Sunflower harvester attachment for combines
AssigneeNew J Industries Ltd.
InventorSamuel P. Janzen
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Abstract
A plurality of divider pans are secured to the front of the header just above the reciprocating knife thereof, to collect the heads as they are severed. The pans are adjustable angularly relative to the ground and are supported by bracing means underneath the pans. Pan tail portions are adjustably secured to the underside braces and extend underneath and to the rear of the header where they are secured to the header. A reel and shield are secured over the auger and brushes extend across the gaps between the adjacent pans to catch sunflower seeds which separate from the heads as they are deposited onto the pans. Dividers are secured one to each end of the header and to the conventional reel arms which are disconnected when this attachment is secured to the header.
Claims8
In a harvester which includes a header for feeding harvested crop to the interior thereof and which includes a transverse reciprocating knife assembly at the front thereof;
- an attachment for harvesting sunflowers, said attachment comprising in combination a plurality of crop divider pans secured by the rear end thereof in spaced and parallel relationship, to the front of the header immediately above the knife assembly, a substantially vertical divider at each side of said header extending forwardly parallel to said crop divider pans and means to secure said crop divider pans to said header thereby supporting same in cantilever fashion forwardly of said header, said means including brace means secured to the underside of said pans adjacent the rear thereof, said brace means extending rearwardly under said header and being secured to adjacent the rear of said header, said brace means including a V-shaped portion secured to the underside of said pans and increasing in depth from the front to the rear of said V-shaped portion, a pan tail portion adjustably secured by the front end thereof to the rear end of said V-shaped portion, said pan being adjustably secured to said pan tail for adjusting the fore and aft angle of inclination of said pan and a bracket assembly secured to the rear end of said pan tail and to said header adjacent the rear side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.