Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Having driven means for handling or treating crop
Patent
1994-10-14
1996-06-25
Bagnell, David J.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Having driven means for handling or treating crop
56185, 171130, A01D 1700, A01D 6100
Patent
active
055288901
ABSTRACT:
A sprig harvester apparatus for harvesting sprigs of grass, such as Bermuda grass, from a ground surface and conveying the grass sprigs to an awaiting receptacle. The apparatus includes a harvesting portion mounted on a rolling chassis. The harvesting portion includes blades for cutting the grass sprigs from the ground surface and a first elevator chain for moving the grass sprigs upwardly, while providing sufficient vibration to shake soil therefrom. The grass sprigs are discharged from the harvesting portion into a hopper section of a hopper/elevator portion. The hopper/elevator portion is mounted on a pivot assembly attached to the chassis. The hopper/elevator portion also includes an upper elevator section pivotally connected to the hopper section so that it can be raised and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder. A second elevator chain, disposed in the hopper and upper elevator section, conveys the grass sprigs upwardly so that they may be discharged to fall into an awaiting receptacle, such as a vehicle alongside the apparatus. The pivot assembly allows the hopper/elevator portion to be pivoted between a longitudinal traveling position and a transverse operating position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1593952 (1926-07-01), Ribbans
patent: 3579968 (1971-05-01), Hill et al.
patent: 4047573 (1977-09-01), Aoyama
Flyer on Bermuda King Sprig Harvester (Undated but admitted to be prior art).
Gray Jimmy D.
Klingsick, Jr. Louis F.
Bagnell David J.
Bermuda King, L.L.C.
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