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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370460 | Drawn cotton picker One or two conventional picking units are mounted on a two-wheel, high clearance running gear or frame. A two-point hitch is coupled to the draft links of a tractor or an equal-angle hitch is coupled to the tractor drawbar. Hitch and tongue interface on the harveste... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7328567 | Wheel rake A wheel rake including an adjustment mechanism for adjusting wheel beam angle for more aggressive or less aggressive raking action. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6979262 | Releasable locking apparatus Locking apparatus adapted for releasably holding a first member, which can be, for instance, a relatively heavy member or device such as a crop residue spreader, in one or more predetermined positions relative to a second member, which can be, for instance, a fixed ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978589 | Reel for a harvesting assembly A harvesting assembly includes a platform reel. The reel includes bat tubes extending longitudinally across the length of the reel. The bat tubes are mounted at their outer ends to opposed spider support elements each having a center rotatable hub. The bat tubes car... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971225 | Control arrangement for a pull-type windrow merger A control arrangement is configured to remotely control operation of a windrow merger pulled by a tow vehicle. The windrow merger includes a plurality of functional systems or assemblies configured to selectively collect and discharge crop material, and that can be ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6951253 | Animal bedding groomer A grooming apparatus, for sloping, aerating and fluffing bedding material in livestock free stalls, is attached to a vehicle such as a skid steer. The grooming apparatus includes a rotary arm, having grooming members, and connected to the vehicle by a boom. The rota... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6715274 | Accelerator roller for windrow merger A towable windrow merger including a pickup head for raising the crop material form the ground surface and a transverse conveyor assembly for laterally displacing the crop material. The transverse conveyor assembly includes an accelerator roller system, supported by... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6662541 | Square drive and pine straw rake apparatus and system A pine straw rake apparatus and system, and a square drive for the pine straw rake. Typically, the square drive includes three sprockets, one larger than the other two in a triangular and planar arrangement, and a roller chain wrapped around the partial c... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6212865 | Windrow merger A windrow merger for merging product material disposed in a windrow on a ground surface, the windrow merger having a transverse conveyor assembly carried on a merger fame, at least a portion of the frame underlying the transverse conveyor assembly, a tong... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205757 | Windrow merging machine and method of merging windrows A windrow gathering machine including a main frame, first and second combined pickup and conveyor units pivotally mounted on skewed axes on opposite sides of the main frame, for movement between substantially horizontal operating positions and inclined ve... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6164052 | Retractable hay and bean fluffer The invented fluffer is a retractable hay and bean agricultural design for use in fluffing hay, bean and other crops. The retractable fluffer comprises: a pickup assembly 40 for fluffing hay or beans, the pickup assembly 40 is attached to and supported by... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6050076 | Haymaking machine A haymaking machine, especially a windrower of mown plant matter, comprising a frame several windrowing rotors which are driven in rotation during work about substantially vertical axes having supports fitted with carrier wheels, the frame comprising a draft b... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5743075 | Haymaking machine A haymaking machine which includes a frame that has two windrowing rotors driven in rotation about substantially vertical axes, the frame having a linkage beam which connects the axle of the first rotor to that of the second rotor, the beam being articula... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5507139 | Crop aerator having a pivoted header frame An aerator main frame has wheels and a hitch by which the main frame is pulled on the ground, such as by a tractor. The main frame has a transverse conveyor for transporting a cut crop laterally of the direction of travel and for depositing the cut crop i... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5459987 | Integrated main frame and basket suspension for a side-delivery rake A side-delivery rake includes a main frame comprising right- and left-hand frame members which diverge rearwardly and are interconnected at their forward ends by a front support assembly and are further interconnected by front, intermediate and rear brace... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5450717 | Crop aerator An aerator for crops such as hay which is pulled by a tractor or other vehicle. The aerator includes a first header conveyor to lift a first swath from the ground onto the first header conveyor. A first hitch extends between the tractor and the first head... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5396756 | Agricultural rake There is provided an agricultural rake which comprises a frame having front rear sections angled with respect to one another. A plurality of angled rake wheels are mounted on the rear section of the frame. The rake wheels are characterized by having a plu... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5337546 | Hay raking and tedding apparatus A hay making apparatus includes a rotor carrying demountable rigid tynes spaced about its periphery and coupled to a drive motor, preferably a hydraulic type. The rotor has an annular body of a resiliently deformable elastomeric material advantageously ha... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5301496 | Inverter extension position lock A position locking mechanism for a windrow inverter having a wing draper attachment mounted on the frame of the windrow inverter on the opposing side of the transverse cross conveyor from the discharge chute and being manually movable between a horizontal... