Kubota Corporation

Tsukasa Wada

Kiyokazu Nakanishi

Kenzo Ushiro

Akifumi Nishino

Ryuji Kitagawa

Kiyoshige Maezawa

Mitsuhiro Takekata

A tractor with a PTO apparatus, comprises: a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the plurality of wheels; an engine supported on the vehicle body; a rear PTO shaft disposed at a rear of the vehicle body for transmitting power from the engine; a mid-PTO shaft disposed under the vehicle body for transmitting power from the engine; a PTO mode selecting device having a first position for transmitting power only to the rear PTO shaft, a second position for transmitting power to both the rear PTO shaft and said mid-PTO shaft, and a third position for transmitting power only to said mid-PTO shaft; a PTO clutch disposed on a transmission line upstream of said PTO mode selecting device and switchable between an engaged position and a disengaged position; and a restricting mechanism for preventing a change operation of said PTO mode selecting device when said PTO clutch is in the engaged position, and permitting the change operation of said PTO mode selecting device when said PTO clutch is in the disengaged position.

Tractor with a PTO apparatus

A manual control mechanism for a lift unit having a lift arm and a hydraulic cylinder for lifting the lift arm up and down. The mechanism includes a control valve configured as a three-position switchover valve for selectively providing lowering, neutral and elevating conditions according to a spool position for controlling movement of the hydraulic cylinder, a lift lever for manually operating the control valve and an operational path for guiding operational displacement of the lift lever. The operational path includes an inching operational path for operating the hydraulic cylinder at a creeping speed by slightly opening a port of the control valve and a main operational path for operating the control valve over an entire stroke range thereof. An operational feel when the lift lever is operationally displaced along the inching operational path is different from an operational feel when the lift lever is operationally displaced along the main operational path.

Manual control mechanism for lift unit

A shift control system includes a shift pedal ( ), a first linkage mechanism ( ) for transmitting a downward displacement of the shift pedal to the stepless transmission to change a shift position of the stepless transmission, a retaining mechanism ( ) for producing a retaining position corresponding to the shift position to retain the shift position of the stepless transmission, and a shift lever ( ) for setting the retaining position retained by the retaining mechanism. A second linkage mechanism ( ) is provided for transmitting of an operating displacement of the shift lever to the shift pedal to displace the shift pedal to a depressed position corresponding to the retaining position set by the shift lever and retained by the retaining mechanism. The shift lever, retaining mechanism and second linkage mechanism are attachable and detachable independently of the first linkage mechanism.

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Sakai, Japan

Tsukasa Wada