Abstract: An agricultural header includes: a header frame; at least one cutter carried by the header frame and configured to cut crop material; and a transport assembly coupled to the header frame and including: a gauge wheel arm pivotably coupled to the header frame and pivotable between a transport position and a working position; and a dolly coupled to the gauge wheel arm and including a pair of dolly wheel mounts configured to mount a pair of wheels thereto. The dolly is coupled to the gauge wheel arm such that the dolly is carried by the gauge wheel arm between the transport position and the working position and is swivelable about a swivel axis extending through the gauge wheel arm when the gauge wheel arm is in the transport position.

Abstract: An agricultural header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; at least one cutter carried by the header frame and configured to cut crop material; and a transport assembly coupled to the header frame. The transport assembly includes: a first arm coupled to the header frame and including a first wheel mount configured to mount a first transport wheel thereto; a second arm pivotably coupled to the header frame and including a second wheel mount configured to mount a second transport wheel thereto; and a cross arm coupling the first arm to the second arm. The cross arm is releasably coupled to the first arm such that the cross arm and the second arm are slideable and nestable with one another when the cross arm is uncoupled from the first arm.

Abstract: A header of an agricultural harvester or plant cutting machine is provided that includes a shaft sealing assembly for a center knife drive assembly having an output shaft, a cover, and a pressurized air source. The shaft sealing assembly is fastened to the cover, circumscribes the output shaft and conveys pressurized air for cleaning.

Abstract: A header of an agricultural harvester or plant cutting machine is provided that includes a shaft sealing assembly for a center knife drive assembly having an output shaft, a cover, and a pressurized air source. The shaft sealing assembly is fastened to the cover, circumscribes the output shaft and conveys pressurized air for cleaning.

Abstract: Objective—Create a mechanical system to manage the gravitational force exerted on a series of weights; with the ultimate goal of transferring this force to turn a shaft. The system consists of a fixed base and 2 types of mechanical modules. The modules are arranged side-by-side along a crankshaft. One module type consists of rods connected to a crankshaft. Two arms are connected to the fixed structure and to a third arm. All are connected to a central shaft by a connecting rod. A second type of module consists of a support arm for the weight connected to the central axis. The length of the support arm is variable. The arm is held in position by a pin which is pulled at the precise moment; altering the length of the arm. This shifts the center of gravity and drives the crankshaft. The altering of the arms' lengths is synchronized.

Abstract: Objective—Create a mechanical system to manage the gravitational force exerted on a series of weights; with the ultimate goal of transferring this force to turn a shaft. The system consists of a fixed base and 2 types of mechanical modules. The modules are arranged side-by-side along a crankshaft. One module type consists of rods connected to a crankshaft. Two arms are connected to the fixed structure and to a third arm. All are connected to a central shaft by a connecting rod. A second type of module consists of a support arm for the weight connected to the central axis. The length of the support arm is variable. The arm is held in position by a pin which is pulled at the precise moment; altering the length of the arm. This shifts the center of gravity and drives the crankshaft. The altering of the arms' lengths is synchronized.

Abstract: Objective—Create a mechanical system to manage the gravitational force exerted on a series of weights; with the ultimate goal of transferring this force to turn a shaft. The system consists of a fixed base and 2 types of mechanical modules. The modules are arranged side-by-side along a crankshaft. One module type consists of rods connected to a crankshaft. Two arms are connected to the fixed structure and to a third arm. All are connected to a central shaft by a connecting rod. A second type of module consists of a support arm for the weight connected to the central axis. The length of the support arm is variable. The arm is held in position by a pin which is pulled at the precise moment; altering the length of the arm. This shifts the center of gravity and drives the crankshaft. The altering of the arms' lengths is synchronized.

Abstract: A mechanical system includes beams, a crankshaft, bars connected to one another through rollers or supported to one another and a weight. Energy is transferred from the force of gravity on the weight support bar and the weight through the positive or neutral bars and the central shaft to the crankshaft arm, generating a torque on its shaft. The choice of the bar on which the weight support bar and the weight itself will be supported is enabled through placement or removal of the locks on the support arc-locks. The value of the force of gravity existing on the weight support bar and the weight itself, when they are supported on the neutral bar, is the same. Therefore, with the weight hanging on the central shaft or on the end of the weight support bar, the value of the force of gravity that drives the central shaft is the same.

Abstract: An exclusively mechanical system was created made up of common market materials and parts such as a support structure built with metallic beams, a crankshaft, metallic bars connected to one another through rollers or supported to one another and a weight made of steel plates. It was planned and designed to mount these parts with an arrangement made up of assemblies and place these assemblies side by side connected to each crankshaft arm. This arrangement was designed with two specific and fundamental functions. The first to enable the transfer of energy from the force of gravity existing on the weight support bar and the weight itself through the positive or neutral bars and the central shaft going up to the crankshaft arm, generating a torque on its shaft. The second function is to enable the choice of the bar on which the weight support bar and the weight itself will be supported, through placement or removal of the locks on the support arc-locks.