221 |
STRUCTURE FOR CONVERTING AN INTEGRAL IMPLEMENT TO A DRAWN TYPE |
US10298619 |
2002-11-15 |
US20040094313A1 |
2004-05-20 |
Brian
E.
Myers |
Attachment structure for converting an integral implement to a pull-type implement includes wheel modules which can be placed at different locations along the frame to avoid interference with tool standards or other hardware. Each module includes both a forward gauge wheel and a rearward transport wheel. The transport wheels are located behind the center of gravity of the implement for stability, and the forwardly located gauge wheels offset the moment resulting from standard draft. A hitch storage jack doubles as a gauge wheel adjustment tool. To maintain the wheels in phase and provide a transport lock-up feature, a simple parallel circuit with pilot operated check valves on the base or lift end of each cylinder is utilized. |
222 |
Hand truck for moving 3 point hitch equipment |
US09712983 |
2000-11-16 |
US06474930B1 |
2002-11-05 |
James S. Simpson |
A wheeled hand truck adapted to carry lightweight three-point tractor hitch equipment. The hand truck has a frame made from two vertical rails, a handle, and some transverse ribs. An axle and a pair of wheels serve as the pivot point of the frame when the device is lifting objects. An extensible, upper support arm has a near end that is pivotally mounted to an upper rib. The support arm pivots up and down along a vertical plane, and has an apertured far end for attaching to the upper point of a three-point hitch connection. The hand truck also has a pair of lower lift arms that pivot from side to side along a substantially horizontal plane so as to be adjustably connectable to the lower two points of a three-point hitch connection. |
223 |
Plug aerator |
US09790850 |
2001-02-22 |
US20020084082A1 |
2002-07-04 |
John
W.
Hill; Elmer
J.
Chatin |
A method and apparatus for core extracting plug aerator comprises a main frame, a draw bar coupled to the main frame and configured to couple a motorized device to the main frame, and pivoting side supports coupled to the main frame, wherein the side supports pivot between and are secured in a moving position and an aerating position. The plug aerator further comprises rotating wheels coupled to the side supports and a longitudinal support system coupled to the main frame, the longitudinal support system comprises a plugger system comprising articulating tines. |
224 |
Towed farm machine |
US09879644 |
2001-06-12 |
US20020043060A1 |
2002-04-18 |
David
Beaufort; Damien
Faivre; Heinrich
Tepe; Matthew
Mentzer |
A towed farm implement includes a set of auxiliary wheels mounted for elevating the implement to a height which permits the implement to be pulled over and lowered onto a transport trailer or which permits the trailer to be otherwise maneuvered to a loading position beneath the implement. Once the implement is loaded, a pivoted tongue of the implement is positioned so as to be used for the endwise transport of loaded implement. In one embodiment, the auxiliary wheels are mounted on their own lift arms for being swung vertically by an adjusting mechanism that is independent of that use to effect vertical adjustment of the ground wheels. In another embodiment, the wheel support arms of the ground wheels and the lift arms to which the auxiliary wheels are mounted are secured together for being swung by the same adjusting mechanism. |
225 |
Method and apparatus for a transportable box blade assembly |
US09512549 |
2000-02-24 |
US06360827B1 |
2002-03-26 |
Thomas W. Clary |
An apparatus and method transporting an attachment, such as a box blade assembly, which is secured to a land based vehicle has a box blade and a transporting mechanism. The box blade is made up of two opposing side walls, an open top and bottom, and front and rear sides. The walls are connected using frame members and a cutting surface extends between the side walls and below the bottom edge of the side walls. The transporting mechanism is comprised of a movable frame member rotatably secured to the rear of the box blade at one end and operatively secured to one or more wheels at the other end. A lifting member, which may be a hydraulic cylinder or hand crank, is operatively secured to the movable frame member and to the top of the box blade. Using a single point of attachment hitch, such as a ball type hitch, the box blade may still be lifted from the work surface for easy transport, and then easily lowered for use on a work surface. |
226 |
Pick-up support wheel mounting arrangement |
US09923022 |
2001-08-06 |
US20020017092A1 |
2002-02-14 |
Etienne
Josset; Frederic
Paillet; Raymond
Uros |
A baler pick-up includes a pair of support wheels, each of which is connected to the pick-up by a mounting arrangement permitting the wheel to be selectively moved from a working position outboard of the pick-up to an inboard, elevated transport or non-working position. Each mounting arrangement comprises a holder fixed to the pick-up and including a transverse pipe and a projection formed from a plate and spaced outwardly from and end of the pipe. The arrangement further comprises a wheel mounting bracket including a cylindrical tube pivotally and slidably received in the pipe and in a hole provided in the projection, the tube carrying a ring captured between the end of the pipe and the projection and containing a throughbore aligned with one of a pair of crossbores provided in the tube and receiving a linchpin bolt for retaining the wheel mounting bracket so as to dispose the wheel in a selected one of its positions. |
