US 11,785,892 B2Granted

Preventing damage from dislodged crop saving accessories

Assignee101288550 Saskatchewan Ltd.

InventorDave Dietrich

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Abstract

An attachment system for attaching a crop saving accessory to a cutting header where the cutting header comprises a knife mounted along a lower front edge thereof and a discharge opening in a middle rear portion thereof. The header cuts plants and moves the plants laterally to the discharge opening where the plants move rearward through the discharge opening. The system comprises an accessory engagement mechanism on a rear portion of the crop saving accessory configured to engage a header engagement mechanism mounted on the cutting header. A first end of a tether is attached to the crop saving accessory and a second end of the tether is adapted for attachment to a tether location on the cutting header. The tether is configured such that when the accessory engagement mechanism is disengaged from the header engagement mechanism, the tether prevents the crop saving accessory from moving through the discharge opening.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An attachment system for attaching a crop saving accessory to a cutting header, the cutting header comprising a knife mounted along a lower front edge thereof and a discharge opening in a middle rear portion thereof, the cutting header operative to cut crop plants and move the cut crop plants laterally along a header surface to the discharge opening such that the cut crop plants move rearward through the discharge opening, the system comprising:

an accessory engagement mechanism on a rear portion of the crop saving accessory, the accessory engagement mechanism configured to engage a header engagement mechanism mounted on the cutting header;
and
a tether attached to the crop saving accessory at a first end thereof and adapted at a second end thereof for attachment to a tether location on the cutting header,
wherein the tether is configured such that when the accessory engagement mechanism is disengaged from the header engagement mechanism, the tether prevents the crop saving accessory from moving rearward through the discharge opening,
and wherein the cutting header comprises knife guards attached to the lower front edge thereof with guard bolts,
and wherein the second end of the tether attaches to one of the guard bolts.

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A crop saving accessory attachment system comprising:

a cutting header comprising a knife mounted along a lower front edge thereof and a discharge opening in a middle rear portion thereof, the cutting header operative to cut crop plants and move the cut crop plants laterally along a header surface to the discharge opening such that the cut crop plants move rearward through the discharge opening;
a crop saving accessory comprising an accessory engagement mechanism on a rear portion thereof, the accessory engagement mechanism releasably engaged with a header engagement mechanism mounted on the cutting header to hold the crop saving accessory to the cutting header;
and
a tether attached to the crop saving accessory at a first end thereof and attached at a second end thereof to a tether location on the cutting header,
wherein the tether is configured such that when the accessory engagement mechanism is disengaged from the header engagement mechanism, the tether prevents the crop saving accessory from moving rearward through the discharge opening,
and wherein the cutting header comprises knife guards attached to the lower front edge thereof with guard bolts,
and wherein the second end of the tether is attached to one of the guard bolts.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.