Folding line divider for a harvesting platform
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsNicholas Stephen Shane, Daniel Christopher Dallman, Daenio Cleodolphi, Marco Aurelio Ramos Pereira
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Abstract
A cutting and harvesting assembly for an agricultural machine includes a structural frame. A feed roller is operably coupled with the structural frame. A deflector assembly is operably coupled with the structural frame. The deflector assembly includes a deflector plate at least partially laterally outward of the feed roller. The deflector plate is rotatable between a first position and a second position relative to the structural frame.
Claims14
A cutting and harvesting assembly of an agricultural machine, the cutting and harvesting assembly comprising:
- a structural frame;
- a feed roller operably coupled with the structural frame;
- a deflector assembly operably coupled with the structural frame, the deflector assembly including a deflector plate at least partially laterally outward of the feed roller, wherein the deflector plate is rotatable between a first position and a second position relative to the structural frame, wherein a second segment of the deflector plate is positioned laterally outward of the structural frame in the first position and laterally inward of the structural frame in the second position;
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- a deflector hinge operably coupling a first segment of the deflector plate to the structural frame, the deflector hinge defining a deflector axis.
A cutting and harvesting assembly of an agricultural machine, the cutting and harvesting assembly comprising:
- a structural frame;
- a line divider set operably coupled with the structural frame, the line divider set comprising a pivoting frame and one or more feed rollers operably coupled with the pivoting frame, wherein the one or more feed rollers is rotatable in a first direction when moved from a first operating position to a second storage position;
- a deflector assembly operably coupled with the structural frame, the deflector assembly rotatable between a first position and a second position relative to the structural frame;
- a biasing element comprising a first end portion operably coupled with an interior portion of a deflector plate, wherein the deflector plate is rotatable in a second opposing direction when moved from the first operating position to the second storage position;
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- a link operably coupled with the structural frame and the first end portion of the biasing element.
A method of operating a cutting and harvesting assembly of an agricultural machine, the method comprising:
- disengaging a fastener operably coupling a link to a structural frame;
- at least one from among moving the link from a first position to a second position causing a deflector plate operably coupled with the link to move from the first position to the second position and moving the link from the second position to the first position causing the deflector plate operably coupled with the link to move laterally outward of the structural frame;
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- engaging the fastener operably coupling the link to the structural frame to retain the link in the respective second position or the first position;
- wherein the deflector plate is operably coupled with the link by a biasing element, and
- wherein the biasing element is extended during the moving of the deflector plate from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.