US3758132A - Tractor counter weight assembly - Google Patents

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US3758132A
US3758132A US00141123A US3758132DA US3758132A US 3758132 A US3758132 A US 3758132A US 00141123 A US00141123 A US 00141123A US 3758132D A US3758132D A US 3758132DA US 3758132 A US3758132 A US 3758132A
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  • This invention relates generally to counter weight apparatus for tractors and similar vehicles, and is particularly concerned with a counter weight assembly of the type including a plurality of portable weight members that can be selectively installed on or removed from the vehicle as desired.
  • Agricultural tractors, and similar vehicles are generally provided with counter weight assemblies including portable weight members that can be added and subtracted as necessary to respectively increase or decrease the weighton the steerable wheels of the tractor. It is, of course, desirable for the operator to be able to install or remove these individual weight members with relative ease, while at the same time it is necessary for the weight members to be securely held in position on the tractor during operations.
  • the ease of installing and removing the individual weight members depends to some extent on theamount of vertical lifting required for installation or removal. If the weight members are received in an enclosure or the like when mounted on the tractor, a significant amount of vertical lifting is of course required in order to remove or install theweights in the enclosure. In apparatus of the type wherein the weights are formed with slots for receiving supporting frame members, it is also necessary to lift the weight over the edges of the frame members for inserting the frame members into the slots.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a tractor counter weight assembly wherein each weight member can be installed onto a supporting frame by horizontal movement and is then biased by its own weight to engageclampingmeans on the tractor so that manual manipulation of the weight members after engagement with, thesupporting frame is at a minimum.
  • the individual counter weight, members comprise a generally flat body formed with a supporting lip and a clamping portion spaced from the supporting lip.
  • a supporting frame member on the tractor body is engageable by the lip uponmovementofthe weight member onto the supporting frame.
  • the lip. engages the supporting frame the; clamping portion of the weight member is biased by the weight of the weight member into engagement with clamping means on the tractor body.
  • the clamping means isthen adjustable tosecure the weight member against disengagement from: the supporting frame.
  • the clamping portion of the weight member is in the form of an arm projecting fromthe bodyof the weight member, the arm having-an upperedge surface located b'eneaththe supporting lip with a notch formed therein.
  • the clampingmeans includes a fixed clamping member havinga 'lockingflange receivable intthe notchon the arm member, and a movable clamping member for wedging the arm member against the locking flange to prevent disengagement of the weight member from the supporting frame.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial elevational view of an agricultural tractor having a counter weight assembly according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the tractor of FIG. 1 taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a view taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 2.
  • reference numeral 2 collectively designates a tractor having a body 4 and front steerable wheels 6.
  • the tractor body 4 includes longitudinal frame members 8, a plate 14 extending transversely of the longitudinal frame members 8 at the front end thereof and lying substantially in a vertical plane, a transverse channel frame member 10 extending beneath the longitudinal frame member 8, and a front angle frame member 12 secured by bolts or other conventional fasteners to the plate 14.
  • a counter weight supporting frame member 16 is mounted on the tractor body and extends transversely thereof.
  • the supporting frame member 16 has a depending stiffening flange l8 and engages one leg of the angle frame member 12 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the supporting frame member 16 provides the vertical support for a plurality of portable weight members 20 which are detachably mounted on the tractor body.
  • Each of the weight members 20 is in the form of a generally flat body having inner and outer edges 22 and 24, respectively, and upper and lower edges 26 and 28, respectively. Projecting from the inner edge is a supporting lip 30 which engages the supporting frame member 16.
  • the weight member 20 has a clamping portion in the form of an arm 32 extending from the inner edge 22 for engagement with clamping means designated generally by reference numeral 34 when the lip 30 is supported onthe supporting frame member 16.
  • the clamping means 34 prevents. disengagement of the lip 30 from the supportingframe 16.
  • the clamping means 34 includes a fixed clamping member 36 secured beneath the transverse frame member 10, and a movable clamping member 38 which is adjustable towardand away from the fixed clamping member 36.
  • One or more threaded nuts 40 are secured to thelower flange of the transverse frame member 10 for engagement by a bolt42 which supports the movable clamping member 38. By rotating the bolt 42 in one direction, the movable clamping member 38 moves vertically towards the fixed clamping number 36, and vice versa;
  • the arm 32 has an upper edge surface 44, a lower edge surface 46 which is coextensive with the lower edge 28- of the body of the weight member 20, and an end edge surface 48 extending between the upper and lower edge surfaces.
  • a notch50 is formed in the upper surface 44 of the arm 32 for engagement with the fixed clamping member 36.
  • Thefixed clamping member 36 includes a base portion 52 engageable by the upper surface of the arm 32 that extends between the notch 50 and the end surface 48, and a locking flange 54 depending from the end of the base portion 52.
  • the locking flange 54 is received in the notch 50 when the lip 30 engages the supporting frame member 16.
  • the movable clamping member 38 is formed. with a flange 56 for engaging the end surface 48 of the arm 32, the end surface 48 being inclined to provide a wedging action upon vertical movement of flange 56.
  • the fixed clamping member 36 includes an inclined wedging flange 58 which is engageable by an inclined flange 60 of the movable clamping member 38.
  • the wedging flange 58 also depends from the base portion 52 of the fixed clamping member 36 and is spaced from the locking flange 54.
