Windrow forming deflector

Claim 1

IN A CROP CONDITIONER OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO ADVANCE OVER A FIELD OF PREVIOUSLY HARVESTED CROPS SUCH AS HAY AND THE LIKE HAVING RELATIVELY WIDE CROP CONDITIONING MEANS TRANSVERSE TO THE LINE OF ADVANCE AND NORMALLY ADAPTED TO PICK UP, CONDITION AND DISCHARGE CROPS UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY IN A STREAM OF COMPARABLE WIDTH AND A COMPARABLY WIDE UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY DIRECTED HOOD CARRIED BY THE CONDITIONER REARWARDLY OF THE CONDITIONING MEANS TO INTERCEPT AND GUIDE THE DISCHARGED CROPS; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PAIR OF DEPENDING DEFLECTOR WINGS, EACH HAVING FRONT AND REAR AND TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE PORTIONS; AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE WINGS ON THE CONDITIONER IN A POSITION DEPENDING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID HOOD WITH THEIR FRONT EDGE PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT TO OPPOSITE OUTER ENDS OF THE CONDITIONER MEANS AND THEIR REAR EDGES UPRIGHT AND CLOSELY SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY SO THAT THE SHEETS CONVERGE REARWARDLY TO DIRECT THE REARWARDLY DISCHARGED CROPS INTO A RELATIVELY NARROW STREAM, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING FASTENING MEANS ON SAID HOOD, HINGE MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID FASTENING MEANS AND CONNECTED IN SUPPORTING RELATION WITH THE TOP EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID DEFLECTOR WINGS, AND SAID FASTENING MEANS HAVING ANOTHER POSITION ON SAID HOOD FOR POSITIONING SAID SHEETS WITH THEIR REAR EDGES AT A DIFFERENT SPACING WHEREBY TO EFFECT AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE DEGREE OF REARWARD CONVERGENCE OF THE SHEETS.