Harvesters – Cutting and windrowing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-04
2009-12-01
Fábián-Kovács, Árpád (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Cutting and windrowing
Reexamination Certificate
active
07624561
ABSTRACT:
A windrow merger lift mechanism having on a pair of rotational axes, skewed with respect to each other, to manipulate a merger apparatus between working and non-working positions. When the merger apparatus is in a first, or working position, the lift mechanism positions it to receive crop material from the conditioner rolls with minimal losses. When the merger apparatus is in a second, or non-working position, the lift mechanism positions the merger apparatus to allow crop material to be discharged from the header/conditioner with the same efficiency as a windrower having no installed merger attachment. The skewed axes of the merger lift mechanism optimize the merger position in both the working and non-working positions by moving the merger apparatus in four distinct, but related degrees of motion as the merger apparatus is moved between the positions.
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DeChristopher David M.
McLean Kenneth W.
Rice Robert L.
CNH America LLC
Fábián-Kovács Árpád
Harms Michael G.
Sheldrake Patrick M.
Stader John William
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