US3653451A - Tilt linkage for bulldozer blade mounting assemblies - Google Patents

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US3653451A
US3653451A US1623A US3653451DA US3653451A US 3653451 A US3653451 A US 3653451A US 1623 A US1623 A US 1623A US 3653451D A US3653451D A US 3653451DA US 3653451 A US3653451 A US 3653451A
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Max D Fryrear
Eugene M Wilson
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/76—Graders, bulldozers, or the like with scraper plates or ploughshare-like elements; Levelling scarifying devices
    • E02F3/7609—Scraper blade mounted forwardly of the tractor on a pair of pivoting arms which are linked to the sides of the tractor, e.g. bulldozers
    • E02F3/7618—Scraper blade mounted forwardly of the tractor on a pair of pivoting arms which are linked to the sides of the tractor, e.g. bulldozers with the scraper blade adjustable relative to the pivoting arms about a horizontal axis

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  • a mounting assembly providing for tilt adjustment of a bull- 172,809 dozer blade.
  • the blade is pivotally supported by a pair of push R f d arms.
  • Motor means are pivotally interconnected between the e erences l e respective push arms and the blade for adjusting blade pitch UNITED STATES PATENTS with one of the motor means being connected with the blade I by means of a pivotal link.
  • the blade is tilted by additional l Ull'lCh 1 X motor means interconnected between the blade and the 3,226,858 l/l966 Spannhake...
  • the present invention relates to bulldozer blade mounting assemblies, and more particularly to a mounting assembly including novel means for effectively adjusting blade tilt.
  • the pivotal link means are associated with motor means for adjusting pitch of the blade and additional motor means are provided for adjusting elevation of the blade.
  • the means for adjusting the blade tilt comprises pivotal link means which assist in establishing blade pitch together with means for positioning the pivotal link means and thereby adjusting blade tilt.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bulldozer blade supported at one end of a vehicle by a mounting assembly which embodies the present invention
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are views taken respectively along section lines II-II and Ill-Ill of Fig. 1.
  • An embodiment of the present mounting assembly is indicated generally at 11 in the drawings for supporting a blade assembly 12 upon one end of a vehicle, a portion of which is indicated at 13.
  • the vehicle shown in the drawings is of a type having .wheels such as those indicated at 14.
  • the mounting assembly of the present invention is also suitable for use with track type vehicles, for example.
  • the blade 12 is secured to the vehicle by means of push arms 16 and 17 which are pivoted at 18 and 19 respectively to opposite sides of the vehicle.
  • Brackets 21 and 22 extend rearwardly from blade 12 and are respectively secured to the push arms 16 and 17 by means of universal ball joints indicated at 23 and 24. Portions of the push arms 16 and 17 extend toward each other adjacent the blade 12 and are secured together by means of an articulated joint indicated at 26.
  • a hydraulic motor 27 for raising and lowering the blade has its cylinder 28 secured to the vehicle by means of a trunnion mounting 29.
  • a universal joint 31 secures the rd end 32 of the motor to a bifurcated bracket 33 which is fixed upon a central portion of the blade 12.
  • Hydraulic motors or jacks 41 and 42 are pivotally connected to the respective push arms 16 and 17 by the universal joints indicated at 43 and 44.
  • the rod end 46 of the motor 41 is secured by means of a universal joint 47 to a bifurcated bracket. 48 extending rearwardly from an upper portion of the blade assembly 12.
  • the other blade pitching motor 42 is also pivotally connected to the blade assembly 12 in a manner described in greater detail immediately below.
  • pivotal link means are shown as comprising an elongated member such as that indicated at 51 in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the link member 51 is pivotally secured to the blade assembly 12 as indicated at 52.
  • the link member extends rearwardly from the pivot 52 toward the vehicle with its rearward end forming a bifurcated bracket 53 which may be best seen in Fig. l.
  • the rod end 54 of the blade pitching motor 42 is secured to a rearward portion of the link member 51 by a universal joint indicated at 56.
  • the blade pitching motors 41, 42 appear as members which extend upwardly and toward the blade from their pivotal connections with the push arms 16 and 17. Because of their interconnection with the push arms l6, l7 and the blade assembly 12, the motors 41, 42 provide triangular supports together with the bracket 48 and the link member 51 for establishing pitch of the blade assembly 12.
  • the present invention also provides means for positioning the link 51 and thereby changing the triangular relation of the motor 42, the push arm 17 and the blade assembly 12 to provide for tilt adjustment of the blade.
  • the means for positioning the link member 51 is embodied within a motor or hydraulic jack 61 which is pivotally interconnected between the blade at 62 and a rearward portion of the link member 51 as indicated at 63.
  • the motor 61 is arranged inperpendicular relation to the pivot axis 52 by which the link member 51 is secured to the blade. In this manner, the motor 6] may be extended or retracted to vary the triangular relations'hip of the blade pitching motor 42, the push arm 17 and the blade assembly 12.
  • the motor 61 may, for example, be retracted which results in the pivot 52 being urged further away from the pivot 44 and tends to increase the angular relation between the push arm 17 and an adjacent ortion of the blade assembly 12.
  • the opposite end of the blade assembly 12 tends to remain in the same position because of the fixed triangular relationship between the blade pitching motor 41, the push arm 16 and the blade assembly 12.
  • operation of the blade tilting motor 61 tends to cause stress within the blade and mounting assembly which tends to raise the right end of the blade, shown for example in Fig. 2 and toward the bottom of Fig. 1.
  • the motor when the motor is extended, it tends to urge the pivot joint 52 toward the pivot 44 and similarly results in relative downward movement of the right end of the blade assembly.
  • extendible motor means pivotally interconnected between the respective push arms and the blade for adjusting blade pitch, one of the blade pitching motor means being pivotally connected with a rigid link which link is pivotally connected with the blade, and
  • pivotal connections for the blade pitching motor means are universal pivot connections.
  • link is an elongated member extending generally toward the vehicle from its pivotal connection with the blade, the one blade pitching motor means and the jack between the link and blade being pivotally connected to a portion of the link remote from its pivotal connection with the blade.
  • blade pitching motor means are hydraulic jacks angled upwardly and forwardly along their respective push arms toward their pivotal connections with the blade, the jack interconnected between the link and blade being arranged generally vertically above one of the push arms.
  • a mounting assembly for supporting a bulldozer blade upon a vehicle comprising a pair of push arms pivotally interconnected between the vehicle and blade,

