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