Abstract:
A support system for a box blade attached to a tractor. The support system includes a rear mounted frame supporting a box blade assembly and, optionally a scarifier. The box blade assembly may be pivotable around a substantially horizontal axis extending through the center of the tractor. The support system further includes trailing wheels that are pivotally attached to the frame and selectively laterally displaceable with respect to the horizontal axis.
Abstract:
Embodiments provide a grading and/or scarifier apparatus configured to be coupled to a motor vehicle, such as a tractor. The apparatus may include a rear mounted frame supporting a blade assembly and/or a scarifier. The scarifier may include a first frame, a second frame slideably disposed through the first frame, and scarifier shanks retained by the second frame. The blade assembly may be pivotable around a substantially vertical axis extending from the blade assembly and/or around a substantially horizontal axis extending through the center of the motor vehicle. The blade assembly may include adjustable end plates at each end, which are maintained at a constant angle to the horizontal axis as the blade is pivoted around the vertical axis. The apparatus may further include trailing wheels that are pivotally attached to the frame and selectively laterally displaceable with respect to the horizontal axis.
Abstract:
A steering wheel assembly for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The steering wheel assembly includes a chamfer or defines a space for viewing a portion of a grader blade of the motor grader.
Abstract:
A motor grader including lift cylinders is described. Each one of lift cylinders is connected to a lifter bracket through first support means, and each other ends of the lift cylinders is connected to a forward position compared to a rear in portion in a draw bar, through second support means. Each one ends and the other end of the lift cylinders are offset from each other with respect to a front-rear direction of the motor grader as viewed from above the motor grader, thereby disposing the pair of lift cylinders inclined in the front-rear direction of the motor as viewed from a side of the motor grader. With this structure, it is possible to obtain the motor grader in which a height position of each end of the lift cylinders can be substantially equal to a height position of the lifter bracket as viewed from the side of the motor grader, and a visibility hindrance by the pair of lift cylinders can extremely be lowered.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a grading apparatus (10, 210) comprising an elongate support arm assembly (12, 212) having a mount (16, 216) at one end for attachment to a vehicle (100), and a grading blade (14, 214) attached to the opposing end of the support arm assembly. The grading blade can be positioned outwardly of the vehicle to grade a surface beside the vehicle as the vehicle moves forward.
Abstract:
One ends of respective lift cylinders 11a and 11b are connected to a lifter bracket 7 respectively through first support means 20a and 20b, and other ends of the lift cylinders 11a and 11b are connected to a draw bar 3 respectively through second support means 21a and 21b. The one ends and the other ends of the lift cylinders 11a and 11b are offset from each other in a front-rear direction of the motor grader as viewed from above the motor grader, thereby disposing the pair of lift cylinders 11a and 11b inclined as viewed from a side of the motor grader. With this structure, it is possible to obtain the motor grader in which a height position of each end of the lift cylinders 11a and 11b can be substantially equal to a height position of the lifter bracket 7 as viewed from the side of the motor grader, and a visibility hindrance by the pair of lift cylinders can extremely be lowered.
Abstract:
An implement is disclosed having a unique blade assembly, a unique claw assembly, and a unique gradient system for raising, lowering, leveling, and changing the gradient of an implement. The blade angle and blade pitch can be independently adjusted on the blade assembly. The blade assembly and claw assembly use chains to provide force to the lower portions of the blade and prongs, respectively, to maintain the position of the lower portions of the blade and prongs, respectively, when there is forward motion of the implement. The gradient system enables independent height adjustment of each side, right and left, of the implement. When the gradient system is incorporated into the same implement as the blade assembly, the combination makes the gradient of the blade adjustable as well.
Abstract:
A chassis, adapted to be connected to a farm tractor, supports a blade for grading and levelling; the blade is rotatable with respect to the chassis. The angle of the blade is set by a hydraulic transmission, such as a linear or rotary hydraulic motor controlled by a direction controlled valve. Mechanical output from the hydraulic motor is connected to the blade support, typically a turntable, to set the blade angle as determined by the application of hydraulic pressure. The blade can be fixed in position by engaging tooth-and-detent elements, one of them being respectively fixed to the chassis and the other formed on a turntable which is rotatable with the blade.