J. I. Case Company

Donald G Shelton

Gary L Cochran

Gary D Stromberg

Joseph T Kulhavy

Ronald D Seeley

An improved coupling assembly enabling a bucket to be selectively coupled to and uncoupled from a front-end loader with lifting and tilting means. A female coupling structure is integral with the bucket. A back plate of the female coupling structure bears against a front plate of a male coupling structure with no gap between such plates. An upper flange on the front plate bears upwardly against an upper flange on the back plate. Means are provided to latch the male coupling structure releasably to the female coupling structure. Vertical play between the male coupling structure and the female coupling structure is limited precisely to a specified gap between and adjustable member on the male coupling structure and a fixed block on the female coupling structure.

Implement-coupling assembly for material-handling apparatus

A method and apparatus for converting a gasoline engine to a diesel engine as disclosed herein. The method involves formation of a specifically designed piston that defines a reduced combustion chamber with a reduced chamber in the cylinder head of a conventional gasoline engine and replacing the spark plug with a fuel injector. The piston includes a circular cylinder having a substantially flat end with an integral dome extending from the flat end and having an area that is more than half the area of the cylinder. The dome has a combustion chamber defined therein and the combustion chamber is in communication with the periphery of the dome adjacent the flat end of the cylinder so that movement of the piston towards the cylinder head having a reduced chamber therein will first cause the dome to enter the reduced chamber and then have the gases from the cylinder bore forced into the reduced combustion chamber to create turbulence therein.

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Burlington, WI, United States of America

Donald G Shelton