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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7306252 | Hydraulic drive arrangement for the cutter of a pull-type crop harvesting machine A pull-type crop harvesting machine has disk cutter carried on a frame mounted on ground wheels with a hitch arm extending from the frame over the header to a hitch connector of a tractor. The hitch arm is mounted for pivotal movement about a generally upright axis ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7264064 | Hydraulic pump drive A hydraulic pump drive is mounted to the tongue of an agricultural implement. Connecting components between the pump and the drawbar extender of the towing tractor aim the pump input shaft toward the tractor. A short telescoping PTO assembly connects the pump shaft ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7198295 | Retainer arrangement connecting operating unit to a vehicle A retaining arrangement, including a support arm is proposed, by means of which an operating unit is connected with a vehicle. The retaining arrangement includes a safety device which operates such that, as long as a predetermined condition is not fulfilled, the con... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7055618 | Hydraulic pump drive A hydraulic pump drive is mounted to the tongue of an agricultural implement. Connecting components between the pump and the drawbar extender of the towing tractor aim the pump input shaft toward the tractor. A short telescoping PTO assembly connects the pump shaft ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047714 | Tongue swing cylinder arrangement for rotary side-pull mower-conditioner A side-pull mower-conditioner includes a wheeled frame from which a crop harvesting header is suspended. A draft tongue carrier forms a forward projection of the frame and terminates at a forward end located above the header. A draft tongue includes a rear end pivot... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6845603 | Side-pull mower-conditioner tongue operatively associated with access door for closing door when tongue is swung The cutter bar of a side-pull mower-conditioner is located within a housing including a forward top wall section defined by an access door that is hinged for being lifted from a substantially horizontal position to a raised position permitting access to the cutter b... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6755589 | Clevis assembly for an implement hitch A rotary cutter includes a hitch comprising upper and lower arm sections which define a parallel linkage extending between the deck of the rotary cutter and a ball clevis forming a forward end of the hitch. The ball clevis includes identical upper and lower halves w... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6718747 | Rotary cutter parking stand A towed rotary cutter includes a self-leveling hitch equipped with a parking stand mounted in a centered position beneath the hitch. Through the operation of the leveling links, the hydraulic lift cylinder that is used for raising and lowering the ground wheels of t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6625964 | Hydraulic drive line and hitching assembly for pull-type implements A hydraulic drive apparatus for powering mechanical components of a pull-type implement, such as a crop harvesting unit, having an elongated extending hitching arm for pivotal attachment to a powered vehicle provided with a power take-off shaft. The drive... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6517097 | Towing device for an agricultural apparatus A towing device for an agricultural apparatus (2), includes at least one wheel (6) which is arranged in a front area of the agricultural apparatus (2) and can rotate about an essentially horizontal wheel axle (8); a link arm (10) which is connected to the... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6430908 | Self-leveling hitch and clevis assembly A rotary cutter includes a hitch comprising upper and lower arm sections which define a parallel linkage extending between the deck of the rotary cutter and a ball clevis forming a forward end of the hitch. The ball clevis includes identical upper and low... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6122902 | Mower conditioner gear box steering device A pull-type harvesting machine is adapted for laterally offset attachment to a tractor. The machine has a frame and a harvesting head supported by the frame including a cutting apparatus for cutting crops as the machine is towed across a field, and a gear... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116009 | Curved draft tongue for mower conditioners A curved implement tongue improves the turning characteristics of the implement, such as a mower-conditioner. The tongue is bent in the horizontal plane and incorporates a generally vertical box section at the end of the tongue. The tongue supports a driv... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6023923 | Drive shaft support for mower conditioners A curved implement tongue improves the turning characteristics of the implement, such as a mower-conditioner. The tongue is bent in the horizontal plane and incorporates a generally vertical box section at the end of the tongue. The tongue supports a driv... