Patent ID: 6182781
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B60R,E02F,G05G

Abstract:
A loader comprising:a vehicle body with a canopy and a seat;a hydraulic control valve unit for controlling flow of working fluid therethrough;a seat bar mounted to the canopy of the vehicle body for swinging movement between a lowered position in which an operator is restrained from movement away from the seat and a raised position in which the operator is released from the seat;at least one pedal operatively associated with the control valve unit and tiltable about a horizontal axis between an operative position wherein the control valve unit allows the working fluid to pass therethrough and a neutral position wherein the control valve unit inhibits passage of the working fluid therethrough;a dog plate attached to the pedal for unitary tilting movement with the pedal and having a locking slot opened frontwards;at least one detent lever provided in front of the dog plate and rotatable mounted to a mounting means to rotate about a vertical axis between a locking position, wherein the detent lever engages with the locking slot of the dog plate to keep the pedal in the neutral position and an unlocking position wherein the detent lever disengages from the locking slot to permit the tilting movement of the pedal; andlever actuator means for bringing the detent lever into the locking or unlocking position as the seat bar is caused to move into the raised or lowered position.