Harvesters – Cotton
Patent
1997-04-23
1998-12-01
Carone, Michael J.
Harvesters
Cotton
56 145, 460119, A01D 4614
Patent
active
058423338
ABSTRACT:
A laterally adjustable harvester head assembly for a cotton harvesting machine has a width greater than the remainder of the machine, and is selectively linearly movable from a normally centered position at the front of the machine to a laterally offset position. The normally centered position is essentially laterally symmetrical relative to the remainder of the machine and is the position of choice for the head assembly during cotton harvesting operations, with the ends of the harvester head extending past the sides of the wheeled portion of the machine in order to harvest a greater number of rows simultaneously. The laterally offset position displaces the head assembly laterally from its centered position, to essentially align one end of the head assembly with the corresponding side of the harvester machine. The typical cotton harvester collects the cotton in a side dumping collector basket, and the present laterally movable harvester head allows the head assembly to be repositioned for dumping to allow the harvester machine to be positioned immediately adjacent a receiving bin for the cotton, thus improving the efficiency of the dumping operation.
The movable head is secured to a vertically adjustable frame by an upper and a lower track or rail, and is actuated by a hydraulic ram which is controlled remotely from the cab of the harvester machine.
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Carone Michael J.
Litman Richard C.
Pezzuto Robert
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