Agricultural harvester grain header auger
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorStijn Borry
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Abstract
An agricultural harvester includes a chassis, a header for cutting and gathering crop material, the header being carried by the chassis, and an auger. The auger moves the cut crop material toward a central area of the header. The auger is rotatably carried by the header. The auger has a plurality of auger sections. The auger includes an auger crankshaft and a hingeable coupling for coupling two of the auger sections to each other. The hingeable coupling allows the auger sections to rotate about differing axes. The hingeable coupling has an internal opening. The auger crankshaft provides positional timing to auger fingers. The auger crankshaft passing through the internal opening.
Claims20
An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a header for cutting and gathering crop material, the header configured for attachment to the chassis;
- and
- an auger for moving the cut crop material, the auger being rotatably carried by the header, the auger having a plurality of auger sections;
- wherein the auger comprises:
- a hingeable coupling for coupling two of the auger sections to each other, the hingeable coupling allowing the auger sections to rotate about differing axes, the hingeable coupling having an internal opening;
- and
- an auger crankshaft for providing positional timing to auger fingers, the auger crankshaft passing through the internal opening of the hingeable coupling, the auger crankshaft not contacting the hingeable coupling.
An auger assembly for use on an agricultural harvester having a header, the auger assembly comprising:
- an auger rotatably carried by the header, the auger having a plurality of auger sections;
- a hingeable coupling for coupling two of the auger sections to each other, the hingeable coupling having an internal opening;
- and
- an auger crankshaft passing through the internal opening, the auger crankshaft not contacting the hingeable coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.