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Tree mover

  • US 5,348,361 A
  • Filed: 05/13/1993
  • Issued: 09/20/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tree mover comprising a supporting frame, a pair of loader buckets having concave inner surfaces mounted on said frame for pivotal movement about substantially horizontal axes between an open position for digging and closed position for lifting, means for pivotally moving said loader buckets about said horizontal axes, a generally U-shaped pusher blade, including a blade portion and supporting arms at each end of the blade portion, pivotally mounted on each of said buckets so as to be movable between a raised position and a lowered position with the pusher blade being closely spaced from the inner surface of the bucket throughout such movement, a first bracket mounted on one of said supporting arms and a second bracket mounted on a loader bucket and in which a double acting hydraulic cylinder is pivotally connected to the first and second brackets to bias the pusher blade between its raised and lowered position and means for moving said pusher blade.

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