Feeding device for a sugar cane harvester
AssigneeClaas OHG
InventorG/u/ nter Leigers
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Abstract
A feeding device of a sugar cane harvester includes a pair of rotary cane dividers spaced from each other. The feeding device is provided with a mechanism for adjusting the distance between two spaced cane dividers. This mechanism is operated from an operator stand of the harvester and includes a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit, the piston of which is connected to one of the cane dividers and the cylinder of which is connected to the harvester frame.
Claims4
A feeding device of a sugar cane harvester of the type having a frame and an operator stand, the device including a pair of rotary cane dividers spaced from each other at a distance defining a feeding area, and means for adjusting said distance, said adjusting means being operatively connected to at least one of said cane dividers, said at least one cane divider including a supporting arm, said adjusting means including a slide rigidly connected to said supporting arm, a guiding rail rigidly connected to said frame and receiving said slide, and a piston-cylinder unit including a piston and a cylinder, said piston being rigidly connected to said slide and operated to move said slide in said guiding rail to thereby adjust said distance, said piston-cylinder unit being operable from the operator stand at standstill of the harvester and during its travelling movement.
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