227 |
Hydraulic controls for agricultural implements |
US09437864 |
1999-11-10 |
US06305478B1 |
2001-10-23 |
Terrance A. Friggstad |
An agricultural implement, having ground engaging tools mounted on subframes that are movable through hydraulic actuators between raised transport and lowered working positions, is provided with a hydraulic circuit in which the actuators are connected in parallel with one another within a grouping of the actuators. The positioning of the ground engaging tools into a lowered working position closes the hydraulic circuit for the group of actuators. The subframes are arranged to float over ground undulations to maintain a common working depth for the ground engaging tools. The vertical movement of any one of the actuators in the common group will force a displacement of a corresponding amount of hydraulic fluid, which will then be shared by all of the remaining actuators in the corresponding group. A depth averaging control for the ground engaging tools and a mechanical headland stop apparatus are also provided for the agricultural implement. |
228 |
Telescoping hitch for planting implement |
US09437760 |
1999-11-10 |
US06293352B1 |
2001-09-25 |
David R. Hundeby; Stan W. Ylioja |
An agricultural planter is provided with forwardly folding wing members that allow conversion of the planter from a laterally extending operating position to a compact transport position. To increase stability for the planter, the draw bar telescopes as the wing members are folded forwardly into the transport position. Brace members interconnect a forward portion of the draw bar and the wing members. As the wing members fold forwardly, the brace members are arranged to cause a rearward portion of the draw bar to extend rearwardly from the forward portion and effect the telescopic action in the draw bar. A draw bar hitch lock linkage is provided to keep the draw bar compacted when the wing members are in the operating position. A hitch lock actuator is tied into the hydraulic system for the movement of the wing members into the transport position to permit the telescopic action of the draw bar in concert with the forward folding of the wing members. |
229 |
Agricultural vehicle and implement with wheels |
US09550838 |
2000-04-17 |
US06282875B1 |
2001-09-04 |
Eberhard Holtkotte; Rainer Schafer; Claus-Joseph Vogelgesang; Richard Wubbels |
A self-propelled forage harvester includes a main frame supported on front and rear pairs of wheels. A crop intake arrangement extends forwardly between the front wheels and releasably mounted thereto is the central component of a rowless header having right- and left-hand components pivotally attached to the central component for movement between a raised non-operative transport position for transport within a legal width and a lowered operative position wherein they extend outwardly beyond the front wheels. One of several transport wheel arrangements are selectively coupled to one or the other or both of the crop intake arrangement and the central component of the rowless header for supporting at least some of the weight of the header so that this weight is not borne by the axle of the front wheels of the forage harvester vehicle, thereby making the forage harvester legal to travel on roads where there is an axle load limit. |
230 |
Folding planter frame |
US09498975 |
2000-02-07 |
US06205937B1 |
2001-03-27 |
Kenneth E. Shoup |
An agricultural device for transporting planting units which has a first stationary toolbar and a pair of toolbars spaced away and separate from the stationary toolbar and carrying a plurality of planting units thereon at fixed intervals. The pair of toolbars are moved between a first position where the fixed toolbar and the pair of toolbars are positioned with their longitudinal axes generally colinear and a second position where the pair of toolbars are spaced from the fixed toolbar and the longitudinal axes of the fixed toolbar and the pair of toolbars are parallel. The agricultural device is incapable of positioning the planting units carried thereby in at least two different spacings depending upon whether the pair of toolbars are in the first or the second positions thereof. |
231 |
Forwardly folding agricultural planter |
US09438057 |
1999-11-10 |
US06202756B1 |
2001-03-20 |
David R. Hundeby; Terrance A. Friggstad |
An agricultural planter is provided with hydraulically operated devices to effect the folding and unfolding of the planter support structure between operative and transport configurations. The planter includes a telescopic hitch apparatus that lengthens as the pivoted wing members are folded forwardly to position a transport lock mechanism for engagement with vertically oriented wing latch retainer bars mounted in a latch tower on the draw bar. A hitch latch mechanism is also provided to control the movement of the telescopic draw bar. A caster lock apparatus is also provided to control the castering action of a wheel device positioned near the ends of the wing members. In operation, the laterally extending tool bar is pivoted on a transverse axis to forwardly roll the tool bar toward an intermediate transport position. Once the tool bar is properly positioned, wing fold hydraulic cylinders pivot the laterally extending wing assemblies forwardly to effect engagement between the transport lock mechanism and the latch tower. An unfold abutment finger is provided to allow the wing assemblies to float with changing ground undulations, while providing a abutment against which the wing cylinders can push to effect unfolding of the wing members. A tool bar lock fixes the tool bar in a forwardly rolled transport position. |
