公开(公告)号：US08469386B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13314638

申请日：2011-12-08

Applicant: Stanley R. Clark ,  Dwight E. Nickel

Inventor： Stanley R. Clark ,  Dwight E. Nickel

IPC: B60D1/167

CPC classification number: B60D1/167 ,  A01B59/042 ,  A01B71/066 ,  B60D1/01 ,  B60D1/145 ,  B60D1/62

Abstract: A swivel drawbar hitch has a first cradle having a first pivot mechanism located ahead of a connection between a drawbar and the swivel drawbar hitch, the swivel drawbar hitch further including an elongated second cradle coupled to the first cradle and further having a second pivot mechanism, the first cradle pivotable about a horizontal axis of the swivel drawbar hitch, the elongated second cradle pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the swivel drawbar hitch.

Abstract translation: 旋转牵引杆牵引具有第一支架，其具有位于牵引杆和转动牵引杆牵引杆之间的连接的前方的第一枢转机构，所述旋转牵引杆牵引还包括联接到第一支架的细长的第二支架，并且还具有第二枢转机构， 所述第一支架围绕所述旋转牵引杆搭接件的水平轴线枢转，所述细长的第二支架可围绕所述转动牵引杆搭接件的纵向轴线枢转。

公开(公告)号：US20110232248A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-29

申请号：US13156691

申请日：2011-06-09

Applicant: Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran

Inventor： Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran

IPC: A01D61/00

CPC classification number: A01D43/102

Abstract: As crop materials are severed from the field, they pass through two successive pairs of counter-rotating conditioning rolls before being returned to the ground. The front rolls are preferably ribbed, metal rolls wherein the ribs of one roll are intermeshed with those of the other roll so as to crimp the stems of the crop materials as they pass between the rolls. The hard metal ribs also aggressively feed the materials rearwardly into the second set of rolls, which are preferably compressive surface rolls made of rubber or the like and provided with wide, intermeshed bars about their periphery. The tension mechanism for the rolls includes single-acting hydraulic cylinders that squeeze the rolls together to the extent permitted by adjustable stop structure used to set gaps between the rolls. In typical operations, the gap between the rear rolls is set to be considerably smaller than the gap between the front rolls. Great flexibility in the degree of conditioning experienced by the crop materials is achieved by the nature of the rolls and the ease with which roll pressure and spacing can be adjusted.

Abstract translation: 由于作物材料从田间切断，它们在返回地面之前通过两对连续的反转调理辊。 前辊优选是肋状金属辊，其中一个辊的肋与另一个辊的肋相互啮合，以便当它们在辊之间通过时将作物材料的茎部卷曲。 硬金属肋也将材料积极地向后馈送到第二组辊中，这些辊优选是由橡胶等制成的压缩表面辊，并且在其周边上设置有宽的相互啮合的杆。 辊的张紧机构包括单作用液压缸，其将辊压在一起，达到用于设定辊之间的间隙的可调停止结构所允许的程度。 在典型的操作中，后辊之间的间隙被设定为远小于前辊之间的间隙。 通过辊的性质和可以调节辊压力和间距的容易性，可以获得作物材料经历的调节程度的极大的灵活性。

