Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1980-04-25
1982-03-02
Pekar, John A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280515, 411155, B60D 102
Patent
active
043175805
ABSTRACT:
An improved hitch adapter for connecting an implement to a tractor drawbar including an adapter bar having a hitch member extending rearwardly of the drawbar, a spring locking bar disposed on the adapter bar, and a lower support member having a bolt attached thereto and extending upwardly through the drawbar, adapter bar, and locking bar, a second bolt socketted in the lower support member and extending through the drawbar, adapter bar, and locking bar. When the nut on the first bolt is made finger tight, the nut on the second bolt may be torqued using a single wrench simultaneously tensioning the first bolt to lock the adapter bar on the drawbar.
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Rear Power Take-Off for Agricultural Tractors-SAE J1170, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1977.
Hoch Manfried L.
Miner Robert C.
Scarnato Thomas J.
AuBuchon F. David
International Harvester Company
Pekar John A.
Sullivan Dennis K.
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