  • the distance from the inner edge 22, from which the lip 30 and arm 32 project, to the side surface of the notch that is engaged by the locking flange 54, is greater than the distance from the outer edge of the supporting frame member 16, from which the stiffening flange l8 depends, to the locking flange 54. Accordingly, when the lip 30 is placed into engagement with the surface of the supporting frame member 16, the arm 32 is biased by the weight of the weight member to swing into the approximate position shown in FIG. 3 but can clear the locking flame 54 so that the locking flange 54 is received in the notch 50 between the side surfaces thereof. Subsequent tightening of the bolt 42 to draw the movable clamping member 38 upwardly as viewed in FIG. 3 towards the fixed clamping member 36 provides a wedging action to clamp the arm member 32 between the locking flange 54, base member 52 and flange 56 of the movable camping member 38.
  • Each of the weight members includes an opening 60 near the upper edge 26 thereof via the hand grip. Consequently, the operator can manipulate the weight 20 onto or off of the upper surface of the supporting frame member 16 by moving the weight member 20 in a horizontal direction after the lower surface of the lip 30 has been brought to the level of the supporting frame member 16.
  • the clamping means 34 extends transversely across the body of the tractor to accommodate all of the weight members 20 that can fit onto the space provided by the length of the supporting frame member 16.
  • Weights can be removed as desired by loosening the movable clamping member 38 thereby permitting the locking flange 54 to be disengaged from the notches 50 of the respective weight members by slight clockwise movement of the weight member 20 about the supporting lip 30, as viewed in FIG. 3, whereupon the weight member can be moved horizontally to the left to disengage it from the supporting frame member 16.
  • a counterweight assembly on a tractor comprising: a supporting frame member secured to a forward position of said tractor; at least one weight member extending fore and aft to said tractor and having a body and an arm extending rearwardly from said body under the tractor and comprising a substantial portion of the weight of said weight member, a supporting lip intermediately formed on said weight member and mountable on said supporting frame member, and a clamping portion spaced rearwardly from said lip and at the end of said arm; clamping means secured tothe'underside of said tractor and spaced rearwardly from engagement of said lip on said supporting frame member and at the end of said arm; said clamping portion of said weight member being engageable and cooperating with said clamping means when said supporting lip is positioned on and engaged with said supporting frame member to prevent disengagement of said lip from said supporting frame member.
  • clamping means includes a fixed clamping member and a movable clamping member for engaging said arm therebetween.
  • a tractor counterweight assembly comprising: at least one weight member having a body with a supporting lip formed thereon and an arm projecting from said body, said arm has an upper edge surface, a lower edge surface spaced from said upper edge surface, and an end edge surface extending between siad upper and lower edge surfaces; a clamping portion on said arm and spaced from said lip; a supporting frame engageable by said lip; a fixed clamping member and a movable clamping member spaced from said frame; said clamping portion being engageable with said clamping members when said supporting lip is engaged with said supporting frame member; a notch in said upper surface; said fixed clamping member includes a base portion engageable by the upper edge surface of said arm, and a locking flange depending from one edge thereof for engagement with said notch.
  • said fixed clamping member includes a wedging flange depending from said base portion and spaced from said locking flange, said movable clamping member having a wedging surface engageable with said wedging flange.
  • An assembly as claimed in claim 10 including an opening in said weight member defining a hand grip.
  • a tractor counterweight assembly comprising: a tractor body; a supporting frame member on said tractor body and extending transversely thereof; at least one portable weight member supported on said sup porting frame member; said weight member having a generally flat body with an inner edge and a supporting lip projecting from said inner edge; an arm member projecting from said inner edge beneath said supporting lip and extending beneath said supporting frame; said arm member having an upper edge surface, a lower edge surface, an end surface extending therebetween, and a clamping notch formed in said upper edge surface; clamping means on said tractor body and extending transversely thereof, said clamping means including a fixed clamping member having a base portion with a locking flange depending therefrom and engaged with said notch, and a movable clamping member engaged with the end surface of said arm and adjustable to clamp said arm between said locking flange, base portion and movable clamping member.
  • a tractor counterweight assembly comprising: a generally flat body having an inner edge, an outer edge, and uppr and lower edges; an arm projecting from said inner edge; said arm having spaced upper and lower edge surfaces and an end edge surface extending therebetween; a supporting lip projecting from said inner edge in spaced relationship with the upper edge surface of said arm for supporting said body, a supporting surface; clamping means horizontally and fixedly spaced from said support surface; said arm having a length such that said end edge surface is located a substantially greater distance from said outer edge than said supporting lip whereby said arm can swing into engagement with said clamping means and when said supporting lip supports said body on a supporting surface.
  • An assembly as claimed in claim 13 including a notch formed in saidupper edge surface.
  • a tractor counterweight comprising: a generally flat body having an inner edge, an outer edge, and upper and lower edges; an arm projecting from said inner edge; said arm having spaced upper and lower edge surfaces and an end edge surface extending therebetween; a supporting lip projecting from said inner edge in spaced relationship with the upper edge surface of said arm; and a notch formed in said upper edge surface, the portion of the upper surface of said arm extending between said inner edge and said notch being spaced below the portion of the upper surface of said arm extending between said notch and said end surface.
  • An assembly as claimed in claim 15 including an opening in said weight member defining a hand grip.

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US7540689B1 (en) 2007-01-16 2009-06-02 Major Sr William J Counterweight system
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