Abstract: A harvesting machine is disclosed along with a method of operation. The harvesting machine includes a frame having a flail cutter mounted on a first end of the frame. The flail cutter can cut the stems of growing plants. A housing surrounding a portion of the flail cutter for directing the cut plants rearward. An idler roller is positioned rearward of the flail cutter. First and second moisture removal mechanisms are positioned downstream of the cutting mechanism, and each includes a suction roll and a press roll. A moving belt forms a closed loop around the idler roller and the pair of suction and press rolls, and has a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The moving belt forms first and second nips between each pair of suction and press rolls for squeezing moisture out of the cut stems as the stems are routed therebetween.

Abstract: A nut picking system suitable for picking chestnuts having a gathering assembly, and a conveyor assembly. The gathering assembly has an intake and a mesh belt associated with the intake. The gathering assembly gathers chestnuts and burrs through the intake to from the mesh belt at the dispensing axle. The conveyor assembly includes a frame, bed rollers and a conveyor drive. The frame has a conveyor sides, a feed and discharge end. Each bed roller has a first end and a second end and outer surface. The bed rollers are rotatably coupled to the frame, and are spaced apart from each. The bed rollers include a plurality of spaced apart fingers extending outwardly from the outer surface and terminating in a tip. The fingers have a length that is greater than the bed roller spacing. The conveyor drive rotates the bed rollers. Methods are likewise disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly for a mower of a mowing or chopping machine, which comprises a tool carrier, which is formed with a carrier disk and which is configured to be mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation to a mower of a mowing or chopping machine; and cutting tools, which are each formed with a cutting blade located radially outwardly to the axis of rotation and a holding section located radially inwardly to the axis of rotation and which are detachably mounted to the carrier disk in an assigned carrier section, wherein the cutting tools are each mounted to the tool carrier by a mounting bolt, wherein the mounting bolt is in each case mounted to the cutting tools in a non-detachable manner. The disclosure furthermore relates to a replacement cutting tool and a mower for a mowing or chopping machine.

Abstract: The disclosure provided herein is directed to a hand rakepan having a handle, a head, and plurality of tines. The handle, in some aspects, is ergonomically provided to accommodate a variety of grips during use that facilitate manipulation of the hand rakepan as a hand tool using only a single hand. Likewise, in certain aspects, the head of hand rakepan has one or more grooves and notches to provide various grip's to be used during one-handed manipulation of the hand rakepan during raking, collecting, and transporting.

Abstract: A robotic lawn mower includes a mowing system, a housing, a working assembly and an energy source device. The mowing system includes a cutting assembly, a driving mechanism, and a height adjusting mechanism. The cutting assembly includes a mowing member for cutting the grass and a mounting shaft for mounting the mowing member. The mounting shaft is capable of rotating about a first axis relative to the housing. The driving mechanism includes a driving shaft for driving the cutting assembly to rotate. The height adjusting mechanism is used to adjust the movement of the cutting assembly along the first axis to achieve different cutting heights of the mowing member. When the height adjusting mechanism adjusts the cutting assembly to move along the first axis, the mounting shaft moves relative to the driving shaft along the first axis.

Abstract: A combine harvester includes a threshing device 4 configured to perform a threshing process of threshing reaped grain culm in a threshing chamber 23, in which the threshing chamber 23 includes a threshing cylinder 31 configured to rotate around a front-rear axis X, and an arc-shaped receiving net 32 provided extending along an outer circumferential portion of the threshing cylinder 31, and a top plate 30 covering an upper portion of the threshing chamber 23 is supported detachably along the rotation axis direction of the threshing cylinder 31.

Abstract: A control system for a harvester having a residue discharge system operable to eject crop residue according to an adjustable residue discharge parameter, the control system including a processor, a memory, a human-machine interface, and a sensor configured to detect at least one of wind speed, wind direction, or humidity. The control system is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, receive an operator input corresponding to a desired residue management strategy selected from at least a first residue management strategy and a second residue management strategy, and adjust the residue discharge parameter based on the desired residue management strategy and the detected at least one of wind speed, wind direction, or humidity.

Abstract: A harvester movable along a support surface. The harvester includes an inlet configured to receive crop, a blade configured to cut the crop into billet and extraneous plant matter, and a cleaning system configured to distinguish between billet and extraneous plant matter. Billet is directed toward a conveyor configured for discharging billet to a vehicle and extraneous plant matter is directed toward a hood. The hood includes a debris director defining an outlet configured to eject extraneous plant matter as residue onto the support surface. The outlet is disposed at an angle of residue ejection with respect to the support surface. The debris director is configured to adjust the angle of residue ejection with respect to the support surface.

Abstract: A riding vehicle may include a blower assembly, a mower deck, and a power source. The blower assembly may be configured to direct air from an air inlet to at least one air outlet to move surface debris. The mower deck may be configured to cut a lawn formed of grass or other vegetation. The blower assembly may be configured to direct air to an interior space of the mower deck for assisted discharge of cuttings.

Abstract: The reel of a combine header includes a rotatable central tube with side members.

