Tractor mounted cable laying device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR LAYING CABLE, FLEXIBLE CONDUIT, AND THE LIKE IN COMBINATION WITH A TRACTION ELEMENT, WHICH CABLE LYING DEVICE COMPRISES, A FIRST FRAME RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRACTION ELEMENT AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG THE REAR PORTION THEREOF, REARWARDLY EXTENDING, APERTURED LUGS ON THE LOWER PORTION ON SAID FIRST FRAME, AN APERTURED SECOND FRAME PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID LUGS ON SAID FIRST FRAME TO MOVE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, FLUID ACTUATED JACK FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST FRAME AND TO SAID SECOND FRAME SO FLUID PRESSURE WITHIN SAID JACK MEANS WILL IMPART RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, A THIRD FRAME PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID SECOND FRAME AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM FOR RELATIVE SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS BETWEEN SAID SECOND FRAME AND SAID THIRD FRAME, A FOURTH FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE REAR OF SAID THRID FRAME FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS, AT LEAST ONE APERTURED LUG EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD ON EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID THIRD FRAME AND AT LEAST ONE LUG EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FOURTH FRAME, A FLUID ACTUATED CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN ENDS OF SAID APERTURED LUGS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID THIRD FRAME AND SAID FOURTH FRAME, PUMP MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TRACTION ELEMENT TO SUPPLY FLUID PRESSURE TO ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER AND TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE OTHER CYLINDER, SIMULTANEOUSLY, CONDUIT MEANS FOR DIRECTING FLUID FROM THE OTHER END OF THE RESPECTIVE CYLINDERS, A PLOW BEAM ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED TO SAID FOURTH FRAME AND HAVING THE LOWER END THEREOF EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREBELOW, HINGE MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE REAR SIDE OF SAID PLOW SHANK, A PLOW MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END OF SAID PLOW SHANK FOR ENGAGEMENT INTO THE GROUND, A TUBE MEMBER, HINGE MEMBERS ON SAID TUBE MEMBER, WHICH HINGE MEMBERS ON SAID TUBE MEMBER ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE HINGE MEMBERS ON SAID PLOW SHANK, PIVOT MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID COMPLEMENTARY HINGE MEMBERS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID TUBE MEMBER ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR LAYING CABLE, FLEXIBLE CONDUIT, AND THE LIKE IN COMBINATION WITH A TRACTION ELEMENT, WHICH CABLE LYING DEVICE COMPRISES, A FIRST FRAME RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRACTION ELEMENT AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG THE REAR PORTION THEREOF, REARWARDLY EXTENDING, APERTURED LUGS ON THE LOWER PORTION ON SAID FIRST FRAME, AN APERTURED SECOND FRAME PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID LUGS ON SAID FIRST FRAME TO MOVE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, FLUID ACTUATED JACK FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST FRAME AND TO SAID SECOND FRAME SO FLUID PRESSURE WITHIN SAID JACK MEANS WILL IMPART RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, A THIRD FRAME PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID SECOND FRAME AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM FOR RELATIVE SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS BETWEEN SAID SECOND FRAME AND SAID THIRD FRAME, A FOURTH FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE REAR OF SAID THRID FRAME FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS, AT LEAST ONE APERTURED LUG EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD ON EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID THIRD FRAME AND AT LEAST ONE LUG EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FOURTH FRAME, A FLUID ACTUATED CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN ENDS OF SAID APERTURED LUGS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID THIRD FRAME AND SAID FOURTH FRAME, PUMP MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TRACTION ELEMENT TO SUPPLY FLUID PRESSURE TO ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER AND TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE OTHER CYLINDER, SIMULTANEOUSLY, CONDUIT MEANS FOR DIRECTING FLUID FROM THE OTHER END OF THE RESPECTIVE CYLINDERS, A PLOW BEAM ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED TO SAID FOURTH FRAME AND HAVING THE LOWER END THEREOF EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREBELOW, HINGE MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE REAR SIDE OF SAID PLOW SHANK, A PLOW MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END OF SAID PLOW SHANK FOR ENGAGEMENT INTO THE GROUND, A TUBE MEMBER, HINGE MEMBERS ON SAID TUBE MEMBER, WHICH HINGE MEMBERS ON SAID TUBE MEMBER ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE HINGE MEMBERS ON SAID PLOW SHANK, PIVOT MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID COMPLEMENTARY HINGE MEMBERS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID TUBE MEMBER ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS.