Title: Bulldozer with horizontal brace

Abstract: A bulldozer having a brace between the blade and the frame of the tractor upon which the blade is mounted to absorb lateral forces encountered by the blade and to make unnecessary the conventional diagonal braces thus enabling the blade to be mounted closer to the front end of the tractor.

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Inventors: Stedman, Robert N. (Chillicothe, IL, US)

Application Number: 176916
Filing Date: 1971-09-01
Publication_date: 1976-03-02
Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co. (Peoria, IL)
Primary Class(es): 172/827
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1442796	Jan, 1923	Detwiler	172/277.
1497630	Jun, 1924	Beatty et al.	172/277.
1915355	Jun, 1933	Court et al.	172/277.
2225393	Dec, 1940	Ray	172/277.
2868579	Jan, 1959	Panasewicz	172/801.
2869256	Jan, 1959	Pereira	172/803.
3025620	Mar, 1962	Liess	172/803.
3049820	Aug, 1962	Lichti	172/803.
3395764	Aug, 1968	Wirt	172/803.

Other Refs: 258,403

Jan, 1964	AU

Primary Examiner: Eickholt, E. H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Phillips, Moore, Weissenberger Lempio & Strabala