Roll forming fodder harvesters

Abstract

Abstract A ROLL-FORMING FODDER HARVESTER ADAPTED TO ROLL UP A WINDROW OF MOWN FODDER MATERIAL AS IT LIES ON THE GROUND THEREBY TO FORM A ROLL WHICH ROLLS ALONG THE GROUND AS THE HARVESTER MOVES ALONG THE WINDROW. THE HARVESTER INCLUDES ROTATABLE WINDROW WINDING MEANS WHICH EXTEND TRANSVERSELY ABOVE THE WINDROW, AND MEANS FOR PROGRESSIVELY LAYING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED FLEXIBLE MEMBERS LONGITUDINALLY BENEATH THE WINDROW IN ADVANCE OF THE WINDING MEANS. THESE FLEXIBLE MEMBERS ARE CONNECTED TO THE WINDING MEANS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ROLL-FORMING OPERATION TO ENSURE THAT THE WINDROW IS PROGRESSIVELY PICKED UP AND WOUND ABOUT SAID WINDING MEANS AS THE HARVESTER MOVES FORWARDLY. THE SAID ROTATABLE WINDING MEANS ARE PREFERABLY MOUNTED ON THE FREE REAR ENDS OF A LATERALLY SPACED PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ARMS WHICH HAVE THEIR FORWARD ENDS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A SUPPORTING FRAME SO AS TO ENABLE THESE ARMS TO SWING UPWARDLY AND DOWNARDLY IN UNISON AND ALSO TO SWING INWARDLY TOWARD AND OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OTHER. THUS, WHEN THE FORMATION OF A FODDER ROLL IS COMPLETED, THE ARMS MAY BE MOVED OUTWARDLY TO WITHDRAW THE WINDING MEANS THEREFROM.

Inventors

• 👤 William Richard Clifford Geary

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