Abstract: A combine harvester having a main frame, rotary separating mechanism mounted on the frame transversely of the machine and operable to subject crop material to a separating action while moving it spirally therearound to respective ends of the separating mechanism, straw choppers associated with respective ends of the separating mechanism, but spaced therefrom, so as to be capable of receiving crop material from the separating mechanism, is disclosed wherein deflectors, pivotable about generally vertical axes and disposed between each end of the separating mechanism and the associated straw chopper, are selectively positionable so as either to allow crop material to flow to the straw choppers from the separating mechanism or to deflect the crop material inwardly of the machine for discharge from the latter in a central windrow.

Abstract: A multiple rotor mower having a plurality of substantially side-by-side vertically disposed rotors each having a horizontally disposed disc at their lower ends and mowing blades beneath the discs, the discs being segmented into readily detachable and replaceable disc portions for easy replacement of any disc portions damaged by contact with rocks. Closed ground engaging skids are provided beneath discs, the ground engaging skids being formed from two dish-shaped portions having a fastening flange extending outwardly from their adjacent open ends so that the bottom portion of each disc is readily detachable and replaceable providing replacement of the bottom portion of the ground engaging skid when damaged or to obtain different height adjustments of the mower rotor assemblies. The mower rotor assembly is spring suspended from an overhead support arm from the mower frame reducing the force of the ground engaging skids upon the ground.

Abstract: A two row harvester running gear is of a tricycle type with all wheels being hydraulically driven and with a center rear wheel that is steerable and smaller than the two front wheels. The running gear configuration provides sharper turns in muddy fields without bulldozing, and space for side mounting pilers adjacent the front wheels and inboard of them to minimize the number and degree of changes of direction in cut cane travel. Closed loop and parallel connections of an hydraulic power system rotates all wheels for a common linear speed, and at torques relative to the size and positioning thereof for maximum traction.

Abstract: A satellite mower-conditioner comprising a frame, a pair of rotary members mounted on the frame and rotatable about generally upright axes with each rotary member having mounted thereon for rotation therewith a plurality of rotary cutter units rotatable also about respective generally upright axes offset from the rotational axis of the rotary member, two sets of tines stationarily mounted on the frame and associated with the respective rotary members such that the tines of one set define, generally between the rotary members, an angle with the corresponding tines of the other set, and at least two additional sets of tines mounted for rotation with the respective rotary members.

Abstract: A mechanism for changing the cutting angle of the cutterbar on a crop harvestng machine, such as a mower-conditioner or windrower, relative to the ground is disclosed wherein the cutting angle can be changed while the harvesting machine is being operated. This on-the-go adjustment mechanism includes a hydraulic cylinder positioned as the top link between the frame of the harvesting machine and the header in which the cutterbar is mounted. Changes in the length of the hydraulic cylinder affect a pivotal movement of the header about the lower links interconnecting the frame and the header to change the angle of the cutterbar relative to the ground.

Abstract: This mower has a mower beam with at least one rotating mowing device joined on the mower beam and also on a carrying beam arranged on the hitching mount, which in the forward movement of the machine is arranged in front of and above the mower beam, whereby the carrying beam is coupled somewhat in the center of the hitching mount behind the tractor about a vertical pivot axis and whereby the carrying beam outboard half from the hitching mount is somewhat in its center provided with a horizontal pivot axis in order to permit the outer part of the carrying beam carrying the mowing device to swing upwardly by means of a hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: A crop cutting apparatus has two vertical axis rotary drum cutters 13, each having an upper rotor with a crop conveying surface 19 and a lower rotor carrying knives 21. Gears drive the upper and lower rotors at different angular velocities. The lower rotor has an annular rim 18 having an upper surface shaped to continue the outline of the conveying surface 19. The knives 21 protrude outwardly from beneath the rim 18 and rotate with the rim. A wiper brush 34 mounted on the conveying surface 19 projects outwardly over the rim 18 for lifting and transferring crop to the surface 19. The upper rotor may have conditioning brushes 35 for conveying crop and conditioning crop by relative movement between the brushes and the crop. The upper and lower rotors may be rotated in opposite senses to effect at least partial shear cutting.

