US3893250A - Transport bracket for tractor scrapers and method for using the same - Google Patents

Transport bracket for tractor scrapers and method for using the same Download PDF

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US3893250A
US3893250A US438285A US43828574A US3893250A US 3893250 A US3893250 A US 3893250A US 438285 A US438285 A US 438285A US 43828574 A US43828574 A US 43828574A US 3893250 A US3893250 A US 3893250A
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Thomas R Hamilton
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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
    • E02F3/64—Buckets cars, i.e. having scraper bowls
    • E02F3/65—Component parts, e.g. drives, control devices
    • E02F3/653—Connection mechanisms to the main body of the machine
    • 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
    • E02F3/64—Buckets cars, i.e. having scraper bowls
    • 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
    • E02F3/64—Buckets cars, i.e. having scraper bowls
    • E02F3/6454—Towed (i.e. pulled or pushed) scrapers

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  • ABSTRACT A tractor scraper is rearranged into a transport or drivable condition to have first ends of its draft arms mounted interiorly on the sidewalls of the scraper bowl and the second ends thereof connected to its draft tube by a pair of vertically disposed transport brackets.
  • An object of this invention is to provide an improved, economical and non-complex rigid transport bracket for tractor scrapers and a method for efficiently using the same.
  • the transport bracket is detachably interconnected between one end of each draft arm and the draft tube of the scraper.
  • the opposite ends of the draft arms are preferably mounted interiorly on sidewalls of the scraper bowl.
  • the bracket preferably comprises longitudinally spaced first and second end portions integrally connected together in offset relationship by an intermediate portion. Mounting means. formed at each end of the end portions. are adapted to interconnect the draft arms and the draft tube in the manner mentioned above.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a wheel-tractor scraper shown in its operating condition
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but showing the wheel-tractor scraper rearranged in a transport condition;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged isometric view of a transport bracket utilized to maintain the scraper in its FIG. 2 transport condition
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are enlarged sectional views taken in the direction of arrows IVIV in FIG. I and V-V in FIG. 2, respectively.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a wheel-tractor scraper comprising a two-wheeled tractor 11 connected to a scraper bowl [2 by a gooseneck 13 and a pair of laterally spaced draft arms 14 (one shown).
  • Each draft arm has a first end mounted exteriorly on a sidewall 15 of the scraper bowl by a standard trunnion assembly 16 (FIG. 4).
  • the second end of each draft arm carries an annular flange 17 attached to a like flange 18 (FIG. 3) of a laterally extending draft tube 19 by circumferentially disposed cap screws 20.
  • the scraper further comprises a pair of lift cylinders 21 (one shown) supported on draft tube 19.
  • the cylinders function in a conventional manner to selectively raise or lower attached scraper bowl 12.
  • a conventional apron 22 is pivotally mounted within the bowl to selectively open or close the front open end thereof by means of a cylinder. partially shown at 23, a lift frame 24 and a link 25.
  • apron 22 is raised above and later rested upon draft arms 14 which are detached from the scraper bowl and draft tube 19 by releasing trunnion assemblies 16 and cap screws 20.
  • draft arms 14 are detached from the scraper bowl and draft tube 19 by releasing trunnion assemblies 16 and cap screws 20.
  • Each draft arm is flopped-over degrees to have its first end remounted interiorly on a re spective sidewall 15 by trunnion assembly 16 (FIG. 5).
  • a second end ofeach draft arm is connected to a lateral end of draft tube 19 by a vertically disposed transport bracket 26.
  • the transport bracket comprises longitudinally spaced first and second end portions 27 and 28, respectively. integrally connected together in offset relationship by an intermediate portion 29.
  • the first and second end por tions of a bracket are substantially disposed in parallel planes each substantially coincident with the faces of flanges l7 and 18, respectively.
  • Each end of the bracket has mounting means formed thereat. such as circumferentially disposed holes 30 and 31 which align with underlying holes 32 and 33. respectively. formed in flanges l7 and 18.
  • Cap screws 20 can thus be utilized to attach the ends of the bracket to the flanges.
  • Semi-circular cut-outs 34 and 35 may be formed on each end of the bracket to provide guide means. conforming to an inner radius of flanges 17 and 18, to precisely align holes 30 with underlying holes 32 and holes 31 with underlying holes 33.
  • the bracket may further comprise a pair of triangular reinforcing gussets 36 and 37 secured to portions 28 and 29 thereof and a lifting hole 38.
  • brackets 26 would be removed from the draft arms and draft tube and the draft arms reattached to the scraper as shown in FIG. 1.
  • a transported tractor scraper of the type having a scraper bowl connected to a tractor comprising a laterally extending draft tube disposed longitudinally between said tractor and said scraper bowl;
  • a transport bracket detachably interconnected between a second end of each of said draft arms and said draft tube.
  • each of said transport brackets comprises first and second end portions integrally connected together in offset relationship by an intermediate portion, said first end portion connected to an annular flange secured on the second end of a respective draft arm and said second end portion connected to an annular flange secured on a respective end of said draft tube.
  • the tractor scraper of claim 1 further comprising an apron movably mounted on said scraper bowl to normally close an open forward end thereof, said apron disposed in a raised open position above and rested upon said draft arms.
  • a method for transporting a tractor scraper of the type having a draft tube and a pair of draft arms interconnecting a scraper bowl to a tractor comprising the steps of removing said draft arms from said scraper bowl and said tractor,
  • a transported tractor scraper of the type having a scraper bowl connected to a tractor comprising:
  • each of said transport brackets comprising first and second end portions integrally connected together in offset relationship by an intermediate portion. said first end portion connected to an annular flange secured on the second end of a respective draft arm and said second end portion connected to an annular flange secured on a respective end of said draft tube.
  • a transported tractor scraper of the type having a scraper bowl connected to a tractor comprising:
  • an apron movably mounted on said scraper bowl to normally close an open forward end thereof, said apron disposed in a raised open position above and rested upon said draft arms.

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US438285A US3893250A (en) 1974-01-31 1974-01-31 Transport bracket for tractor scrapers and method for using the same
CA211,747A CA1017712A (en) 1974-01-31 1974-10-18 Transport bracket for tractor scrapers and method for using the same
US05/539,780 US4090724A (en) 1974-01-31 1975-01-09 Tractor-scraper transport bracket
GB304975A GB1477771A (en) 1974-01-31 1975-01-23 Method of assembling a tractor-bowl scraper combination to facilitate passage of the combination between works sites a bracket for use in such a method and a tractor bowl scraper combination when such brackets are incorporated therein
JP1144575A JPS5732181B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1974-01-31 1975-01-29
CA246,511A CA1017713A (en) 1974-01-31 1976-02-25 Method of transporting a tractor scraper
CA246,512A CA1025813A (en) 1974-01-31 1976-02-25 Transport bracket for tractor scrapers

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US3015173A (en) * 1960-08-29 1962-01-02 Caterpillar Tractor Co Shipping accessory for tractor drawn scrapers
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