公开(公告)号：US07028459B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-18

申请号：US10752640

申请日：2004-01-07

Applicant: Randy Lohrentz ,  Dwight E. Nickel ,  Ben G. Nolt

Inventor： Randy Lohrentz ,  Dwight E. Nickel ,  Ben G. Nolt

IPC: A01D43/00 ,  A01D57/26 ,  A01D57/28 ,  A01D57/30

CPC classification number: A01D57/20

Abstract: A harvester suitable for triple windrowing operations has a cross-conveyor located behind the harvesting header for intercepting a stream of severed materials projected rearwardly from the header as the machine moves through the field. The cross-conveyor may be maintained in a raised or lowered position independently of the header so that, when the cross-conveyor is raised, the stream of severed materials from the header can be projected straight back underneath the raised conveyor to fall onto the ground generally in line with the header. For triple windrowing, a first pass is made with the cross-conveyor raised so that the first deposit is made directly behind the header on the mowed strip of the first pass. The first pass is carried out at a distance inwardly from the uncut edge of standing materials that is equal to or less than the width of the header so that a band of standing materials is left along one side of the mowed strip and the main remaining body of standing materials is presented along the other side. During the second pass, either through the main body or the band of materials depending upon the direction at which the cross-conveyor is angled rearwardly, the cross-conveyor is in its lowered position so as to intercept the stream of materials from the header, convey them laterally, and project them into a second deposit of material in the mowed strip from the first pass. The third pass is then made with the cross-conveyor also in a lowered position to form a third deposit of materials in the first mowed strip. When all three passes are complete, a total of three deposits of material are presented in the mowed strip from the first pass. An extension conveyor in the discharge area of the cross-conveyor accelerates the crop materials and is cocked upwardly to provide additional loft to the materials, thus enabling the materials to travel the extra distances needed to carry out the triple windrowing process.

Abstract translation: 适用于三次堆垛操作的收割机具有位于收割头后面的交叉输送机，用于当机器移动通过场时拦截从头部向后突出的切断材料流。 交叉输送机可以独立于集管保持在升高或降低的位置，使得当横向输送机升高时，来自集管的切断材料流可以直接地回到升起的输送机下面落到地面上 一般符合标题。 对于三次堆垛，第一次通过交叉输送机升起，使得第一沉积物直接在第一次通过的割草带上的头部后面进行。 第一道次距离立柱材料的未切割边缘向内一定距离，该距离等于或小于头部的宽度，使得一直线材料带沿着割草带的一侧留下并且主剩余体 站立材料沿着另一边呈现。 在第二次通过期间，通过主体或材料带取决于横向输送机向后倾斜的方向，横向输送机处于其降低的位置，以便拦截来自头部的材料流， 将它们横向传送，并将它们从第一次通过将其投影到割草带中的材料的第二沉积物中。 然后，第三道次通过横向输送机也在降低的位置进行，以在第一割草条中形成第三沉积材料。 当所有三个通行证完成时，总共三次材料沉积物从第一次通过在割草带中呈现。 交叉输送机的排放区域中的延伸输送机加速了作物材料并向上推动以向材料提供额外的顶棚，从而使得材料能够行进进行三重重叠处理所需的额外距离。

公开(公告)号：US06996961B2

公开(公告)日：2006-02-14

申请号：US10716834

申请日：2003-11-19

Applicant: Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran

Inventor： Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran

IPC: A01D43/10

CPC classification number: A01D43/102

Abstract: As crop materials are severed from the field, they pass through two successive pairs of counter-rotating conditioning rolls before being returned to the ground. The front rolls are preferably ribbed, metal rolls wherein the ribs of one roll are intermeshed with those of the other roll so as to crimp the stems of the crop materials as they pass between the rolls. The hard metal ribs also aggressively feed the materials rearwardly into the second set of rolls, which are preferably compressive surface rolls made of rubber or the like and provided with wide, intermeshed bars about their periphery. The tension mechanism for the rolls includes single-acting hydraulic cylinders that squeeze the rolls together to the extent permitted by adjustable stop structure used to set gaps between the rolls. In typical operations, the gap between the rear rolls is set to be considerably smaller than the gap between the front rolls. Great flexibility in the degree of conditioning experienced by the crop materials is achieved by the nature of the rolls and the ease with which roll pressure and spacing can be adjusted.

Abstract translation: 由于作物材料从田间切断，它们在返回地面之前通过两对连续的反转调理辊。 前辊优选是肋状金属辊，其中一个辊的肋与另一个辊的肋相互啮合，以便当它们在辊之间通过时将作物材料的茎部卷曲。 硬金属肋也将材料积极地向后馈送到第二组辊中，这些辊优选是由橡胶等制成的压缩表面辊，并且在其周边上设置有宽的相互啮合的杆。 辊的张紧机构包括单作用液压缸，其将辊压在一起，达到用于设定辊之间的间隙的可调停止结构所允许的程度。 在典型的操作中，后辊之间的间隙被设定为远小于前辊之间的间隙。 通过辊的性质和可以调节辊压力和间距的容易性，可以获得作物材料经历的调节程度的极大的灵活性。

公开(公告)号：US5007235A

公开(公告)日：1991-04-16

申请号：US534833

申请日：1990-06-07

Applicant: Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran ,  Cecil L. Case

