Self-propelled agricultural harvester
AssigneeSame Deutz-Fahr S.p.A.
InventorWillhelm von Allworden
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Abstract
A self-propelled agricultural harvester (1) is equipped with a fold up crop gathering attachment (6) having at least two sections which are adjustable for road travel. The adjustment narrows the harvester to a permissible width for road travel while maintaining adequate operator visibility to comply with governmental regulations.
Claims12
A self-propelled agricultural harvester for processing agricultural crops as it travels in a predetermined forward direction through a field, said harvester having a chassis supported by ground engaging traction means having a predetermined tread width and further comprising:
- an operator's station (2) near the front end of said harvester,
- a crop receiving attachment mounted on said front end of said harvester forward of said operator's station and having
- a longitudinally extending conveyor housing (5) connected at its rear end to said chassis,
- a laterally and horizontally extending guide member (11) mounted on the front end of said conveyor housing (5),
- a pair of crop gathering sections (7,8)
- a pair of joints (10) pivotally and slidingly supporting said crop gathering sections (7, 8), respectively, in said guide member (11) for movement from a crop harvesting position, in which said sections (7,8) extend laterally in opposite directions from adjacently disposed laterally inner ends to laterally outer ends disposed beyond said tread width, to a vertical transport position in which said inner ends are separated by approximately the width of said operators station (2) and said crop gathering sections (7,8) are disposed within said tread width and in laterally spaced relation to one another whereby an operator at said operator's station has an unimpaired forward field of vision for driving said harvester on a roadway.
A self-propelled agricultural harvester for processing agricultural crops as it travels in a predetermined forward direction through a field, said harvester having a chassis supported by ground engaging traction means having a predetermined tread width and further comprising:
- an operator's station near the front end of said harvester and,
- a crop receiving attachment mounted on said front end of said harvester forward of said operator's station and having
- a longitudinally extending conveyor housing having a front end and a rear end, said rear end being connected to said chassis,
- a first crop gathering section supported on said front end of said conveyor housing and presenting first and second lateral ends,
- a second crop gathering section supported on said first lateral end of said first section for swinging movement about a first longitudinal pivot axis from a horizontal working position to a vertical travel position and,
- a third crop gathering section supported on said second lateral end of said first section for swinging movement about a second longitudinal axis from a horizontal working position to a vertical travel position said second and third sections being offset forwardly of said first section,
- said second and third sections in their vertical travel positions being disposed within the lateral width of said first section and being laterally spaced from one another sufficiently to afford an operator at said operator's station an unobstructed forward view of the terrain being traversed by the harvester in forward travel.
A self-propelled agricultural harvester for processing agricultural crops as it travels in a predetermined forward direction through a field, said harvester including a chassis supported by ground engaging traction means having a predetermined tread width and further comprising:
- an operators station near the front end of said harvester and,
- a crop receiving attachment mounted on said front end of said harvester forward of said operator's station and including
- a longitudinally extending conveyor housing having a front end and a rear end, said rear end being connected to said chassis,
- a first crop gathering section supported on said front end of said conveyor housing and presenting first and second lateral ends,
- a second crop gathering section supported on said first lateral end of said first section for swinging movement about a first longitudinal pivot axis from a horizontal working position to a vertical travel position and,
- a third crop gathering section supported on said second lateral end of said first section for swinging movement about a second longitudinal axis from a horizontal working position to a vertical travel position,
- said second and third sections in their vertical travel positions being pivotable, respectively, about substantially vertical axes to optimum vision positions whereby obstruction to forward vision of an operator at said operator's station is minimized and said second and third sections in said vertical travel positions being laterally spaced from one another sufficiently to afford an operator at said operator's station an unobstructed forward view of the terrain being traversed by the harvester in forward travel.
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