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US3853181A (en) * 1972-09-08 1974-12-10 Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd Two-way bulldozer
US3974882A (en) * 1975-11-26 1976-08-17 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Cellular bulldozer blade with built-in support brackets
US3998277A (en) * 1975-10-30 1976-12-21 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Bulldozer assembly with means for pivotally connecting the push arms thereof
US4019588A (en) * 1975-06-30 1977-04-26 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Tilting means for bulldozer blades
US4044843A (en) * 1976-04-22 1977-08-30 Arnold Emeral Holub Tractor-mounted scraper
US4189010A (en) * 1978-01-27 1980-02-19 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Power angling bulldozer assembly
US4220210A (en) * 1977-10-31 1980-09-02 Degelman Industries Ltd. Tractor front supported implement attachment frame
US4281721A (en) * 1978-12-12 1981-08-04 Beales Steel Products Ltd. Bulldozer blade mounting assembly
US4541493A (en) * 1984-06-28 1985-09-17 Clark Equipment Company Bulldozer tilt mechanism
EP0244125A1 (en) * 1986-05-02 1987-11-04 Vickers Public Limited Company Blade-like attachment for armoured vehicles
US5069296A (en) * 1990-06-05 1991-12-03 Case Corporation Pitch/tilt dozer
US5181574A (en) * 1991-12-04 1993-01-26 Fernand Dion Scraper blade mount for bulldozer
US5403144A (en) * 1993-04-23 1995-04-04 Staben, Jr.; Frank P. Blade tilt assembly for a front end loader
US6059048A (en) * 1999-02-04 2000-05-09 Caterpillar Inc. Implement mounting arrangement with independent lift-roll and pitch-yaw operability
US20150308060A1 (en) * 2014-04-28 2015-10-29 Robert L. Beaird, Iii Snowplow apparatus for a motor vehicle
US20180355568A1 (en) * 2017-06-08 2018-12-13 Sven Holzapfel Device for controlling movements of a front- or rear-side mounted implement of a snow groomer, and snow groomer

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US3157099A (en) * 1960-09-06 1964-11-17 Ulrich Mfg Co Earth materials handling apparatus
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US2827717A (en) * 1955-04-15 1958-03-25 Int Harvester Co Hydraulically operated pitch and tilt dozer
GB799180A (en) * 1956-01-09 1958-08-06 Gen Motors Corp Improvements in and relating to bulldozer blade assemblies
US3157099A (en) * 1960-09-06 1964-11-17 Ulrich Mfg Co Earth materials handling apparatus
US3226858A (en) * 1963-05-01 1966-01-04 Raymond Int Inc Inertial mass, force multiplying device
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US3853181A (en) * 1972-09-08 1974-12-10 Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd Two-way bulldozer
US4019588A (en) * 1975-06-30 1977-04-26 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Tilting means for bulldozer blades
US3998277A (en) * 1975-10-30 1976-12-21 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Bulldozer assembly with means for pivotally connecting the push arms thereof
US3974882A (en) * 1975-11-26 1976-08-17 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Cellular bulldozer blade with built-in support brackets
US4044843A (en) * 1976-04-22 1977-08-30 Arnold Emeral Holub Tractor-mounted scraper
US4220210A (en) * 1977-10-31 1980-09-02 Degelman Industries Ltd. Tractor front supported implement attachment frame
US4189010A (en) * 1978-01-27 1980-02-19 Caterpillar Tractor Co. Power angling bulldozer assembly
US4281721A (en) * 1978-12-12 1981-08-04 Beales Steel Products Ltd. Bulldozer blade mounting assembly
US4541493A (en) * 1984-06-28 1985-09-17 Clark Equipment Company Bulldozer tilt mechanism
EP0244125A1 (en) * 1986-05-02 1987-11-04 Vickers Public Limited Company Blade-like attachment for armoured vehicles
US5069296A (en) * 1990-06-05 1991-12-03 Case Corporation Pitch/tilt dozer
US5181574A (en) * 1991-12-04 1993-01-26 Fernand Dion Scraper blade mount for bulldozer
US5403144A (en) * 1993-04-23 1995-04-04 Staben, Jr.; Frank P. Blade tilt assembly for a front end loader
US6059048A (en) * 1999-02-04 2000-05-09 Caterpillar Inc. Implement mounting arrangement with independent lift-roll and pitch-yaw operability
US20150308060A1 (en) * 2014-04-28 2015-10-29 Robert L. Beaird, Iii Snowplow apparatus for a motor vehicle
US9765492B2 (en) * 2014-04-28 2017-09-19 Robert L. Beaird, Iii Snowplow apparatus for a motor vehicle
US20180355568A1 (en) * 2017-06-08 2018-12-13 Sven Holzapfel Device for controlling movements of a front- or rear-side mounted implement of a snow groomer, and snow groomer
US11105058B2 (en) * 2017-06-08 2021-08-31 Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG Device for controlling movements of a front- or rear-side mounted implement of a snow groomer, and snow groomer

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