公开(公告)号：US06623167B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-23

申请号：US09848084

申请日：2001-05-03

Applicant: Merlyn Duane Bass ,  Henry Dennis Anstey ,  Shawn Wayne Poggemiller ,  William Albert Ardueser

Inventor： Merlyn Duane Bass ,  Henry Dennis Anstey ,  Shawn Wayne Poggemiller ,  William Albert Ardueser

IPC: F16C1906

CPC classification number: F16C23/084 ,  A01F15/18 ,  A01F2015/186 ,  F16C13/02 ,  F16C19/06 ,  F16C35/0635 ,  F16C35/077 ,  F16C2310/00

Abstract: Each end of a roller is defined by a stub shaft that is non-circular in cross section and supported from a side wall for rotation by a ball bearing having an inner race containing a mounting hole that is shaped complementary to, and located on, the stub shaft. The inner race is clamped from moving axially or radially relative to the shaft, thereby preventing the bearing from knocking against the stub shaft during operation. According to one embodiment of the invention, the outer race of the bearing is mounted within a complementary shaped bore of a sleeve that has a cylindrical exterior surface and is, in turn, mounted for axial movement in a cylindrical bore of a bearing housing that is mounted to the side wall by the agency of a bearing support. According to a second embodiment of the invention, the outer race of the bearing in mounted within a complementary shaped bore of a bearing housing which is, in turn, mounted to the side wall by the agency of a bearing support that is designed to flex axially while maintaining radial strength. Both embodiments thus limit the axial load which is transmitted between the shaft and the side wall by means of the bearing.

公开(公告)号：US4115983A

公开(公告)日：1978-09-26

申请号：US498781

申请日：1974-08-19

Applicant: Theodore Marion Barnes ,  Joseph John Shindelar ,  Merlyn Duane Bass ,  Henry William Suechting, Jr.

Inventor： Theodore Marion Barnes ,  Joseph John Shindelar ,  Merlyn Duane Bass ,  Henry William Suechting, Jr.

IPC: A01D43/08 ,  A01D45/02

CPC classification number: A01D43/082

Abstract: A self-propelled forage harvester has a forward transversely elongated header that includes a plurality of row units mounted on the header frame for removing crop material from a plurality of rows as the machine advances and delivering it rearwardly to a transverse auger on the header, which converges the crop and delivers it rearwardly to the forage harvester through a central crop transfer opening in the header. Each row unit includes a supporting structure extending forwardly in cantilever fashion from the header frame and a pair of belt type gathering elements having opposite rearwardly moving inner runs with intermeshing projections that clamp the stalks of row planted crops to move the stalk rearwardly. A reciprocating cutter is mounted on the supporting structure below the forward intake ends of each pair of gathering elements and the rearward discharge end of each pair gathering elements is disposed directly under the auger to positively feed the butt of the severed stalk under the auger. The row units are laterally shiftable to accommodate different row spacings, and crop dividers are mounted on the row units and extend between adjacent row units, outer dividers being provided at the opposite sides of the header. A pair of upright, driven rollers are mounted at the rearward ends of the outer two dividers in front of the sides of the header frame to facilitate feeding of the crop past the front edges of the header sides, and an upper stalk control structure is mounted on the frame and includes a transverse member forwardly and above the auger for engaging the upper portion of upright stalks so that the stalks are fed under the auger.

Abstract translation: 自走式饲料收割机具有向前横向细长的头部，其包括安装在头部框架上的多个行单元，用于当机器前进并从后面将其输送到头部上的横向螺旋推运器时从多个行中移除作物材料， 收集作物并通过头部中的中央作物转移开口将其向后输送到饲草收割机。 每排单元包括以悬臂方式从集管框架向前延伸的支撑结构，以及具有相对的向后移动的内部行程的一对带式集合元件，其具有夹紧突出物，夹紧突出部，用于夹持行种植作物的茎向后移动茎。 往复式切割器安装在每对集合元件的前进入口下方的支撑结构上，并且每对集合元件的向后排出端直接设置在螺旋钻下方，以将切割的杆的对接块向下馈送在螺旋钻下方。 行单元可横向移位以适应不同的行间距，并且裁剪分配器安装在行单元上并在相邻行单元之间延伸，外分隔件设置在头部的相对侧。 一对直立的从动辊子安装在两个分隔件的后端，位于集管框架的侧面前方，以便于将料斗送入集管侧边的前边缘，并安装一个上杆控制结构 在框架上并且包括在螺旋钻上方和上方的横向构件，用于接合直立茎的上部，使得茎在螺旋钻下方进给。

公开(公告)号：US4061284A

公开(公告)日：1977-12-06

申请号：US723036

申请日：1976-09-14

Applicant: Wesley Paul Raisbeck ,  Merlyn Duane Bass ,  Bobbie Dean Whicker ,  William Clair Davis ,  Raymond Harry Fairbank

Inventor： Wesley Paul Raisbeck ,  Merlyn Duane Bass ,  Bobbie Dean Whicker ,  William Clair Davis ,  Raymond Harry Fairbank

IPC: A01F29/06 ,  A01F29/09 ,  B02C18/18

CPC classification number: A01F29/095 ,  A01F29/06 ,  Y10T83/4847

Abstract: A forage harvester has a cylinder type cutterhead that includes a hollow cylindrical drum having a solid cylindrical peripheral wall and a pair of radial end plates to which a pair of axial, stub shafts are attached. Welded to the outside of the drum are a relatively large number of knife support members that are formed of relatively short sections of angle iron and extend parallel to the cutterhead axis. The support members are arranged in circumferential rows and are disposed at equal angular intervals, the support members in one row being angularly offset and relatively closely spaced from the support members in the adjacent row. Both edges of the support members are welded to the drum, so that the leading side of the support member is inclinded outwardly and rearwardly relative to the direction of rotation and functions as a deflector for crop material. The other exterior surface of each support member is flat, and a flat, relatively short knife is mounted on the flat surface of each support member, so that the knives are also disposed in circumferential rows. Each knife is bolted on to the support member and has a cutting edge along its leading edge at the cutterhead periphery, the ends of the knives in one row slightly overlapping the ends of the knives in the adjacent row, so that the knife cutting edges conjunctively generate a cylinder as the cutterhead rotates.

Abstract translation: 饲料收割机具有圆筒型刀架，其包括具有实心圆柱形周壁的中空圆柱形滚筒和一对径向端板，一对轴向短轴连接到该圆筒形圆筒。 焊接到滚筒的外侧的是相对大量的刀支撑构件，其由相对较短的角铁片形成并且平行于刀盘轴线延伸。 支撑构件以圆周排布置并且以相等的角度间隔布置，一排中的支撑构件成角度地偏移并且与相邻行中的支撑构件相对紧密地间隔开。 支撑构件的两个边缘被焊接到滚筒，使得支撑构件的前侧相对于旋转方向向外和向后倾斜，并且用作作物材料的偏转器。 每个支撑构件的另一个外表面是平坦的，并且平坦的相对较短的刀安装在每个支撑构件的平坦表面上，使得刀也以圆周排布置。 每个刀被螺栓连接到支撑构件上，并且在刀头周边处沿其前缘具有切割边缘，刀具的端部在一排中稍微重叠在相邻行中的刀的端部，使得刀切割边缘连接 当刀架旋转时产生圆柱体。