Hydraulic control system for tractor

Claim 1

A hydraulic control system for a tractor, comprising hydraulic means for raising and lowering a working implement mounted on the frame of the tractor, a position control valve for controlling the operation of the hydraulic means, a first manual manipulating means, said means for manipulating the position control valve, means for operating the position control valve operable by said first manipulating means, a hitch mounted on the tractor frame to mount the working implement and having a draft force sensing member, a draft control valve, a second manual manipulating means, said means for manipulating the draft control valve, means for operating the draft control valve operable by the said second manual manipulating means, draft feed back means interconnecting the operating means and the draft force sensing member, the manual manipulating means for the position control valve and for the draft control valve being independently operable such that movement of one manipulating means cause no movement of the other manipulating means and being separately provided with, respectively, a bypass communicating with a tank and located in an intermediate portion of an oil passage extending from the position control valve to the hydraulic means for applying oil pressure to the piston of the hydraulic means, the position control valve and the draft control valve being separate from and independent of each other, the draft valve being disposed in the bypass, the draft control valve being operable to completely shut off inflow of working oil into the bypass to thereby render the system operable solely for position control when the draft control valve manual manipulating means is shifted to its raised position, the draft control valve being operable to control return flow of oil to the tank through the bypass in response to variations in draft force when the position control valve manual manipulating means is in its raised position, permitting pressure to act on the piston of the hydraulic means, so that upon a decrease in draft resistance the throttling degree of the draft control valve for the bypass decreases, increasing the return flow of oil to the tank and thereby reducing the pressure on the piston, while upon an increase in draft resistance the throttling degree increases, reducing the return flow of oil to the tank and thereby increasing the pressure on the piston.