Repositionable windguard assembly for agricultural baler feeder system
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsAlbert Childs, Kevin M. Smith
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Abstract
An agricultural machine includes: a machine frame; and a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly being configured for selectively occupying a first position and a second position by moving therebetween, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system, the second position being associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material.
Claims12
A windguard assembly for a feeder system of an agricultural baler, the agricultural baler including a baler frame, the feeder system being coupled with the baler frame, the feeder system including a pickup assembly, the windguard assembly comprising:
- an arm configured to be pivotably coupled to the pickup assembly;
- a roller rotatably coupled to the arm, the roller having a first position with respect to the pickup assembly associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system and a second position with respect to the pickup assembly associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material;
- a tine mechanism pivotably coupled with the arm;
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- a linkage assembly coupled with the pickup assembly, the arm, and the tine mechanism and configured for moving the tine mechanism between a down position when the roller is in the first position and an up position when the roller is in the second position.
An agricultural machine, comprising:
- a machine frame;
- and
- a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a pickup assembly and a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly comprising:
- an arm configured to be pivotably coupled to the pickup assembly;
- a roller rotatably coupled to the arm, the roller having a first position with respect to the pickup assembly associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system and a second position with respect to the pickup assembly associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material;
- a tine mechanism pivotably coupled with the arm;
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- a linkage assembly coupled with the pickup assembly, the arm, and the tine mechanism and configured for moving the tine mechanism between a down position when the roller is in the first position and an up position when the roller is in the second position.
A method of using an agricultural baler, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a baler frame and a feeder system, the feeder system being coupled with the baler frame and including a pickup assembly and a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly comprising an arm configured to be pivotably coupled to the pickup assembly, a roller rotatably coupled to the arm, the roller having a first position with respect to the pickup assembly associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system and a second position with respect to the pickup assembly associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material, a time mechanism pivotably coupled with the arm, and a linkage assembly coupled with the pickup assembly, the arm, and the tine mechanism and configured for moving the tine mechanism between a down position when the roller is in the first position and an up position when the roller is in the second position;
- occupying selectively, by the roller, a first position, with the tine mechanism in the down position, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system;
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- occupying selectively, by the roller, a second position with the fine mechanism in the down position the second position being associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.