Apparatus for raising and lowering a lid structure of a cotton receiving basket of a cotton harvester
US6409456B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60K5/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The apparatus applies to a basket having an upstanding wall structure defining an upwardly facing opening and a lid structure disposed over the opening and positionable in a retracted position close to the wall structure and in an extended position spaced a predetermined distance above the wall structure, at least one lifting element being present having a member extendable for lifting the basket relative to the frame to a lifted position and retractable for lowering the basket from the lifted position, the apparatus including at least one leg mounted to the lid structure and engageable with a portion of the lifting element when the basket is in the lifted position and the lid structure is in the retracted position so as to hold the lid structure relative to the portion of the lifting element engaged therewith while the basket is lowered from the lifted position to move the lid structure to the extended position, the at least one leg being engageable with the lifting element with the lid structure in the extended position while the basket is raised relative thereto to retract the lid structure.
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