Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho

Kotoshige Ishizuki

Haruhiko Umeda

Masaru Uenoyama

Hideo Hara

Hiroyuki Ando

Naotaka Endo

Hidehiro Takeuchi

An apparatus for coupling a tractor, a dump trailer and a dump truck wherein the dump trailer is adapted to be selectively towed by the tractor or by the dump truck. A draw bar having a trunnion and a hole at the leading end portion is pivotally mounted on the dump trailer. The trunnion is adapted to be engaged with a gripper mounted on an arm member of the tractor so as to enable the dump trailer to be towed by the tractor. The hole of the draw bar is adapted to be engageable with a coupler pivotally mounted on a rear axle of the dump truck thereby allowing the dump trailer to be drawn by the dump truck.

Apparatus for coupling a tractor, a dump trailer and a dump truck

A suspension for a front axle of a trailer comprising a trailer frame, an outer cylindrical member fixedly secured to the trailer frame, a bracket mounted on the front axle, a shaft mounted on the bracket and arranged at right angles to the front axle, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the shaft, an inner cylindrical member fixedly secured to the sleeve and adapted to slide within the outer cylindrical member, a first spring retainer pivotally mounted on the outer cylindrical member, a second spring retainer pivotally mounted on the sleeve, and a spring disposed between the first and second spring retainers.

Suspension for a front axle of a trailer

An excavating and loading machine mounted on a wheeled type vehicle comprising front and rear frames having wheels rotatably mounted thereon, said front and rear frames being adapted to rotate relative to each other, and a vehicle body having an implement for effecting excavation and loading operations which is rotatably mounted on either of said front and rear frames. A pair of hydraulically operated cylinders are provided between said front and rear frames for controlling steering of the vehicle.

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Yokohama, Japan

Kotoshige Ishizuki