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Pull-type agricultural implement drawbar hitch connector

US8764042B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 2012
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D67/005
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pull-type agricultural implement has a beam with drawbar hitch pivotable relative to the beam about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis extending in the travel direction. The drawbar hitch has a receptacle for a tractor drawbar. The receptacle enables pivoting of the drawbar about an axis that is horizontal and transverse to the travel direction relative to the drawbar hitch in a locked position. Guiding and adjusting plates in the receptacle allow adjustment of the receiving width of the receptacle to different drawbar dimensions. From a first position, in which the plates limit lateral play of a drawbar with large cross-section relative to the travel and working direction to a minimum, the guiding and adjusting plates are transferrable and lockable in a second position, in which the plates limit lateral play of a drawbar with small cross-section relative to the travel direction to a minimum.

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