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US 9,516,813 B2Granted
Row width adjusting support modules for sugarcane harvesters
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsEric P. Richard, Michael L. Halbrook, Daniel J. Corbett, John P. Scrivner, Kerry J. Morvant, Marlin L. Goodnight, Dusk S. Mixon
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Abstract
A sugarcane harvester may include a chassis with various discreet and laterally separated mounting locations. Crop divider support modules may be configured to separately and fixedly attach to the chassis at various of the mounting locations, in order to support respective crop dividers in a variety of discreet and laterally separated orientations.
Claims9
A modular, adjustable sugarcane harvester, comprising:
- a chassis having first and second pluralities of discreet and laterally separated mounting locations;
- first and second rotary crop dividers;
- a first crop divider support module configured to separately and fixedly attach to the chassis at each of the first plurality of mounting locations, the crop divider support module thereby separately supporting the first crop divider in, respectively, each of a first plurality of discreet and laterally separated crop divider orientations;
- a second crop divider support module configured to separately and fixedly attach to the chassis at each of the second plurality of mounting locations, the crop divider support module thereby separately supporting the second crop divider in, respectively, each of a second plurality of discreet and laterally separated crop divider orientations;
- a third plurality of discreet and laterally separated mounting locations included on the chassis;
- a front base cutter assembly;
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- a front base cutter support module configured to separately attach to the chassis at each of the third plurality of mounting locations, the front base cutter support module thereby separately supporting the front base cutter assembly in, respectively, each of a plurality of discreet and laterally separated front base cutter orientations.
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A modular, adjustable sugarcane harvester, comprising:
- a chassis having first and second pluralities of discreet and laterally separated mounting locations;
- first and second rotary crop dividers;
- a first crop divider support module configured to separately and fixedly attach to the chassis at each of the first plurality of mounting locations, the crop divider support module thereby separately supporting the first crop divider in, respectively, each of a first plurality of discreet and laterally separated crop divider orientations;
- a second crop divider support module configured to separately and fixedly attach to the chassis at each of the second plurality of mounting locations, the crop divider support module thereby separately supporting the second crop divider in, respectively, each of a second plurality of discreet and laterally separated crop divider orientations;
- a third plurality of discreet and laterally separated mounting locations included on the chassis;
- a front base cutter assembly;
- a front base cutter support module configured to separately attach to the chassis at each of the third plurality of mounting locations, the front base cutter support module thereby separately supporting the front base cutter assembly in, respectively, each of a plurality of discreet and laterally separated front base cutter orientations;
- one or more actuators attached to one or more of the front base cutter assembly and the front base cutter support module, the one or more actuators being configured to move the front base cutter assembly with respect to the chassis when the front base cutter support module is attached to the chassis at one of the third plurality of mounting locations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.