Motor grader blade clamping mechanism
CA 1048263 A · Owner: Caterpillar Tractor Co. · Inventors: Atherton, Robert A.; Cole, Carroll R.
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An improved blade clamping mechanism for a motor grader blade which has blade support rails carried in pivoted blade support means for lateral sliding movement and in which confining surfaces in the blade support means restrict both vertical and fore-and-aft movement of the rails in the support means. A clamp lever is pivoted on the circle of the motor grader and has a clamp arm which can be turned in a vertical plane against the bottom of the lower support rail with a high mechanical advantage to force the rail against an overlying confining surface; and a single action hydraulic cylinder and piston unit which turns the lever simultaneously presses a clamp shoe against the rear of the …
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- Granted February 13, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 13, 1996.
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