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Combination tractor and farm implement hitch means

US4073346A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
8References
2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1976
Grant dateFeb 14, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 4, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60D1/141
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A first farm implement having a front three-point hitch connection for mounting on a tractor is equipped with a rear three-point hitch means for connection with a front three-point hitch means on a second farm implement so that both farm implements can be lifted and towed in tandem fashion, or each implement can be individually lifted or towed by a single tractor. The first implement includes an elongated transverse tool bar which carries the respective connections of both the front and rear three-point hitch means therefor in alignment longitudinally of the tractor.

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