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AssigneeLely Research Holding AG, a Swiss Limited Liability Company
InventorAlfonsus Jacobus Van den Engel
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An implement for displacing crop lying on the ground comprising a rake having two rotatable motor-driven side-by-side rake wheels which form crop lying on the ground into a swath which is formed between them. Immediately behind the rake is a motor-drivable tedder comprising two rotatable tedder members which immediately spread the crop which was just formed into a swath over the ground. The raking members and the tedder members are supported on a frame which includes mechanisms to raise the raking members and the tedder members from a working position to a transport position and vice versa. The frame is supported by a pair of ground engaging wheels which are disposed between the rake and the tedder members on opposite sides of the just formed swath. The tedder members are equipped with hook-shaped tines and are provided with an rpm-variator to govern the rpm of the tedder members. The working width of the rake is in a range of about three to four times wider than the working width of the tedder.
An implement for displacing crop, such as grass or hay for example, said implement comprising a frame (2) provided with a rake (5) with rake members (7) that are suitable for depositing the crop to be displaced into a swath, characterized in that the frame (2) is further provided with a motor-drivable tedder (6) with tedder members (13) that are suitable for spreading the crop deposited into a swath over the ground of a parcel to be treated.
An implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rake (5) and/or the tedder (6) can be displaced relative to the frame (2) for being brought from a working position into a transport position and vice versa.
An implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tedder (6) is provided with an rpm-variator (16) which is preferably capable of being switched on and off and by means of which the number of revolutions per minute at which the tedder members (13) rotate can be varied.
An implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the working width of the rake (5) is substantially larger than and preferably approximately 3 to 4 times as large as the working width of the tedder (6).
An implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, seen in the direction of travel of the implement, the tedder (6) is fitted to the frame (2) behind the rake (5) in the middle thereof.
An implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rake (5) is motor-drivable.
An implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rake (5) comprises at least two rake members (7) and the tedder (6) comprises at least two tedder members (13).
A method of working mowed crop, such as grass for example, in which method the crop to be treated is raked together into a swath by means of a rake (5) and is then immediately thereafter spread out again over the parcel to be treated with the aid of a tedder (6).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.