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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2006
Mark Samuel Philips, Grimes, IA (US);
Jeffrey Robert Fox, Minburn, IA (US);
Daniel John Johannsen, Ankeny, IA (US);
Kent Cleo Mckee, Mingo, IA (US);
Mark Samuel Philips, Grimes, IA (US);
Jeffrey Robert Fox, Minburn, IA (US);
Daniel John Johannsen, Ankeny, IA (US);
Kent Cleo Mckee, Mingo, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
One or two conventional picking units are mounted on a two-wheel, high clearance running gear or frame. A two-point hitch is coupled to the draft links of a tractor or an equal-angle hitch is coupled to the tractor drawbar. Hitch and tongue interface on the harvester facilitates sharp turn angles between the implement and the tractor through use of a pivoting member containing the driveline powering the units from the tractor. A center pivot tongue allows offset for appropriate row alignment and provides improved maneuverability and implement steering on headlands and turn rows. A hydraulic cylinder connected to the tongue or a crossed four-bar linkage structure controls tongue angle. A basket is supported at the rear of the frame and the row units are located forwardly of the frame to provide counterbalancing forces about the wheel axis.