Mower folding flail curtain
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJeffrey Fay, II
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Abstract
A stowable flail curtain for blocking debris flailed by a conditioner of an agricultural mower when in use. The flail curtain includes a sheet of material, a first arched support arm coupled between the sheet at a first attachment point and the trail frame, a second arched support arm coupled between the sheet at a second attachment point and the trail frame, and first and second actuation mechanisms coupled to the first and second arched support arms, respectively, and to the trail frame to move the sheet between a deployed position that blocks debris flailed by the conditioner when in use and a stowed position under the trail frame.
Claims20
A flail curtain for use with a mowing device having a trail frame and a conditioner, wherein the conditioner flails debris when in use, the flail curtain comprising:
- a sheet of material;
- a first arched support arm coupled between the sheet at a first attachment point and the trail frame;
- a second arched support arm coupled between the sheet at a second attachment point and the trail frame;
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- first and second actuation mechanisms coupled to the first and second arched support arms, respectively, and to the trail frame to move the sheet between a deployed position that blocks debris flailed by the conditioner when in use and a stowed position under the trail frame.
A method for actuating a lateral transport mechanism of a mowing device comprising a towing tongue, a trail frame rotatably coupled to the towing tongue, a conditioner, and a flail curtain, wherein the conditioner flails debris when in use, the lateral transport mechanism comprising a transport frame supporting transport wheels, a transport actuator coupled between the towing tongue and the transport frame, and a transport swing actuator coupled between the trail frame and the towing tongue, the method comprising:
- stowing the flail curtain in a stowed position under the trail frame for transport;
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- deploying the flail curtain in a deployed position for field use that blocks debris flailed by the conditioner by moving the flail curtain from under the trail frame to behind the trail frame with respect to a forward direction of travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.