Doffer adjustment device for a cotton harvester unit
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJoel M. Schreiner
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Abstract
A doffer adjustment device for a unit of a cotton harvester. The unit includes a frame. A drum is rotatably coupled to the frame. A plurality of rows of spindles is rotatably coupled to the drum. A doffer column is rotatably coupled to the frame and configured to remove cotton from the spindles. The doffer adjustment device includes an adjusting member having a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion. A locking device is coupled to the shaft portion. Wherein, the locking device is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.
Claims15
A doffer adjustment device for a cotton harvester unit, the cotton harvester unit comprising a frame, a drum rotatably coupled to the frame, a plurality of rows of spindles rotatably coupled to the drum, and a doffer column rotatably coupled to the frame and configured to remove cotton from the spindles, the doffer adjustment device comprising:
- an adjusting member comprising a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion;
- a locking device coupled to the shaft portion;
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- an adjusting member gear coupled to the shaft portion for rotating a doffer column gear coupled to the doffer column;
- wherein the locking device is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.
A doffer adjustment device for a cotton harvester unit, the cotton harvester unit comprising a frame, a drum rotatably coupled to the frame, a plurality of rows of spindles rotatably coupled to the drum, a doffer column positioned adjacent the spindles and configured to remove cotton from the spindles, a fixed housing coupled to the frame, and a bearing housing rotatably supporting the doffer column and threadably engaged with the fixed housing for doffer column adjustment relative thereto, the doffer adjustment device comprising:
- an adjusting member comprising a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion, the adjusting member configured for rotating the bearing housing to adjust the doffer column relative to the spindles;
- a locking device coupled to the shaft portion;
- and
- an adjusting member gear coupled to the shaft portion for rotating a doffer column gear coupled to the bearing housing;
- wherein the locking device is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.
A doffer adjustment device for a cotton harvester unit, the cotton harvester unit comprising a frame, a drum rotatably coupled to the frame, a plurality of rows of spindles rotatably coupled to the drum, a doffer column positioned adjacent the spindles and configured to remove cotton from the spindles, a fixed housing coupled to the frame, and a bearing housing rotatably supporting the doffer column and threadably engaged with the fixed housing for doffer column adjustment relative thereto, the doffer adjustment device comprising:
- an adjusting member comprising a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion, the adjusting member configured for rotating the bearing housing to adjust the doffer column relative to the spindles;
- a locking device coupled to the shaft portion;
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- an adjusting member gear coupled to the shaft portion for rotating a doffer column gear coupled to the doffer column;
- wherein the locking device is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.
A doffer adjustment device for a cotton harvester unit, the cotton harvester unit comprising a frame, a drum rotatably coupled to the frame, a plurality of rows of spindles rotatably coupled to the drum, a doffer column positioned adjacent the spindles and configured to remove cotton from the spindles, a fixed housing coupled to the frame, and a bearing housing rotatably supporting the doffer column and threadably engaged with the fixed housing for doffer column adjustment relative thereto, the doffer adjustment device comprising:
- an adjusting member comprising a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion, the adjusting member configured for rotating the bearing housing to adjust the doffer column relative to the spindles;
- a slip clutch coupled to the shaft portion;
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- an adjusting member gear coupled to the shaft portion for rotating a doffer column gear coupled to the bearing housing;
- wherein the slip clutch is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.
A doffer adjustment device for a cotton harvester unit, the cotton harvester unit comprising a frame, a drum rotatably coupled to the frame, a plurality of rows of spindles rotatably coupled to the drum, a doffer column positioned adjacent the spindles and configured to remove cotton from the spindles, a fixed housing coupled to the frame, and a bearing housing rotatably supporting the doffer column and threadably engaged with the fixed housing for doffer column adjustment relative thereto, the doffer adjustment device comprising:
- an adjusting member comprising a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion, the adjusting member configured for rotating the bearing housing to adjust the doffer column relative to the spindles;
- a slip clutch coupled to the shaft portion;
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- an adjusting member gear coupled to the shaft portion for rotating a doffer column gear coupled to the doffer column;
- wherein the slip clutch is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.