Abstract: A hitch for connecting the rear of a garden tractor to the rear of a garden tiller of the type having one or more tines which rotate in the direction of normal travel of said tiller comprising a beam, a bracket and an arm aligned in an adjustable triangular shape being in a substantially vertical plane for the controlled pulling of the tiller by the tractor in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the tiller tines thereof.

Abstract: A high strength light weight synthetic resin snow removal device is adapted for easy connection to small passenger vehicles having tow rings depending therefrom.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the posture of the work implement of a loader comprises a boom supported by a boom pivot on a mast secured to a vehicle body and movable upward and downward by a boom cylinder, first and second arms supported by an intermediate portion of the boom and pivotally movable relative to each other, a pivotal member pivoted to the boom by the boom pivot, a first connecting member operatively connecting a point on the pivotal member away from the pivoted point thereof to the first arm, a second connecting member connecting the second arm to the work implement at the forward boom end, an engaging portion for engaging the second arm with the first arm when the implement is moved by an implement cylinder in the scooping direction approximately into a specified posture, and an interlocking member operatively connecting the pivotal member to an implement control valve for the implement cylinder so that the valve is operated in the dumping direction by the movement of the pivotal member with th

Abstract: A front end loader including rear support with complementary wedge and block structure to automatically secure the mast rigidly to the tractor during mounting. A parking stand serves as a forward latching lever when the loader is mounted and additionally functions as a tractor grille guard and structural member to tie the mast arms together.

Abstract: The body of a vehicle is provided at a side portion thereof with a mount frame having a mount portion for a front loader. The front loader has a mast removably attachable to the mount portion, a lift arm supported by the mast, a lift cylinder connected between the mast and the lift arm, a working portion pivotably supported by the front end of the lift arm, a work cylinder connected between the lift arm and the working portion, and a brace removably connectable between the mast and a front side portion of the vehicle body. When the front loader is to be attached to or removed from the vehicle body, the brace is removably attached to the lift arm or to the working portion, and with the brace and the working portion placed on the ground, the work cylinder is extended or contracted, lowering or raising the lift arm and the mast, whereby the mast is shifted between an attached position on the mount portion and a removed position thereabove.

Abstract: A hydraulic latch arrangement is disclosed for facilitating efficient movement of a backhoe between working and transport positions relative to an associated material handling implement upon which the backhoe is mounted. The arrangement includes an upper pivot which pivotally connects the frame of the backhoe to the implement for relative movement of the backhoe about a horizontal axis. The arrangement further includes a pivotally movable latch member preferably mounted on the associated implement, and a latch pin mounted on the backhoe frame for cooperation with the pivotal latch member. A hydraulic latch motor is provided for selectively moving the pivotal latch member between engaged and disengaged positions, wherein in the engaged position the latch member cooperates with the latch pin for effecting a substantially rigid connection between the backhoe and the associated implement.

Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus for digging obstructions out of the ground. The apparatus has a first frame adapted to be attached to the framework of a three point hitch connection on a tractor. The hitch connection has hydraulic means to raise and lower the hitch whereby the hitch will raise and lower the first frame. The apparatus has a second frame pivotally mounted to the first frame with digging members fixed on the second frame. The apparatus has hydraulic means for pivoting said second frame on its pivotal mounting to an angle whereby the first frame may be lowered and the digging members may be engaged into the ground at an angle to penetrate beneath an obstruction and may be pivoted upward to lift the obstruction out of the ground, a hook is pivotally mounted on said second frame to pivot down over said rock digging members to secure a rock on said members.

Abstract: A mount for disconnectably attaching an appliance such as a loader on the front end of a tractor with the loader having a mounting frame with channels at each side receiving a front mount on the tractor, the frame also having a U-shaped stand which is pushed upwardly to a horizontal position by the tractor and which automatically moves downwardly to support the frame when the tractor is backed out of the frame, the frame also having rear mount columns with feet at the bottom which are received in sockets secured at the side of the tractor with the sockets having camming surfaces for pushing the feet to secured position and the feet having means for tightly pulling the feet at the base of the columns of the frame to secured position on the tractor.

Abstract: A hydraulically-operated latch mechanism is disclosed for releasably maintaining a backhoe in its lowered, working position on an associated material handling implement. In the preferred embodiment, the mechanism includes a movable latch member pivotally mounted on the implement for movement between engaged and disengaged positions. A latch pin is provided on the frame of the backhoe for cooperation with the latch member whereby the latch pin is adapted to be received by the latch member in the engaged position thereof for holding the backhoe against movement relative to the implement. A latch hydraulic motor is provided in operative connection to the pivotal latch member for effecting movement between the engaged and disengaged positions.