Inventor： Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran ,  Cecil L. Case

IPC: A01D57/03

CPC classification number: A01D57/03

Abstract: The bearing assembly includes a synthetic resinous collar which circumscribes the tube and oscillates therewith against the inside of a metal bushing wedged within a metal housing that is bolted to the adjacent tine tube carrier arm of the reel. The bushing is constructed from a pair of generally semicircular half-sections that are abutted together to make a complete annulus when held within the housing, thereby permitting removal of the bushing from the tube by simply separating the two half-sections from one another after the housing has been slipped axially off the end of the bushing. A slit in one side of the collar permits opposed wall portions thereof to be spread apart so that the collar may likewise be removed from the tube in a transverse direction rather than requiring axial movement along the tube which would be obstructed by crop-engaging tines of the reel.

Abstract translation: 轴承组件包括合成树脂轴环，其环绕管并与其抵靠楔入金属壳体内的金属衬套的内部振动，该金属衬套螺栓连接到卷轴的相邻齿带托架臂。 衬套由一对大致半圆形的半部构成，当被保持在壳体内时，它们抵靠在一起以形成完整的环形空间，从而通过简单地将两个半部分彼此分开，从而将衬套从管中移除 外壳已经从衬套的端部轴向滑动。 轴套一侧的狭缝允许其相对的壁部分分开，使得套环同样可以沿着横向方向从管中移除，而不是要求沿着管的轴向运动，这将被作物接合的尖齿阻挡 卷轴。

公开(公告)号：US08220234B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US13192336

申请日：2011-07-27

Applicant: Martin E. Pruitt ,  Dwight E. Nickel ,  Kurt Graber ,  Stanley R. Clark

Inventor： Martin E. Pruitt ,  Dwight E. Nickel ,  Kurt Graber ,  Stanley R. Clark

IPC: A01D61/00

CPC classification number: A01D43/10

Abstract: The conditioning rolls of a crop harvester have intermeshing metal ribs arranged in a herringbone pattern, each rib comprising a pair of end-to-end segments that converge spirally from opposite ends of the roll to a centermost apex. Alternative embodiments provide a single pair of metal herringbone rolls, two pairs of metal herringbone rolls, or a front pair of metal herringbone rolls and a rear pair of compressible surface herringbone rolls.

Abstract translation: 作物收割机的调理辊具有以人字形图案布置的相互啮合的金属肋，每个肋包括一对端对端段，其从辊的相对端螺旋地会聚到中心顶点。 替代实施例提供一对金属人字形卷轴，两对金属人字形卷轴，或一对金属人字形卷轴和一对可压缩表面人字形卷轴。

公开(公告)号：US08166736B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：US13156691

申请日：2011-06-09

Applicant: Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran

Inventor： Dwight E. Nickel ,  Michael L. O'Halloran

IPC: A01D61/00

CPC classification number: A01D43/102

Abstract: As crop materials are severed from the field, they pass through two successive pairs of counter-rotating conditioning rolls before being returned to the ground. The front rolls are preferably ribbed, metal rolls wherein the ribs of one roll are intermeshed with those of the other roll so as to crimp the stems of the crop materials as they pass between the rolls. The hard metal ribs also aggressively feed the materials rearwardly into the second set of rolls, which are preferably compressive surface rolls made of rubber or the like and provided with wide, intermeshed bars about their periphery. The tension mechanism for the rolls includes single-acting hydraulic cylinders that squeeze the rolls together to the extent permitted by adjustable stop structure used to set gaps between the rolls. An accumulator is hydraulically connected to the hydraulic cylinders for cushioning the tension mechanism.

