Bar rail for side cutting unit
AssigneeCLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
InventorsHeribert Dudler, Josef Köckemann, Robert Tiemann, Lukas Eidhoff
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Abstract
A side cutting unit for a cutting unit of an agricultural harvesting machine. The side cutting unit comprises a support frame designed as a bar rail, wherein the bar rail supports, in the longitudinal direction, at least one oscillating knife bar using blade holding apparatuses, and at one end is coupled to a drive that causes the oscillating movement of the at least one knife bar, with the bar rail being designed as a one-piece profiled tube, such as an extruded profiled tube.
Claims17
A side cutting unit of a cutting unit of an agricultural harvesting machine comprising:
- a support frame designed as a bar rail, wherein the bar rail supports, in a longitudinal direction, at least one oscillating knife bar using one or more blade holding apparatuses and at one end is coupled to a drive that causes an oscillating movement of the at least one oscillating knife bar,
- wherein the bar rail is designed as a one-piece profiled tube,
- wherein an inside of the profiled tube comprises a plurality of reinforcing bars, and
- wherein the plurality of reinforcing bars divide a cross-section of the profiled tube into a middle region and at least two seating regions on either side of the middle region.
A method of operating a side cutting unit of a cutting unit of an agricultural harvesting machine, the method comprising:
- using the side cutting unit that is seated on one or both side regions of the cutting unit, the side cutting unit including:
- a support frame designed as a bar rail, wherein the bar rail supports, in a longitudinal direction, at least one oscillating knife bar using one or more blade holding apparatuses and at one end is coupled to a drive that causes an oscillating movement of the at least one oscillating knife bar,
- wherein the bar rail is designed as a one-piece profiled tube,
- wherein an inside of the profiled tube comprises a plurality of reinforcing bars, and
- wherein the plurality of reinforcing bars divide a cross-section of the profiled tube into a middle region and at least two seating regions on either side of the middle region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.