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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D633110 | Cutting blade with a left side cutting edge | 02/22/2011 |
| D627797 | Cutting blade with a right side cutting edge | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828071 | Agricultural implement comprising an improved hitch structure An agricultural machine including a chassis, an engine, a driver's cabin, a hitch, and at least two working units connected to the hitch by a hitching frame. The at least two working units are configured to be pivoted between a working position in which the working ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823371 | Guiding arrangement for forage pickup device of an agricultural harvester An agricultural machine for harvesting forage including a frame supporting at least one device for picking up plants lying on the ground and at least one device for moving the plants that have been picked up. The machine includes a device for guiding the plants whic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7712295 | Agricultural machine comprising a motor vehicle and several working units intended to cut plant products An agricultural machine comprising: a motor vehicle that can move in two opposite directions, a direction of travel for work, and a transport direction, a driver's cabin that can move along the motor vehicle, ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7673439 | Agricultural machine for swathing products lying on the ground An agricultural machine for grouping windrows together or for windrowing products lying on the ground includes a main frame supporting a central gathering and windrowing device and two side gathering and windrowing devices connected to support arms that extend later... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7654067 | Mower-conditioner equipped with first and second hollow rollers with reliefs A mower-conditioner conditioning roller comprising a superficial relief over the entirety of its periphery. This roller, of cylindrical overall shape, is hollow and has no cylindrical core and has a wall of reduced thickness directly comprising reliefs. The body of ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7628004 | Machine for gathering products such as grass A machine for gathering products such as grass, including a main frame bearing a first lateral gathering device with which a first windrowing device is associated and a second lateral gathering device with which a second windrowing device is associated. The main fra... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7610741 | Mower with foldable mowing units A mower includes a support structure on which are articulated about substantially horizontal axes at least two mowing units each including a frame carrying at least one cutterbar and one conveyor belt, which mowing units can be moved about the axes from a working po... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7543433 | Agricultural machine for cutting products An agricultural machine for cutting standing products comprising a carrier vehicle to which there are connected at least one frontal working unit positioned, during work and when viewed in a direction of forward travel of the carrier vehicle, forward of said carrier... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7418811 | Mid mount rakes and pickup with side delivery swathers An agricultural machine for grouping products lying on the ground and in particular having a main frame carrying two gathering devices situated one beside the other during work and to which swathing devices are associated and having a separation device situated in f... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7380393 | Windrower for plant matter with three raking wheels A haymaking machine, particularly a windrower for plant matter lying on the ground, comprising a frame bearing three raking wheels having soil resting wheels and raking forks, driven in rotation about support axes in a work position, which raking wheels are connecte... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380391 | Agricultural mower maneuvering and lightening devices A mower including a hitching structure configured to be connected to a motor vehicle, a cutting mechanism, a maneuvering device configured to bring the cutting mechanism from a working position to a maneuvering position, and a lightening device configured to transfe... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370459 | Agricultural machine, particularly of the rotary mower type, comprising an improved chopping device An agricultural machine fitted with a chopping device. The chopping device includes a guard, at least three chopping members disposed above the guard and that are linked thereto to pivot around a shaft directed upwards, and transmission elements that rotate the chop... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337599 | Device for processing fodder A device for processing fodder including a rotor driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, a first guide element partially surrounding the rotor, a second guide element configured to occupy at least two positions relative to the rotor, a first control member c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7127876 | Device for treating fodder and reaping machine which uses such device for treating fodder A device for treating forage, intended to accelerate the drying and comprising a rotor which is rotated about an axis and includes a support and at least one conditioning element. The conditioning element includes at least one active part which is used to work the f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7100350 | Haying machine A haymaking machine including a frame carrying at least one pair of rotors connected to carrying arms that may be moved from a working position, in which they are substantially horizontal, to a transport position, in which they are substantially vertical, and vice-v... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7055300 | Cutting machine, particularly an agricultural mower whose placing in transport position is simplified The present invention proposes a cutting machine comprising: a cutting mechanism, a hitch structure able to be raised relative to the ground, a carrier beam connected to said cutting mechanism by m... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6996965 | Processing element for agricultural machines A conditioning element for a treatment device to accelerate drying of forage. The conditioning element includes an active part to work the forage and a first connecting part to connect, in a pivoting manner about a connecting axis, the conditioning element to a supp... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6907719 | Agricultural implement comprising a transporting device An agricultural machine comprises a body and a drawbar, which drawbar is connected to the body using a first articulation with a substantially vertical axis and allows the agricultural machine to be moved along during work and during transport, the body resting on t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6748730 | Haymaking machine with telescopic carrier arms A haymaking machine for windrowing forage includes a frame carrying several rotors connected to carrier arms which are articulated to the frame and which can be moved from a work position into a transport position. The carrier arms are made as two telescopic parts o... