An agricultural machine, includes a frame with a pair of wheels enabling movement in one direction, at least two harvesting devices for agricultural products connected to the frame that, in a work position, are arranged frontally to the wheels and aligned with each other transversely to the one direction. Unloading equipment is arranged operationally downstream of the harvesting devices to receive the harvested agricultural products and to move them in an unloading direction transverse to the one direction. The unloading equipment includes a central unloading device that is movable with respect to the harvesting devices between a work position, wherein it directly receives the harvested agricultural products from the harvesting devices, and a non-operational position, wherein offset with respect to the work position so as to enable the harvested agricultural products to fall immediately downstream of the first harvesting device.

An agricultural machine includes: a machine frame; and a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly being configured for selectively occupying a first position and a second position by moving therebetween, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system, the second position being associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material.

An agricultural machine includes: a machine frame; and a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly being configured for selectively occupying a first position and a second position, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system, the second position being associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material.

An agricultural system for collecting plant material may comprise an implement head to be moved across an agricultural field by a power unit along a path of movement. The head may have an intake opening through which plant materials move into the head. The system may further comprise a material gathering apparatus for enhancing collection of plant material, and may be carried by the head. The gathering apparatus may be selectively movable between an operational position forward of the intake opening and proximate to the ground surface to engage plant material, and an inactive position raised to a higher vertical level. The gathering apparatus may comprise a plurality of rake assemblies arranged in an array proximate to the intake opening such that the action of the rake assemblies tends to lift the material above the ground surface to facilitate intake of the plant material by the intake opening.

A pick-up apparatus (10) for an agricultural harvester, with a main frame (11) designed to connect the pick-up apparatus (10) to the agricultural harvester, with a crop collector (12) which is attached to the main frame (11), the crop collector (12) being designed to pick up crops from a ground surface, and with a crop conveyor (13), which is attached to the main frame (11) via brackets (14) in such a way that the crop conveyor (13) is mounted rotatably on the brackets (14) and is pivotable together with the brackets (14) in relation to the main frame (11), wherein the crop conveyor (13) is designed, in conjunction with a floor plate (19), to convey the crops picked up by the crop collector (12), wherein at least one eccentric body (20) is attached to the main frame (11), on which body a respective bracket (14) is directly or indirectly supported, wherein the position of the at least one eccentric body (20) on the main frame (11) determines the distance between the crop conveyor (13) and the floor plate (19). FIG. 1

A pickup assembly for an agricultural harvester includes a pickup assembly frame, a pickup unit carried by the pickup assembly frame and configured to pick up crop from a field, a feeding auger, and a wind guard assembly. The wind guard assembly includes a wind guard frame with a top section and a front section, the top section being pivotably coupled to the pickup assembly frame, the front section extending downwards from the top section. A wind guard shield is carried by the wind guard frame to cover at least a portion of a top and a front of the pickup assembly. Additionally, the pickup assembly includes a wind guard shield return surface, extending downward and rearward from the front section of the wind guard frame and configured to guide crop falling of the feeding auger back to the pickup unit.

The present invention relates to a forage harvest machine (1) including a crop pick-up (20), a rotor assembly (40) that rotates about a rotor axis (R), and one or more plates (216). The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft (44), a plurality of teeth (48) attached to the rotor shaft for rotation in a teeth rotation area, and one or more augers (50, 51) for directing crop material inward toward the plurality of teeth. The one or more plates (216) radially outward from the teeth rotation area form a first trough (217, 218) and a second trough (248) in which each of the one or more augers (50, 51) is at least partially disposed, at least one of the first and second troughs being moveable relative to the other trough to adjust sizing of an auger discharge pocket (252), thereby preventing or clearing a plugging state of the rotor.

A pickup assembly (2) for an agricultural harvester (1) comprises a pickup assembly frame (200), a pickup unit (10) carried by the pickup assembly frame (200) and configured to pick up crop from a field, and a feeding auger (11), rotatably coupled to an auger arm (10). The pickup assembly (2) further comprises a feeding auger drive (300) for rotating the feeding auger (11). The feeding auger drive (300) comprises an auger pulley (302), mounted to the auger arm (110) and defining a rotational axis of the feeding auger (11), a drive pulley (306), connected to a drive shaft (308), and a drive belt (301), coupling the auger pulley (302) to the drive pulley (306).

An agricultural implement system includes an agricultural implement and a controller. The agricultural implement includes: a chassis, a rotatable power take off (PTO) shaft, a pickup, a movable windguard having a roller, a windguard displacement sensor, a roller speed sensor, a PTO shaft speed sensor, and a ground speed sensor. The controller is configured to: calculate a difference between the rotational speed of the roller and either the rotational speed of the PTO shaft or the ground speed of the agricultural implement; determine a plug condition exists when the displacement of the windguard exceeds a defined displacement and the calculated difference exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and output at least one plug condition mitigation signal to adjust at least one parameter of the agricultural implement system and mitigate the plug condition responsively to determining the plug condition exists.

A windrow picker is equipped with a supporting frame movable in a forward direction across a field. The frame having mounted thereon a pick-up drum, an output conveyor and a first rocker. The first rocker is mounted at its upper, rearward end on the frame so as to be pivotable about a transversely extending axis of rotation. A second rocker is hinged to the first rocker at the lower, front end of the first rocker at a mounting so as to be pivotable about a transversely extending axis. The second rocker supports a front, lower hold-down roller and a rear, upper hold-down roller. The lowest possible position of the second rocker is limited by a stop which cooperates with a counter stop. The counter stop is attached to the frame.