Patent ID: 9185839
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A01B,A01D

Abstract:
1. A pull-type crop harvesting machine for towed movement by a tractor comprising: a frame mounted on at least one field ground wheel for forward movement during field operation across ground carrying a crop; a cutter system mounted in a transverse direction across a front of the frame so that the frame carries the cutter system in the forward direction generally at right angles to the transverse direction into the standing crop for cutting the standing crop; swath forming components for receiving and converging the cut crop into a crop discharge opening for forming a swath behind the machine; a conditioner at the crop discharge opening for engaging the cut crop to apply a conditioning action on the cut crop prior to forming the swath; a protection shield behind the crop discharge opening extending in a raised shielding position rearwardly from the frame at an angle to allow the crop from the conditioner to pass underneath the shield to form a swath and to engage material released from the conditioner; a hitch arm extending from the frame to a coupling hitch arranged for attachment to a tractor by which the frame is towed in the forward direction across the ground; a rear transport ground wheel attached to the frame for engaging the ground and supporting the frame during transport; a frame member attaching said rear transport ground wheel to the frame; an actuation arrangement which moves the frame member to carry said rear transport ground wheel in movement relative to the frame between a field position in which the rear transport ground wheel is raised from the ground for field operation and a transport position in which the rear transport ground wheel is in contact with the ground; a mounting arrangement mounting at least a portion of the protection shield for movement relative to the frame from the raised shielding position downwardly to allow the rear transport ground wheel to move in said movement from the field position to the transport position.