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Fodder mower-conditioner

US4212147A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 1, 1977
Grant dateJul 15, 1980
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Expiry dateNov 1, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D43/107
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure is of a fodder mower-conditioner mounted laterally of a tractor and comprising two or more rotary-scythe cutters and one or more conditioning rotors all rotating about axes which as viewed from above fall within a horizontal plane of a width equal to and containing the horizontal diameters of the tractor rear wheel tires, the rear wheel tire which is nearer the mower-conditioner being nearer to the nearest cutter trajectory than to the nearest conditioning rotor bearing.

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