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Excavator tool quick attachment device

  • US 7,493,712 B2
  • Filed: 09/20/2004
  • Issued: 02/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An excavator tool quick attachment device for attaching a tool to a dipper arm of an excavator, the device comprising a body member with an engaging means at or about each end for engagement with two connecting pins disposed on a tool, the first engaging means being a movable engaging means, the device further comprising a drive means mounted between the body member and the movable engaging means for moving the movable engaging means between a tool pin engaging position and a tool pin releasing position, the second engaging means being a second movable engaging means normally biased into a tool pin engaging position by a biasing means, a control means mounted between the first movable engaging means and the second movable engaging means, wherein the control means acts on the second movable engaging means to overcome the biasing force only when the quick attachment device is inverted relative to a normal working position and the drive means is actuated, whereby the tool can not be released when it is in a normal working position in the event the drive means fails or is inadvertently actuated by an operator.

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