Deere & Company

Randal Alan Cufr

Timothy James Kraus

David V Rotole

Jason Chad Eubanks

James Leonard Montgomery

Daniel James Meyer

Jason C Lahey

Roger William Frimmi

An adjustable mounting assembly capable of mounting an operator display interface to the ROPS of a work vehicle that has front and rear implements, such as the front loader and rear excavator of a backhoe. The adjustable mounting assembly can have a telescoping compound slide assembly with at least one movable rail and slider. The moveable rail and slider can translate to move a display mount linearly between the front or rear of the vehicle. A display bracket can rotate about a generally vertical axis. Detents or other positioning elements can be provided on the rails and slider as well as at preset angular orientations of the display mount. The adjustable mounting assembly thus allows the vehicle operator to readily adjust the display interface to be viewable when in the front and rear facing seating orientations of the vehicle.

ROPS mount for work vehicle display interface

A clamp arrangement for securing a needle to a needle support member includes an interface arrangement between a first clamp segment, defining an inner end of a baler needle, and a surface of a needle support member, on which a second clamp segment is located on a side of the support member opposite to that engaged by the first clamp segment. The interface arrangement is such as to permit the needle to be rocked sideways so as to adjust an outer twine delivery end of the needle from side-to-side as necessary to bring the twine delivery end in correct alignment with a knotter mechanism.

Baler needle clamp arrangement for facilitating side-to-side adjustment of outer needle end

A steam injection manifold assembly is mounted to a crop pick-up assembly and is provided with an elongate manifold disposed lengthwise of the pick-up assembly. A plurality of steam injection tubes are releasably mounted to the manifold to receive steam exiting through respective steam outlet openings provided in the manifold. In one embodiment the injection tubes are shaped similarly to tine stripper bands of the pick-up, and in another embodiment the injection tubes define the stripper bands of the pick-up.

Steam injection tubes individually mounted for selective removal from manifold

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Oskaloosa, IA, United States of America

Randal Alan Cufr