Patent classifications
A01B59/042
Sand bunker rake and infield groomer apparatus
A sand bunker rake/infield groomer vehicle having a frame; a plurality of wheels to traverse a driven surface, wherein the wheels are rotatably mounted to the frame; a power source mounted to the frame; and a rear attachment structure attached to the frame, wherein the rear attachment structure provides a joint enabling rotation; a bracket including a shaft wherein the bracket is configured to cooperate with an associated rake/grooming attachment; and a pivoting bracket mounted to the frame.
Laterally offset transport wheels on harvesting header
A transport system for a harvesting header including at least one dolly wheel being laterally shifted towards the main header frame with an acute angle relative to an elongate tongue where the acute angle allows the centerline of the harvesting header to travel essentially colinear with the centerline of the towing vehicle. The transport system may be further provided with gauge wheels being repositionable for use as a trailing wheel assembly and/or the at least one dolly wheel.
Laterally offset transport wheels on harvesting header
A transport system for a harvesting header including at least one dolly wheel being laterally shifted towards the main header frame with an acute angle relative to an elongate tongue where the acute angle allows the centerline of the harvesting header to travel essentially colinear with the centerline of the towing vehicle. The transport system may be further provided with gauge wheels being repositionable for use as a trailing wheel assembly and/or the at least one dolly wheel.
Implement hitch with variable vertical load
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for adjusting the downward vertical force applied to the vehicle frame. In this way, an operator can adjust or distribute a vertical downward force that an attached implement applies to the frame of a vehicle towing the implement. A front end of a vertical load member can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle frame at a point in front of the rear axle of the vehicle, and a rear end of the vertical load member can be coupled to a hitch attachment assembly, coupled with a towed implement, at a rear end of the vertical load member. An actuator can be pivotably coupled with the vertical load member rearward of the vehicle axle, and to the vehicle frame. The vertical load member can be raised and lowered using the actuator, which raises and lowers the hitch assembly at the rear, and pivots the vertical load member at the front.
Implement hitch with variable vertical load
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for adjusting the downward vertical force applied to the vehicle frame. In this way, an operator can adjust or distribute a vertical downward force that an attached implement applies to the frame of a vehicle towing the implement. A front end of a vertical load member can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle frame at a point in front of the rear axle of the vehicle, and a rear end of the vertical load member can be coupled to a hitch attachment assembly, coupled with a towed implement, at a rear end of the vertical load member. An actuator can be pivotably coupled with the vertical load member rearward of the vehicle axle, and to the vehicle frame. The vertical load member can be raised and lowered using the actuator, which raises and lowers the hitch assembly at the rear, and pivots the vertical load member at the front.
SPACE-OPTIMIZED DISC HARROW
The present application relates to a soil tillage implement (10) having soil tillage tools (28), in particular disc tools, which are arranged in multiple tool rows (30.1 . . . 30.3) following one another in the working direction (A) and which are oriented transversely to the working direction (A), and having a running gear with at least one main wheel (20.1, 20.2), which is spaced apart from a centre longitudinal axis (22) transversely to the working direction (A) by a lateral wheel distance (dr). Here, the running gear is arranged with respect to the soil tillage tools (28) in such a manner that with respect to the working direction (A) in front of and to the left and right of the running gear at least one soil tillage tool (28) is arranged. All soil tillage tools (28) which are arranged in the tool row (30.1) located furthest in front of the running gear in the working direction (A) have a lateral tool distance (dw) from the centre longitudinal axis (28) that is smaller than or equal to the lateral wheel distance (dr).
METHODS OF OPERATING A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT
A method of operating a tillage implement includes performing a first calibration of the tillage implement based on a curated library, propelling the tillage implement through a field, capturing an image of the field with a camera carried by the tillage implement, comparing information from the captured image with the curated library, identifying residue based on the comparison of the information from the captured image with the curated library, modifying the curated library based on the captured image, and performing a second calibration of the tillage implement based on the modified library. The curated library includes a correlation of observed data with material properties of soil and/or residue, and may initially be based on information from other fields or prior times. The tillage implement has at least one ground-engaging tilling assembly, and propelling the tillage implement through the field causes the tilling assembly to work the soil.
Agricultural tractor having a component storage system
An agricultural tractor having a component storage system. The storage system including a storage bracket which is attached to the pick-up hitch of the tractor. The storage bracket allows for the storage of components of the pick-up hitch when not in use, e.g. a pick-up hitch hook, a drawbar. As the bracket is attached to the pick-up hitch itself, the components are stored in a convenient location for the tractor operator, to allow for hitch components to be changed in a relatively fast manner.
Agricultural tractor having a component storage system
An agricultural tractor having a component storage system. The storage system including a storage bracket which is attached to the pick-up hitch of the tractor. The storage bracket allows for the storage of components of the pick-up hitch when not in use, e.g. a pick-up hitch hook, a drawbar. As the bracket is attached to the pick-up hitch itself, the components are stored in a convenient location for the tractor operator, to allow for hitch components to be changed in a relatively fast manner.
OBJECT COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
An object-collection system is disclosed. The system including a vehicle connected to a bucket, a camera connected to the vehicle, and an object picking assembly configured to pick up objects off of ground. The system further includes a processor that obtains object information for identified objects, guides the object-collection system over a target geographical area toward the identified objects based on the object information, captures images of the ground relative to the object picker as the object-collection system is guided towards the identified objects, identifies a target object in the images, tracks movement of the target object across the images as the object-collection system is guided towards the identified objects, and employs the tracked movement of the target object to instruct the object picker to pick up the target object.