Patent ID: 6971225
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A control arrangement for a pull-type windrow merger adapted to be pulled along the ground by a tow vehicle having an electrical power supply, the pull-type windrow merger having a plurality of actuable functional assemblies configured to interact and cooperate to selectively collect crop material from a first location on the ground, move the crop material laterally, and discharge the crop material in a second location on the ground, as the windrow merger is moved along the ground by the tow vehicle, the control assembly comprising; a housing; a controller disposed in the housing, wherein the controller includes a plurality of inputs, and wherein each of the controller inputs corresponds to one of the functional assemblies of the windrow merger; and a harness arrangement configured to electrically connect the controller to the plurality of functional assemblies and to a power supply, wherein the harness arrangement includes: wherein the controller and the housing are remotely disposed relative to the pull-type windrow merger, wherein the controller is interconnected through the first and second harnesses with each of the functional assemblies of the windrow merger, and wherein each controller input is interconnected with and controls operation of a single one of the functional assemblies of the windrow merger.