Deere & Company

American Cyanamid

Richard A DePauw

Keith F Woodruff

Donald Keith Landphair

Douglas P Brown

Myron L McCunn

William R Lundie

Frank D Tenne

Jeffrey A Hoffman

Patrick D Holverson

Richard M Neyrinck

Edward J Hengen

Richard M Neysinck

William R Brown

Robert P Spangler

A closed granular chemical handling system comprising a dispensing valve and a receiving valve. The dispensing valve and the receiving valve are automatically opened when the valves are coupled together, and are automatically closed when the valves are uncoupled from one another. The valves are configured so that the receiving valve always is the first to open and the last to close. The valves are driven together by a camming structure having a neutral portion that acts as a delay between the opening and closing of both valves so as to allow granular material to flow from between the valves through the receiving valve.

Closed granular chemical handling system

A closed granular chemical handling system comprising a dispensing valve and a receiving valve. The dispensing valve and the receiving valve are automatically opened when the valves are coupled together, and are automatically closed when the valves are uncoupled from one another. The valves are configured so that the receiving valve always is the first to open and the last to close. The valves are driven together by a camming structure having a neutral portion that acts as a delay between the opening and closing of both values so as to allow granular material to flow from between the valves through the receiving valve.

In a combine harvester, an array of ground engaging skid shoes or feelers spans the header platform and is divided into right- and left-hand groups, each group associated with a position sensor switch. Each switch transmits to an electrohydraulic control system, a signal representative of the relative position of the skid shoe closest to the ground in its half of the platform. The combined left- and/or right-hand signals are transduced to control platform vertical adjustment and lateral tilt automatically. In one embodiment, a pair of lift cylinders, acting in unison, control platform elevation while a third cylinder is dedicated to tilt control. In other embodiments, paired lift cylinders are controllable independently, to provide both height and tilt control. Supporting the feeder conveyor lower shaft and the header main drive shaft in the laterally pivotable lower forward portion of the feederhouse permits direct transfer of crop material from the platform auger to the feederhouse conveyor and also simplifies header drive arrangements.

Automatic height control for a laterally pivoted harvester header

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Moline, IL, United States of America

Richard A DePauw