AGRICULTURAL HARVESTING DEVICE

Abstract: The invention refers to the agricultural harvesting device, such as for example the swather (20) and the tedder (21) or in general to devices with at least one vertical axle and feeling-supporting device (1), on which a rotating element is fixed with adequate operating devices in such a way, that it can be vertically adjusted. In this case this is the agricultural harvesting device with the feeling-supporting device (1) which is flexibly connected through the support (16) of the chassis and the supporting axle (25) with the mounting plate (15), on which the oscillating bonds (8, 9) are embedded in adequate hinges (12, 14). The oscillating bonds (8, 9) are connected with each other by means of a connecting pivot pin (11). The mentioned feeling-supporting device (1) consists of at least four wheels (3, 4) which are connected through the oscillating bonds (8, 9) and the connecting pivot pin (11) or the support (11') of the connecting pivot pin (11). The oscillating bonds (8, 9) are embedded in hinges (12, 14), enabling oscillation in the vertical plane, on the mounting plate (15) in such a way, that they can oscillate; the mounting plate (15) is clamped towards the support (16) of the chassis by means of the axle (25) in such a way, that it can oscillate, which enables the oscillation around the vertical axis.

Description: AGRICULTURAL HARVESTING DEVICE The invention refers to an agricultural harvesting device, as for example swather or tedder, in general to an agricultural harvesting device with at least one vertical axle and a feeling-supporting device, on which at least one adjustable rotary element is fixed and equipped with a support of suspension elements. Proceeding from the agricultural harvesting devices known up to now and hereinafter presented in detail, this invention is based on the problem, how to achieve the smallest possible vertical movement of the gravity centre during the movement of the machine with regard to the vertical measures of each particular terrain unevenness enabling at the same time an economical possibility of connecting it to the fixed coupling of the traction machine, the result of which should be smoother running of the device on uneven terrain, which would enable comparatively higher operating speeds. According to EP 0 383 120 Bl a feeling-supporting device with the front and rear pair of wheels embedded in an oscillating way in horizontally placed hinges is proposed to be placed on the chassis of the swathing-tedding device, so that the said hinge is placed before and after the lever. An element adjustable lengthwise or a spring is fixed between the said two oscillating levers. The front and the rear oscillating bond are turned each into its own direction with regard to the mounting plate or to the direction of the movement of the device. With the solution described, the movement and vertical adjustment of the swather can be regulated with the lengthwise adjustable element or with a spring. Further, in DE 88 11 010 Ul an oscillating bond is proposed on the chassis of the swathing-tedding device; this bond should oscillate as a tandem (with regard to the direction of moving) on the transversely placed axle located between the two wheels. The said tandem consists of the front and rear pair of wheels which are placed in such a way, that the front pair is fixed on the front side and the rear pair on the back side of both oscillating bonds. With the described solution the raising of the swather due to unevenness of the ground is at the most half a height of the hump. The swather, described in FR 71.26951 (Publication No. 2.146.674), is equipped with a chassis on which two parallel supporting wheels are fixed with a bond which enables the device to follow the tractor. However, no vertical movement of the supporting wheels is enabled with the described solution. The swather, proposed in DE 40 13 789 CI, is provided by a chassis with pairs of wheels placed on a joint axle, arranged transversely to the direction of the movement of the device and clamped rotationally around the horizontal axis in the direction of the movement of the device, and at the same time embedded also around the vertical axis in such a way, that it can oscillate. The advantages of the functioning of this kind of the chassis can be expected only in the case, when only one wheel of a wheel pair runs onto an obstacle and causes the raising of the swather. The solution known from DE 82 18 273 Ul is a device with a vertically movable clamping of the swather chassis wheel; in comparison with the solutions with rigidly fixed wheels, this one has the advantage, that independent movement of the wheels enables better curvilinear movement of the device; the disadvantage of this embodiment is, that in running over the obstacle with only one wheel the belonging side of the swather is raised too high and therefore the device does not perform its function. Thanks to the improved chassis, i.e. its improved feeling-supporting device, the agricultural harvesting device according to the invention enables lower raising of the swather originating due to great transverse inclinations and with it exact following of the terrain in such a way, that the machine does not leave any hay or cut grass behind it and it does not damage the grass sod. Therefore the invention is characteristic by its simple solution and excellent operating results. The vertical adjustment of the agricultural harvesting device is solved in the sense of central adjustment. According to the invention the mounting plate is embedded rotationally over the supporting axle; on the plate the front and the rear oscillating bond hinges are fixed which are placed with regard to the direction of movement of the machine at an optionally changeable angle in the vertical plane, e. g. in such a way, that the front oscillating bond is embedded in the front oscillating bond hinge and the rear oscillating bond is embedded in the rear oscillating bond hinge. At the same time the supporting wheels embedded on the fixed wheel axles