Needle frame yoke and arm assembly for agricultural machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSanjeev M. Hallale, Mohamad S. El-Zein, Nathan F. Tortorella, Hema V. Guthy, Sankaran Subramaniam, Hector Portillo, Darin L. Roth, Mark A. Pieper, Todd C. Aeschliman
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Abstract
An agricultural harvesting machine includes a binding mechanism to secure binding material around a crop package and a delivery device to wrap binding material around a portion of the crop package and provide binding material to the binding mechanism. The delivery device includes a needle connected to a needle frame. The needle frame includes a yoke connected a first arm.
Claims20
An agricultural harvesting machine comprising:
- a binding mechanism configured to secure binding material around crop material formed into a crop package;
- and
- a delivery device configured to wrap binding material around a portion of the crop package and provide binding material to the binding mechanism;
- wherein the delivery device includes a needle connected to a needle frame, the needle frame includes a yoke and a first arm extending from the yoke;
- the yoke includes a central section, an upper bar extending from the central section, and a lower bar extending from the central section;
- the first arm includes a main body and a yoke receiving portion;
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- the yoke receiving portion includes a front flange connected to the yoke and a rear flange separately couple to the yoke.
An agricultural harvesting machine comprising:
- a binding mechanism configured to secure binding material around crop material formed into a crop package;
- and
- a delivery device configured to wrap the binding material around a portion of the crop package and provide the binding material to the binding mechanism;
- wherein the delivery device includes a needle connected to a needle frame;
- the needle frame includes a yoke extending between a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first and second arms extending from the yoke;
- the yoke includes an upper bar having a longitudinal first chamber, a lower bar having a longitudinal second chamber, and a central section positioned between the upper bar and the lower bar;
- the first arm includes a main body and a yoke receiving portion;
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- the yoke receiving portion includes a front flange connected to the upper bar by a first fastener and connected to the lower bar by a second fastener and a rear flange connected to the central section by a third fastener.
An agricultural harvesting machine comprising:
- a binding mechanism configured to secure binding material around crop material formed into a crop package;
- and
- a delivery device configured to wrap the binding material around a portion of the crop package and provide binding material to the binding mechanism;
- wherein the delivery device includes a needle connected to a needle frame, the needle frame includes a yoke extending between a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first and second arms extending from the yoke;
- the yoke includes a substantially D-shaped configuration with a curvilinear front portion facing the needle and a rectilinear rear portion opposite the front portion;
- the first arm includes a main body and a yoke receiving portion;
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- the yoke receiving portion includes a front flange having a curvilinear section receiving the front portion and a rear flange connected to the rear portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.