Abstract: A mechanism for pivotally moving the windrow forming shield on a crop harvesting machine from a generally horizontally extending operative position to a generally vertically extending transport position is disclosed wherein the pivotal movement of the frame relative to a pivotal axis carried by the draft member effects a pivotal movement of the windrow forming shield. A first sprocket is stationarily fixed to the draft member while a second sprocket orbits about the first sprocket as a result of the frame being pivotally moved about its pivot axis. An endless chain entrained around both the first and second sprockets effects a rotation of the second sprocket during its orbital movement around the first sprocket to cause a rotation of a connected pivot shaft and effect a pivotal movement of the windrow shield. By making the second sprocket half the size of the first sprocket, the windrow forming shield can be moved through 180 degrees of movement while the frame is being rotated 90 degrees.

Abstract: The header has generally transversely disposed, flat, apron-like conveyor mechanism for receiving the stalks of grain or other crop materials severed along the leading edge of the header and for gathering such materials so that they might be discharged in a continuous stream for producing a windrow. The conveyor mechanism comprises a pair of largely self-contained sections which may be latched together and shifted to one end of the header with their upper surfaces driven in a common leftward direction for left delivery and discharge, or shifted to the opposite end of the header and driven with their upper surfaces in a righthand direction for right end delivery of the materials, or they may be unlatched and separated while their upper surfaces are driven in opposite directions centrally toward one another for centered delivery of the materials.

Abstract: A device for mowing crop, particularly grass, mainly comprising a frame (1) movable across the field having a girder (4) pivotably (6) connected to a sub-frame (5) and extending transversely of the direction of movement (P1) above a cutter bar (9) with cutting members (10) wherein the outermost cutting member (10) provided with a crop dividing drum on top drives the further cutting members (10) through a transmission accommodated in the cutter bar (9) so simplifying the transfer of driving power from the main frame to the cutter bar and ensuring a free passing of cut crop over the cutting members; a spring member is arranged between the subframe (5) and the girder (4) at a distance from said pivot shaft (6) in order to adapt the pressure of the cutter bar on the field.

Abstract: A mower is provided which has a plurality of cutter supports which are driven to be rotated. One or more of these supports is surmounted by a rotatable shaft; and such support comprises a hub that is rotatable with the shaft thereof, and a plurality of detachable segments, each of which is secured to the hub and defines a conveying surface for the cut produce.

Abstract: A cooperative roll hay conditioner in which the rolls are pneumatic tired wheels and one of the pneumatic tired wheels is snuggly surrounded by a steel cage to effect the crimping of harvested hay as the hay passes between the cooperative pneumatic tired wheels.

Abstract: The windrower, which may be of the mower or mower-conditioner type, is provided with a double windrowing attachment at the rear thereof which may be lowered into a double windrowing mode or raised into a non-operative position for single windrowing. Severed crops are converged centrally of the machine from opposite sides of the cutting path taken by the machine so as to be discharged onto the ground in a single, centrally disposed windrow when the attachment is in its raised position. Actuation of the hydraulic circuitry associated with the attachment to lower the same into its operating position during a next pass around the field causes a conveyor of the attachment to intercept the centrally and rearwardly discharged crop so as to instead divert and convey the same to a laterally outboard position in order that the windrow of that crop cutting pass will be laid adjacently alongside of the previously formed single windrow for the next preceding pass.

Abstract: A crop harvesting machine having a disc cutterbar is disclosed wherein the shields covering each individual disc cutter unit are connected to a transverse rotatable shaft so that the shields can be pivotally moved between a lowered operative position immediately above the disc cutter unit and a raised inoperative position, wherein convenient access can be had to the disc cutterbar for service and maintenance thereof. The shields are connected to the shaft by mounting tabs having a downwardly depending leg that engages a stop on the header frame to prevent the shields from lowering into a position that would interfere with the rotative operation of the disc cutters. A spring-loaded pin and bracket control mechanism is also provided to selectively lock the shields in either the lowered or raised position by controlling the rotative position of the shaft.

Abstract: A bean cutting device to cut beans when harvesting a bean crop. The device is mountable on the front of a tractor and includes a frame carrying a plurality of generally upright but forwardly inclined columns. Each column carries a cutting assembly including a cutting blade mounted on a shaft rotated by a hydraulic motor. The cutting blade is comprised as a spherical segment and has a leading edge disposed in slightly penetrating relationship relative to the soil surface. The cutting blades operate in counter-rotating pairs to cut and windrow rows of beans. Deflector units are mounted at the bases of the columns to deflect cut beans into a windrow located between pairs of counter-rotating blades.

