Patents Assigned to F & W Company Inc.
  • Patent number: 4033469
    Abstract: A tractor includes a quick attach and dismount front end loader. The tractor is provided with rearwardly positioned side-mounting brackets which are adapted to lockingly engage the lower ends of uprights on the loader. A transversely extending mounting bracket is provided across the front end of the tractor for engagement with a cross frame member on the loader. A stand engages the cross frame member for supporting the loader independently of the tractor. Hydraulic cylinders on the loader for raising and lowering the boom are operated for mounting and dismounting the loader. When the front mounting bracket engages the cross frame member on the loader contraction of the power cylinder causes the loader to pivot clockwise about an axis through the cross frame thereby bringing the uprights on the loader into engagement with the side mounting brackets on the tractor. Extension of the power cylinders causes the loader to pivot counterclockwise for dismounting the loader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: F & W Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Eldon M. Frank
  • Patent number: 3991890
    Abstract: A ground-working tool is mounted on the forward end of a boom pivotally connected to upstanding standards on a U-shaped frame having a transversely extending member at the forward end from which a support stand depends for engagement with the ground to support the implement independently of the tractor in cooperation with the ground-working tool. Hydraulic cylinders extend between the U-shaped frame and the boom to pivot the boom relative to the frame. A tractor includes oppositely disposed rearwardly mounted support brackets for supportingly engaging the standards while the forward end of the tractor includes a step bracket having vertical and horizontal portions over which an L-shaped stop plate is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: F & W Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Eldon M. Frank
  • Patent number: 3939997
    Abstract: A tractor includes a downwardly and forwardly opening guide support channel extending across the front end for engagement with the transversely extending portion of a U-shaped frame of an implement which also includes upstanding standards having a boom pivotally connected thereto with a ground-working tool on the outer end. A support stand is connected to the forward end of the U-shaped frame and rearwardly extending feet are provided on the standard for engaging slots on oppositely disposed support brackets carried on the tractor. Hydraulic power cylinders extend between the U-shaped frame and the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: F & W Company Inc.
    Inventor: Eldon M. Frank