Snow plow hitch pin assisting means
US5050321A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D49/04
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
To ease the mounting of a snow plow structure by use of a measured means extending between the attaching structure fixed on a vehicle and its lift chain to bring the hitch pin holes of plow structure push arms into vertical alignment with pin holes on attaching structure as the plow structure is lifted from its center of gravity and in fore and aft balance. Little movement, if any, of the lifted plow structure will be needed to transversely align pin holes for the full insertion of the hitch pins. A single pull cable is connected to two spring actuated hitch pins to pull them from the pin holes on the vehicle mounted attaching structure when connecting the plow structure thereto. Upon release of the pull cable the pins will enter the transversely-aligned pin holes of the structures. All this having been done with little manual effort.
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