Bucyrus Erie Company

Jacobsen Manufacturing Company

Frank Allen Ecker

Anthony J Saiia

Donald G Haffner

Glenn Richard Hubbard

Harold John Jacoby

Norman B Christensen

Theodore G Jensen

A maximum lift system for a hydraulic hoe includes a dual pressure relief valve in the hoist circuit and an actuating valve that delivers a signal to the relief valve to increase hoist capacity and simultaneously causes operation of lockout valves to center the wrist control valve and thus lock the dipper in position.

Maximum lift system for hydraulic hoe

A hydraulic system for controlling a gang of lawn mowers including a hydraulic pump and a multi-section valve and hydraulic motors driving the mowers. Hydraulic cylinders are also included in the system, for raising and lowering the mowers, and a check valve is connected with the cylinders for controlling the lowering of the mowers. The main valve is arranged with a plurality of spools which control the aforementioned functions and with the spools being set by means of a single handle so that the operator can perform the aforementioned functions through maneuvering the single handle for each set of hydraulic motors and cylinders. A hydraulic flow restrictor is included in the system for reversing the motors at a speed slower than the forward motor speed, for a slower reverse rotation of the mowers, such as for back-lapping of the mowers.

Hydraulic system for controlling a gang of lawn mowers

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Racine, WI, United States of America

Frank Allen Ecker