Kit for converting a tandem arrangement into a single wheel arrangement for a towed agricultural machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSebastien Guerin, Lionel Guiet, Emmanuel Chapon
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Abstract
A kit for converting a tandem arrangement into a single-wheel arrangement for a towed agricultural machine includes an adapter with an attachment flange and fastener holes formed in this flange for the attachment of the attachment flange to a machine frame of the towed agricultural machine, a supporting axle mount formed on the attachment flange, a single-wheel axle arranged on the attachment flange, and a wheel flange arranged on the single-wheel axle for attaching a wheel rim.
Claims4
A kit for converting a tandem arrangement into a single-wheel arrangement for a towed agricultural machine, comprising:
- a machine frame,
- a supporting axle protruding from an outer side of the machine frame,
- a tandem axle carrier of the tandem arrangement, the tandem axle carrier coupled to two wheel rims,
- an adapter with an attachment flange and fastener holes formed in the attachment flange for the attachment of the attachment flange to a machine frame of a towed agricultural machine to replace a tandem axle carrier,
- a supporting axle mount formed on the attachment flange to accommodate the supporting axle,
- a single-wheel axle arranged on the attachment flange, and
- a wheel flange arranged on the single-wheel axle for attaching one of the two wheel rims.
A towed agricultural machine, for the selective operation in a tandem arrangement or a single-wheel arrangement, comprising:
- a machine frame, and
- a supporting axle protruding from each of two sides of the machine frame,
- a tandem axle carrier coupled to two wheel rims,
- an adapter including;
- an attachment flange and fastener holes formed in the attachment flange for selective attachment to the machine frame,
- a supporting axle mount formed on the attachment flange to accommodate the supporting axle,
- a single-wheel axle arranged on the attachment flange, and
- a wheel flange arranged on the single-wheel axle for attaching one of the two wheel rims, and
- wherein the tandem axle carrier and the adapter can selectively be exchanged to attach to the supporting axles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.