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5272860 | Drive mechanism for windrow inverters A drive mechanism for a windrow inverter having a crop pick-up mechanism operable to elevate a windrow of crop material from the ground onto a transversely moveable draper conveyor is disclosed wherein the draper conveyor is rotatably driven by a hydrauli... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5261218 | Powered rake having debris windrowing mechanism A powered rake for windrowing debris for subsequent collection is provided which includes a main frame for coupling to a tractor, a subframe mounted for pivotal movement relative to the main frame about an upright pivot axis, a roller pivotal with the sub... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5251431 | Bar rake attached turntable device The invention relates to a windrow inverting device pulled by a tractor to turn over hay rows and aid in the drying process of the windrows. The windrow inverting device comprises a rotating turntable in connection with a rake also pulled by a vehicle. Th... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5203154 | Hay rake and merger A forage crop harvester is provided with a rotary crop pick-up which deposits crop deposited in an elongated swath and deposits it on a transversely extended, moveable conveyor which consolidates the crop material and deposits it in a windrow at one side ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5177945 | Rake head support suitable for right hand and left hand finger wheel hay rakes The present invention regards a rake head able to support a right hand and left hand finger wheel hay rake. The structure has been designed to be versatile and there apply many different models of rake frames: the simple type which is a single reduced fra... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5175987 | Hay harvesting machine A hay harvesting machine in which previously cut crop material in a windrow or swath on the ground is picked up and inverted to position a damp side up and a dry side down; as the crop is inverted, it is directed laterally toward one side of the machine a... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5163277 | Machine for spreading, turning and gathering of hay, straw and similar material A machine for spreading, turning and raking together hay, straw and similar materials. The machine has rotors (65, 84) which are rotatable around substantially vertical axles and are provided with rake arms (67) which extend radially and substantially hor... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5127216 | Adjustable folding hay raking windrowing apparatus A hay raking and windrowing apparatus having a tool bar adapted to be attached to a prime mover and having a side delivery rake attached to one side thereof for raking hay rearwardly and inwardly and a second side delivery rake on the other side of the to... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4926625 | Windrow turning apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for inverting a windrow of hay or the like. The apparatus is in the form of an implement to be drawn by a tractor or any other appropriate vehicle and comprises a carriage supported at the front by skids and o... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4785614 | Combination rake and tedding apparatus An agricultural implement is disclosed for raking and tedding a swath of hay into a tedded windrow with a single pass of the implement along the swath of hay. The implement includes a plurality of circular rake wheels and a rotatable tedder, both mounted ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4777788 | Windrow turning apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for inverting a windrow of hay or the like. The apparatus is in the form of an implement to be drawn by a tractor or any other appropriate vehicle and comprises a wheeled carriage on which is mounted a pick-up... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4768333 | Farm machinery for laterally moving and turning over windrows of hay This invention relates to a farm machine having a device (2) for picking up hay on the ground and a device (3) for moving the hay laterally and turning it over. The device (3) for moving and turning over the hay includes a flexible belt (21) equipped with... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4748803 | Windrow turner discharge chute A discharge chute for use on a window turner having a pickup mechanism for elevating a windrow of crop material off the ground and a cross conveyor for receiving the elevated windrow and conveying the windrow laterally of the direction of travel as disclo... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4738092 | Windrow inverter and shifter An apparatus selectively operable either to invert and laterally displace the windrow from its original position or merely to laterally displace the windrow without effecting an inversion thereof is disclosed wherein a first discharge chute can be utilize... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4730447 | Apparatus for turning a windrow of crop material An apparatus for laterally displacing and inverting a windrow of crop material is disclosed wherein a pickup engages a windrow of crop material along a first path and elevates the windrow into a table where it is conveyed in a semi-circular path by a hori... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4700535 | Drum-type windrowing machine A windrower has a transverse support positioned at an angle to the travel direction of the apparatus and attached by a towing bar to a tractor and the like. The transverse support is provided with a plurality of crop-transfer drums, which are attached rot... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4519194 | Hay harvesting machine A hay harvesting machine for windrowing hay, moving swaths of hay, tedding hay and the like includes at least one drum which has a base and a wall, and is rotatable about an axis which is inclined within a predetermined range to the vertical, a flexible s... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4397135 | Forkless haymaking machine A haymaking machine for the windrowing, tedding or turning of crops, includes at least one drum rotatable about an upright axis, a flexible and deformable skirt arranged to follow the contour of the ground, and connected near the bottom of the drum for sw... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4202160 | Crop working machine A rake machine has two rake wheels that are driven to rotate about upwardly extending axes. Each member has a rim and groups of tines are pivoted to the rim. The tines can be pivoted from lower, crop working positions to raised, inoperative positions. A r... | 05/13/1980 |