232 |
Lift assist mechanism for a forwardly folding planting implement |
US09437758 |
1999-11-10 |
US06192994B1 |
2001-02-27 |
Terrance A. Friggstad; David R. Hundeby |
An agricultural implement, having a tool bar that is pivoted forwardly to initiate the conversion of the implement from a working position toward a transport position, including left and right wing members extending in opposing directions to respective distal ends, is provided with a lift assist mechanism to support the distal ends of the wing members as the tool bar is pivoted forwardly to an intermediate transport position. The lift assist mechanism includes a frame pivotally mounted to each respective wing member, a lift assist wheel providing ground-engaging support for the wing member, and a lift assist actuator that controls the pivoted movement of the lift assist mechanism to maintain the lift assist wheel in supporting contact with the ground until the tool bar has been rotated approximately 60 degrees from the lowered working position toward the raised intermediate transport position. A cable extends from the lift assist mechanism to a toll bar lock apparatus to release the tool bar lock only when the lift assist mechanism has been positioned for proper support of the wing member during the pivotal movement of the tool bar from the intermediate position rearwardly into the working position. A hydraulic circuit controls the operation of the lift assist actuators and the tool bar actuators to effect a coordinated action between them so as to maintain proper support for the wing member during the pivotal movement of the tool bar. |
233 |
Apparatus and method for controlling the position of an implement and
marker of a work vehicle |
US37214 |
1998-03-10 |
US6141612A |
2000-10-31 |
David D. Flamme; Brian A. Hartman; Abraham Orbach |
An apparatus and method is disclosed for positioning a farming implement connected to a farm work vehicle controlled by an operator. The apparatus includes an actuation system for positioning the implement with respect to a reference, a position sensor for providing a position signal indicative of the position of the implement above the reference, and an electronic control unit for receiving the position signal. The electronic control unit is operatively connected to the actuation system, and directs the actuation system to stop the implement if a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the position signal indicates that the implement has reached a predetermined position. An apparatus and method is also disclosed for positioning one or more markers associated with a farming implement connected to a farm work vehicle controlled by an operator. The apparatus includes an actuation system for positioning the implement and the one or more markers with respect to a reference, a position sensor for providing a position signal indicative of the position of the implement above the reference, and an electronic control unit for receiving the position signal. The electronic control unit is operatively connected to the actuation system, and directs the actuation system upon a predetermined time lapse after the position signal indicates that the implement has reached a predetermined position. |
234 |
Rotary tiller attachment to facilitate towing |
US439171 |
1999-11-29 |
US6131670A |
2000-10-17 |
John Travis Johnson |
An attachment kit with swiveling wheel for converting a self-propelled rotary tiller with rear tines and motor driven wheels into a towing machine. The attachment kit is secured to the tiller in place of the drag stake. A mounting bracket (8) allows for the assembly to be easily mounted to the rotary tiller without removing either tines (11) or the tine guard (12). The attachment kit with swiveling wheel (9) adds versatility and stability to the rotary tiller by converting it into a towing machine which can be used to tow many different types of trailers, nut harvesters, garden carts, etc. A towing tower (10a) and (10b) to facilitate towing a nut harvester easily connects to the attachment kit. The attachment kit also accepts ball-type hitches and drop-pin hitches. |
235 |
Headline stop for agricultural planter |
US437757 |
1999-11-10 |
US6131669A |
2000-10-17 |
Terrance A. Friggstad; David R. Hundeby |
