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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stanley Martin Gregerson, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
172-9 ; 172-3 ;
Abstract
A hydrostatic drive tractor having a hydraulically lowerable and raisable hitch to lower and raise an associated implement to respectively increase or decrease draft load includes a draft control system sensing increases and decreases in the hydrostatic drive pressure which are proportional to draft load as sensed by the drive wheels to activate valving to respectively raise and lower the hitch.