Patent classifications
A01D65/00
Crop lifter with angle and finger adjustment
A crop lifter apparatus has a bracket for attachment to a header guard finger. A cylindrical groove in a front portion of the mounting bracket has an axis perpendicular to a travel direction and a lock bolt hole is defined through the mounting bracket at the groove. The rear of a finger support member has a cylindrical wall engaged in the groove, and defines a cylindrical lock aperture with an axis coincidental with the axis of the groove. A slot in the rear of the support member is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the lock aperture. A lock cylinder is engaged in the lock aperture and a lock bolt extends through the lock bolt hole and the slot and into the lock cylinder and is tightened to secure the support member to the mounting bracket at a selected finger angle. A length of the lifting finger may be adjustable.
ROW DIVIDER HAVING A CONVEYOR FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER
A corn header for a combine harvester capable of lifting stalks that have fallen sideways in a row is provided. The corn header includes a frame, a plurality of row units and a plurality of row dividers for guiding crop plants toward the row units. The frame is mounted to a forward end of the combine harvester. The plurality of row units extends forward from the frame. Each row divider is connected to and extends forward of at least one row unit, and includes a conveyor connected to a lateral side of the row divider for the purpose of lifting and propelling crop plants into the corn header. In a preferred embodiment, the conveyor is an auger including a helical flight having a non-circular profile or a plurality of notches to increase its ability to lift and propel crop plants into the corn header.
ROW DIVIDER HAVING A CONVEYOR FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER
A corn header for a combine harvester capable of lifting stalks that have fallen sideways in a row is provided. The corn header includes a frame, a plurality of row units and a plurality of row dividers for guiding crop plants toward the row units. The frame is mounted to a forward end of the combine harvester. The plurality of row units extends forward from the frame. Each row divider is connected to and extends forward of at least one row unit, and includes a conveyor connected to a lateral side of the row divider for the purpose of lifting and propelling crop plants into the corn header. In a preferred embodiment, the conveyor is an auger including a helical flight having a non-circular profile or a plurality of notches to increase its ability to lift and propel crop plants into the corn header.
High rise crop lifter
A crop lifter apparatus has a base member attached to a selected guard finger of a cutting header. A front lifting finger extends forward and downward from the base member at a first angle downward from horizontal, and a rear lifting finger extends rearward and upward from the base member at second angle upward from horizontal, where the second angle is greater than the first angle. A front end of the front lifting finger is at a front vertical location that is a first distance below a top surface of the table, and a rear end of the rear lifting finger is at a rear vertical location that is a second distance above the top surface of the table, and the second distance is at least twice the first distance.
High rise crop lifter
A crop lifter apparatus has a base member attached to a selected guard finger of a cutting header. A front lifting finger extends forward and downward from the base member at a first angle downward from horizontal, and a rear lifting finger extends rearward and upward from the base member at second angle upward from horizontal, where the second angle is greater than the first angle. A front end of the front lifting finger is at a front vertical location that is a first distance below a top surface of the table, and a rear end of the rear lifting finger is at a rear vertical location that is a second distance above the top surface of the table, and the second distance is at least twice the first distance.
Rotatable wing dividers, harvesting headers, and agricultural machines having rotatable wing dividers
An apparatus for dividing crops includes a support shaft (302) configured to be received by a fixed divider (206) of a harvesting header, a rotatable wing divider (300) coupled to the support shaft (302) at a pivot point (314), and a torsional biasing element configured to apply a biasing rotational force to the wing divider (300) relative to the support shaft (302). A harvesting header (200) includes a header frame (202), a first divider assembly, a second divider assembly, and at least one harvesting tool (204). The divider assemblies each include a fixed divider (206), a support shaft (302) carried by the fixed divider, a rotatable wing divider (300) coupled to the support shaft at a pivot point (314), and a torsional biasing element configured to apply a biasing rotational force to the wing divider (300) relative to the support shaft (302).
Rotatable wing dividers, harvesting headers, and agricultural machines having rotatable wing dividers
An apparatus for dividing crops includes a support shaft (302) configured to be received by a fixed divider (206) of a harvesting header, a rotatable wing divider (300) coupled to the support shaft (302) at a pivot point (314), and a torsional biasing element configured to apply a biasing rotational force to the wing divider (300) relative to the support shaft (302). A harvesting header (200) includes a header frame (202), a first divider assembly, a second divider assembly, and at least one harvesting tool (204). The divider assemblies each include a fixed divider (206), a support shaft (302) carried by the fixed divider, a rotatable wing divider (300) coupled to the support shaft at a pivot point (314), and a torsional biasing element configured to apply a biasing rotational force to the wing divider (300) relative to the support shaft (302).