An agricultural planter is provided with hydraulically operated devices to effect the folding and unfolding of the planter support structure between operative and transport configurations. The planter includes a laterally extending tool bar that is pivoted about a transverse axis to forwardly roll the tool bar between a lowered field operating position and a raised transport position. The transverse pivot axis is located such that the first component of the pivotal movement of the tool bar from the field operating position is generally vertical, while a second component of the pivotal movement of the tool bar approaching the transport position is generally horizontal and forwardly of the first component. The headland position corresponds to a position in which the tool bar is raised sufficiently to move the planting units mounted thereon out of the ground to facilitate the turning of the implement at the end of the field. A sensor senses the positioning of the tool bar at the headland position and activates a valve in the hydraulic circuit to stop the operation of the tool bar actuators pivotally rotating the tool bar. A bypass, in the form of a solenoid that when selectively energized will override the signal of the sensor, selectively permits the tool bar to be raised the entire way to the transport position. |
236 |
Planting machine with lifting means for lifting and carrying planting
units with even distribution of units weight along the machine |
US407986 |
1999-09-29 |
US6112678A |
2000-09-05 |
Elvio Antonio Forchino |
A planting machine having a lifting arrangement for lifting and carrying planting units, with the weight of the units uniformly and evenly distributed on the machine when the units are traveling in an inoperative mode, the planting machine including a lifting tower upwardly extending in a sloped plane for lifting the planting units up to the transportation inoperative position mode, along the sloped plane defined by the lifting tower, the center of gravity of the planting units lying in a position wherein the weight of the planting units is symmetrically distributed relative to the wheels of the rolling transportation chassis; with the spacing distance between the planting units, in the planting position, being capable of being modified as a function of the desired distance between furrows, without the wheels of the transportation chassis interfering with the hoppers of the planting units and hindering the movement of the planting units. |
237 |
Wheel arm assembly interchangeable between walking beam and straight
tandem configurations |
US45664 |
1998-03-20 |
US6003616A |
1999-12-21 |
Garrett Lee Goins; James Franklin Bierl |
A wheel arm assembly for an implement includes a common wheel arm for single wheel, straight tandem wheel, or walking beam configurations. In the straight tandem configuration, a pair of spindles are supported in corresponding bushings at the end of the wheel arm. The spindles are axially aligned, project outwardly from the arm, and support a pair of wheels in tandem. To convert to the optional walking beam configuration, the operator removes the spindles from the bushings and inserts a long pin through a selectively attachable walking beam casting and through the bushings in the arm. The same spindles that attach the wheels to the arm in the conventional tandem configuration are inserted in the offset ends of the walking beam to support the wheels from the walking beam casting. |
238 |
Active roadability control for work vehicles |
US633135 |
1996-04-16 |
US5884204A |
1999-03-16 |
Abraham Orbach; William L. Schubert |
A system for reducing oscillations of an implement carried by a vehicle in a lifted position during travel. The implement is coupled to an implement positioning system including an actuator for raising and lowering the implement in response to a control signal. The system includes at least one load sensor for sensing implement load, a position sensor for sensing implement position, and a control circuit configured to generate a control signal to the actuator in a first manner based at least upon implement position and in a second manner based at least upon implement load. The control circuit transitions from the first manner of operation to the second manner of operation upon detecting oscillations of the implement beyond a predetermined magnitude. The control circuit improves roadability of the vehicle by operating in a roadability mode including the first and second manners of operation wherein the roadability mode is entered based at least upon the implement being in a lifted position and vehicle speed being greater than a predetermined threshold speed. |
239 |
Disk opener carrier hitch |
US734189 |
1996-10-21 |
US5855245A |
1999-01-05 |
Mark Anthony Gerein |
A floating hitch for an agricultural implement has a hydraulic ram arranged for locking the implement in a raised position relative to the hitch, for transport. For transport, the ram extends into abutment with a point on the implement, and retracts out of the abutment for operation. A floating link guides the end of the ram, and the arc of movement of the floating link is such that the link lies normal to the ram axis at the point of abutment contact. |
240 |
Clay court scarifier |
US734537 |
1996-10-21 |
US5829537A |
1998-11-03 |
James Vernon Houghtaling |
A clay surface scarifier includes a portable frame with a first axle and a second axle rotationally connected thereto. At least one scarifying blade, having a cutting edge orthogonal to the first axis, is attached to the first axle and rotatable therewith about the first axis. At least one scarifying blade, having a cutting edge orthogonal to the second axis, is attached to the second axle and rotatable therewith about the second axis. The axes of rotation of the first and second axles are intersecting. |