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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186138 | Windrow merger A windrow merger including three pickup and transfer units, a folding system, and a plurality of float mechanisms. The folding system employs simultaneous rearward, outward, and upward folding motion so as to ensure none of the units interfere with the other units w... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8166739 | Windrow merging apparatus A windrow merger has a frame supporting first, second and third pickup assemblies, with the two outside pickup assemblies foldable between an extended use position and a retracted travel position. Each of the pickup assemblies includes a reversible conveyor providin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8091331 | Windrow merger A windrow merger including three pickup and transfer units, a folding system, and a plurality of float mechanisms. The folding system employs simultaneous rearward, outward, and upward folding motion so as to ensure none of the units interfere with the other units w... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7877975 | Windrow merger lift mechanism A windrow merger lift mechanism having on a pair of rotational axes, skewed with respect to each other, to manipulate a merger apparatus between working and non-working positions. When the merger apparatus is in a first, or working position, the lift mechanism posit... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7827774 | Windrow merging apparatus A windrow merger has a frame supporting first, second and third pickup assemblies, with the two outside pickup assemblies foldable between an extended use position and a retracted travel position. Each of the pickup assemblies includes a reversible conveyor providin... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823372 | Skewed roller conveyor for double windrow attachment A mower-conditioner is equipped with a double windrow attachment comprising a longitudinal conveyor which receives crop delivered rearwardly by a rotary conditioner. A side conveyor is located rearward of the longitudinal conveyor and is mounted for movement between... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7757469 | Carousel merger A carousel merger is provided that is designed to replace existing belt conveyor devices. The carousel merger device has a crop receiving passageway which extends through a top surface of the carousel merger device toward a bottom surface of the carousel merger devi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7743594 | Mechanism for guiding a windrower for making an initial cut for multiple windrows A mechanism for guiding a windrower while making an initial swath pass in a multi-pass windrow merging operation in a manner to establish the lateral spacing between an end of the header and the adjacent edge of the uncut crop so that the header encounters an optima... | 06/29/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7624561 | Windrow merger lift mechanism A windrow merger lift mechanism having on a pair of rotational axes, skewed with respect to each other, to manipulate a merger apparatus between working and non-working positions. When the merger apparatus is in a first, or working position, the lift mechanism posit... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7574851 | Flexibly mounted side deflector A side deflector for a windrow merger apparatus having flexibly connected first and second portions connected by a plurality of extension springs. The first portion of the side deflector is pivotally connected to the merger apparatus in a manner enabling pivotal mov... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7526908 | Windrow merger lift assist bar A lift assist bar for a windrow merger lift mechanism comprising an elongate lift bar connected at one end to the lift mechanism using a ball joint and having a bearing structure on the opposite end, a fulcrum pin connected to a lift arm of the mechanism for contact... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7484349 | Operating and storage positions of a swather conveyor A self-propelled swather has a frame mounted on ground wheels with a header in front which discharges between the wheels. A swath conveyor belt is located underneath the frame and arranged to convey the cut crop across the frame to a first discharge side of the fram... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7461498 | Crop harvesting header with rotary disks and converging system for forming a swath A crop header has a cutter bar with generally horizontal flail disks driven about generally spaced upright axes. At least two of the disks are mounted outwardly of a discharge opening and the outermost disk carries an impeller and at least one additional impeller is... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7340876 | Crop harvesting header with rotary disks and impellers for transferring the crop inwardly to a discharge opening A crop harvesting header has a cutter bar with a plurality of generally horizontal flail disks mounted thereon for driven rotation about generally upright axes spaced along the cutter bar. At least one of the disks is mounted outwardly of the discharge opening and c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332225 | Bonded vehicular glass assemblies utilizing two-component urethanes adhesive A bonded vehicular glass assembly utilizes a two-component urethane adhesive to attach an attachment member at a glass panel to form a joint suitable for use on a vehicle. The attachment member may be a hinge, or a latch, or the like. Related methods of forming and ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310929 | Windrow merging apparatus A windrow merger has a frame supporting first, second and third pickup assemblies, with the two outside pickup assemblies foldable between an extended use position and a retracted travel position. Each of the pickup assemblies includes a reversible conveyor providin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7261633 | Unitary pivoting spreader apparatus Spreader apparatus for a crop residue chopper of an agricultural harvesting machine or combine, mountable in a simple manner and quickly and precisely pivotable sidewardly, and optionally upwardly and downwardly, in a unitary manner, for adjusting or varying a direc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7165628 | Continuous longitudinal flow root crop harvesting A harvester for root crops