Cutting platform for a combine harvester
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorsFreddy Slabbinck, Dirk Vandenbroucke
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Abstract
A cutting platform for a combine harvester is fitted with a crop divider that is pivotable relative to the cutting platform between a forwards projecting operating position and a retracted transport position. The divider is supported on a member that forms part of the cutting platform by means of a link which is secured at one end to the member in a manner to allow the link to pivot relative to the member about a first axis and which is secured at its other end to the divider in a manner to allow the divider to pivot relative to the link about a second axis which is inclined relative to the first axis.
Claims20
A cutting platform for a combine harvester fitted with a crop divider that is pivotable relative to the cutting platform between a forwards projecting operating position and a retracted transport position, characterized in that the divider is supported by the cutting platform via a link which is connected at one end to the platform in a manner to allow the link to pivot relative to the platform about a first axis and which is secured at its other end to the divider in a manner to allow the divider to pivot relative to the link about a second axis which is inclined relative to the first axis.
A method for actuating a crop divider between a forward operating position and a retracted transport position relative to a cutting platform for a combine harvester, the steps comprising:
- (A) supporting the crop divider at the cutting platform via a link secured at one end to the platform and at its other end to the crop divider;
- (B) pivoting the link relative to the cutting platform about a first axis;
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- (C) pivoting the divider relative to the link about a second axis which is inclined relative to the first axis.
A cutting platform for a combine harvester fitted with a crop divider that is pivotable relative to the cutting platform between a forwards projecting operating position and a retracted transport position, the cutting platform comprising:
- means for supporting the divider at the cutting platform;
- means for pivoting the supporting means about a first axis relative to the cutting platform;
- means for pivoting the divider about a second axis that is inclined relative to the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.