Aircraft tow bar device

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1975-06-19

1976-05-11

Wood, Jr., M. H.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

403119, 403322, B60D 114

Patent

active

039558320

ABSTRACT:
A tow bar device including an elongated tow bar stem having a latch means, fixed relative to a first end thereof for attachment to a tow vehicle, and a second head end providing a pair of oppositely operable slide fingers carrying oppositely extending latch pins for selective engagement or disengagement relative to a pair of holes in bracket means, conventionally fixed relative to the main strut of the nose wheel of an aircraft for towing purposes. Spring biased means is provided to automatically lock the pins in position when they are engaged through the bracket holes. Wheel means is provided intermediate the length of the tow bar assembly with a rocking saddle means interconnecting the wheel means and tow bar stem to permit the tow bar and head to be rocked or pivoted to a desired position to align the latch pins with the strut bracket holes when the nose wheel assembly is sidewardly inclined in either direction.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2773703 (1956-12-01), Ferguson
patent: 2846018 (1958-08-01), Puckett
patent: 2919043 (1959-12-01), Sharp
patent: 3146000 (1964-08-01), Holzman
patent: 3709522 (1973-01-01), Olson
patent: 3868128 (1975-02-01), Mahieu

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