Earth working – Miscellaneous
Patent
1982-09-30
1985-04-23
Stouffer, Richard T.
Earth working
Miscellaneous
172311, 172466, 172501, A01B 7300
Patent
active
045124167
ABSTRACT:
The normally horizontal frame of a wheeled farm implement, such as used for tillage purposes, has a center section at the ends of which are hinged a pair of wing sections that are fully foldable into overlying, substantially parallel relationship to the center section through use of hydraulic cylinder assemblies. At each hinge a pair of links, pivotally connected to corresponding hinge straps, have a common pivotal connection at their upper ends with the piston rod of the cylinder. A pintle-receiving slot, strategically located in the wing section hinge strap not only permits limited rise and fall of the wing section over uneven terrain but causes smooth swinging movements of the wing sections to and from their folded conditions. Entirely eliminated is free falling of the wing sections because of constant control by the hydraulic assemblies made possible by abutment at all times of the spring-loaded pintles against one end of the slots. Such construction completely avoids jolting and jarring of the frame parts and other implement components during folding and unfolding operations, thereby preventing damage to the implement and injury to the operator.
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patent: 4328869 (1982-05-01), Perelli
Hesston Corporation
Stouffer Richard T.
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