Patent ID: 6125622
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A windrow turner, comprising:a wheeled frame including a forward and a rearward end;a windrow pick-up on the frame;a discharge chute on the frame;a substantially upright helical auger flight on the wheeled frame adjacent the windrow pick-up and discharge chute;a drive connected to the substantially upright auger flight and selectively operable to rotate the auger flight about an auger axis in a lifting mode such that material engaging the rotating auger flight is lifted upwardly by the auger flight; anda guide assembly between the windrow pick-up and auger flight, leading angularly upward and toward the discharge chute from the windrow pick-up to the auger flight;whereby material lifted by the windrow pick-up is directed by the guide assembly toward the substantially upright auger and wherein the rotating auger and guide assembly will lift, turn, and deliver the material to the discharge chute.