Topper and shredder
OwnerMartin Perry Heardinventor
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Abstract
An agricultural implement attached to a farm tractor by a three point hitch is used to cut the top of mature cotton stalks, or shred harvested crops or mow turn rows. Knives are mounted on the bottom of vertical shafts which are rotated by belt driven pulleys. The pulleys are driven from a right angle gear box which is driven from the power take off of the tractor. The knives are staggered along either side of a beam traverse to the direction of travel, so that the knives cannot strike other knives as they mow over-lapping swaths.
Claims20
The structure of an agricultural topping and shredding device comprising:
- a) a horizontal frame having a front and back along a length of the frame and a side at each end of the frame,
- b) a plurality of knife pulleys, each attached to
- c) a vertical knife shaft journalled in
- d) a bearing attached to said frame along the length thereof,
- e) a knife attached to the lower portion of each vertical shaft,
- f) a right angle gear box attached to the middle of the frame between two of said knife pulleys,
- f′) at least four knife pulleys and the associated knife shafts, bearings, and knives nearest the gear box forming the inside pulleys, shafts, bearings, and knives,
- g) a horizontal power shaft extending from the gear box,
- h) a vertical power shaft extending from the gear box,
- i) two power pulleys attached to the vertical power shaft, and
- j) two power belts, one belt trained over one of said power pulleys and over an adjacent knife pulley which is adjacent the gear box, and the other belt trained over the other power pulley and over the other adjacent knife pulley which is adjacent the gear box.
The structure of an agricultural topping and shredding device comprising:
- a) a horizontal frame having a front and back along a length of the frame and a side at each end of the frame,
- b) a plurality of knife pulleys, each attached to
- c) a vertical knife shaft journalled in
- d) a bearing attached to said frame along the length thereof,
- e) a knife attached to the lower portion of each vertical shaft,
- f) a right angle gear box attached to the frame in the middle of the frame between two of said knife pulleys,
- f′) at least four knife pulleys and the associated knife shafts, bearings, and knives nearest the gear box being the inside pulleys, shafts, bearings, and knives,
- g) a horizontal power shaft extending from the gear box,
- h) a vertical power shaft extending from the gear box,
- i) two power pulleys attached to the vertical power shaft,
- j) two power belts, one belt trained over one of said power pulleys and over an adjacent knife pulley which is adjacent the gear box, and the other belt trained over the other power pulley and over the other adjacent knife pulley which is adjacent the gear box,
- k) an agricultural tractor having a three point hitch and a power take off shaft,
- l) the three point hitch attached to the horizontal frame, and
- m) the power take off shaft connected to the horizontal power shaft,
- n) shank holders attached to the frame,
- o) two shanks,
- p) each shank attached to a shank holder, and
- q) a wheel journalled upon a shank axle on each shank,
- r) two of the shank holders are gage holders attached to the back of the frame, with
- s) the shank axles parallel to the back of the frame so that the wheels function as gage wheels when the device is in operation.
The method of towing an agricultural implement having front, back, and two side identified as front side and back side with the distance from side to side at least twice the distance from front to back, and an attachment for connecting the implement to a tractor located on the front equal distance between the sides, comprising the steps of:
- a) attaching a tow tube on the front at a short distance from the back side,
- b) attaching a tow tube on the back at said short distance from the back side,
- c) attaching a towing hitch to the front side of the implement,
- d) placing a leg of a wheel assembly including wheel with an axle in one of the tow tubes and placing a leg of a another wheel assembly including a wheel with an axle in the other of the tow tubes with the axles of the wheels co-axial, and
- e) towing the implement to a desired location by pulling the towing hitch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.