Compensating hitch
First Claim
1. A compensating hitch adapted for coupling between a three-point draft system at the rear end of a tractor and the front end of a trailing earthworking implement in three-point draft relation to the latter;
- said compensating hitch comprising an upstanding front frame including a front cross beam and a central post upstanding therefrom, means to connect said front frame with the three-point draft system of the tractor, a rear cross beam in spaced parallel relation to the front cross beam, rigid longitudinal arms on and projecting forward from the ends of the rear cross beam, means transversely pivoting the longitudinal arms at their front ends in connection with the corresponding ends of the front cross beam, a central link upstanding above the rear cross beam, means transversely pivoting the link at its lower end in connection with the rear cross beam, a bellcrank lever disposed rearward of the upper portion of the upstanding central link, the bellcrank lever incuding an upper forwardly projecting leg and a rear depending leg, means transversely pivoting the upper end of the link in connection with the front end of the upper forwardly projecting leg of the bellcrank lever, a separate link extending longitudinally between the bellcrank lever and the post in adjacent but clearance relation to the upstanding central link, means transversely pivoting said separate link at the front end in connection with the post and at the rear end with the lower end of the rear depending leg of the bellcrank lever, and means to connect the ends of the rear cross beam, and the bellcrank lever at its elbow, to the front end of the implement in three-point draft relation.
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Abstract
A compensating hitch adapted to be coupled between a three-point draft system at the rear end of a wheeled tractor and the front end of a trailing earthworking implement which is wheel supported rearwardly of an earthworking blade thereof; the hitch including a link and lever array which functions to maintain the implement and its earthworking blade in a constant pre-set working position when the tractor traverses uneven ground, and which--with a conventional hitch--would cause the trailing implement and its blade to undesirably vary up and down from such constant pre-set working position.
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8 Claims
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1. A compensating hitch adapted for coupling between a three-point draft system at the rear end of a tractor and the front end of a trailing earthworking implement in three-point draft relation to the latter;
- said compensating hitch comprising an upstanding front frame including a front cross beam and a central post upstanding therefrom, means to connect said front frame with the three-point draft system of the tractor, a rear cross beam in spaced parallel relation to the front cross beam, rigid longitudinal arms on and projecting forward from the ends of the rear cross beam, means transversely pivoting the longitudinal arms at their front ends in connection with the corresponding ends of the front cross beam, a central link upstanding above the rear cross beam, means transversely pivoting the link at its lower end in connection with the rear cross beam, a bellcrank lever disposed rearward of the upper portion of the upstanding central link, the bellcrank lever incuding an upper forwardly projecting leg and a rear depending leg, means transversely pivoting the upper end of the link in connection with the front end of the upper forwardly projecting leg of the bellcrank lever, a separate link extending longitudinally between the bellcrank lever and the post in adjacent but clearance relation to the upstanding central link, means transversely pivoting said separate link at the front end in connection with the post and at the rear end with the lower end of the rear depending leg of the bellcrank lever, and means to connect the ends of the rear cross beam, and the bellcrank lever at its elbow, to the front end of the implement in three-point draft relation.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A compensating hitch adapted for coupling between a three-point draft system at the rear end of a tractor and the front end of a trailing earthworking implement in three-point draft relation to the latter;
- said compensating hitch comprising an upstanding front frame including a front cross beam and a central post upstanding therefrom, means to connect said front frame with the three-point draft system of the tractor, a rear cross beam in spaced parallel relation to the front cross beam, rigid longitudinal arms fixed intermediate their ends on corresponding ends of the rear cross beam, means transversely pivoting the longitudinal arms at their front ends in connection with corresponding ends of the front cross beam, a central link upstanding above the rear cross beam, means transversely pivoting the link at its lower end in connection with the rear cross beam, a bellcrank lever disposed rearward of the upper portion of the upstanding central link, the bellcrank lever including an upper forwardly projecting leg and a rear depending leg, means transversely pivoting the upper end of the link in connection with the front end of the upper forwardly projecting leg of the bellcrank lever, a separate link extending longitudinally between the bellcrank lever and the post in adjacent but clearance relation to the upstanding central link, means transversely pivoting said separate link at the front end in connection with the post and at the rear end with the lower end of the rear depending leg of the bellcrank lever, and means to connect the rear ends of said longitudinal arms, and the bellcrank lever at its elbow, with the front end of the implement in three-point draft relation.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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