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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger D Hanaway, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Larry R James, Olathe, KS (US);
Garry W Busboom, Independence, MO (US);
Assignee:
Allis-Chalmers Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; B65G / ; A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 146 ; 198814 ; 56DI / ;
Abstract
A pair of tensioning mechanisms (56, 57) for an idler drum (47) of a conveyor (28) transferring crop material from the header (21) to the processor (31) of a harvester are located entirely within the conveyor housing (22). Each tensioning mechanism (56, 57) includes an arm (66 or 67) secured by a combined pivot and lost motion connection (88, 91, 93, 96 or 89, 92, 94, 97) to the conveyor housing side walls (41, 42) and biased by a tension spring (104 or 106) disposed at its inboard side.