Loading car with takeup member operating outside the vehicle track

Claim 2

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle having a load receiving surface, a conveyor duct having a forwardly directed inlet and a lateral inlet and discharging upwardly onto the load receiving surface and having a width coextensive with that of the load receiving surface, conveying means operable in the conveyor duct to move harvested material along the duct to the load receiving surface, a crop receiving drum, a frame mounting the receiving drum, and a transverse conveyor device conveying material from the receiving drum to the conveyor duct: the improvement comprising, in combination, means mounting said frame on said vehicle for movement between a first position, in which said drum extends perpendicularly to the path of vehicle movement and completely to one side of the vehicle and is in materialfeeding communication with said lateral duct inlet, and a second position, in which said drum also extends perpendicularly to the direction of vehicle movement but is retracted beneath the vehicle; and said drum is in material-feeding communication with said forwardly directed duct inlet; and releasable bracing means maintaining said frame in each of the first and second positions.

Claim 3

In a tractor-driven crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, which the lengths of said receiving drum and said transverse conveyor device, measured transversely of the direction of vehicle movement, are greater than the width of said crop carrying vehicle.

Claim 4

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said transverse conveyor device has a bottom wall adjoining said receiving drum and an upright rear wall bordering said bottom wall; and mechanical conveyor means in the range of said rear wall acting to move material in a direction transversely of the direction of vehicle movement.

Claim 5

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said conveyor duct has a forwardly directed inlet; and a movable flap operable to close said forwardly directed inlet when said frame is in its first position in which said receiving drum extends completely to one side of said vehicle.

Claim 6

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said conveyor duct has a lateral inlet adjoining said transverse conveyor device; and a movable flap operable to close said lateral inlet when said conveyor duct is being charged from the front.

Claim 7

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, including an additional conveying and compression device extending along said vehicle above said transverse conveyor device; said conveyor duct having a lateral inlet communicating with said transverse conveyor device; said additional conveying and compression device conveying material in the direction of said lateral inlet and transverse to the conveying directions of said conveying means operable in said conveyor duct.

Claim 8

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said conveyinG means operable in said conveyor duct is a conveyor drum; and driving means operable to drive said conveyor drum intermittently.

Claim 9

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 7, including control means operable to start said driving means; and a control flap in said conveyor duct and operable, response to pressure of material thereon, to actuate said control means to start operation of said driving means.

Claim 10

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said conveyor duct includes relatively movable cooperable wall parts latchable in predetermined relation to vary the effective interior surface of said conveyor duct in the receiving range of said conveying means operable in said conveyor duct.

Claim 11

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said frame mounting means comprises pushrods arranged as a parallelogram.

Claim 12

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 10, including releasable locking means on said frame cooperable with said push rods to releasably lock said frame in either its first position or its second position.

Claim 13

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 10, in which at least one of said push rods is designed as a Cardan drive shaft.

Claim 14

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, including crop cutting means positioned in the area of the transition between said transverse conveyor device and said conveyor duct.

Claim 15

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said means mounting said frame includes a carriage; guide means extending transversely of said vehicle and supporting said carriage for movement transversely of said vehicle; and cable means connected to said frame and to said carriage.

Claim 16

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said means mounting said frame comprises a threaded spindle and a nut threaded on said spindle, one of said spindle and said nut being secured to said frame and the other of said spindle and said nut being secured to said vehicle whereby, upon relative rotation of said nut and said spindle said frame is moved between its first and second positions.

Claim 17

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, in which said means mounting said frame comprises a hydraulic piston-cylinder arrangement connected between said frame and said vehicle for moving said frame between its first and second positions.

Claim 18

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle, the improvement claimed in claim 1, including feeler means and associated control means operatively associated with said frame and operable, responsive to said feeler means striking obstacles, to effect movement of said frame to clear said obstacles.

Claim 19

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle having a load receiving surface, a conveyor duct discharging upwardly onto the load receiving surface and having a width coextensive with that of the load receiving surface, conveying means operable in the conveyor duct to move harvested material along the duct to the load receiving surface, a crop receiving drum, a frame mounting the receiving drum, and a transverse conveyor device conveying material from the receiving drum to the conveyor duct: the improvement comprising, in combination, means mounting said frame on said vehicle for movement between a first position, in which said drum extends perpendicularly to the path of vehicle movement and completely to one side of the vehicle, and a second position, in which said drum also extends perpendicularly to the direction of vehicle movement but is retracted beneath the vehicle; and releasable bracing means maintaining said frame in each of the first and second positions; said transverse conveyor device including a bottom wall and an upright wall bordering said bottom wall and extending above The lowermost portion of the surface of said conveyor duct; said upright wall comprising telescopic components which can be telescoped into each other when said frame is moved from its first position into its second position in which it is retracted beneath the vehicle.

Claim 20

In a tractor-drawn crop carrying vehicle having a load receiving surface, a conveyor duct discharging upwardly onto the load receiving surface and having a width coextensive with that of the load receiving surface, conveying means operable in the conveyor duct to move harvested material along the duct to the load receiving surface, a crop receiving drum, a frame mounting the receiving drum, and a transverse conveyor device conveying material from the receiving drum to the conveyor duct: the improvement comprising, in combination, means mounting said frame on said vehicle for movement between a first position, in which said drum extends perpendicularly to the path of vehicle movement and completely to one side of the vehicle, and a second position, in which said drum also extends perpendicularly to the direction of vehicle movement but is retracted beneath the vehicle; and releasable bracing means maintaining said frame in each of the first and second positions; said transverse conveyor device including a bottom wall and an upright wall bordering said bottom wall and extending above The lowermost portion of the surface of said conveyor duct; said upright wall comprising telescopic components which can be telescoped into each other when said frame is moved from its first position into its second position in which it is retracted beneath the vehicle.