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5916112 | Guide link for a rotatable harvester gearbox A guide link mechanism is supported from the draft tongue of a pull-type harvester and connected to the gearbox mounted on the crop harvesting header to provide rotational power thereto wherein the guide link is supported from a sliding mechanism mounted ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5901538 | Brush felling head The felling head is operatively installed at the front end of a tractor vehicle, and used for debrushing a brush covered terrain. It comprises a rigid framework, from which downwardly depends a pair of flat, spaced-apart elongated skates that slidingly re... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5724794 | Cutting device with a control device A cutting device includes a cutting mechanism, a hitching structure designed to be connected to a motor vehicle, a support beam joined to the hitching structure and to the cutting mechanism and a traction device. The traction device is comprised of at lea... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5544475 | Dual hitch This invention provides a dual hitch whereby two rakes, tedders or other trail implements can be operated at one time behind a tractor. The dual hitch is designed so that the implements towed by the tractor may be hitched and operated without alteration t... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5437145 | Feeder assembly coupling structure for an agricultural harvester The present invention concerns a self-aligning coupling structure for releasably connecting a rear end of a feeder assembly to a frame of an agricultural harvester such as a combine and the like. The self-aligning coupling structure includes a pair of rel... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5303789 | Machine with PTO-shaft support bracket The invention is an improvement in a ground-travelling machine such as an agricultural spreader having a PTO shaft for connection to a power source. The improved machine includes a bracket for supporting a shaft in a utility position. The supported shaft ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5224323 | Bale wrapper apparatus There is disclosed a bale wrapper apparatus (10) which can apply stretchable plastics film around a round-bale (17) and which comprises a main frame (13) which can be coupled to the front or rear of a propelling vehicle (12), a turntable (16) mounted on t... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5107663 | Farm machine having a deformable suspension mechanism A farm machine comprises at least one group of working elements and a structure having a hitching mechanism for hitching the farm machine to a motor vehicle during work. The group of working elements is connected to the structure which comprises a tongue ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4934131 | Pull type swather frame A pull type swather having double swath and enhanced operating to transport mode change capabilities. A subframe is mounted forwardly of a rear frame and the two are pivotally connected. The table of the swather includes a pair of draper decks operable to... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4858417 | Mower with adjustable extension wings A rotary mower having a central section and extension wings or end sections relatively pivotably movable upwardly and downwardly with respect to the central section. Each of the sections includes a plurality of cutting units mounted for rotation about ver... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4719742 | Mowing machine A mowing machine having cutting elements and a beam for attaching to a tractor, and an intermediate structure to which is connected the beam, the cutting elements comprising a first and a second cutting group each group extending on the opposite side of t... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4332128 | Pull type automatic tobacco harvester The present invention relates to a pull type multi-pass automatic tobacco harvester adapted to be connected to a farm tractor and pulled through a tobacco field for harvesting tobacco within the field. The pull type automatic tobacco harvester includes a ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4179870 | Trailing tandem mower A pair of cutter bar-type mowers are rearwardly and laterally offset on a mower frame having steerable wheels for moving the mower between a cutting position offset from the tractor and a transport position directly behind the tractor. A spring-assisted p... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4037395 | Tractor pulled crop harvester A crop harvester having a mobile frame to be pulled by a tractor and movable between paths of travel at opposite sides of the path of travel of the tractor. The frame includes front and rear longitudinal frame members extending transversely of the directi... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4018036 | Method for harvesting crops using a tractor-pulled crop harvester A method and apparatus is provided for harvesting crops in adjacent rows or swaths using a tractor-drawn crop harvester adapted for operation on either side of the pulling tractor. The crop harvester is provided with an arched hitching tongue extending fr... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4001908 | Sweeping apparatus for coupling to a motorized vehicle A sweeping apparatus is provided with means for coupling to a motorized vehicle for towing therebehind and brushing dirt, debris, and the like off a surface over which the vehicle may pass. The sweeper comprises a housing having a transversely extending s... | 01/11/1977 |
