Massey-ferguson Inc.

Allyn C Dowd

Habibur Rahman

Miles N Stiller

John D Rogowski

Hydraulic hose guard for use with excavating machines or the like

A high density polyethylene molding frames an opening in a casting through which hydraulic hoses must pass to protect the hoses from abrasion in contacting the edges and sides of the casting opening. The molding is flexible and resilient to enable it to be snapped in and out of the opening in the casting while providing a generally frictionless surface against which the hoses may be guided in their normal movement through the opening under operating conditions.

Hose guard

A valve control mechanism for operating a plurality of valves in a bank of valves which can be selectively operated by interchangeable lever arrangements one of which has a separate lever for each valve and another of which has a single lever for a pair of valves. The bank of valves and the lever arrangements are detachably removable independently of each other to permit easy servicing and selecting of the desired lever arrangement or to change the sequence of valve operation.

Method of providing interchangeable valve control mechanisms

Valve control mechanism

Stabilizing apparatus for vehicles supporting load handling equipment such as tractors mounted with backhoes in which the stabilizing apparatus is movable vertically from a transport position to a ground engaging position and also may be moved horizontally to vary the angular disposition of the stabilizers relative to the vehicle to engage the ground at longitudinally spaced positions.

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Allyn C Dowd