Abstract translation: 由于作物材料从田间切断，它们在返回地面之前通过两对连续的反转调理辊。 前辊优选是肋状金属辊，其中一个辊的肋与另一个辊的肋相互啮合，以便当它们在辊之间通过时将作物材料的茎部卷曲。 硬金属肋也将材料积极地向后馈送到第二组辊中，这些辊优选是由橡胶等制成的压缩表面辊，并且在其周边上设置有宽的相互啮合的杆。 辊的张紧机构包括单作用液压缸，其将辊压在一起，达到用于设定辊之间的间隙的可调停止结构所允许的程度。 蓄液器液压连接到液压缸，用于缓冲张力机构。

公开(公告)号：US6047532A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-11

申请号：US897472

申请日：1997-07-21

Applicant: Michael O'Halloran ,  Dwight E. Nickel

Inventor： Michael O'Halloran ,  Dwight E. Nickel

IPC: A01D61/00

CPC classification number: A01D61/008

Abstract: A crop harvesting header includes a wide cutter for severing crop across a relatively large cutting width, and framework defining a discharge opening spaced rearwardly from the cutter. The discharge opening has a width that is less than the cutting width such that crop severed laterally outboard of the discharge opening by the cutter must be conveyed inwardly before passing through the opening. At least one laterally extending, rotatable auger is located between the cutter and discharge opening for converging severed crop centrally from the areas located laterally outboard of the discharge opening and to project the crop through the opening when rotated. The header includes an auger support for rotatably supporting the auger between its opposite ends on the header framework so that the auger is capable of spanning the long distance corresponding to the large cutting width defined by the sickle bar.

Abstract translation: 作物收割头包括用于在相对大的切割宽度上切割作物的宽切割器，以及限定从切割器向后间隔开的排出口的框架。 排出口具有小于切割宽度的宽度，使得通过切割器横向排出排出口外侧的作物必须在通过开口之前向内输送。 至少一个横向延伸的可旋转螺旋钻位于切割器和排出口之间，用于将切割的作物从位于排出口侧面外侧的区域中心收敛，并且在旋转时将作物突出通过开口。 集管包括用于将螺旋推运器可旋转地支撑在其头部框架上的相对端之间的螺旋推运器支撑件，使得螺旋钻能够跨越对应于由镰刀杆限定的大切割宽度的长距离。

公开(公告)号：US20110277435A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-17

申请号：US13192336

申请日：2011-07-27

Applicant: Martin E. Pruitt ,  Dwight E. Nickel ,  Kurt Graber ,  Stanley R. Clark

Inventor： Martin E. Pruitt ,  Dwight E. Nickel ,  Kurt Graber ,  Stanley R. Clark

IPC: A01D43/00

CPC classification number: A01D43/10

Abstract: The conditioning rolls of a crop harvester have intermeshing metal ribs arranged in a herringbone pattern, each rib comprising a pair of end-to-end segments that converge spirally from opposite ends of the roll to a centermost apex. Alternative embodiments provide a single pair of metal herringbone rolls, two pairs of metal herringbone rolls, or a front pair of metal herringbone rolls and a rear pair of compressible surface herringbone rolls.

Abstract translation: 作物收割机的调理辊具有以人字形图案布置的相互啮合的金属肋，每个肋包括一对端对端段，其从辊的相对端螺旋地会聚到中心顶点。 替代实施例提供一对金属人字形卷轴，两对金属人字形卷轴，或一对金属人字形卷轴和一对可压缩表面人字形卷轴。

公开(公告)号：US06564535B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-20

申请号：US09519778

申请日：2000-03-07

Applicant: Brendon Nafziger ,  Dwight E. Nickel

Inventor： Brendon Nafziger ,  Dwight E. Nickel

IPC: A01D5700

CPC classification number: A01D61/008

Abstract: Each crop consolidating auger assembly of a harvester includes an elongated, inner, stationary support that is mounted on the sidewall of the header in a cantilevered manner and extends inwardly from the sidewall into overlying relationship with the floor of the header. A longer, flighted housing of the assembly circumscribes the support and is rotatably carried thereby in coaxial relationship therewith. A hydraulic motor carried by the support adjacent its inboard end is drivingly connected to the interior surface of the wall of the housing by structure in the form of an annular connecting member and appropriate fasteners.

Abstract translation: 收割机的每个作物固结螺旋钻组件包括细长的内部固定支撑件，其以悬臂方式安装在集管的侧壁上并且从侧壁向内延伸到与集管的底板相对的关系。 组件的较长的飞行的壳体限定支撑件并且由此可旋转地承载在其中，与其同轴地关系。 由支撑件相邻于其内侧的液压马达通过环形连接构件和合适的紧固件的形式被驱动地连接到壳体的壁的内表面。