Row crop harvesting apparatus
US3940913A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1973 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D43/082
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A row crop harvesting apparatus adapted to sever forage from a field and deliver it to a crop processing mechanism. The apparatus includes two elongated, laterally opposed conveyor belts which define between them a crop receiving passage. The design of the belts on either side of the crop receiving passage preferably comprises a driving member, a forward idler, and longitudinally spaced intermediate idlers. The idlers are spaced so that idlers of one belt are not laterally aligned with idlers of the other belt. The apparatus includes a rotary cutter mounted and driven by an adjustable forward idler. Means are provided for adjusting the adjustable forward idler. The rotary cutter cooperates with a second cutter element mounted on the means for adjusting the adjustable forward idler, thereby allowing the forward idler to be adjusted without affecting the cutting relationship of the rotary cutter and the second cutter element.
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