of the said front and rear oscillating bond, cause the oscillation of the said oscillating bonds which are connected with each other through the connecting pivot pin or the support of the connecting pivot pin in such a way, that a ratio is set up, in which the condition of the fixing point of the oscillating bond a = c/d (Fig.3 respectivelly Fig. 6) is fulfilled. In this the supporting wheels which are embedded in pairs or individually or independently on the belonging fixed wheel axles, are placed always on the same side of the connecting pivot pin, e.g. on the same side of the hinges. Besides, the hinges of the front and rear oscillating bonds can be placed on the same axle co-linearly. Further, both of the support wheels are placed on the same side of d e two oscillating bonds, in which a support wheel is placed on both sides of the oscillating bond on one of the two oscillating bonds at the most. The connecting pivot pin is fixed on one of the two oscillating bonds or over the support of the connecting pivot pin on the mounting plate, in which the said pivot pin is embodied in such a way, that it enables the transmission of oscillating from one oscillating bond to the other, e.g. through the oblong hole and the connecting pivot pin, the movement of which is limited with the length of the hole. In general, with the device according to the invention, the oscillation of the mounting plate around the supporting axle is limited, but the mounting plate can be vertically adjusted through the supporting axle. This enables a higher operating speed and at the same time also smoother running of the machine. The oscillation of the chassis around the vertical axle enables, that the chassis can avoid humps on the ground, and in particular the connection to a fixed coupling, which is very economical, and besides also exact following, especially in the case of great transverse inclinations with frontal and trailed embodiments, in particular in the case of two- or multiple-rotor swathers. The raising of the gravity point of the device or in this case the swather due to humps on the ground, is less than half of the hump height and is accurately determined by the ratio a/b = c/d (Fig. 3 respect. 6). The described solution enables the lowering of the gravity point of the machine and comparatively great vertical movements of the supporting wheels placed on the same side of the turning points of the supporting wheel supports. The agricultural harvesting device will be hereinafter explained in detail on the examples of the swather and tedder, presented in the attached figures showing: Fig.1 schematically presented agricultural harvesting device, i.e. a swather, in side view; Fig.2 feeling-supporting swather device according to Fig.1, in plan view; Fig. 3 a cross-section of the swather chassis shown in plane III-III according to Fig.2; Fig. 4 detailed presentation of embedment and connection between the two supports of the supporting wheels according to Fig.3, in plan view; Fig.5 swather chassis, in plan view; Fig.6 schematically presented swather, in side view; and Fig.7 schematically presented agricultural harvesting device, i.e. a tedder, especially the tedder support device, in plan view. The agricultural harvesting device, embodied as a swather 20, is presented in Fig. 1. The swather 20 itself is connected with the feeling-supporting device 1 through the support 16 of the chassis and the supporting axle 25. The feeling-supporting device 1 consists of the front and rear support wheels 3, 4, which are by this embodiment placed on both sides and embedded on the outer side of the front and rear oscillating bond 8, 9 by means of the fixed wheel axles 7, 7. The said bonds 8, 9 are embedded in appropriate hinges 12, 14, so that they can oscillate and that both oscillating bonds 8, 9 are turned towards the same direction (with regard to the direction of the movement - arrow 10 - or with regard to the position of the hinges 12, 14). The hinges 12, 14 of the front and rear oscillating bond 8, 9 are placed on the mounting plate 15 and enable the inclination of the bond 8, 9 at an optional angle φ (Fig. 6) with regard to the horizontal or also vertical plane. Fig. 2 presents the feeling-supporting device 1 of the swather 20 in plan view. The said device 1 consists of two pairs of wheels 3, 4, arranged one after another in such a way, that the wheels 3, 4 are in fact embedded in the hinges 12, 14 of the oscillating bonds 8, 9 in such a way, that they can oscillate, and are turned towards the same direction (with regard to the direction 10 of movement of the device or the position of the hinges 12, 14). Both of the said oscillating bonds 8, 9 placed one beside the other, are connected with each other through the connecting pivot pin 11. On the fixed wheel axle 7 of the rear oscillating bond 9 the belonging supporting wheel 6 can be embedded in pair or individually or independently. Fig. 3 presents the oscillating bonds 8, 9 in cross-section in the plane III-III according to Fig.2, in which the bonds 8, 9 are clamped in the hinges 12, 14, so that they can oscillate, and are connected through the connecting pivot pin 1 1 in such a way, that the ratio a/b = c/d (Fig. 3 or 6) is achieved. The mounting plate 15 is equipped with a vertical hinge 25 which enables the oscillation of the chassis with regard to the rotor of the swather 20. Fig. 4 presents the connection of the oscillating bonds 8, 9 with the mounting plate 15, in which the hinges 12, 14 are rigidly fixed. The mounting plate 15 is connected with the chassis support 16 (Fig.3) through the supporting axle 25 in such a way, that it can be turned. In the hinges 12, 14 the oscillating bonds 8, 9 are embedded and connected through the connecting pivot pin 11 in a definite, already mentioned transmission ratio (Fig. 3 or 6). Fig. 5 presents the feeling-supporting device 1 of the swather 20 with the front and the rear supporting wheels 3, 4 placed in the direction of the machine movement and clamped co-axially and oscillating in the joint (co-linear or co- linearly with regard