Abstract: An operator interface for a control system for a bulk material baler includes interface means such as a touch screen or keyboard for an operator to enter process parameters into a control system memory. A display shows process parameter fields into which an operator may enter desired control parameters. The display also displays data feedback from baler process sensors. The baler control system then controls baling parameters as the operator directs including: strap feed position, strap feed speed, strap feed torque, strap release tension, tying cylinder position, tying cylinder speed and tying cylinder torque. The operator may also control carriage movement, alarm limits, shut off limits and monitor on the display baler processing data both currently and historically. Other aspects of automated baling may be optionally monitored or controlled through the operator interface of the present invention.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a perforated radiator cage with at least one end face and peripheral side on an agricultural harvesting machine, wherein the device consists of an external brush which is associated with the radiator cage and which is in turn surrounded by a unitary air extractor proximate to the radiator cage.

Abstract: A guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material. The guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion. Two lateral guide track halves are biased together. On their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels. The baling strap or baling wire is driven through the channels and guided around the material to be baled. The channels widen from a small diameter to a wide aperture at the receiving end of the guide track sections for receiving a lead end of a wire or strap that is propelled across a gap from a preceding guide track section. A partition is positioned within the wide aperture to provide multiple receptacles for the lead end of a wire or strap.

Abstract: A clutch actuator has a housing with a load bearing element disposed within it. A force application element disposed within the housing applies force to the load bearing element. A stop assembly includes a retaining stopper between the load bearing element and the force application element. The stopper is dimensioned relative to a retainer and to the load bearing element to stop movement of said load bearing element relative to said retainer in the absence of a force application, and the stopper is dimensioned relative to said retainer and to said load bearing element to allow movement of said load bearing element relative to said retainer when force is applied against the load or when is force is released toward the load. One surface of the retainer, the stopper or the load bearing element is textured.

Abstract: An adjustable lumbar support assembly for a seat has a curved lumbar support member that is made from a plastic material and an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the curved lumbar support member for adjusting between various degrees of curvature. The curved lumbar support member may include a plurality of reinforcing ribs that allow a greater degree of curvature adjacent one end of the element than the degree of curvature adjacent the other end of the element. The reinforcing ribs allow for varying degrees of curvature because the cross section of the ribs varies. Further, the reinforcing ribs are integral with the curved lumbar support member. The adjustable lumbar assembly could also include at least one resilient metal strap connected to the curved lumbar support member that allows a greater degree of curvature adjacent one end of the curved lumbar support member than the degree of curvature adjacent the other end of the element.

Abstract: A wire cutter having a handle, a fixed cutting blade mounted on the handle, a lever pivotally connected to the handle, and a stop on the lever for engagement with the fixed cutting blade is disclosed. The wire cutter also includes a spring to bias the lever to an “open” position.

Abstract: A braking actuator for an ergonomic support is connected thereto by a Bowden cable. The actuator has a housing with pin slots, friction surfaces and a mount for a disk axle. A disk has frictional surfaces, holes with pin load edges, a Bowden cable wire seat that holds the Bowden cable end and an axle that is supported by the mount in the housing. The friction surfaces of the disk and housing engage each other to brake the actuator and the ergonomic support. A lever having pins is disposed on the housing such that the pins extend through the pin slots to engage the holes in the disk. Turning the lever disengages the friction surfaces and rotates the disk, thereby moving the ergonomic support. Releasing the lever engages the frictional surfaces such that movement of the ergonomic support is braked at a selected position.

Abstract: An automatically retracting chalk line dispenser having a first and second casing elements, chalk line, reel, coil spring, and thumb-lever. The thumb-lever operates as a brake thereby allowing for either controlled retraction or an effective lock on the chalk line.

Abstract: An actuator for a traction device comprising has a locking clutch adapted for operative communication with a traction device. It has a drive disc having drive tabs. The drive tabs project axially into driving engagement with the locking clutch. The drive disc has a seat with an inner face. A drive shaft with a cam having an outer face is disposed within the seat of the drive disc such that said outer face of the cam and the inner face of the seat define a first constricting channel and a second constricting channel. The cam further has a projection. Locking rollers are disposed within the constricting channels. A fixed stop is disposed between the cam outer face and the inner face of said seat and between the first locking roller and the second locking roller. Springs are disposed in the constricting channels between the locking rollers and the projection.

Abstract: The new speaker system includes masking capabilities, as well as optional paging capabilities and has a speaker mounted so as to be upwardly directed on a support plate or rack within a ceiling plenum, with an optional low profile backbox. An optional paging speaker is mounted within the backbox downwardly facing on the support rack.

Abstract: An ergonomic device actuation method for a housing, a pulley rotating inside the housing, the pulley being adapted to draw a traction element, and a locking clutch encapsulated by the housing and disposed to control rotation of said pulley. A drive clutch drives the pulley through the locking clutch. A drive shaft that rotates in the housing drives the drive clutch. A traction cable fixed to said pulley communicates with an ergonomic device.

Abstract: A wire core spool including a central axial member, a plurality of expansion swing arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends pivotally attached to the central axial member, a plurality of contact members, each having a top and a bottom end, each of said contact members being pivotally attached to each of the distal ends of each of at least one of the expansion arms, a plurality of base members each attached to one of the bottom ends of said contact members, said base members disposed to support a bottom surface of a wire core, and at least one stand section fixedly attached to the bottom of the central axial element, the stand sections and base members being in spaced relation sufficient to allow passage of a binding wire therebetween, and such that said base members are disposed to rest on top of the stand sections.

Abstract: Portable power generating devices are provided for converting potential energy from flowing water, water current, blowing air or air current to mechanical and/or electrical energy. The potential energy is converted to a rotational movement, and the rotational energy is communicated to power conversion units for conversion, wherein the rotational movement is converted to mechanical, electrical or some other useable or useful energy.

Abstract: A control device and corresponding method for controlling a transfer device on a harvesting machine are disclosed. The transfer device is arranged at a distance adjacent to a housing part so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis and, to alter the height setting, elevatable about a horizontal axis. The control device includes a rotation range limiting means that limits the maximum permitted pivot range of the transfer device as a function of the height setting of the transfer device.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an agricultural machine operatively arranged in an operator's cab proximate an operator having a multi-functional handle. The multi-functional handle has a gripping portion with a plurality of control elements. The control elements are operatively arranged such that the operator can reach the control elements with one or two fingers while holding the gripping portion. A selection/transfer element is used to select control elements to perform a first and a second control function. A display unit is used to display the function symbols of the selected function.

Abstract: The invention is a triangular shipping container that is easily closed, easily opened, and that is reusable. The container is formed from a cardboard sheet that is provided with a number of mating male and female tabs.

Abstract: The invention is a baling machine with an articulated guide track disposed in three operationally distinct sections. One section of the articulated guide track, representing approximately one-half of the track perimeter, is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the large section completes a guide track perimeter. In the second position, the large section pivots away from tying heads of the baling machine to permit ejection of the bale from the machine.

Abstract: A winch handle for a winch has an extendable arm with an extended position and a retracted position. The retracted position of said extendable arm being equal to or within the diameter of the winch. In its retracted position, the extendable arm is shaped in a fashion that does not interfere with the operation of the winch while the handle is not needed. The extended position of the extendable arm is longer than the diameter of the standard winch and is useful for turning the winch. The winch handle may also have a grip.

Abstract: A vibrating lumbar support transmits vibrations from an electromagnetic pulse vibrator through a vibration plate, guide rods, an arching pressure surface and then to a seat occupant. The vibrating unit may also transmit vibrations to a seat occupant through a push paddle type lumbar support or through a sinuous wire type lumbar support.