Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Including plural operating units and drive
Patent
1978-12-14
1980-04-29
Kinsey, Russell R.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Including plural operating units and drive
56 166, A01D 7530, A01D 3524
Patent
active
041999231
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for mechanized harvesting of grass clippings comprises a vehicle with a T-shaped hydraulically driven extension platform for cutting and recovering grass clippings. The extension platform has a central arm with a lateral arm at the end thereof. A plurality of horizontally disposed reel-type scissor mower heads are mounted on the front and rear sides of the lateral arm, the outlets of the mower heads being directed into a horizontal trough within the lateral arm. The mower heads are operative to cut the grass and to throw the clippings into the trough. Within the trough are provided endless chains on pulleys to which are mounted spaced paddles which are operative to accumulate the grass clippings toward a central opening to a central trough within the central arm. Within the central trough are provided a plurality of endless chains and pulleys to which are mounted spaced paddles. The central trough's spaced paddles are operative synchronously with the horizontal trough paddles to convey accumulated clippings upwardly through a discharge port and a flexible chute to a dispensing bin. Within the dispensing bin there are provided a plurality of paddle blades mounted to a horizontally disposed drive shaft. The paddle blades are operative to moving the clippings from the bin to a hopper, from which the grass cuttings are dumped into a receiving vehicle such as a truck. The extension platform can be remotely raised and lowered around a horizontal pivot shaft adjacent the discharge port. Propulsion of the platform is provided through a pair of hydraulic cylinders mounted in parallel to a tilted pair of extensible rails and support cylinders, the cylinders being pivotally connected at one end to the vehicle frame and at the other end to a cradle from which the lateral arm is suspended.
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Hirsch Paul J.
Kinsey Russell R.
Warren's Turf Nursery
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