Differential lock and four wheel drive control arrangement
First Claim
1. An arrangement for selectively actuating the four-wheel drive and differential lock engagement means of a vehicle, the arrangement comprising a hand operable selector mounted in mounting means, the mounting means including a pathway, wherein the selector co-operates with the said pathway, and wherein movement of the selector in a first direction from a first position to a second position actuates the four-wheel drive, and further movement in the first direction from the second position to a third position actuates the said differential lock, and wherein the pathway prevents the selector from moving in the first direction from the second position to the third position without first being moved in a second direction.
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Abstract
An arrangement 1 for selectively actuating the four-wheel drive and differential lock engagement means of a vehicle comprises a hand operable selector mounted a bracket 4, the bracket 4 including a pathway, the selector comprising a protrusion which co-operates with the said pathway, so that movement of the selector in a first direction from a first position to a second position actuates four-wheel drive, and further movement in the first direction from the second position to a third position actuates the said differential lock, the pathway preventing the selector from moving in the first direction from the second position to the third position without first being moved in a second direction.
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12 Claims
- 1. An arrangement for selectively actuating the four-wheel drive and differential lock engagement means of a vehicle, the arrangement comprising a hand operable selector mounted in mounting means, the mounting means including a pathway, wherein the selector co-operates with the said pathway, and wherein movement of the selector in a first direction from a first position to a second position actuates the four-wheel drive, and further movement in the first direction from the second position to a third position actuates the said differential lock, and wherein the pathway prevents the selector from moving in the first direction from the second position to the third position without first being moved in a second direction.
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12. A tractor comprising four-wheel drive and differential lock engagement means, and an arrangement for selectively actuating said four-wheel drive and differential lock engagement means of said tractor, the arrangement comprising a hand operable selector mounted in mounting means, the mounting means including a pathway, wherein the selector co-operates with the said pathway, and wherein movement of the selector in a first direction from a first position to a second position actuates the four-wheel drive, and further movement in the first direction from the second position to a third position actuates the said differential lock, and wherein the pathway prevents the selector from moving in the first direction from the second position to the third position without first being moved in a second direction.
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