Hose Caddy for Powered Implements Mounted on Loaders

摘要

A hose caddy is pivotally mounted on an attachment, such as a loader bucket or other powered implement or attachment, connected to the boom arms of a loader. The hose caddy is formed with a hose retention member that passes hydraulic or pneumatic conduits, and/or electrical wiring, through the hollow hose retention member for connection to the powered implement. A mechanism for securing the conduits or wiring and directs the conduits into the hollow hose retention member. A spring biasing mechanism returns the hose caddy toward the implement as the implement is pivoted back toward the boom arms. A bunk defacing apparatus is also disclosed to facilitate the operation of dislodging and collecting silage material from a compacted bunker of silage material. A powered toothed rotor is supported on a pivot linkage that can be collapsed into housing boxes formed on the interior of the loader bucket.

主权项

1. A hose caddy for use in conjunction with an attachment mounted on distal ends of forwardly projecting boom arms of a prime mover, said attachment having a powered component connected by conduits or wiring to said a corresponding source of power carried by said prime mover, comprising:
an elongated member having a lower pivot end and an upper distal end, said lower pivot end being pivotally connected by a pivot pin to said attachment, said upper distal end including an interior cavity and terminating in an engagement member that directs said conduits or wiring onto said interior cavity of said elongated member to be carried thereby, said conduits or wiring separating from said elongated member at a fixed point spaced from said pivot pin.