Case Corporation

Cnh America LLC

Michael Horejsi

Travis A Schaeffer

Jesse H Orsborn

Richard J Crabb

Derryn William Pikesh

Gary A Zinser, Jr

Hyppolite Kuissi

J Bradley Lukac

Zhimin Tan

An improved clutch slippage detection system, comprising a magnetic actuator and at least one reed switch sensor located at a slip clutch, which reed switch changes its state, at the instant the clutch begins to overrun.

Drum clutch slippage system

A chassis frame for a self-propelled harvester including a pair of rails extending in side-by-side, spaced relation between forward ends thereof and opposite rearward ends thereof, the rails including compound bend portions adjacent to the rearward ends thereof which extend downwardly and convergingly to a cross member which is connected thereto. A rear axle is connected to the cross member in transverse relation to the rails and has wheels located in wheel cavities defined by the compound bend portions of the rails and pivotable about upright steering axes. The rails of the chassis frame can also include elements for mounting at least one radiator or cooler therebetween forwardly of the bend portions, and elements for mounting at least one radiator or cooler therebetween rearwardly of the bend portions, and an air flow duct can be disposed between the rails to provide a straight air flow path between the radiators or coolers.

Compound bend chassis frame for a harvesting machine

A rotary screen assembly rotatable about a rotational axis for filtering air entering an air inlet of a work machine, the screen assembly having an axially facing screen surface including an outer circumferential edge disposed around the rotational axis in radially spaced relation thereto, an elongate brush having bristles disposed along a longitudinal extent thereof in contact with the axially facing screen surface for brushing collected material and contaminants therefrom, the longitudinal extent or axis of the brush forming a chord of the outer circumferential edge spaced a distance from the rotational axis or being skewed relative to the rotational axis such that when the screen is rotated about the rotational axis in a predetermined direction a force is imparted to the collected material and contaminants by the bristles of the brush sufficient to move the collected material and contaminants radially outwardly past the circumferential edge. The screen surfaces are preferable substantially continuous and smooth and the axially facing screen surface is preferably flat and can include a plurality of screen panels removably disposed around a center hub through which the rotational axis extends, each of the screen panels including a peripheral frame defining an opening therethrough, and a screen fabric permanently attached to and preferably flush with the frame around the opening in covering relation thereto, allowing quickly and easily replacing the panels as they wear or are damaged.

Rotary air screen for a work machine

Apparatus for lifting a cotton receiving basket of a cotton harvester above a frame thereof including a plurality of upstanding fluid lift cylinders disposed at spaced locations around the basket, each of the lift cylinders has a cylinder body including an outer surface having a vertical extent at least equal to a maximum height that the basket is to be lifted above the frame, each of the cylinder bodies being fixedly mounted to the frame and the cylinders having extendable rods attached to the basket such that when the rods are moved telescopically upwardly the basket is lifted relative to the frame; and at least one lateral support bracket fixedly mounted to the basket and engaged with the outer surface of one of the cylinder bodies for moving therealong in engagement therewith when the basket is lifted for preventing lateral movement of the basket relative to the one of the cylinder bodies.

Apparatus for lifting and laterally supporting a cotton receiving basket of a cotton harvester

The apparatus applies to a basket having an upstanding wall structure defining an upwardly facing opening and a lid structure disposed over the opening and positionable in a retracted position close to the wall structure and in an extended position spaced a predetermined distance above the wall structure, at least one lifting element being present having a member extendable for lifting the basket relative to the frame to a lifted position and retractable for lowering the basket from the lifted position, the apparatus including at least one leg mounted to the lid structure and engageable with a portion of the lifting element when the basket is in the lifted position and the lid structure is in the retracted position so as to hold the lid structure relative to the portion of the lifting element engaged therewith while the basket is lowered from the lifted position to move the lid structure to the extended position, the at least one leg being engageable with the lifting element with the lid structure in the extended position while the basket is raised relative thereto to retract the lid structure.

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Sherrard, IL, United States of America

Michael Horejsi