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6679038 | Haymaking machine, particularly a mower with a windrow grouping device A haymaking machine, particularly a mower of plant matter with a grouping device allowing the plant matter cut in two passes to be grouped together into a double windrow or alternatively a single windrow to be formed. The grouping device is made of a firs... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6668531 | Harvesting machine with freewheel compensation A machine for harvesting forage including in particular a cutting mechanism and a device for treating the cut products. The treatment device includes at least two ribbed rollers which are driven in rotation by a transmission. The transmission includes at ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6612102 | Mower comprising a windrow grouping mechanism The mower of the present invention comprises a frame, a cutting mechanism supported by the frame, and a windrow grouping mechanism. In turn, the windrow grouping mechanism comprises a longitudinal conveying device and a transverse conveying device. The mo... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6564879 | Locking device for a guard of soil-working machine A soil-working machine comprising a chassis, a rotor connected to the chassis, driven in rotation during work about a substantially horizontal axis directed transversely to a direction of forward travel of the machine, at least one guard connected to the ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6499413 | Seed planting device and seed drill using such devices A device for planting seeds in the ground having an inlet orifice via which an airstream transporting seeds arrives, an outlet orifice via which the seeds are planted in the ground and a separating device. The separating device includes a grating which li... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6467249 | Hay making machine comprising at least one raking wheel articulated to a carrying arm A hay making machine, particularly a windrower for plant matter, comprising a structure carrying at least one raking wheel. The latter is connected to the end of a carrying arm in such a way as to be able to pivot about a first axis and a second axis. The... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6463726 | Hay harvesting machine provided with at least a swathing rotor equipped with a deflector with adjustable position A hay harvesting machine including a frame with several windrowing rotors, the frame including a draft beam and a connecting beam which is articulated with respect to the draft beam, at least the rotor of the connecting beam located farthest back being eq... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6427428 | Cutting device for a cutting machine A cutting device for a cutting machine including a driver driven by a drive shaft, a support structure secured to the driver and at least one drive device intended to drive a cut product toward the rear of the cutting machine. The drive device includes at... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6393811 | Cutting element for a rotary cutting machine A cutting element for a rotary cutting machine comprising several adjacent cutting members each of which is intended, during work, to rotate about an upwardly directed respective axis. The cutting element comprises an active zone intended to cut plants an... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6381935 | Cutting machine comprising a cutting device connected to a chassis by means of an improved connecting device A cutting machine comprising a chassis connected to a motor vehicle, a cutting device comprising cutting members, a connecting device connecting the cutting device to the chassis in such a way as to allow the cutting device to be brought into a work posit... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6349529 | Operating device for an agricultural machine An operating device for an agricultural machine which includes a hitching structure connected to a motor vehicle by use of an upper hitching point and at least one lower hitching point. A second lower hitching point is connected to the device and the hitc... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6345490 | Agricultural machine including a locking mechanism for preventing a double-rod ram from rotating around its longitudinal axis An agricultural machine including a chassis, a working unit connected to the chassis by a suspension device so that the working unit can move relative to the chassis during work, at least one operating ram for raising the working unit into a transport pos... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6334292 | Belt tensioner A device and an agricultural machine which employ a method for the mounting/disassembly and automatic tension adjustment of at least one endless transmission member. The device for the mounting/disassembly and automatic tension adjustment of the endless t... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6328327 | Adapter device allowing the drawbar of an agricultural machine to be connected optimally to a hitching bar of a tractor An adapter device comprising an adapter bar equipped with a hitching pin extending vertically when the device is mounted on the hitching bar, and a connecting pin for the hitching bar. The adapter device allows the mechanical play between the hitching bar... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6311464 | Mowing machine A mower comprising a cutting mechanism which, during work, extends transversely to a direction of work, a hitching structure connected to a motor vehicle, a carrying beam connected, on one hand, to the cutting mechanism by a first articulation and, on ano... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6308504 | Device for treating cut fodder and mower employing such a treatment device A treatment device for treating cut fodder includes a treatment rotor, first and second supports, and a driving device for driving the treatment rotor. The first support of the treatment device is located near a first end of the treatment rotor. The first... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305153 | Cutting member for agricultural mower A cutting member of a cutting machine driven in rotation about an upwardly directed axis of revolution. The cutting member comprises at least two supports each carrying a cutting element, and at least two active areas each located in a region of a corresp... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6269619 | Mower with a centralized device for adjusting the lightening force exerted on the harvesting mechanism Mower including a suspension device connecting a harvesting mechanism to a chassis and allowing the harvesting mechanism a heightwise movement with respect to the chassis. The mower further including a lightening device associated with the harvesting mech... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6189306 | Agricultural machine comprising a pivotable drawbar and transmission members comprising a coupling with universal joints Agricultural harvester comprising a chassis; a drawbar connected to the chassis at a first articulation of geometric axis; transmission members comprising a first set comprising at least a first drive shaft, a second set comprising at least one input shaf... | 02/20/2001 |