Agricultural harvester storage tank cover
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorPieter M. I. Steen
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Abstract
An agricultural harvester including a storage tank that includes a tank body and a tank cover assembly. The tank cover assembly has a travel state and an operational state. The tank cover includes a fabric wall element which is moveably connected to the tank body. In the operational state, the fabric wall element provides an upward extension of at least a part of the circumferential wall. In the travel state, the fabric wall element covers at least a part of the open top of the tank body. The fabric wall element includes a rigid area. The cover actuator assembly includes at least one cover actuator that is adapted to bring the tank cover assembly from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa, and to engage the fabric wall element at the rigid area.
Claims20
A storage tank for an agricultural harvester, the storage tank comprising:
- a tank body comprising a bottom, an open top, and a circumferential wall having a top edge that delimits the open top, the circumferential wall comprising a front wall part, a rear wall part, and two side wall parts, which side wall parts are located on opposite sides of the circumferential wall;
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- a tank cover assembly having a travel state and an operational state, the tank cover assembly displaceable to a first position to cover the open top of the tank body in the travel state, and the tank cover assembly displaceable to a second position to provide an upward extension of the circumferential wall of the tank body in the operational state, the tank cover assembly comprising:
- a panel assembly extending along the top edge of the circumferential wall of the tank body, the panel assembly comprising a fabric wall element which is moveably connected to the tank body, the fabric wall element comprising a rigid area, the fabric wall element:
- providing an upward extension of at least one of the front wall part, the rear wall part, and the side wall parts of the circumferential wall of the tank body in the operational state;
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- covering at least a part of the open top of the tank body in the travel state;
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- a cover actuator assembly comprising at least one cover actuator that is adapted to bring the tank cover assembly from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa, the cover actuator assembly positioned to move the fabric wall element relative to the tank body during movement from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa and at least, during the movement, to engage the fabric wall element at the rigid area.
An agricultural harvester comprising:
- a processing unit adapted to process a harvested crop;
- a crop storage feed device adapted to receive and convey the harvested crop processed by the processing unit;
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- a storage tank for storing the conveyed harvested crop, the storage tank comprising:
- a tank body comprising a bottom, an open top, and a circumferential wall having a top edge that delimits the open top, the circumferential wall comprising a front wall part, a rear wall part, and two side wall parts, which side wall parts are located on opposite sides of the circumferential wall;
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- a tank cover assembly having a travel state and an operational state, the tank cover assembly displaceable to a first position to cover the open top of the tank body in the travel state, and the tank cover assembly displaceable to a second position to provide an upward extension of the circumferential wall of the tank body in the operational state, the tank cover assembly comprising:
- a panel assembly extending along the top edge of the circumferential wall of the tank body, the panel assembly comprising a fabric wall element which is moveably connected to the tank body, the fabric wall element comprising a rigid area, the fabric wall element:
- providing an upward extension of at least one of the front wall part, the rear wall part, and the side wall parts of the circumferential wall of the tank body in the operational state;
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- covering at least a part of the open top of the tank body in the travel state;
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- a cover actuator assembly comprising at least one cover actuator that is positioned to bring the tank cover assembly from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa, the cover actuator assembly adapted to move the fabric wall element relative to the tank body during movement from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa and at least, during the movement, to engage the fabric wall element at the rigid area.
A vehicle for transporting goods, the vehicle comprising:
- a holder body comprising a bottom, an open top, and a circumferential wall having a top edge that delimits the open top, the circumferential wall comprising a front wall part, a rear wall part, and two side wall parts, which side wall parts are located on opposite sides of the circumferential wall;
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- a holder cover assembly having a travel state and an operational state, the holder cover assembly adapted to cover the open top of the holder body in the travel state, and the holder cover assembly adapted to provide an upward extension of the circumferential wall of the holder body in the operational state, the holder cover assembly comprising:
- a panel assembly extending along the top edge of the circumferential wall of the holder body, the panel assembly comprising a fabric wall element which is moveably connected to the holder body, the fabric wall element comprising a rigid area, the fabric wall element:
- providing an upward extension of at least one of the front wall part, the rear wall part, and the side wall parts of the circumferential wall of the holder body in the operational state;
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- covering at least a part of the open top of the holder body in the travel state;
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- a cover actuator assembly comprising at least one cover actuator that is positioned to bring the holder cover assembly from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa, the cover actuator assembly adapted to move the fabric wall element relative to the holder body during movement from the travel state into the operational state and vice versa and at least, during the movement, to engage the fabric wall element at the rigid area.
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