Patent ID: 6443836
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A01B,A01D,B60G,B60K,B62D,G01B

Abstract:
Apparatus for lifting a cotton receiving basket of a cotton harvester above a frame thereof, comprising:a plurality of upstanding fluid lift cylinders disposed at spaced locations around the basket, each of the lift cylinders including an elongate cylinder body having a rod disposed therein and extending upwardly therefrom for longitudinal telescopic movement relative thereto, each of the cylinder bodies including an outer surface having a vertical extent at least equal to a maximum height that the basket is to be lifted above the frame, each of the cylinder bodies being fixedly mounted to the frame and each of the rods being attached to the basket such that when the rods are moved telescopically upwardly the basket is lifted relative to the frame; and at least one lateral support element fixedly mounted to the basket and engaged with the outer surface of one of the cylinder bodies for moving therealong in engagement therewith when the basket is lifted for preventing lateral movement of the basket relative to said one of the cylinder bodies.