Patent ID: 6328327
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A01B,B60D

Abstract:
An adapter device for a hitching bar of an agricultural tractor comprising:an adapter having ends bar equipped with a hitching pin near one of the ends of said adapter bar, said hitching pin extending substantially vertically when the adapter device is mounted on the hitching bar, and a connecting pin intended to pass through an opening made in said hitching bar, andmeans of a mechanical play between the hitching bar and the adapter barwherein said means for reducing mechanical play between the hitching bar and the adapter bar comprise:two cheeks mounted laterally one on each side of the adapter bar using two mounting rods, one of the mounting rods acting as an axis about which said adapter bar can pivot with respect to said cheeks,a locking rod connected to the two cheeks and located in a region lying between the two mounting rods, anda clamping screw connected to the adapter bar and bearing against a part secured to at least one of the cheeks so as to be able to clamp the hitching bar between the adapter bar and the locking rod when the clamping screw is turned, said mounting rods being used to clamp the adapter bar and the hitching bar laterally via the two cheeks.