Agco Sa

Vincent Chauvel

Geoffroy Husson

Malcolm Shute

Bernard Hublart

Cedric Deman

Anthony Cartier

A fuel tank system for a vehicle () such as a tractor comprises a first compartment () and a second compartment () located on a first side of the vehicle. A third compartment () is located on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side and a first pipe () is connected between an aperture () in the first compartment and an aperture () in the third compartment, wherein the first pipe () includes a one-way valve () which allows fuel to flow from the third compartment () to the first compartment (). A second pipe () is connected between an aperture () in the second compartment () and a junction () in the first pipe (). The junction () is intermediate the one-way valve () and the third compartment () allowing fuel to flow to the third compartment () from the second compartment (). The fuel is extracted from the first compartment () and means are provided to allow fuel to overflow from the first compartment () to the second compartment () when the fuel is above a predetermined level. By providing a T junction () in the first pipe (), only one fuel aperture is required in the third compartment ().

Fuel tank system

A tractor front hitchis provided for mounting an implement on the front of a tractor. The hitch has socketmounted for pivotal movement relative to the tractor, a pair of lower implement support linkswhich form a sub-assembly received in the socketand one or more upper implement support linkssupported from the tractor. The lower link sub-assemblyis moveable relative to the socketbetween a coupling position, in which the lower link sub-assembly is at least partly withdrawable from the socket to facilitate coupling of the implement to the lower links, and a locked implement operative position in which the lower link sub-assemblyis locked in the socketThe lower link sub-assemblymay be moved fore and aft, and side to side relative to the socketand is also rotatable in the general plane of the socket to facilitate coupling when in the coupling position.

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St. Gilles, France

Vincent Chauvel