Patent ID: 8033340
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A windrower comprising: a frame that: a) has a front, a rear and laterally spaced sides; and b) can be moved in an advancing direction parallel to field rows in underlying terrain in which a harvestable product is grown; a processing mechanism on the frame, the processing mechanism capable of: a) unearthing grown product; and b) separating foreign matter from the grown product as the frame is moved in the advancing direction; and a cross conveyor assembly for controllably discharging grown product from the processing mechanism to the underlying terrain at different selectable lateral discharge locations, the cross conveyor assembly having a first discharge end, the cross conveyor assembly having at least one section, including the first discharge end, that is selectively translatable laterally relative to the frame along a substantially horizontal line as the frame is advancing thereby to laterally change a location of the first discharge end and thus the lateral discharge location for the cross conveyor assembly at the first discharge end.