such as beets is provided which preferably provides continuous flow of root crops from a header, along a transfer assembly, through a processing run, and to an elevator assembly. The harvester can be configured to include or accommodate in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159378 | Drive train for a header of a harvesting machine A drive train for a header of a harvesting machine comprising a variable length drive shaft. The variable length drive shaft has a first end having a first hinged connection which is connected via a drive element with a first shaft. The variable length drive shaft h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7059108 | Crop deflector used with crop conditioner rolls for effecting formation of fluffy windrow A mower-conditioner includes a pair of conditioner rolls oriented for feeding crop along a flight path extending upwardly toward an impact surface of a swath forming shield. A crop deflector includes a panel disposed so as to intersect the flight path at a location ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047713 | Low profile gearbox housing A gear box for a grass mowing machine with a generally horizontal shaft extending from the engine and/or transmission, and a rotary cutting blade with a generally vertical shaft. The gear box has a top surface and a bottom surface, the gear box enclosing the first e... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028459 | Triple windrowing method and apparatus A harvester suitable for triple windrowing operations has a cross-conveyor located behind the harvesting header for intercepting a stream of severed materials projected rearwardly from the header as the machine moves through the field. The cross-conveyor may be main... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6931826 | Dual drive material turning machine and method A machine for turning material piled on the ground in a windrow comprises first and second track assemblies spaced apart from one another and having a lift assembly therebetween. The lift assembly lifts the material upwardly and deposits it to the rear. The first an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6862873 | Windrow merging attachment A windrow merging implement with a pick-up, a conveyor and a connecting hitch or structure is provided in combination with a mowing vehicle, with the connecting hitch being releasably secured to a rear end of the vehicle chassis. The mowing vehicle is operative to f... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6854251 | Windrow forming system for a crop harvesting header A windrow is formed by discharging the crop rearwardly from a crop conditioner, engaging a center part of the web with a center deflector panel which is adjustable in width so as to direct that portion of the web, selected to match the intended width of the windrow,... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6832467 | Windrow grouper with pivotable platform A pull-type mower-conditioner has a windrow grouper mounted to its main frame by a mounting frame that is swingable between lowered working and raised non-working positions. The grouper includes a conveying arrangement defined in part by a belt conveyor mounted to t... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6775968 | Mower having adjustable crop deflector A mower-conditioner is provided with a crop deflector mounted at the end of an outlet guide element through the medium of a pair of slots provided in each of the opposite sides of the guide element and overlapping slots provided in slot-carriers in the form of flang... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6694715 | Inverter shield for a windrow merger A windrow merger machine, having a pickup conveyor system, which elevates a windrow of crop material from ground level to a transverse conveyor assembly which displaces the windrow of crop material laterally to a discharge end includes a non-adjustable in... | 02/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6662539 | Crop harvesting machine with side discharge directed rearward The apparatus is a crop harvesting machine with a header that discharges the crop toward the rear of the machine at the edge of the area harvested. A transverse auger conveyor moves the cut crop to one side of the machine where rotating paddles attached t... | 12/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6508050 | Device for harvesting agricultural, stalk-like material A device (1) for mowing agricultural, stalk-like material and forming a windrow from the mown stalk-like material, which is to be deposited next to the device, the device having a mowing unit (10), a preparer (11) and a transverse conveyor (12), the trans... | 01/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6421994 | Mowing implement A mower-conditioner includes a conditioning device which is mounted for being selectively shifted transverse the direction of travel so as to be offset relative to the longitudinal centerline of the mowing device. Associated with the conditioning device i... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415590 | Double windrow attachment lift mechanism for harvesters A hay harvester has a double windrow cross-conveyor supported rearwardly of the harvesting header to receive a stream of conditioned crop materials from the header and transport the same laterally to an outboard position. A deflector adjacent the discharg... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6401441 | Harvesting implement with crop guide elements A mower-conditioner includes a crop guide arrangement for intercepting a stream of crop impelled to the rear by the mower and conditioner devices, where guide elements, in the form of vertical, triangular plates, may be selectively rotated down through sl... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6145289 | Windrow grouper arrangement A mower for harvesting crop includes windrow forming housing where crop is discharged after being cut. A windrow grouper attachment includes a crop conveyor attached to the main frame of the mower by a vertically swingable support which is selectively dis... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6082647 | Mounted chopper in a combine harvester A combine harvester has a mounted chopper with a wide-distributor discharge, designed such that the need for impeller blowers for distributing the chopped material across the entire cutting width of the combine harvester is eliminated. In the mounted chop... | 07/04/2000 |
