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US 5,403,026 AGranted
Crop deflector for self-propelled vehicle
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorDennis A. Dahl
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AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorDennis A. Dahl
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A crop deflector for use with a self-propelled vehicle having a frame, a wheel, and a shock absorbing suspension assembly mounting the wheel to the frame. A deflector frame is coupled to the wheel such that the deflector frame steers with the wheel as the deflector frame pivots in a main support on the suspension assembly such that the deflector frame does not move directly with the wheel when the wheel is loaded by contact with rough ground surface. A deflector shield is attached to the deflector frame for interacting with the crop rows. In a preferred embodiment, the deflector frame is pivotally connected to the suspension assembly by a bushing such that the deflector frame pivots about the steering axis of the wheel so it turns with the wheel. A steering arm connected to the wheel support and to the deflector frame steers the crop deflector thereby causing the deflector frame to pivot about the steering axis.
In a vehicle having frame, a wheel, and a shock absorbing suspension assembly including a first part mounted to the frame and a second part mounting the wheel, said first and second parts being mounted for relative movement in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the first part the improvement comprising a crop deflector including:
In combination, a self propelled vehicle having a frame, a wheel, and a shock absorber assembly mounting the wheel to the frame, the shock absorber assembly having a cylinder attached to the frame and a rod attached to a wheel axle and reciprocately mounted within the cylinder, the rod being capable of rotating in the cylinder for steering the wheel;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.