Abstract: A frame assembly mounted in the windrow discharge area on a swather or windrower on which a plurality of horizontal assemblies, are mounted thereto. On these assemblies are mounted fraying and cutting blades. These blades are operated at a required speed to fray and distort the tips of the stubble and/or cut and reduce the length of the straw of the standing stubble so as to ensure that the supportive strength of the straw is not exceeded by the weight of the swath or windrow placed upon it. This will eliminate any distortion or buckling of the remaining conditioned standing stubble straws. A windrow delivery plate is mounted on the swather frame assembly within the windrow discharge area. This plate assures delivery of the windrowed material onto the swath support fingers which effects a gradual release of the windrowed material onto the remaining standing frayed and conditioned stubble directly behind the frayer conditioners track of travel in the field.

Abstract: A pair of generally flat, horizontally disposed mowing rotors at the front of the machine sever the standing crops as the machine is advanced and, by creation of an air stream as well as through a physical throwing force, the rotors propel the severed crops rearwardly through a centrally disposed passage to a conditioning zone adjacent the rear of the machine where such severed crops are treated by the conditioner to expedite curing of the crops when they are thereafter directed onto the ground in a swath or windrow.

Abstract: In a mowing implement comprising a housing and a number of cutting members rotatably journalled on said housing the danger of damage of the implement due to stones jammed between a cutting member and said housing is avoided in that each cutter is fastened to the top side of a holder skimming the top side of the housing.

Abstract: Mushroom harvesting machine provided with rotary knives which are positioned in stepped formation sequentially one below the other and with an upright conveyor belt provided with carriers and wherein the rotary knives are positioned at an angle of inclination .alpha..

Abstract: A frame assembly mounted in the windrow discharge area on a swather or windrower on which a plurality of vertical assemblies, are mounted thereto. On these assemblies are mounted fraying and cutting blades. These blades are operated at a required speed to fray and distort the tips of the stubble and/or cut and reduce the length of the straw of the standing stubble so as to ensure that the supportive strength of the straw is not exceeded by the weight of the swath or windrow placed upon it. This will eliminate any distortion or buckling of the remaining conditioned standing stubble straws. A windrow delivery plate is mounted on the swather frame assembly within the windrow discharge area. This plate assures delivery of the windrowed material onto the swath support fingers which effect a gradual release of the windrowed material onto the remaining standing frayed and conditioned stubble directly behind the frayer conditioners track of travel in the field.

Abstract: A mowing device comprises behind its cutting members a swath former, consisting of a worm rotor conveying the cut crop transversely to the travelling direction of the mowing device, in order to surely convey the cut crop irrespective whether the volume of the cut crop is small or great, the worm rotor rotates in such a sense that its front moves upwardly.

Abstract: The girder of a mowing device above which cutting members are arranged and which is destined to be suspended to the side of a tractor, is being loaded heavily on bending and/or torsion if the girder comprises remote from the end of the tractor a swath former. Therefore, the swath former is carried by a carrier extending on high level.

Abstract: A rotary mower has a plurality of upright mowing drums rotatable about respective vertical axes and each having a lower end provided with a plurality of radially outwardly extending blades forming blade orbits on rotation of the drum. Attached to each drum above the respective blades is a multipart ring carrying a plurality of pairs of outwardly directed spring-steel tines. These tines catch crop cut by the blades and project it backwardly behind the mower to ted this crop.

Abstract: A h ay conditioner comprised of a hay pick-up, a covered conveyor, a discharge chute and a steam generator in communication with a plurality of steam input nozzles, wherein the conditioned hay is continuously discharged from the chute as the vehicle progresses so as to traverse a windrow.

Abstract: Two embodiments of mowing machines wherein the cutters are resiliently deflectable to within a guard. In both embodiments, the frame of the mowing machine is connected to a tractor and extends laterally therefrom, the mowers being powered from the power take-off of the tractor by a train of gears, shafts and connecting universal joints. In one embodiment, the mowers rotate about vertical axes with the cutters being rotated on elongated resilient shafts which are also rotated about a common main axis from which they are spaced. The cutters are supported near the ground by holders which permit resilient deflection of the cutters' shafts into guards supported by the mowers when the cutters encounter obstacles or otherwise are subjected to forces which cause them to deflect. In the other embodiment, the cutters are mounted on an endless member such as a chain which runs around laterally spaced apart wheels such as sprockets which are mounted on carrier plates which are connected by a rod which is spring-biased.