Abstract: A merger, with a supporting frame having a longitudinal member and crossmembers, with a wheeled chassis, with a drawbar engaging the supporting frame and via which the merger couples to a tractor, with pickup members for picking up crop, wherein one pickup member is accommodated on a first side of the longitudinal member and another pickup member is accommodated on a second side of the longitudinal member, in each case on a crossmember, with belt conveyors for conveying picked-up crop in a transverse conveying direction running transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction, wherein at least one belt conveyor is accommodated on a first side of the longitudinal member and another belt conveyor is accommodated on a second side of the longitudinal member, on the respective crossmember, wherein the drawbar pivots relative to the supporting frame for transferring the merger between a working position to headland or transport position.

Abstract: A full-hydraulic chain reversing and remote control water-power harvesting equipment for lotus roots includes a main framework, a traveling module, an elevating module, and a working module. The main framework is of a two-cross-beam structure; the working module is of a skid-mounted structure; the working module is in transmission connection with the traveling module through the elevating module and is fixedly mounted on a top surface of the main framework; the traveling module includes caterpillar bands and a two-hydraulic-motor group; the two-hydraulic-motor group is in transmission connection with the caterpillar bands; the caterpillar bands and the two-hydraulic-motor group are fixedly mounted on a bottom cross beam of the main framework; and the working module includes a power driving module, a jet working module, a water suction pipeline module and a hydraulic power module.

Abstract: A lawn raking assembly for mounting a rake to a lawn tractor includes a rake mount that has a pair of pivot points which each pivotally engages a front end of a lawn tractor having the rake mount extending forwardly from the front end of the lawn tractor. A rake is removably attached to the rake mount for raking the lawn in front of the lawn tractor when the lawn tractor is driven. The rake has a pair of raking elements that each extends outwardly beyond a full transverse width of the lawn tractor. A linkage is coupled to the rake mount and a handle is pivotally coupled to the lawn tractor. The handle pivotally engages the linkage for urging the rake between a lifted position and a lowered position.

Abstract: A system includes an open sieve and an auger tip. The open sieve includes an outer frame and a set of crossbars, the outer frame and the set of crossbars defining a plurality of openings. The auger tip includes a tubular portion and a flange. The tubular portion has a first end, a second end, and defines an interior cavity. The flange is coupled to the first end. The flange is configured to be coupled to an auger housing such that a shaft coupled to an auger within the auger housing can be disposed within the interior cavity of the tubular portion and within a bearing rotatably mounted to the second end of the auger tip. The tubular portion defines an opening in a sidewall of the tubular portion such that flower material that has been conveyed to the interior cavity by the auger can fall through the opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved tine assembly for use with conventional agricultural equipment and systems. According to a first preferred embodiment, the tine assembly of the present invention may preferably include a pair of tine teeth with hooked ends embedded within a rubber base. According to a further preferred embodiment, the improved tine assembly includes a steel base plate attached to the underside of the rubber base. Additionally, the steel base plate preferably includes lateral tabs which connect to the base plate and mechanically engage with the hooked ends of each tooth.

Abstract: A threshing and separating system for an agricultural harvester includes a rotor configured to rotate about a rotor axis, a rotor cage at least partially enclosing the rotor and including a tailings return inlet formed therein and configured to couple to a tailings return elevator and an insert opening formed therein that is at least partially circumferentially aligned with the tailings return inlet relative to the rotor axis, at least one concave coupled to the rotor cage and defining a plurality of concave perforations, and a threshing insert removably coupled to the rotor cage and including at least one mounting opening. The threshing insert at least partially covers the insert opening and is positioned such that material from the tailings return inlet travels past the threshing insert before reaching the concave.

Abstract: A reel for use in an agricultural header has an axis of rotation and comprises a bat and a finger. The bat is mounted to rotate around the axis of rotation to gather crop, and has a non-circular cross-sectional profile. The finger is mounted to the bat to rotate with the bat around the axis of rotation to gather crop. The finger comprises a tine and a clamshell mount to which the tine is coupled and that surrounds the bat to mount the finger to the bat against rotation about the bat.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mowing method for compensatory growth of a desert plant Anabasis aphylla, falling into the field of plant mowing methods. The mowing method includes the following steps: step 1: mounting a frame body on movable equipment; step 2: driving the movable equipment to move a device to a working area; and step 3: intermittently operating the movable equipment to allow an area formed by a push plate I, baffle plates II and a push plate II to be exactly opposite to a suitable number of Anabasis aphylla. The present disclosure is to provide a mowing method for compensatory growth of a desert plant Anabasis aphylla to solve the technical problem, facilitating the mowing of Anabasis aphylla.

Abstract: Gathering chains for row crop harvester heads which improve yield by minimizing the loss of kernels that may prematurely break loose and be lost to the ground. The gathering chains include continuous loops with a plurality bristle blocks removable attached to the continuous loops. Each of the plurality of bristle blocks include bristles extending laterally therefrom, whereby the bristles form a substantially continuous lateral conveying surface effectively closing an area above and across the width of the slot defined by the stripper plates. The bristles may include fine bristle filaments and coarser bristle filaments that are shorter than the fine bristle filaments.

Abstract: An agricultural header connectable to an agricultural vehicle including a frame, at least one row unit connected to the frame and including at least one gathering chain, at least one crop dividing member connected to the frame, and a crop saving attachment supported by the at least one crop dividing member and being adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position. The crop saving attachment including a base member fixedly attached to the at least one crop dividing member, an upper member movably attached to the base member and configured for adjusting between the lowered and raised positions, and a pair of flaps supported by the base member and slideably associated with the upper member so that a resting position of the pair of flaps remains substantially unchanged as the upper member is adjusted.