Self-storing header auger
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorBlaine R. Noll
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An agricultural vehicle including a chassis, a feeder housing supported by the chassis, and an attachment. The attachment includes a header coupled to the feeder housing. The header has a top support beam and a pair of lateral ends. The attachment also includes an auger that has an axis of rotation and is configured to rotate about the axis of rotation. The auger is pivotally connected to the header and is pivotable about a pivot axis. The auger is selectively pivotable between a stored position and an operating position such that in the stored position the auger does not obstruct a line of sight of an operator.
Claims28
An agricultural vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a feeder housing supported by the chassis;
- and
- an attachment, including:
- a header coupled to the feeder housing, the header having a top support beam and a pair of lateral ends;
- and
- an auger having an axis of rotation and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation, the auger pivotally connected to the header and pivotable about a pivot axis, the auger being selectively pivotable between a stored position and an operating position, wherein the axis of rotation of the auger when the auger is in the operating position is above the axis of rotation of the auger when the auger is in the stored position.
An attachment, comprising:
- a header including a top support beam and a pair of lateral ends;
- and
- an auger including an axis of rotation and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation, the auger pivotally connected to the header and pivotable about a pivot axis, the auger being selectively pivotable between a stored position and an operating position, wherein the axis of rotation of the auger when the auger is in the operating position is above the axis of rotation of the auger when the auger is in the stored position.
A header comprising:
- a top support beam;
- a pair of lateral ends;
- and
- an auger having an axis of rotation and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation, the auger pivotable about a pivot axis, the auger being selectively pivotable between a stored position and an operating position, wherein the axis of rotation of the auger when the auger is in the operating position is above the axis of rotation of the auger when the auger is in the stored position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.