A cutting mechanism for the harvesting of whole plants can include a number of mowing elements, which include a lower cutting disk and conveyor rotors located above, two transverse conveyors located in the back, and a delivery conveyor. The cutting disks of the mowing elements work together with a frame-affixed counter-blade and can be driven together with the corresponding conveyor rotors by a shaft. The shafts are driven by a gear arrangement that extends, on the front side, over the width of the cutting mechanism. The frame of the cutting mechanism can include a middle part and lateral parts that are placed so they can swivel, on the middle part, between a horizontal operating position and a raised transporting position.

A cutting mechanism for the harvesting of whole plants can include a number of mowing elements, which include a lower cutting disk and conveyor rotors located above, two transverse conveyors located in the back, and a delivery conveyor. The cutting disks of the mowing elements work together with a frame-affixed counter-blade and can be driven together with the corresponding conveyor rotors by a shaft. The shafts are driven by a gear arrangement that extends, on the front side, over the width of the cutting mechanism. The frame of the cutting mechanism can include a middle part and lateral parts that are placed so they can swivel, on the middle part, between a horizontal operating position and a raised transporting position.

A windrower machine having a pair of forward rotating augers mounted in parallel with one another in overlapping relationship with one another to work in conjunction with a blade and a backstop to form windrows to disrupt and reduce caked material to particulate in windrows as said machine is moved forwardly through a work area.

A windrower machine having a pair of forward rotating augers mounted in parallel with one another in overlapping relationship with one another to work in conjunction with a blade and a backstop to form windrows to disrupt and reduce caked material to particulate in windrows as said machine is moved forwardly through a work area.

An auger finger assembly. The assembly includes an excenter shaft configured to be mounted inside a rotatably driven tubular auger body and parallel and excentric to a central rotation axis of the auger body. The assembly further includes a plurality of auger fingers, each extending along a central longitudinal axis, and a plurality of finger holders mounted adjacent to each other on the excenter shaft along the direction of the rotation axis. Each of the plurality of finger holders includes an axial finger bearing at least partly enclosing the excenter shaft and a radial finger seat configured to hold a respective one of the plurality of auger fingers at an inward end. Along a direction of the rotation axis, the radial finger seat of each of the plurality of finger holders at least partly overlaps with the axial finger bearing of an adjacent one of the plurality of finger holders.

An auger finger assembly. The assembly includes an excenter shaft configured to be mounted inside a rotatably driven tubular auger body and parallel and excentric to a central rotation axis of the auger body. The assembly further includes a plurality of auger fingers, each extending along a central longitudinal axis, and a plurality of finger holders mounted adjacent to each other on the excenter shaft along the direction of the rotation axis. Each of the plurality of finger holders includes an axial finger bearing at least partly enclosing the excenter shaft and a radial finger seat configured to hold a respective one of the plurality of auger fingers at an inward end. Along a direction of the rotation axis, the radial finger seat of each of the plurality of finger holders at least partly overlaps with the axial finger bearing of an adjacent one of the plurality of finger holders.

An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis; a header carried by the chassis and including a cutter mechanism, the header being adjustable in a vertical direction; a swath roller carried by the chassis behind the header; a roller actuator connected to the swath roller and configured to adjust the swath roller in the vertical direction; and a controller coupled to the roller actuator. The controller is configured for: detecting when the header raises in the vertical direction; recording a header raising point where the header raises; determining when the swath roller reaches the header raising point; and signaling the roller actuator to raise the swath roller when the swath roller reaches the header raising point.

An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis; a header carried by the chassis and including a cutter mechanism, the header being adjustable in a vertical direction; a swath roller carried by the chassis behind the header; a roller actuator connected to the swath roller and configured to adjust the swath roller in the vertical direction; and a controller coupled to the roller actuator. The controller is configured for: detecting when the header raises in the vertical direction; recording a header raising point where the header raises; determining when the swath roller reaches the header raising point; and signaling the roller actuator to raise the swath roller when the swath roller reaches the header raising point.

An agricultural machine for harvesting a crop, which is equipped with a harvesting head, includes: a mowing bar for harvesting the crop; at least one transportation system adapted to transport the crop cut by the mowing bar to a collection mouth of the harvesting head. The at least one transportation system includes: a first transmission system having a first flexible element coupled with a pair of first rotary elements; a second transmission system having a second flexible element coupled with a pair of second rotary elements; at least one arm coupled with both of the first flexible element and the second flexible element, in such a way as to extend on the harvesting head substantially transversally relative to the mowing bar both during a transportation step for transporting the crop cut by the mowing bar and during a return step.

A merger, for picking up and distributing materials from a ground surface, includes a frame that provides support to the merger, a pick-up head affixed to the frame that lifts the materials from the ground surface, a height adjustor affixed to the frame that maintains a minimum clearance between the ground surface and the pick-up head, and a conveyor affixed to the frame that receives the materials from the pick-up head. The conveyor includes a first belt and a second belt that independently distributes the materials on the ground surface from at least one of a first side of the frame and a second side of the frame.