Abstract: A frame assembly for mounting on a tractor is provided which is designed for quickly and easily attaching different types of implements thereto without the necessity of frame modification or other time-consuming tractor alterations. Advantageously, the frame assembly includes a pair of elongated rails respectively secured to opposed sides of a tractor, along with a bracket assembly secured to the underside of the tractor adjacent the tractor drawbar structure. Each of the alternately mountable implements includes a mounting assembly having a pair of elongated spaced apart channel arms which are operable for slidingly engaging respective mounting rails. In use the implements are stationarily positioned independently of the tractor, and attachment of the implements is simply a matter of driving the tractor forward with the tractor-mounted rails located to slide into engagement with the implement channel arms.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a front loader to a tractor or like vehicle comprises a pair of opposite lift arms removably connectable to the vehicle and pivotally movable upward and downward, a bucket supported by the front ends of the lift arms with pivots and pivotally movable upward and downward, bucket cylinders for pivotally moving the bucket, and a restraining member removably attached to the bucket for preventing the pivotal movement of the bucket relative to the ground. The lift arms as disconnected from the vehicle are moved by the bucket cylinders about the pivots to an attached position relative to the vehicle or to a removed position above the attached position and can be held in either position.

Abstract: A log handling attachment for a bulldozer or similar vehicle consisting of a bracket assembly arranged to be detachably mounted on the rear portion of the vehicle and carrying a horizontally rotatable articulated boom provided with hydraulic cylinders for moving the pivoted parts of the boom, and provided with a hydraulically-driven gear and sprocket chain system for swinging the boom around a vertical axis through a wide angular range. A hydraulic winch is mounted on the boom, having a long cable running through sheaves on the boom and provided with a log-engaging tool at the end of the cable. Operating power is derived from the power take-off shaft of the vehicle.

Abstract: The back part of the underframe is fastened to the center point of the three-point lift of the tractor by an eye-bolt the shaft of which is rotatable mounted on said part.The side part of the underframe is comprised of a part which bears a wheel on the ground and carries a bearing for the arm of the tilling machine, an extension piece and a connection piece, lockable in several positions to the extension piece and hingably fastened by a pin and a fastening piece to the tractor adjacent the engine.The complete underframe can tilt relative to the tractor about the hinging axes formed by the eye-bolt and the pin, extending in the lengthwise direction of the tractor.Even with a height differential between the wheel and the tractor no large turning moment can be generated in the underframe or its fastening.

Abstract: A tool mounting apparatus is disclosed for detachably mounting a tool component such as for example a bucket, on a carrier such as for example the dipper stick of a backhoe. A power hitch component is connected to the carrier. Notches on one of the components are arranged to receive a first engagement member(s) on the other component. A support surface on the power hitch component is arranged to engage a second engagement member(s) on the tool component. A power actuated locking member is mounted on the power hitch component for movement between an unlocked position permitting relative engagement and disengagement between the notches and first engagement member(s) as well as between the support surface and the second engagement member(s), and a locked position securing the second engagement member(s) relative to the support surface.

Abstract: A parking stand of telescopic character that may be selectively lengthened and shortened between the ground and an elevated portion of a dismounted implement, such as a front end loader, and lockable in either condition, in the lengthened condition serving as a supporting strut for the implement and in the shortened and locked condition occupying a retracted or transport position. The shortened members are swingable toward the implement and locked thereto by the same means that locks the members in their shortened condition. The members are of channel shape and nest one within the other and are conditioned for relative lengthwise sliding by lugs means on the outer channel that extend partly across the inner channel and engage the flanges of the inner channel.

Abstract: A tractor and a loader implement detachably mounted thereon have releasable front and rear locks at corresponding pairs of legs depending from the loader frame. A loader bucket on the boom assembly and a stand on the frame cooperate to support the attachment after removal from the tractor. Hydraulic piston-cylinder assemblies, normally used to raise and lower the boom relative to the frame, are used to position the frame and to lower it into place during the mounting procedure. All parts of the attachment are guided properly onto the tractor without aid of the tractor or any parts thereon.

Abstract: A novel structure is provided for joining a frame member for carrying a snowplow blade or the like to a vehicle-mounted lift frame or the like. At least one mounting bracket is rigidly attached to the lift frame and includes a pair of parallel, generally vertical walls supporting a generally horizontal mounting rod therebetween. A cooperating mounting ear is provided on the blade-carrying frame and is of lesser width than the space between the parallel walls of the mounting bracket. This mounting ear presents a slot of predetermined depth which is rotatably engageable with the mounting rod to define a rotatable joint. A retaining pin is insertable through the mounting bracket vertically above the mounting rod and substantially parallel therewith.

Abstract: A parking stand means for use as a strut between the ground and an elevated portion of a tractor-dismounted implement which has also an associated part resting on the ground so that the strut and a portion of the implement form a triangular support for the implement. The strut is carried by the implement for uphill and downhill sliding between retracted and supporting or park positions and is also connected in such manner that it can swing forwardly toward the implement for retracted position and rearwardly to its park position. A pin is provided for selectively locking the support in either position. A further feature is a device for preventing rearward swinging of the support until it has traveled downhill through a predetermined range.

