US 2019/0200526 A1Published application

Double windrow converter

OwnerJames E. Ferchinventor

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Abstract

The embodiments herein provide a double windrow converter assembly. The double windrow converter assembly is removably attachable behind a towing vehicle or a swather. The converter enables creation of a double windrow of freshly cut hay (with high moisture content). The converter picks up the freshly cut hay windrow using a pickup head which is then diverted to a trough. The hay collected in the trough is discharged on one side of the field to create a first half of the double swath. The swather and the double windrow converter assembly are then operated in opposite direction to generate second half of double swath. Thus, use of the double windrow converter assembly along with swather helps in accomplishing two tasks/operations in a single pass. The assembly also eliminates need for using a rake to pick up dried hay from the field on waiting for a few days after swathing.

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Dependent claims

A double windrow converter assembly removably attachable to a swather, wherein the double windrow convertor assembly is configured for creating a double windrow of freshly cut hay from a field, and wherein the double windrow convertor assembly comprises:

a pickup head comprising a plurality of pickup teeth, wherein the plurality of pickup teeth are configured for picking up freshly slathered hay from the field due to rotational movement of the pickup head;
a trough placed above the pickup head, wherein the trough comprises a delivery end and a discharge end, and wherein the hay picked up by the pickup head gets collected at the delivery end of the trough;
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an endless belt mounted over the trough, wherein the endless belt is configured for rotating in a direction perpendicular to the movement of plurality of pickup teeth, and wherein the endless belt comprises a plurality of teeth affixed on to an outer surface, and wherein the rotation of the plurality of teeth on the endless belt diverts the hay collected at the delivery end of the trough to the discharge end, and wherein the discharge end of the trough is configured for discharging the hay onto the field towards an either side of the swather to create the double windrow.

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