Implement positioning assembly for a machine

Details Implement positioning assembly for a machine Implement positioning assembly for a machine

2006-10-27

2010-02-09

Pezzuto, Robert E (Department: 3671)

Earth working

Scraper between widely spaced front and rear ground supports

C172S272000, C172S789000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07658236

ABSTRACT:
A machine includes a frame and a coupler assembly suspended below the frame, the coupler assembly configured for sideshift movement and having an implement mounting element for engaging with a mating feature on an implement. An implement grabber mounted to the coupler assembly is configured to grab an implement and move the implement via sideshift movement of the coupler assembly from a position lateral of the frame to a mounting position at which the mounting element of the coupler assembly can engage with the mating feature of the implement. A method of implement positioning for a machine includes grabbing the implement with a implement grabber mounted on a coupler assembly and moving the implement with the coupler assembly. The method also includes disengaging the implement from the implement grabber and actuating a mounting element of the coupler assembly to engage or disengage with the mating feature of the implement. The method and machine are amenable to mounting long objects to a motor grader, which are unsuitable for pick up via conventional means.

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