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US3156308A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Adjustable tractor hitch support for fence post driver

Assignee: United States Steel Corp
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Filing: 1961-02-01
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Granted: 1964-11-10
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Expires: 1981-02-01
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Forest Sherwood S De

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 16:19
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H17/00; E04H17/26; E04H17/261

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 185 words
A TRACTOR SUPPORT FOR A FENCE POST DRIVER COMPRISING THE COMBINATION WITH A FENCE POST DRIVER HAVING A FENCE POST DRIVING ELEMENT AND A GUIDE HOUSING IN WHICH IT HAS GUIDED MOVEMENT ALONG A RETILINEAR PATH, A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED TRACTOR HITCH LINKS, AND A DRAFT BAR SUPPORTED BY SAID LINKS, OF A SUPPORTING FRAME MOUNTED IN A VERTICAL POSITION ON SAID DRAFT BAR, A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED BRACKETS ON SAID FRAME IN POSITIONS ABOVE AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SAID DRAFT BAR, A SUPPORTING PLATE HAVING TRUNNIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID BRACKETS, A BEARING ON SAID PLATE ARRANGED WITH ITS AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE AXIS OF SAID PLATE TRUNNIONS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID HOUSING ON SAID PLATE INCLUDING A SHAFT JOURNALED IN SAID BEARING AND SUPPORTING SAID HOUSING FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID BEARING AXIS, AND SEPARATE MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE PIVOTAL POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY OF SAID HOUSING ON SAID PLATE AND OF SAID PLATE ON SAID FRAME BRACKETS TO ARRANGE SAID HOUSING IN A POSITION IN WHICH THE SAID PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING ELEMENT EXTENDS VERTICALLY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 185 words
A TRACTOR SUPPORT FOR A FENCE POST DRIVER COMPRISING THE COMBINATION WITH A FENCE POST DRIVER HAVING A FENCE POST DRIVING ELEMENT AND A GUIDE HOUSING IN WHICH IT HAS GUIDED MOVEMENT ALONG A RETILINEAR PATH, A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED TRACTOR HITCH LINKS, AND A DRAFT BAR SUPPORTED BY SAID LINKS, OF A SUPPORTING FRAME MOUNTED IN A VERTICAL POSITION ON SAID DRAFT BAR, A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED BRACKETS ON SAID FRAME IN POSITIONS ABOVE AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SAID DRAFT BAR, A SUPPORTING PLATE HAVING TRUNNIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID BRACKETS, A BEARING ON SAID PLATE ARRANGED WITH ITS AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE AXIS OF SAID PLATE TRUNNIONS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID HOUSING ON SAID PLATE INCLUDING A SHAFT JOURNALED IN SAID BEARING AND SUPPORTING SAID HOUSING FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID BEARING AXIS, AND SEPARATE MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE PIVOTAL POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY OF SAID HOUSING ON SAID PLATE AND OF SAID PLATE ON SAID FRAME BRACKETS TO ARRANGE SAID HOUSING IN A POSITION IN WHICH THE SAID PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING ELEMENT EXTENDS VERTICALLY.

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