Patent ID: 6688092
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A01D,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination with a crop processing implement including a main frame supported on ground wheels and a crop windrow pick-up coupled to the main frame having tines supported for sweeping a path that carries them into engagement with a crop windrow for elevating the windrow into the implement for further processing, a crop control arrangement comprising: a transverse baffle located ahead of said path for engaging the top of a given windrow being picked up; a flexible suspension arrangement coupled between said baffle and said frame for maintaining said baffle at a substantially constant distance from said path while permitting said baffle to move up and down in response to variations in thickness of said given windrow; trailing guide link arrangement having a rear end pivotally coupled to the baffle; and a lost-motion coupling being established between a forward end of said trailing guide link arrangement and said main frame for guiding said baffle along an upwardly and forwardly inclined path, defined by said lost-motion coupling, in response to variations in thickness of said given windrow.