Abstract: Ear lifter for crops having a support bar, wherein the support bar extends in a major direction of extension and has a fastening portion, a middle portion and a skid portion arranged one after the other in the major direction of extension.

Abstract: A stabilizer for an attachment device of a vehicle comprises a first adjusting element and a second adjusting element which are guided adjustably relative to one another along a longitudinal axis in order to vary the length of the stabilizer, a first connecting element on the first adjusting element for supporting the stabilizer against the vehicle, and a second connecting element on the second adjusting element for supporting the stabilizer against an element of the attachment device, the second connecting element being connected to the second adjusting element such that it can be rotated about the longitudinal axis via a screw connection for adjusting the length of the second adjusting element. The stabilizer further has a locking device, which is connected to the second adjusting element and the second connecting element, the second adjusting element and the second connecting element being connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner in a locking position of the locking device.

Abstract: A hydraulic excavator tool adapted to be secured to the distal working end of an excavator boom including a main tool assembly with a tool framework, a spaced apart pair of connection flanges fast with the tool framework, and, a structural tubular casing integral with the tool framework extending across and through the tool framework and through the flanges, plus a rotary hydraulic actuator within the tubular casing extending between the connection flanges and providing a rotational drive motion to a drive axle extending between the connection flanges adapted to provide a controlled rotary drive motion of the axle adjacent the connection flanges, and a working tool framework fast to the axle adjacent each of the connection flanges for relative controlled rotation of the working tool framework about the drive axle between the tool framework and a working position.

Abstract: A front bucket loader apparatus for operating in low overhead space environments comprises a front bucket with a bottom plate with a front edge, an opposing back edge, a left edge and an opposing right edge. The front bucket further has a left side wall attached to the left side of the bottom plate and a right side wall attached to the right side of the bottom plate. Further, it is configured with a top support bracket attached to the left side wall and to the right side wall. Further, the front bucket has a pivotable serpentine back wall, the pivotable serpentine back wall having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being supported by the top support bracket and the lower portion of the pivotable serpentine back wall configured for engaging the bottom plate of the front bucket. Lastly the front bucket has a slatted rear mount directly opposing the pivotable serpentine back wall.

Abstract: A control system can be used for a walk-behind self-propelled machine that includes a handle, a power source, a drive assembly, and an implement selectively driven by the power source. The control system can include a touch sensor located on the handle configured to transmit a contact signal indicative of an operator of the walk-behind self-propelled machine physically contacting the handle at a predetermined location. The system can further include a controller that is in electrical communication with the touch sensor and configured to enable the power source to drive the implement, such as a lawnmower blade, when the controller receives the contact signal.

Abstract: A sprayer tank support frame that can be selectively coupled to a roll bar of a lawn mower or tractor while the roll bar is in a raised/elevated position or in a lowered/retracted position. An operator can discharge contents of the sprayer tank while on the support frame in either the raised/elevated or lowered/retracted position and while operating the lawn mower or tractor. The sprayer tank support frame can be adapted to be a universal support frame for use with roll bars of differing sizes and/or dimensions. The sprayer tank support frame can be adapted to be a universal support frame for use with tanks of differing sizes and/or dimensions.

Abstract: A multipurpose machine for cultivating trees, comprising an inverted U-shape structure that enables the machine to pass over existing trees to carry out pruning, disinfection or fruit picking tasks, provided at the bottom with wheels, driven by at least one motor that autonomously facilitates the movement thereof, and respective upper frames that telescopically couple to each other, being driven by respective cylinders to move the portion of the structure on the right with respect to the one on the left in order to vary the width of the machine. Likewise, the machine has the ability to raise or lower the upper structure of the same to adapt it to the height of the trees to be cultivated.

