Antifriction Devices Patents (Class 56/304)
  • Patent number: 8266880
    Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The harvesting header is operable to flex and thereby follow an uneven terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Sauerwein, Randy Lohrentz, James R. Schmidt, Gagan Sethi
  • Patent number: 8240116
    Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The harvesting header is operable to flex and thereby follow an uneven terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Sauerwein, Randy Lohrentz, James R. Schmidt, Gagan Sethi
  • Patent number: 7921627
    Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The harvesting header is operable to flex and thereby follow an uneven terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Sauerwein, Randy Lohrentz, James R. Schmidt, Gagan Sethi
  • Patent number: 7313903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reciprocating cutting bar for the cutting gear of an agricultural machine, comprising a longitudinal axis (4) along which the reciprocating cutting bar may be moved in a working direction for crop cutting, a finger bar (1), cutting fingers (2), which are fixed to the finger bar (1), each forming counter cutters (11), a knife (5) with a knife bar (7), having knife blades (8) fixed to the knife bar (7) which each have cutters (9), whereby the knife (5) is made to oscillate relative to the finger bar (1) along a transverse axis (6), which is arranged horizontally and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (4), rollers (13), by means of which the knife (5) is supported against the finger bar (1) to the rear when viewed in the working direction. The rollers (13) are each mounted to rotate on a roller holder (17) and the roller holders (17) are fixed to the finger bar (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Inventors: Gustav Schumacher, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schumacher
  • Patent number: 6012275
    Abstract: A cutter assembly for mowing apparatus comprises a sickle guard having individual guards which each consist of a guard body and an upper lip. The guard bodies are connected to a cutter bar via mounting pads. Each guard is provided with a rearward knife slot within which knife sections can move back and forth in a reciprocating manner. A hold-down member is provided to act against an upper face of a knife section, the hold-down member extending through the upper lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Carl Silberg GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Adolf Ibach, Robert L. Powers
  • Patent number: 5875624
    Abstract: A sickle apparatus employing an endless cutter mechanism is provided wherein its modular construction allows the size of the apparatus to be readily tailored to variously sized equipment. A plastic liner is configured to engage the rollers of the roller drive chain as well as form a seal with a section of the traveling blades to reduce the incursion of debris into the mechanism. The blades have a positive angle of attack and are additionally configured to continually sweep out any debris from between sealing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: Harvey Olinger
  • Patent number: 5617712
    Abstract: A cutter assembly for mowing apparatus comprises a sickle guard having individual guards which each consist of a guard body and an upper lip. The guard bodies are connected to a cutter bar via mounting pads. Each guard is provided with a rearward knife slot within which knife sections can move back and forth in a reciprocating manner. A hold-down member is provided to act against an upper face of a knife section, the hold-down member extending through the upper lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Carl Sulberg GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Adolf Ibach, Robert L. Powers
  • Patent number: 5572857
    Abstract: A shear capable of cutting weeds close to the ground, without cutting grass in the presence of the weeds, is described. The shear can be implemented as a battery operated hand held device or as a shear mounted on a lawn mower. The shear operates by maintaining a spacing between the blades such that the flexible grass will only be bent between the blades. Weeds which have a thicker and stiffer shaft than the grass will be cut, thus functioning as a selective mechanical herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Robert D. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5487259
    Abstract: A cutter assembly for mowing apparatus comprises a sickle guard having individual guards whose guard bodies are connected to a cutter bar via mounting pads. Each guard is provided with a rearward knife slot within which knife sections can move back and forth in a reciprocating manner. Hold-down members are provided to act against an upper face of the knife sections, the hold-down members being formed as ball plungers and are screwed into a front part of a hold-down arm. The hold-down arm at its rearward end is fixed by a base to the cutter bar by means of guard mounting screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Carl Sulberg GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Robert L. Powers, Adolf Ibach