Patent ID: 7828071
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. An agricultural machine comprising: a chassis; an engine; a driver's cabin; a hitch; and at least two working units connected to the hitch by a hitching frame, the at least two working units configured to be pivoted between a working position in which the working units extend substantially horizontally and transversely to a direction of travel in work and a transport position in which the working units extends substantially above the chassis, wherein the hitch is connected to the chassis via a rigid structure, the rigid structure connected to the chassis by a transverse articulation, at least one actuator being provided between the chassis and the rigid structure to allow the rigid structure to tip about the transverse articulation, wherein the actuator extends directly underneath the chassis of the agricultural machine, wherein the transverse articulation is connected to the rigid structure closer to a top of the rigid structure than to a bottom of the rigid structure, in the working position, and wherein the hitch is a three-point hitch comprising an upper bar connected to the rigid structure by an upper articulation and two lower bars each connected to the rigid structure by a respective lower articulation.