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Windrow merger pickup head shiftable mount

US9295189B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

H & S Manufacturing Co., Inc. · US

Inventors

Gregory L. Landon · Shawano, US
Jacob D. Kappelman · Bloomfield, US
James E. Kappel · Marshfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2015
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A windrow merger having at least one pickup head member, the at least one pickup head member being selectively shiftable between a working disposition and a transport disposition and having at least a first pivot for shifting the at least one pickup head member from the substantially vertical transport disposition to a substantially horizontal intermediate disposition and at least a second pivot for shifting the at least one pickup head member from the substantially horizontal intermediate disposition through an arc to the working disposition.

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