Rear folding tool bar implement
US9351437B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01B73/048
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tool bar apparatus has an elongate tool bar having a longitudinal tool bar axis, and ground engaging tools fixed thereto. Wheels are rotatably fixed to the tool bar and roll about a rotational axis parallel to the tool bar. A hitch frame is pivotally attached at a rear end thereof to the tool bar about a hitch pivot axis parallel to the tool bar axis, and has a hitch tongue at a front end thereof. An actuator pivots the tool bar about the hitch pivot axis from an operating position, where the ground engaging tools extend rearward, to a transport position where the ground engaging tools extend upward from the tool bar. The wheels move rearward under the tool bar when the tool bar pivots from the operating position to the transport position such that a downward force is exerted on the hitch tongue when in the transport position.
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