Knife insert and retract with independent knife protection of agricultural baler
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorRyan M. Figgins
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Abstract
An agricultural baler includes: a frame; a feeder system coupled with the frame and including: a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including: at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material; an engagement apparatus configured for: being spaced apart from at least one overload protection mechanism individually associated with a single one of the at least one knife; selectively engaging with the at least one knife and thereby for forcing the at least one knife to occupy a first position; and selectively engaging with the at least one knife and thereby for forcing the at least one knife to occupy a second position.
Claims18
A feeder system of an agricultural baler, the feeder system being coupled with a frame of the agricultural baler, the feeder system comprising:
- a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including:
- at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material;
- an engagement apparatus configured for:
- being spaced apart from at least one overload protection mechanism individually associated with a single one of the at least one knife, the at least one overload protection mechanism engaging with a rearward surface of the single one of the at least one knife;
- selectively engaging with the at least one knife and thereby for forcing the at least one knife to occupy a first position, the engagement apparatus engaging with another a bottom surface of the single one of the at least one knife;
- and
- selectively engaging with the at least one knife and thereby for forcing the at least one knife to occupy a second position.
An agricultural baler, comprising:
- a frame;
- a feeder system coupled with the frame and including:
- a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including:
- at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material;
- an engagement apparatus configured for:
- being spaced apart from at least one overload protection mechanism individually associated with a single one of the at least one knife, the at least one overload protection mechanism engaging with a rearward surface of the single one of the at least one knife;
- selectively engaging with the at least one knife and thereby for forcing the at least one knife to occupy a first position, the engagement apparatus engaging with a bottom surface of the single one of the at least one knife;
- and
- selectively engaging with the at least one knife and thereby for forcing the at least one knife to occupy a second position.
A method for using an agricultural baler, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a frame and a feeder system coupled with the frame, the feeder system including a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including at least one knife and an engagement apparatus, the at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material, the engagement apparatus being configured for being spaced apart from at least one overload protection mechanism individually associated with a single one of the at least one knife, the at least one overload protection mechanism engaging with a rearward surface of the single one of the at least one knife;
- engaging selectively, by way of the engagement apparatus, with the at least one knife and thereby forcing the at least one knife to occupy a first position, the engagement apparatus engaging with a bottom surface of the single one of the at least one knife;
- and
- engaging selectively, by way of the engagement apparatus, with the at least one knife and thereby forcing the at least one knife to occupy a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.