Caterpillar Tractor Co.

William T Girard

Eugene M Wilson

Warner G Richardson

A carriage assembly has first and second pairs of rollers rotatably connected to first and second sides of the carriage. First and second rail means are secured to spaced parallel sidewalls. The first rail device has first and second elongate rails positioned in end-to-end relationship at which the adjacent ends are spaced one from the other. Each of the first pair of rollers are rollably carried by respective first and second rails while the second pair of rollers are rollably carried by the second rail device.

Carriage assembly for an elevating scraper dump linkage and method of

The invention is concerned with a transported tractor scraper of the type having a scraper bowl connected to a tractor. The transported tractor scraper comprises a laterally extending draft tube disposed longitudinally between said tractor and said scraper bowl. A pair of spacers are mounted interiorly on a respective sidewall of the scraper bowl. A pair of draft arms are detachably mounted at a first end thereof interiorly on one of the spacers a spaced distance away from a respective sidewall. A generally flat transport bracket is provided detachably interconnected between a second end of each of the draft arms and the draft tube. A method for transporting a tractor scraper of the type having a draft tube and a pair of draft arms interconnecting a scraper bowl to a tractor is disclosed. The method comprises removing the draft arms from the scraper bowl and the tractor; connecting spacers interiorly on each sidewall of the scraper bowl; connecting a first end of each draft arm to a respective spacer a spaced distance away from a respective sidewall; and attaching a second end of each draft arm to said draft tube.

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Joliet, IL, United States of America

William T Girard