Patent ID: 6499548
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
In the combination of an engine which operates a work performing mechanism remotely located from said engine wherein said combination includes a transmission operatively connected to said engine and to said work performing mechanism by a power takeoff device connected to said transmission and having a housing and an output shaft connectable to said work performing mechanism for operating said mechanism in a work performing mode, the improvement wherein said combination further includes an extension mechanism for remotely mounting said work performing mechanism a preselected spaced distance from said power takeoff device, said extension mechanism comprising a housing extending across said preselected spaced distance and being connected to said transmission and to said housing of said power takeoff device and further including a shaft located and internally rotatably supported via sealed, lubricated bearings within said housing and extending across said preselected spaced distance from said power takeoff device to said work performing mechanism and being connected at a first end to said output shaft of said power takeoff device and at a second end to said work performing mechanism, whereby when said power takeoff device is operatively connected to said transmission and said engine is operating so as to be operatively engaged with said transmission, said combination operates said work performing mechanism.