Abstract: In some implementations a lift assembly for a snow wing assembly may include a first lifting mechanism, coupled to the motor grader, configured to lift the snow wing assembly a first portion of a bench height associated with a moldboard via a first hydraulic cylinder. The lift assembly may include a second lifting mechanism, coupled to the first lifting mechanism and the moldboard, configured to lift the moldboard of the snow wing assembly a second portion of the bench height via a second hydraulic cylinder. The lift assembly may include one or more valves included in a hydraulic circuit of the first hydraulic cylinder and the second hydraulic cylinder, configured to divert a flow of hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic circuit away from a first stage hydraulic cylinder and to a second stage hydraulic cylinder, based on a pressure value associated with the first stage hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: A boom turret for a debris body. The boom turret includes an inlet defining an inlet axis and configured to couple to a hose. An outlet defining an outlet axis and configured to rotatably couple to the debris body. The inlet axis is substantially orthogonal to the outlet axis and a debris flow path is defined within the boom turret between the inlet and the outlet. A plate is disposed between the inlet and the outlet and has a surface at least partially defining the debris flow path through the boom turret. A nozzle is coupled to the plate and extends into the debris flow path. A pressure vessel is configured to hold a charge of pressurized fluid, and the pressure vessel is coupled in flow communication with the nozzle and selectively releases the charge of pressurized fluid through the nozzle to dislodge accumulated debris within the debris flow path.

Abstract: A reel assembly of a header for an agricultural vehicle. The reel assembly includes a pair of reel arms each comprising a first member and a second member pivotally connected to the first member, a reel movably connected to and positioned in between the second members of the reel arms, and a pair of actuators. Each actuator is operably connected in between the first member and the second member of a respective reel arm, the actuators are configured for pivoting the second members relative to the first members such that the reel is pivotable relative to the first members of the reel arms.

Abstract: A handheld driving apparatus is provided for mowing or cutting an object. The driving apparatus comprises: a container, an action unit and a controller. The container is configured to extend from a rear side where a user is located toward a front side where the object is located. An action unit is provided on the front side of the container and configured to drive in such a manner that a mechanical action for mowing or cutting the object can be applied to the object. A controller is configured to execute a program so as to: in a driving step, drive the action unit by controlling a drive output of the action unit to a target value, in a monitoring step, monitor a state or a behavior of the drive output with respect to the target value during the control in the driving step, and in an adjusting step, adjust the target value based on the state or the behavior during the monitoring.

Abstract: A storage lock assembly for a lawn mower can include a primary pedal, a lock striker, a secondary pedal, and a deck lock that can be manipulated to selectively lock a mower deck into a stowed position and unlock the deck from the stowed position. The primary pedal can move the deck between a plurality of operating positions and the stowed position. The secondary pedal can include an engagement member and be pivotably attached to the primary pedal. The deck lock can be movable between a locked position where the deck lock is engaged with the lock striker, and an unlocked position where the deck lock is disengaged from the lock striker. When the deck lock is in the locked position and the secondary pedal pivots relative to the primary pedal, the engagement member can move the deck lock away from the lock striker and to the unlocked position.

Abstract: A header for harvesting agricultural crops includes a cutter bar assembly coupled to a header frame, the cutter bar assembly flexible upwardly and downwardly relative to the header frame between opposite ends thereof for contouring to the field. The cutter bar assembly includes a guard bar extending across a front portion of the header frame between the opposite ends thereof, the guard bar split into at least a first lateral section and a second lateral section operatively coupled at a guard bar joint. A protruding element extending from the first lateral section is received by a receiving element on the second lateral section at the guard bar joint to horizontally align the first and second lateral sections of the guard bar between the opposite ends of the header frame while allowing relative lateral movement therebetween during upward and downward flexing of the cutter bar assembly.

Abstract: A thumb for a machine implement has first and second side plates having a pivot end for pivotally connecting to a linkage of the machine and an engagement end for engaging with a load. A belly plate extends across a width of the thumb between the first and second side plates and along a length of the thumb from the pivot end toward the engagement end. A yoke assembly mounted to a surface of the belly plate is configured to connect the thumb to a thumb actuator that pivots the thumb about the pivot end. A first yoke plate has a first opening and a second yoke plate opposing the first yoke plate has a second opening aligned with the first opening. First and second inner collar spacers are respectively mounted to inner surfaces of the first and second yoke plates aligned with the first and second openings.