Abstract: A self-propelled combine includes a corn picker head having a cornstalk harvesting and windrow attachment on its underside which includes gathering guide fingers for each row for feeding stalks into a sickle cutter and either a paddle reel or rotary cutter forwardly of augers which optionally convey cut stalks to a centrally positioned discharge whereby the stalks are dropped onto the ground in a windrow or upon opening of a gate rearwardly of the augers the stalks are discharged directly onto the ground. A gathering chain is provided on one of the guide fingers for each row and includes upper and lower sections with the lower return section being displaced laterally outwardly away from the stalks engaged by the upper section. The sickle cutter is positioned rearwardly of the forward end of the snapping rollers and cutting of the stalks occurs after the stalks are engaged by the snapping rollers which rotate inwardly and downwardly.

Abstract: The disclosure is of, in a mower which works over a great cutter width and comprises cutter discs or cutter drums or cutter belt pulleys or other rotary elements involved in the cutting operation, at least one device for reducing the width of the windrows comprising an endless flexible windrowing member which travels around two drums having substantially vertical axes of rotation, the first of said drums being approximately above one of said rotary elements at one extremity of the mower, the second of said drums being spaced to the rear of and nearer to the middle of the mower so that the windrowing member follows a path at an acute angle to the cutting front, at least one of said drums being driven at a speed different from that of said rotary elements so that the windrowing member impels cut fodder from a margin towards the middle of the windrow.

Abstract: In order to prevent the adhesion of crop to a swath board of a mowing device, the or each swath former comprises an endless member passed around a foremost and a hindmost reversing element, viewed in the direction of movement, the crop advancing run of said member being at an acute angle to the carrier.

Abstract: A wheeled frame or chassis is laterally stationary but movable longitudinally in rolling contact with the ground along several of a plurality of laterally spaced rows of tobacco plants. Vertical support bars depend from the frame to support at laterally spaced intervals corresponding to the rows, horizontal cutting discs mounted for rotation about vertical axes to sever the plants just above the ground. Guide plates affixed to the vertical supports bearing the cutting discs and overlying the discs lift the leaves of the plants and deflect the plants laterally towards each other for adjacent rows during the cutting, with the discs being driven in opposite directions for adjacent rows to cause the severed plants to fall with their butt ends extending rearwardly and with plants of adjacent rows falling on top of each other to facilitate subsequent pick-up.

Abstract: A mowing machine connectable by its frame to a three-point lift device of a tractor and powered by the power take-off of the tractor via belts and a gear train, the mowing machine being disposed laterally at one side relative to the tractor. An outboard portion of the frame forms a housing for the gear train whereby crop displacing members thereunder are rotated about shafts having a gear supported at each lower end thereof, the gear engaging pinions on parallel offset shafts for mowing elements. Supporting members under each mowing element which are offset to the rear support the machine. A screening member extends above the mowing elements and to the rear where it is bent downwardly to be spaced a distance less than the height of the mowing element above the ground. Forward the screening member is crenated as seen from above so that cutters pivotly mounted from each mowing element describe a cutting arc of about 60.degree. parallel to the adjacent arcuate portion of the screening member.

Abstract: In a self-propelled, hydraulic four wheel drivetwo row cane harvester having a four-row piler with a main power source driving variable volume pumps for propulsion and operation; structural and operational improvements of a shortened wheel base, outward extension of right rear center carrier, individual suspension of rear wheels for stability on uneven ground, steerable rear wheels differentially linked by means of bell crank linkages, single articulation pilers having multiple row piling capacity, adjustable cane butt deflectors, and a combination range and speed controls with independent adjustments of ranges ground chain speeds and unit control of the cut cane carrier chains of all speeds within the set range.

Abstract: A mowing machine has an elongated beam that supports side-by-side rotors with pivoted cutters positioned to cut overlapping paths in front of the beam. The rotor units include an upper rotatably hub with pivoted blades and lower bodies which house corresponding driving shafts. The units are releaseably fastened to the beam and in one embodiment, spaced apart supporting elements are fastened to the front side of the beam and a unit is fitted and bolted between elements. In another embodiment, the body of each unit is hollow so that the beam can be passed through units and the latter abutted to one another and secured in place with a single bolt. The driving shaft of each unit is interconnected to adjacent driving shafts by sleeve connectors that form an elongated drive shaft that is parallel and in front of the beam.

Abstract: A hay conditioner is provided with a crop deflecting baffle having an operative position for deflecting crops for deposit in a swath. Rearwardly converging deflector vanes are mounted on the baffle, preferably about halfway respectively between the transverse edges of the baffle and the center of the crop stream. Preferably, the angle of convergence of the vanes is less than that of the fixed side deflectors of the preferred windrowing apparatus.