Abstract: A detachable moldboard dozer blade assembly for tractors having a push frame pivotally attached at a rear end thereof to the underchassis of a tractor. A frame structure is attached to the forward end of the push and provides for a vertical pivotal axis for the attachment of the dozer blade assembly. An attachment plate is pivotally connected transversely to the frame structure for blade movement in a horizontal plane and shim and plate means retain the attachment of the dozer blade assembly. An attachment plate is pivotally connected transversely to the frame structure for blade movement in a horizontal plane and shim and plate means retain the attachment plate to the dozer blade to permit vertical or tilt movement of the dozer blade relative to the attachment plate. Hydraulic piston means extend from the push frame to the attachment plate and from the attachment plate to the dozer blade to move the dozer blade about a vertical and horizontal plane.

Abstract: A parking stand for supporting an implement such as a front end loader when the implement is not in use including an extendable, elongated support leg pivotally secured near its upper end to a portion of the implement, a pin assembly for fixing the support leg in a plurality of extended positions, interlocking connection apparatus for retaining the support leg in its non-operative position and apparatus for limiting the pivotal movement of the elongated support leg.

Abstract: A materials handling device or tractor loader is described as well as the method of mounting the same on a tractor. The loader device comprises a U-shaped sub-frame comprising a transversely extending forward end which is received by a pocket or channel mounted on the forward end of the tractor. The sub-frame also comprises side frame members which extend upwardly and rearwardly from the transversely extending forward end. The rearward ends of the side frame members are secured to upright towers adjacent the upper end thereof. A boom assembly is secured to the upper ends of the towers and extends forwardly therefrom and has a materials handling implement mounted on the forward end thereof. A hydraulic cylinder extends between the towers and the boom assembly for pivotally moving the boom assembly relative to the sub-frame and the towers.

Abstract: A compensating hitch adapted to be coupled between a three-point draft system at the rear end of a wheeled tractor and the front end of a trailing earthworking implement which is wheel supported rearwardly of an earthworking blade thereof; the hitch including a link and lever array which functions to maintain the implement and its earthworking blade in a constant pre-set working position when the tractor traverses uneven ground, and which--with a conventional hitch--would cause the trailing implement and its blade to undesirably vary up and down from such constant pre-set working position.

Abstract: A novel loading device capable of standing independently of the tractor and adapted to be pivoted on and off the tractor. The loader includes a frame having a pair of upright frame members. Each upright frame member has a lower portion adapted to be detachably mounted at a side of a tractor. The rearward end of a boom is pivotally connected to the upper portions of the upright members. A materials handling implement is operably connected to the forward end of the boom and means are provided for selectively moving the boom relative to the upright members. The frame further has a pair of spaced apart side frame members extending rearwardly of a cross frame member and rigidly attached to the upright members intermediate the upper and lower portions thereof.

Abstract: A tractor has a main frame with a fore and aft body portion and a transverse rear axle housing, and includes a pair of hydraulic outlets. A transverse upright U-shaped member depends from the body portion of the tractor and has a central fore and aft socket, and a pair of rearwardly open V-shaped latch elements are connected to the tractor axle housing. A separate backhoe has a forwardly extending frame portion having a probe at its forward end that is insertible into the socket and has a pair of transverse pins extending outwardly from opposite sides of the frame for engagement with the V-shaped latch elements. The backhoe is mounted on the tractor by backing the tractor toward the backhoe with the tractor wheels straddling the fore and aft backhoe frame portion.

Abstract: Quick attach front end loader for an agricultural tractor. Loader has a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal rod members at each side. Tractor has sockets and guides to receive the rod members. The loader becomes supported on the tractor merely by driving tractor forwards until the rod members are received in the sockets. The lateral spacing of the sockets gives structural rigidity while minimizing obstruction of view from tractor cab when the loader is detached.

Abstract: A wheeled attachment arm assembly, mountable alongside a power rotor tiller apparatus to which a rake or a blade may be fastened for preparing the surface of the ground, prior to tilling it. The assembly incorporates an arm which is threaded into and extends laterally from the side of a rotor tiller machine, with a hinged bar fastened to a collar fitted on the arm and extending forward of the arm. A shield is fastened to the hinged bar to project forward of the bar, with the shield riding on a wheel fixed under the forward section of the shield. A vertical support member is fastened under the shield to the bar, with attachment structure for fastening a rake, hoe or grading blade to the vertical support member.

Abstract: The tool bars carrying plows are removably attached to the farm tractor by two or more rearwardly extending support arms. The support arms are attached to a frame connected to the standard three-point power lift attachment of the farm tractor. Locking bars lock the tool bars to the support arms.

Abstract: A tractor attachment adapted for removable mounting on a tractor to provide support for agricultural implements comprises a substantially U-shaped structure having a pair of spaced, substantially parallel arms joined at corresponding ends by a transverse framework having mounting elements adapted to be connected to a tractor's conventional three-point hitch. At the forward ends of the arms are mounted implements such as bean puller units and the length of the arms is such that the implements occupy a position between the front and rear wheels of the tractor. The arms are hinged between their ends to facilitate the mounting and demounting of the attachment to and from the tractor.