Excavating – Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device – Railway clearer
Patent
1975-09-17
1977-01-11
Eickholt, E. M.
Excavating
Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device
Railway clearer
172245, 280460R, E02F 362
Patent
active
040019560
ABSTRACT:
The invention is concerned with a transported tractor scraper of the type having a scraper bowl connected to a tractor. The transported tractor scraper comprises a laterally extending draft tube disposed longitudinally between said tractor and said scraper bowl. A pair of spacers are mounted interiorly on a respective sidewall of the scraper bowl. A pair of draft arms are detachably mounted at a first end thereof interiorly on one of the spacers a spaced distance away from a respective sidewall. A generally flat transport bracket is provided detachably interconnected between a second end of each of the draft arms and the draft tube. A method for transporting a tractor scraper of the type having a draft tube and a pair of draft arms interconnecting a scraper bowl to a tractor is disclosed. The method comprises removing the draft arms from the scraper bowl and the tractor; connecting spacers interiorly on each sidewall of the scraper bowl; connecting a first end of each draft arm to a respective spacer a spaced distance away from a respective sidewall; and attaching a second end of each draft arm to said draft tube.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2495336 (1950-01-01), LeTourneau
patent: 2854768 (1958-10-01), Gurries
patent: 3015173 (1962-02-01), Kimsey et al.
patent: 3657830 (1972-04-01), Hamilton
patent: 3893250 (1975-07-01), Hamilton
Girard William T.
Wilson Eugene M.
Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Eickholt E. M.
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