Inclined conveyor assembly with inclined pendulum shaft
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJohannes Juelke, Martin Rittershofer, Volker Fuchs
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Abstract
An inclined conveyor assembly for a combine has a housing, an upper inclined conveyor roller rotatably mounted at the rear of the housing, and a lower inclined conveyor roller positioned at the front end of the housing. An endless conveying element has drivers and rotates about the lower and upper inclined conveyor rollers. A pendulum frame on which a harvester head can be mounted articulates at the front end of the housing and is pivotable about a pendulum shaft. The pendulum shaft is inclined at a rearward and upward angle.
Claims8
An inclined conveyor assembly for a combine, comprising:
- a housing;
- an upper inclined conveyor roller rotatably mounted at a rear end of the housing;
- a lower inclined conveyor roller positioned at a front end of the housing;
- an endless conveying element having at least one driver and rotating about the lower inclined conveyor roller and the upper inclined conveyor roller;
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- a pendulum frame articulated at the front end of the housing pivotable about a pendulum shaft and on which a harvester head can be mounted, wherein the pendulum shaft is inclined to extend upward in a rearward direction with respect to a driving direction;
- wherein the pendulum shaft is oriented substantially parallel to an imaginary connection line extending between the lower inclined conveyor roller and the upper inclined conveyor roller.
A combine, comprising:
- a chassis rotatably mounting front and rear ground-engaging assemblies;
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- an inclined conveyor assembly including:
- a housing;
- an upper inclined conveyor roller rotatably mounted at a rear end of the housing;
- a lower inclined conveyor roller positioned at a front end of the housing;
- an endless conveying element having at least one driver and rotating about the lower inclined conveyor roller and the upper inclined conveyor roller;
- and
- a pendulum frame articulated at the front end of the housing pivotable about a pendulum shaft and on which a harvester head can be mounted, wherein the pendulum shaft is inclined to extend upward in a rearward direction with respect to a driving direction and is oriented substantially parallel to an imaginary connection line extending between the lower inclined conveyor roller and the upper inclined conveyor roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.