Patent ID: 7225883
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: A01B,B60D

Abstract:
1. A device for coupling an agricultural implement to an agricultural tractor comprising a hook main body including a hook portion for accommodating a coupling ball provided at the front end of the agricultural implement and a cavity provided by the side of the hook portion, a stopper housed in the cavity and for sliding through an opening at the hook portion of the cavity toward the hook portion so as to lock the coupling ball, a control lever for sliding through an upper end opening of the cavity and making the stopper slide between a coupling-ball-releasing position and a coupling-ball-blocking position, and a spring for urging the stopper and the control lever downward in the cavity, the device for coupling an agricultural implement to an agricultural tractor is characterized in that an engaging pin is provided in an upper portion of the cavity of the hook main body, and a guide pin is provided in the middle of the cavity; the stopper includes an end for locking the coupling ball and the other end opposed to said end and having a groove disposed downwardly; the control lever is L-shaped and includes an upper block portion and a lower block portion, and the upper block portion extends upwardly through an upper-end opening of the cavity and the lower block portion extends from a lower end of the upper block portion in a direction opposite from the hook portion side; a slit is provided in a lower end of the lower block portion, and the slit extends obliquely upward in a direction opposite from the hook portion side when the control lever is fitted to the hook main body, and the guide pin is inserted into the slit; the stopper and the control lever are rotatably coupled together by a pivot pin, and the pivot pin is disposed in the vicinity of the hook portion side of the groove of the stopper and on the boundary of the connected portion of the upper block portion and the lower block portion of the control lever so as to be rotatably connected; and when the control lever is pulled upwardly along the guide pin against the urging force of the spring until the guide pin reaches an almost lower end of the slit, and is then turned around the guide pin so as to hook the groove to the engaging pin, the end of the stopper for locking the coupling-ball slides to the coupling-ball-releasing position and is held in the position.