Remotely adjustable row divider for an agricultural harvester
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsJonathan E. Ricketts, Brett Gutknecht, Nate McGraw, Adam L. Hession
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Abstract
A header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; at least one crop remover carried by the header frame; a plurality of row dividers pivotably carried by the header frame; and at least one divider lifter coupled to at least one of the row dividers and configured to activate in order to pivot the coupled at least one row divider relative to the header frame. The at least one divider lifter is configured to be selectively activated by a remote controller.
Claims14
A header for an agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a header frame;
- at least one crop remover carried by the header frame;
- a plurality of row dividers pivotably carried by the header frame;
- at least one divider lifter coupled to at least one row divider of the plurality of row dividers and configured to activate in order to pivot the at least one row divider relative to the header frame, the at least one divider lifter configured to be selectively activated by a remote controller;
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- at least one divider support bearing on the at least one row divider such that movement of the at least one divider support causes pivoting of the at least one row divider;
- wherein the at least one divider lifter comprises a winder, the winder is connected to the at least one divider support via at least one respective tensioner, the at least one respective tensioner is configured to wind about a shaft of the winder, and the shaft of the winder is configured to rotate to change an effective length of the tensioner.
An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a header carried by the chassis, the header comprising:
- a header frame;
- at least one crop remover carried by the header frame;
- a plurality of row dividers pivotably carried by the header frame;
- and
- at least one divider lifter coupled to at least one row divider of the plurality of row dividers and configured to activate in order to pivot the at least one row divider relative to the header frame;
- a controller carried by the chassis remotely from the header and configured to selectively activate the at least one divider lifter by outputting a signal to the at least one divider lifter or to a power source coupled to the at least one divider lifter;
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- one or more crop detecting sensors operatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to detect whether the at least one row divider is unutilized based on feedback from the one or more crop detecting sensors, and the controller is configured to selectively activate the at least one divider lifter in response to determining the at least one row divider is unutilized.
An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a controller configured to be carried by a chassis of the agricultural harvester remotely from a header of the agricultural harvester, wherein the controller is configured to:
- detect whether at least one row divider of a plurality of row dividers is unutilized based on feedback from one or more crop detecting sensors, wherein each of the plurality of row dividers is configured to be pivotably carried by a header frame of the header;
- and
- selectively activate at least one divider lifter in response to determining the at least one row divider is unutilized by outputting a signal to the at least one divider lifter or to a power source coupled to the at least one divider lifter, wherein the at least one divider lifter is configured to couple to the at least one row divider and to activate to pivot the at least one row divider relative to the header frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.