Deere + Company

David A Willer

Rory Rae

John Rosbak

John Kulak

Clarence R Trott

Gerardus A Veldhoven

Daniel G McCombs

An arm of a tractor-mounted loader is coupled to the top of a loader mast having a bottom end received in a pocket formed at an outboard area of a horizontal base plate of a loader mounting frame connected to one side of the tractor. A quick coupler support bracket is mounted to the base plate inboard of the pocket. Supported by and projecting upwardly from a horizontal fitting mounting plate of the support bracket are respective quick coupler halves forming ends of a first set of hoses that are coupled to the tractor hydraulic system. The first set of hoses extend through a hose passage, provided in a rear wall of a walled structure joined to and cooperating with the base plate so as to form a cavity therebeneath, and through a set of fitting openings provided in the fitting mounting plate. A second set of hoses extend from the rear of the arm and has a second set of quick coupler halves connected to the first set of quick coupler halves.

Structure for mounting hydraulic hoses for a power loader

Guard structure for the forward portion of a rotary cutter including a front sill with a formed angle section that is permanently attached to the cutter to provide both protection from the rotary blade and structure for hanging chain links across the width of the front opening to restrict material from being thrown from the front of the cutter. In addition, the angle section strengthens the forward portion of the cutter.

Rotary cutter shield

Formed steel channel members mounted horizontally on vertical rods to the back of a drafting reference table. Two channel members are vertically adjustable to allow drawings, layouts and the like of different dimensions to be conveniently located and supported, and a third channel member serves to prevent material from slipping off the back of the table.

Drafting table attachment

A material handling implement includes side and wall panels composed of an impact resistant structure having low frictional resistance to the sliding movement of material therefrom. The panels are resistant to the organic acids and salts commonly found in manure and incur minimal moisture buildup on their surfaces. The preferred embodiment of the panel includes a plywood sheet encased within and bonded to fiberglass reinforced polyester sheets.

Manure spreader box

A hydraulically operated conveying mechanism for a manure spreader composed of a fore-and-aft shiftable floor extension that is supported on a fixed floor of the spreader box and a transverse vertical push-off supported to shift fore-and-aft on the extension. First and second hydraulic cylinders are used to shift the floor extension and push-off respectively and includes a first cylinder and associated rod with the latter being composed of inner and outer concentric tubes closed at their respective ends and with the inner tube opening into the closed end of the cylinder. The outer tube has a port opening into the cylinder. The second double-acting cylinder that operates the push-off has its opposite ends in fluid communication with the inner tube and outer tubes. A shuttle valve within the main cylinder shifts axially to close the port as fluid is introduced to the closed end of the main cylinder and opens the port as the rod approaches its fully extended position.

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Welland, Canada

David A Willer