Agricultural rotary disc mower
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJason Shonk
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Abstract
An agricultural machine system includes: an agricultural work vehicle; an agricultural work machine coupled with the agricultural work vehicle and configured for mowing a crop material, the agricultural work machine including: a frame; a plurality of rotary discs coupled with the frame and including a first rotary disc and a second rotary disc, the plurality of rotary discs each including a rotational axis; a rock guard apparatus coupled with the frame and positioned below the plurality of rotary discs; and at least one knife configured for cutting the crop material, the at least one knife being coupled with the frame and positioned between the rotational axis of the first rotary disc and the rotational axis of the second rotary disc.
Claims20
An agricultural machine system, comprising:
- an agricultural work vehicle;
- an agricultural work machine coupled with the agricultural work vehicle and configured for mowing a crop material, the agricultural work machine including:
- a frame;
- a plurality of rotary discs coupled with the frame and including a first rotary disc and a second rotary disc, the plurality of rotary discs each including a rotational axis and a blade;
- a rock guard apparatus coupled with the frame and positioned below the plurality of rotary discs;
- and
- at least one knife having at least one serrated edge configured for cutting the crop material, the at least one knife being coupled with the frame and positioned (i) between the rotational axis of the first rotary disc and the rotational axis of the second rotary disc, (ii) at an elevation between the rock guard apparatus and the blades of the rotary discs, and (iii) atop the rock guard apparatus.
An agricultural work machine of an agricultural machine system, the agricultural machine system including an agricultural work vehicle and the agricultural work machine, the agricultural work machine being coupled with the agricultural work vehicle and configured for mowing a crop material, the agricultural work machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of rotary discs coupled with the frame and including a first rotary disc and a second rotary disc, the plurality of rotary discs each including a rotational axis and a blade;
- and
- a rock guard apparatus coupled with the frame and positioned below the plurality of rotary discs;
- and
- at least one knife edge having at least one serrated edge configured for cutting the crop material, the at least one knife being coupled with the frame and positioned (i) between the rotational axis of the first rotary disc and the rotational axis of the second rotary discs, (ii) at an elevation between the rock apparatus and the blades of the rotary discs, and (iii) atop the rock guard apparatus.
A method of using an agricultural machine system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing that the agricultural machine system includes an agricultural work vehicle and an agricultural work machine coupled with the agricultural work vehicle, the agricultural work machine being configured for mowing a crop material and including a frame, a plurality of rotary discs, and a rock guard apparatus, the plurality of rotary discs being coupled with the frame and including a first rotary disc and a second rotary disc, the plurality of rotary discs each including a rotational axis and a blade, the rock guard apparatus being coupled with the frame and positioned below the plurality of rotary discs;
- and
- coupling at least one knife with the frame, the at least one knife having at least one serrated edge being configured for cutting the crop material, the at least one knife being positioned (i) between the rotational axis of the first rotary disc and the rotational axis of the second rotary disc, (ii) at an elevation between the rock guard apparatus and the blades of the rotary discs, and (iii) atop the rock guard apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.