Deere + Company

Michael L Halbrook

Eric P Richard

Kent M Almeida

Dusk S Mixon

Marlin L Goodnight

Kerry J Morvant

John P Scrivner

Daniel Joseph Corbett

Eric L Baker

Guy Burch

Prashant M Jundale

Javier J Moscoso

A chopper system for a sugarcane harvester comprises a chopper and a timing-adjustment tool. The chopper comprises a first chopper drum mounted for rotation about a first axis of rotation and comprising blades, a second chopper drum mounted for rotation about a second axis of rotation and comprising blades that cooperate with the blades of the first chopper drum to sever sugarcane stalks into billets upon rotation of the first and second chopper drums respectively about the first and second axes of rotation, and a gearbox that coordinates rotation of the first and second chopper drums relative to one another to establish a timing of operation between the blades of the first and second chopper drums. The timing-adjustment tool removably mounts to the chopper to adjust the timing of operation.

Sugarcane harvester chopper system with timing-adjustment tool

A sugarcane harvester comprises a frame, a knockdown roller, and a telescopic roller support mounted to the frame and to which the knockdown roller is mounted. The roller support is configured to telescope to cause linear movement of the knockdown roller relative to the frame.

Telescopic roller support for sugarcane knockdown roller

A sugarcane harvester comprises a frame, a basecutter coupled to the frame for translation relative to the frame, a knockdown roller mounted for translation relative to the frame, and a synchronizer configured to translate the knockdown roller in unison with the basecutter so as to maintain a position of the knockdown roller relative to the basecutter upon translation of the basecutter relative to the frame.

Synchronizer for sugarcane knockdown roller

A sugarcane harvester may include a chassis with various discreet and laterally separated mounting locations. Crop divider support modules may be configured to separately and fixedly attach to the chassis at various of the mounting locations, in order to support respective crop dividers in a variety of discreet and laterally separated orientations.

Modular crop divider and base cutter arrangement for sugarcane harvesters

Row width adjusting support modules for sugarcane harvesters

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Thibodaux, LA, United States of America

Michael L Halbrook