Tedder with adjustable rake rotors
AssigneeKverneland Taarup AS
InventorJens C. Hansen
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AssigneeKverneland Taarup AS
InventorJens C. Hansen
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A hay tedder adapted to be supported from a tractor and which includes a plurality of raking rotors supported for rotation about generally vertical, inclined axes. The tedder includes a main frame for connection with the tractor and a carrier beam pivotally supported from the main frame with the rake rotors being supported from the carrier beam and also supported from travelling wheels. An angle adjustment mechanism is provided to change the inclination of the rake rotors to obtain optimum spreading of the hay or grass crop. The structural association of components enables adjustment of the angle of the rake rotors to be automatically accompanied by a corresponding height adjustment of the travelling wheels which support the rake rotors thereby avoiding the necessity of independently adjusting the rake rotors and travelling wheels.
A tedder having a main frame intended for suspension from a tractor and a carrier beam which is pivotally connected to said main frame for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis, a plurality of rake rotors, which are rotatable about their respective substantially vertical axes, being suspended from said carrier beam, each of said rake rotors being supported by a travelling wheel whose height position with respect to the carrier beam is adjustable by means of a height adjustment means slidable in parallel with the rotor axis, said tedder having an angle adjustment mechanism preferably activatable from the driver's seat of the tractor to pivot the carrier beam, characterized by an angle lever which is rotatable about an axis stationary with respect to the carrier beam, one arm of said angle lever being connected with a member, said member being part of the angle adjustment mechanism and stationary with respect to the main frame, so that movement of the carrier beam with respect to the main frame causes rotation of the angle lever, the other arm of said angle lever being connected with the height adjustment means for displacing said height adjustment means and travelling wheel upon rotation of the angle lever.
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