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Pedal locking device for a loader

  • US 5,984,040 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A loader comprising:

  • a power operated working implement;

    power delivery control means for selectively feeding and interrupting power to the working implement;

    a seat bar swingable between a lowered position for securing the operator in place and a raised position for allowing the operator to enter or leave the loader;

    a pedal operatively associated with the control means and movable between an operative position for causing the control means to feed the power to the working implement and a neutral position for having the control means interrupt the power delivery to the working implement, the pedal provided with first engaging means;

    a pedal side crank provided adjacent the pedal for rotation between a locking position and an unlocking position, the pedal side crank having second engaging means releasably engageable with the first engaging means to keep the pedal in the neutral position while the pedal side crank remains in the locking position;

    a seat bar side crank operatively connected to the pedal side crank for rotation between a forward position corresponding to the locking position of the pedal side crank and a rearward position corresponding to the unlocking position of the pedal side crank;

    means for normally biasing the pedal side crank into the locking position; and

    a push bracket attached to the seat bar for directly pushing the seat bar side crank into the rearward position while the seat bar is in the lowered position.

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