Stand of front loader, front loader, and work vehicle with supporting-time guiding hole

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10519623-B2
Application number	US-201916381820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2019
Priority date	Apr 19, 2018
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A stand of a front loader includes: a main body that is disposed on a boom and swings between a supporting position in which the main body supports a front loader and a storage position in which the main body is stored; a grounding-member swing shaft that is disposed on the main body and engages with the boom to hold the main body in the storage position; a swinging member swingably disposed on the boom; and an engagement lever disposed on the swinging member, wherein the main body has a guiding hole that guides the engagement lever to regulate a swinging range of the main body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stand of a front loader, comprising:
a main body that is disposed on a boom and swings between a supporting position in which the main body supports a front loader and a storage position in which the main body is stored;
a grounding-member swing shaft that is disposed on the main body and engages with the boom to hold the main body in the storage position;
a swinging member swingably disposed on the boom; and
an engagement lever disposed on the swinging member, wherein
the main body has a guiding hole that guides the engagement lever to regulate a swinging range of the main body,
the main body has a supporting-position holding portion that engages with the engagement lever when the main body swings to the supporting position to hold the main body in the supporting position, and
the guiding hole comprises a supporting-time guiding hole that guides the engagement lever when the main body swings to the supporting position, and extends along the line that does not pass through the swing center of the main body when viewed from the swing-shaft direction of the main body,
the main body has a supporting-position holding portion that engages with the engagement lever when the main body swings to the supporting position to hold the main body in the supporting position,
the guiding hole comprises a supporting-time guiding hole that guides the engagement lever when the main body swings to the supporting position, and extends along the line that does not pass through the swing center of the main body when viewed from the swing-shaft direction of the main body, and
the supporting-time guiding hole is a through hole in a side surface of the main body.

2. The stand of a front loader of claim 1 , wherein
a length of the swinging member changes from a swing center relative to the boom to the engagement lever.

3. The stand of a front loader of claim 1 , wherein
the engagement lever moves in an engaging direction to be engaged with the supporting-position holding portion, and moves in a releasing direction to be released from the engagement with the supporting-position holding portion; and
the engagement lever comprises a biasing spring that biases the engagement lever in the engaging direction.

4. The stand of a front loader of claim 3 , wherein
the supporting-position holding portion has a long hole extending along a line that does not pass through a swing center of the main body when viewed from a swing-shaft direction of the main body.

5. The stand of a front loader of claim 3 , wherein
the stand of a front loader comprises a pair of left and right stands, each having the supporting-position holding portions, and
the supporting-position holding portions of the pair of left and right stands are respectively formed in side surfaces of the main body that are in the same direction.

6. A front loader, comprising:
the stand of a front loader of claim 1 .

7. A work vehicle, comprising the front loader of claim 6 .

8. The stand of a front loader of claim 1 , wherein
the main body comprises a grounding member that contacts a ground when supporting the front loader; wherein
the grounding-member swing shaft swingably connects the grounding member to the main body, and is slidably disposed on the main body so as to slide to switch between a state of engaging with the boom and a state of being released from the engagement with the boom.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Nadaoka Ryuichi
• Ozeki Yuta
• Hirakawa Koshiro

Classifications

• A01D87/0076

  Front loaders · CPC title

• A01B59/064

  for connection to the front of the tractor · CPC title

• E02F3/3695

  Arrangements for connecting dipper-arms to loaders or graders · CPC title

• E02F3/6273 Primary

  using legs to support the beams or arms on the ground during the connecting process · CPC title

• E02F3/968

  Storing, handling or otherwise manipulating tools when detached from the machine (E02F3/6273 takes precedence) · CPC title