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Apparatus for positioning a work implement

US5018431A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1988
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/87217
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for positioning a work implement in predetermined operative attitudes, including a valve body mounting a piston which is operable for movement through a range of selective operative positions, and which is further connected to the work implement; a pair of pulse valves mounted on the valve body and connected in fluid communication with the piston and operable selectively to supply a source of hydraulic pressure to the valve body; and an actuator is connected in signal transmitting relation to the pair of pulse valves and is adapted selectively to actuate same thereby causing the selective release of hydraulic pressure to position the piston, and thus the work implement in a selected operable attitude.

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