Kent Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Kan-am Industries, Inc.

Lee J Brinker

Thomas W Ankenman

Calvin B Blair

An earth mover includes a scraper bowl with an arcuate bottom wall and a pair of side walls attached to a frame. An ejector panel is supported by a pair of pivoting support links, each of which is pivotally attached to the frame above the upper limit of the bowl side walls and each of which is also pivotally attached to the ejector panel. The ejector panel is selectively movable through a shallow arc which mirrors the shape of the of the bowl bottom wall while the pair of support links support the ejector panel in a substantially upright position as it moves from a forward, ejecting position to a retracted position in which the ejector panel forms a rearward wall for the scraper bowl.

Ejector apparatus for an earth moving scraper bowl

A pair of links disposed at opposite sides and rearwardly of a scraper ejector panel pivotly support the panel from the upper limit of the bowl side walls and maintain it in substantially upright position as it moves forwardly in a downward arcuate path of its lower limit adjacent the scraper bowl bottom. In the retracted position the ejector panel forms a rearward wall for the scraper bowl.

A farm implement of the sectional tow type having at least two rigid frames positioned end-to-end and pivotally interconnected, includes a restrictor apparatus for resisting excessive oscillation between the frames and comprises a fixed and a reciprocating bracket having cooperating faces which are urged abuttingly together by a resilient member. The fixed bracket is attached to and disposed upstanding from one of the frames adjacent to the end thereof, and the reciprocating bracket is connected to the other frame by a linkage mechanism having one end pivotally attached to the reciprocating bracket in a spaced relation to the face thereof and having the other end pivotally attached to the other frame in a spaced relation to the pivotal connection. The resilient member is further compressed from a precompressed condition upon pivotal frame motion by the articulate movement of the reciprocating bracket relative to the fixed bracket. The restrictor thereby permits swinging motion between the frames during an operational implement position for conforming the same to the contour of the underlying terrain, and prevents undesirable oscillation between the frames during a transportational implement position.

Farm implement hinge restrictor

A trailing floating mount for agricultural finish tools is connected to the wheeled frame of an implement carriage and includes an elongated, longitudinally oriented finish tool draw bar attached to the carriage by a double-stop bracket which allows the bar freedom to pivot in a vertical plane through an angle sufficient to follow ground contours but limited so that when the implement frame is raised for transport, the draw bar, with the finish tools attached, is also raised but prevented from folding into the implement carriage or tools.

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Glen Elder, KS, United States of America

Lee J Brinker