Abstract: A hydraulic actuator includes a control valve unit that controls a flow of a hydraulic fluid supplied from a hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic actuators, a plurality of control lever devices that output a pilot pressure actuating the control valve unit, with use of a discharged pressure from a pilot pump as a source pressure, a solenoid valve unit including a plurality of solenoid pressure reducing valves connected between the plurality of control lever devices and the control valve unit, and a controller configured to calculate velocity limits for the plurality of hydraulic actuators on the basis of signals from a plurality of posture sensors and control openings of the solenoid pressure reducing valves, in which the controller is configured to control the openings of the solenoid pressure reducing valves for arm crowding and arm dumping to be larger than an opening based on the velocity limits while a boom raising operation signal is being output from the control lever devices.

Abstract: An impact sensor is mounted in a duct of a grain cleaning system above an upper sieve. The impact sensor has an upstream-facing impact-sensing surface with respect to a cleaning airstream, and is configured to transduce impact events and generate impact signals. An electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to generate control signals based upon a particle energy value that is determined from the impact signals. The control signals may serve to adjust various working units of a combine harvester including, by way of example, a cleaning fan and sieves.

Abstract: A power take-off (PTO) connection mechanism for mid mounted tools of a utility vehicle includes three main assembly members: a frame attachment mechanism, a vertical moving frame (or cradle), and a PTO assembly. The frame attachment mechanism is fixed to the frame of the vehicle or tractor. The PTO connection mechanism helps in easy and quick connection of the PTO shaft to a variety of tools with the tractor. The PTO shaft remains in continuous contact with the tool power input once it is moved in an engaged position.

Abstract: A cleaning arrangement for separating a billet material from an extraneous plant matter in a sugarcane harvester includes a cleaning chamber defining an inlet for the billet material and the extraneous plant matter, a first outlet for the extraneous plant matter, and a second outlet for the billet material. A fan is positioned within the cleaning chamber and configured to generate an airflow to direct the extraneous plant matter toward the first outlet. A billet deflector is located between the inlet and the first outlet and configured to direct the billet material toward the second outlet. An actuation mechanism is coupled to the billet deflector and is controllable to adjust the position of the billet deflector. A sensor is configured to generate a signal. A controller is programmed to activate the actuation mechanism to adjust the position of the billet deflector based on the signal.

Abstract: A snowplow blade has a rolling body, a snow removal cutting edge connected to a lower portion of the rolling body, a motorized assembly for attaching the rolling body to a means for moving the snowplow blade forward; a plurality of nozzles delivering a de-icing liquid for the residual snow left on the road surface by the cutting edge; and a circuit for feeding and controlling the de-icing liquid sent to the nozzles; the feeding and control circuit having a mechanically operated monostable valve and a feeler, which is designed to cooperate, in use, with the road surface or with a mobile member of the motorized attachment assembly in order to close the monostable valve when the height of the cutting edge from the road surface exceeds a predefined threshold value.

Abstract: An agricultural machine (10) or, particularly, a mower for an agricultural machine includes a primary frame (13), a mowing unit (14) mounting a cutterbar therein, an adjustable element (17) and a tilt sensor (19). The adjustable element is adjustable in response to a signal from the sensor to re-configure a mowing angle between the cutterbar and/or mowing unit and a ground surface. Such reconfiguration results in adjusting an effective stubble height of the mower. The adjustable element may be positioned between the primary frame (13) and the agricultural machine (10) or between the primary frame (13) and the mowing unit (14). In the latter case the adjustable element (17) provides independent adjustment of a tilt angle of the mowing unit to a primary actuator (A).