Abstract: A mowing machine which extends laterally of a tractor and is connected to the lifting device of a tractor which has a frame and two rotors driven through gearing from the power take-off of the tractor. Each rotor includes a hollow tube driven by gears in the frame which causes the rotor to rotate and each rotor carries two cutter members which are driven by rotation of the rotor and through meshing with a stationary gear mounted from a stationary tube which is coaxial with the hollow shaft in the rotor. Six cutters extend from each cutting member and are thus rotated in a direction opposite that of the rotor at a substantially greater speed. A plate member extends from each hollow shaft which has tines connected thereto for moving crop cut by the cutters under the frame and to the rear. The rotors shield the cutters through about 180 degrees of their rotation. Swath forming members are connected to the frame to receive cut crop moved to the rear by rotors whereby same is formed into a swath.

Abstract: A mowing machine adapted to be connected to a three-point lifting device of a tractor and powered by a power take-off therefrom, the mowing machine extending laterally to the side of the tractor and having two mowing assemblies, each of which includes a rotor which is powered by a gear chain and belts from the power take-off and is mounted by bearings to rotate about a substantially vertical axis which also contains a stationary shaft having the same longitudinal axis as the axis of rotation of the rotor. The vertical stationary shaft has a non-rotatable ring gear at its lower aspect which is surrounded by the rotor which, by a cover plate on its underside supports spur gears which mesh with the ring gear and also cutting elements, the arrangement being that the cutting elements rotate much faster than the rotor and are caused to rotate by the meshing of their individual spur gears with the ring gear.

Abstract: Tractor-drawn agricultural mower has three crop-cutting rotors rotatable about vertical axes and carrying crop-feeding drums. Two of the rotors contra-rotate inwards to feed cut crop between them. The third rotor is offset rearwards from a straight line intersecting the axes of rotation of the other two rotors and rotates in the same direction as the rotor adjacent it so that the crop which it cuts passes behind the adjacent rotor and towards the crop which has passed between the other two rotors, whereby a single swath of crop is produced by the mower.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a mower-conditioner comprising a cutting mechanism with discs driven from beneath and a conditioning mechanism extending in a conditioning passage the width of which is less than the cutting width, the discs situated outside the zone in which the conditioning mechanism extends being provided respectively with a truncated cone intended to separate the standing fodder from the cut fodder, each of these truncated cones being respectively surmounted by a fixed deflector the flank of which extends at the same time upwards and towards the interior of the conditioning passage, said deflector being connected to the front edge of the said conditioning passage in a smoothly continuous manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a harvesting machine such as a mower-conditioner and comprises a header with a subframe, the subframe comprising a transverse upperbeam, opposed downwardly-extending legs connected thereto, and a lower transverse beam interconnecting and extending between the legs; the upper and lower beams and the legs together forming a rigid, generally rectangular structure. The header further also comprises at least one rotatable cutter unit having a mounting shaft detachably mounted between the upper and lower beams at a location inbetween the legs.

Abstract: A mowing machine has mowing units that are connected to a tractor's three point lifting device or devices at the front and/or rear side of the tractor. The units can be pivoted to an intermediate frame portion to extend laterally of that portion and hydraulic assemblies are connected to pivot each unit to a raised inoperative or transport position. The units each include a respective reciprocating cutter bar, and a crushing device with guides to move cut crop to the device. A drum mower can be positioned between the cutter bars. In another arrangement, a further unit can be attached at the front, with respect to the direction of machine travel. The frame portion includes beams that can form a sliding support for the frame portion and the units pivoted to that portion. Each unit can have vertical side walls and a driving transmission. Swath boards on the rear of each portion guide crop away from the tractor wheels.

Abstract: An apparatus for harvesting and windrowing of corn utilizes one or more conveyor units swingably mounted to a corn harvesting implement such as a combine or corn picker and has horizontally moving cutting means carried forwardly of the conveyor units. As the implement moves through a field of standing corn, the cutting means severs the cornstalks as harvesting heads on the implement engage the stalk and strip the corn ears from the stalk. The conveyors receive and transport the severed stalks to a cornstalk discharge location between the conveyor units to create a cornstalk windrow along the path of the traveling implement. Corn plant residue, such as leaves, kernels, ear husks and the like, resulting from husking, are discharged from the implement and guided by deflector plates onto the windrow to be retained there for curing and later pickup.

Abstract: Agricultural mower has vertical axis crop-cutting rotors mounted for floating vertical movement relative to semi-mounted mower frame. Draught forces are transmitted to each rotor through a draught member below the rotor on which the rotor is journalled. The draught member projects rearwards beyond the cutting circle of the blades and is connected to the frame by an upwardly-extending structure including a parallelogram linkage.

