Systems and methods for toolless crop divider adjustment
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorDouglas D. Sorensen
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Abstract
A crop divider includes a housing including an interior cavity and an adjustment assembly disposed within the interior cavity of the housing. In an embodiment, the adjustment assembly is configured to adjust a height of the housing relative to ground. In an embodiment, the adjustment assembly includes an adjustment handle disposed within the interior cavity and a pivot disposed vertically above the adjustment handle within the interior cavity of the housing. In an embodiment, the housing is configured to rotate about an axis through the pivot in response to rotation of the adjustment handle.
Claims18
A crop divider, comprising:
- a housing comprising an interior cavity;
- and
- an adjustment assembly disposed within the interior cavity of the housing, wherein the adjustment assembly is configured to adjust a height of the housing relative to ground, the adjustment assembly comprising:
- an adjustment handle disposed within the interior cavity;
- a pivot disposed vertically above the adjustment handle within the interior cavity of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to rotate about an axis through the pivot in response to rotation of the adjustment handle;
- and
- a rod extending from the adjustment handle;
- and
- a first plate coupled to the housing, wherein the rod is configured to contact the first plate to move the first plate to rotate about the axis through the pivot.
A header of a harvester, comprising:
- a cutter bar assembly configured to cut crops along a field surface;
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- a crop divider configured to funnel crops toward the cutter bar assembly, the crop divider comprising:
- a housing comprising an interior cavity;
- an adjustment handle disposed within the interior cavity and configured to rotate relative to the housing;
- a pivot disposed vertically above the adjustment handle within the interior cavity of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to rotate about an axis through the pivot in response to rotation of the adjustment handle;
- a rod extending from the adjustment handle;
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- a first plate coupled to the housing, wherein the rod is configured to contact the first plate to move the first plate to rotate about the axis through the pivot.
A header of a harvester, comprising:
- a frame;
- a crop divider configured to separate rows of crops, the crop divider comprising:
- a housing comprising an interior cavity;
- an adjustment assembly disposed within the interior cavity of the housing, wherein the adjustment assembly is configured to rotate the crop divider relative to the frame, the adjustment assembly comprising:
- an adjustment handle configured to rotate relative to the housing;
- and
- a pivot disposed vertically above the adjustment handle within the interior cavity of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to rotate about an axis through the pivot in response to rotation of the adjustment handle;
- a rod extending from the adjustment handle;
- and
- a first plate coupled to the housing, wherein the rod is configured to contact the first plate to move the first plate to rotate about the axis through the pivot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.