Kubota Corporation

Akio Hamada

Motomu Masuzawa

Kazuo Samejima

Hironori Tsuchihashi

Mikio Ishida

Masami Hirooka

Haruo Watanabe

Yoshiaki Matsuda

The body of a vehicle is provided at a side portion thereof with a mount frame having a mount portion for a front loader. The front loader has a mast removably attachable to the mount portion, a lift arm supported by the mast, a lift cylinder connected between the mast and the lift arm, a working portion pivotably supported by the front end of the lift arm, a work cylinder connected between the lift arm and the working portion, and a brace removably connectable between the mast and a front side portion of the vehicle body. When the front loader is to be attached to or removed from the vehicle body, the brace is removably attached to the lift arm or to the working portion, and with the brace and the working portion placed on the ground, the work cylinder is extended or contracted, lowering or raising the lift arm and the mast, whereby the mast is shifted between an attached position on the mount portion and a removed position thereabove.

Device for removably attaching front loader to vehicle

A pair of mount members extending longitudinally of the body of a tractor are fixedly provided at opposite sides of the tractor body. A pair of projecting brackets positioned toward the front from the steps of the tractor extend laterally outward from front portions of the pair of mount members and are provided with a pair of opposite mount portions for a front loader and with a pair of opposite front mount portions for a working implement of the mid-mount type. A pair of opposite rear mount portions for the implement are provided at opposite sides of longitudinally intermediate portions of the mount members or of a longitudinally intermediate portion of the tractor body.

Device for mounting working implements on tractor

A device for removably attaching a front working implement to a tractor body comprises a bearing portion provided on each side of the front portion of the tractor body and a fitting portion provided on a front portion of each brace of the implement. The bearing portion and the fitting portion are tapered and engageable with each other in a vertical direction. The brace has a lever plate for holding the fitting portion engaged in the bearing portion and a bolt for fastening the lever plate.

Device for attaching front working implement to vehicle body

An apparatus for attaching a front loader to a tractor or like vehicle comprises a pair of opposite lift arms removably connectable to the vehicle and pivotally movable upward and downward, a bucket supported by the front ends of the lift arms with pivots and pivotally movable upward and downward, bucket cylinders for pivotally moving the bucket, and a restraining member removably attached to the bucket for preventing the pivotal movement of the bucket relative to the ground. The lift arms as disconnected from the vehicle are moved by the bucket cylinders about the pivots to an attached position relative to the vehicle or to a removed position above the attached position and can be held in either position.

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Osaka, Japan

Akio Hamada