Flexible cutting platform to follow ground contour in an agricultural harvesting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBruce Alan Coers, Roderick James Jensen, Mark Michael Chaney, Bradley James Watts
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Abstract
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine includes a plurality of platform sections positioned in end-to-end juxtaposed relation to each other. At least one platform section includes a frame, a plurality of float arms movably coupled with the frame, an endless belt carried by the plurality of float arms, and a cutterbar assembly carried by the plurality of float arms and movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions.
Claims23
An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a feeder housing;
- and
- a cutting platform attached to said feeder housing, said cutting platform including a plurality of platform sections, each said platform section including a frame, a plurality of float arms movably coupled with said frame, an endless belt carried by said plurality of float arms, and a cutterbar assembly carried by said plurality of float arms and movable in a localized manner across said cutting platform in upwards and downwards directions.
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a plurality of platform sections positioned in end-to-end juxtaposed relation to each other, each said platform section including a frame, a plurality of float arms movably coupled with said frame, an endless belt carried by said plurality of float arms, and a cutterbar assembly carried by said plurality of float arms and movable in a localized manner across said cutting platform in upwards and downwards directions.
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- at least one platform section, each said platform section including a frame, a plurality of float arms movably coupled with said frame, an endless belt carried by said plurality of float arms, and a cutterbar assembly carried by said plurality of float arms, the endless belt and the cutterbar assembly being movable in a localized manner across said cutting platform in upwards and downwards directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.