to the position of the bonds 8, 9) hinge 12, 14 of the axle. The oscillating bonds 8, 9 are connected with each other through the connecting pivot pin 11 and the support 11' of the connecting pivot pin 11 (Fig. 7), which is clamped in the hinge 24 in such a way, that it can be turned, and connects both oscillating bonds 8, 9 in such a way, that the above mentioned ratio aft = c/d is achieved. Fig. 6 presents the swather 20, equipped with the feeling-supporting device 1, in which the two oscillating bonds 8, 9 are embedded in the hinges 12, 14, which are rigidly fixed on the mounting plate 15 and can be placed or arranged at a definite, optionally adjustable angle with regard to the direction of the device movement (arrow 10). The oscillating bonds 8, 9 are connected each to another by means of the connecting pivot pin 11 in such a way, that the ratio aft = c/d is achieved. The feeling-supporting device 1 according to Fig. 7 is adapted for the use with a further embodiment of the agricultural harvesting device, namely the tedder 21, which is rigidly connected with adequate working tools through a rigid supporting axle 25 and the mounting plate 15, in such a way, that the supporting wheels 3, 4 are placed inside the operating field 23 of the device and enable its adjustment to the terrain. It proceeds from both cases dealt with, that the feeling-supporting device 1 of the agricultural harvesting device 20, 21 according to the invention consists of at least four wheels 3, 4 and if necessary also of e.g. six wheels, connected through the oscillating bonds 8, 9 and the connecting pivot pin 11 or the support 11' of the connecting pivot pin 11. The mentioned oscillating bonds 8, 9 on the mounting plate 15 are embedded in the hinges 12, 14, which enable oscillating in the vertical plane, and the mounting plate 15 itself is clamped towards the support 16 of the chassis by means of the axle 25 which enables its oscillation around its vertical axis. Thus the swathing-tedding device in the sense of the presented invention serves mainly for making swaths from spread lodged agricultural fodder, such as cut grass, clover and similar. The tools, especially the supports of suspension elements arranged in a shape of a star, which rotate around its own axis during the operation of the device, are at a minimum distance from the ground. On rough terrain it is necessary to take care, that the mentioned suspension elements do not move too far from the ground, or that they do not hit the ground. In the first case less fodder is obtained, in the second case the grass sod is damaged and the fodder is soiled. Such a machine can be coupled by means of tractor hydraulics system on the rear or on the front side, and in this case the tractor wheels do not stamp down the fodder.

Claims: PATENT CLAIMS 1. The agricultural harvesting device, in which the operating device is connected through the supporting bond (5) and the chassis support (16) and the flexible supporting axle (25) with the mounting plate (15) or the feeling-supporting device (1) in which at least one supporting wheel (3, 4, 6) is embedded on each rigid wheel axle (7, 7'), characterized in that the mounting plate (15) is embedded through the supporting axle (25) in such a way, that it can rotate, and on the plate (15) the hinges (12, 14) of the front and rear oscillating bond (8, 9) are fixed and placed with regard to the direction (10) of the movement in the vertical plane at an optionally adjustable angle (φ) in such a way, that the front oscillating bond (8) is embedded in the hinge (12) of the front oscillating bond (8), and the rear oscillating bond (9) is embedded in the hinge (14) of the rear oscillating bond (9), in which the supporting wheels (3 respectivelly 4 and if necessary 6) causing the oscillation of the said oscillating bonds (8, 9) connected each to another by means of the connecting pivot pin (11) respectivelly the support (I T) of the connecting pivot pin (1 1) and embedded on the rigid wheel axles (7, 7') of the front and rear oscillating bond (8, 9) in such a way, that the ratio is set up, at which the condition of the fixing point of the oscillating bonds aft = c/d is fulfilled, in which the supporting wheels (3, 4 or 6) embedded in pairs or independently or individually on the belonging rigid wheel axles (7, 7'), lie always on the same side of the connecting pivot pin (11) respectivelly on the same side of the hinges (12, 14). 2. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the hinge (12) of the front and the rear oscillating bond (8, 9) can be co-linearly placed on the same axle. 3. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 1, characterized in that both supporting wheels (3, 4; 6) are placed on the same side of both oscillating bonds (8, 9). 4. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the supporting wheel (6) is placed on both sides of the oscillating bond (8, 9) on one of the two oscillating bonds (8, 9) at the most. 5. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the connecting pivot pin (11) is fixed on one of the two oscillating bonds (8, 9) or through the support (I T) of the connecting pivot pin (11) on the mounting plate (15). 6. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 5, characterized m that the connecting pivot pin (11) is embodied in such a way, that it enables the transmission of the oscillation from one oscillating bond (8, 9) to the other through the oblong hole and the connecting pivot pin (11), the movement of which is limited by the length of the oblong hole. 7. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the oscillation of the mounting plate (15) around the supporting axle (25) is limited. 8. The agricultural harvesting device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the mounting plate (15) is vertically adjustable through the supporting axle (25).

Inventors: SMIT MAKSIMILJAN, SMIT, MAKSIMILJAN
Applicants: SIP STROJNA IND SEMPETER D O O, SIP, STROJNA INDUSTRIJA SEMPETER D.O.O.
Application year: 1997
Main classification: A01D78
IPC codes: A01D78, A01D80