Abstract: A semi-mounted or trailed agricultural mower has vertical axis crop-cutting rotors and a rigid rectangular open frame mounted above the rotors to support the rotors. The frame has at one end a ground-engageable support wheel secured to a rear beam of the frame and at the other end a headstock secured to a front beam of the frame. At least one of the rotors is trailed from the front beam on a linkage permitting the rotor to rise and fall relative to the frame.

Abstract: A rotary mower is provided with its knives secured to an elastic member and the elastic member is in turn secured to the rotating cutting element, such as a disc, of the mower. This permits the knife to move radially in response to the centrifugal forces on the elastic member. The elastic member preferably has bulged ends which are mounted in housings attached to the cutting element.

Abstract: An agricultural do-all machine for performing multiple farming operations including harvesting and loading crops into a tow behind vehicle. The do-all machine, briefly described, comprises a vehicle frame designed around an underbelly conveyor having crop clearance therebetween, and a pair of opposite hand implement support booms carrying belt conveyors which feed crops laterally onto the underbelly conveyor. The underbelly conveyor moves the crop underneath the frame of the machine to another vehicle following behind the agricultural do-all machine.

Abstract: Two pairs of cane gatherers are mounted forwardly on a four-wheeled power train, for driving a plurality of constant and variable volume hydraulic pumps, the cane gatherers being provided with gathering chains for holding and moving cane through a pair of cane passageways defined thereby and by sticker and moving chains mounted for endless rotation for guiding two rows of cane to cane toppers and cutters mounted in each passageway, and then to a pair of articulated pilers mounted on the rear of the power train. Cut-cane passageways through the pilers are defined by cane moving chains and rub bars. The pilers in one articulated position lay the cut cane of one row just behind the cut cane of the second row in a continuous transverse windrow across the cut rows and behind the power train and in a second articulated position lay the cut cane across adjacent cut rows. Front wheels are pivotable up to 90.degree.

Abstract: A drive for a mower of the type having a multiple number of vertically disposed drum cutters. The cutting elements are at the bottom of each drum and cut in a horizontal plane. A horizontally disposed pneumatic tired wheel is associated with and acts to impart rotation to each of the drum cutters. External drive is imparted to effect rotation of one of the pneumatic tired wheels. The other pneumatic tired wheels are mounted to have frictional circumferential engagement with each other and with the driven wheel to cause all of the wheels to be driven.

Abstract: A haymaking machine has at least one, but preferably two, tined raking heads that are driven to rotate about upwardly extending axes from respective mountings. The mountings are connected to the rear of beams that converge forwardly to a right angled junction and a common gear box. Crop passing between the rake heads is thus unobstructed by an overhead frame. A coupling near the junction is connectable to a three point lifting hitch and a pair of spaced apart plates form a pivot connected at one side of the plates adjacent the junction. A retaining element secures the beams in operative positions about the pivot. Each rake head has one, but preferably two, ground supporting cylinders that are positionable around the rake head's axis of rotation. A rear crop guide is pivoted to each rake head near its mounting by a quadralateral linkage that can be set in any one of plurality of guide positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a harvesting machine provided with rotary separating means, grain cleaning means located generally below the rotary separating means and at a central location below and between transversely spaced separator discharge openings, and deflector means to convey and deflect crop material from locations generally below and at both sides of the cleaning means rearwardly and inwardly to a central location generally to the rear of the discharge end of the cleaning means. The deflector means are comprised of overhead and lateral deflectors positioned at predetermined angles to one another to progressively change the direction of movement of the discharged crop material from a generally fore-and-aft path towards the central discharge location.

Abstract: A self-propelled combine includes a corn picker head having a corn stalk harvesting and windrow attachment on its underside which includes gathering guide fingers for each row of feeding stalks into a sickle cutter and paddle reel forwardly of augers which convey cut stalks to a centrally positioned discharge, whereby the stalks are dropped onto the ground in a windrow.

Abstract: A mowing implement comprises a number of rotating cutter members which are arranged next to each other and above a housing and which are slip-free coupled with each other by means of a driving gear arranged inside said housing, while said cutter members are driven by at least one motor arranged beneath a cutter support of a cutter member. Said motor communicates through a set of ducts with the driving member, for example an electrical aggregate or a hydraulical pump, said driving member being arranged on a vehicle and operating as an aggregate for producing energy.