Title: Harvesting platform

Abstract: A self-propelled combine has a forwardly extending, vertically adjustable crop feeder housing and a transversely elongated, cutter bar type harvesting platform mounted on the forward end of the housing. The platform includes a floor and a transverse auger that extends the width of the platform and converges the crop along the floor to the center of the platform, for discharge rearwardly to the feeder housing. A cutter bar spans the width of the platform along the leading edge of the floor and is mounted for fore and aft extension or retraction into different fore and aft positions to vary the distance between the cutter bar and the auger. Members are also provided for adjusting the tilt of the cutter bar about a transverse horizontal axis, so that the cutter bar skids, which ride along the ground, can be adjusted to the desired angle relative to the ground.

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Inventors: Mott, Roger Eugene (Bettendorf, IA, US)
Bichel, Darwin Carl (East Moline, IL, US)

Application Number: 523507
Filing Date: 1974-11-13
Publication_date: 1977-03-15
Assignee: Deere & Company (Moline, IL)
Primary Class(es): 56/10.4 56/11.6, 56/14.4, 56/208
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2746230	May, 1956	Reimer	56/257.
2850864	Sep, 1958	Rohweder	56/257.
2915870	Dec, 1959	Hume	56/208.
3474606	Oct, 1969	Oehler et al.	56/208.
3528231	Sep, 1970	Keller et al.	56/208.
3771298	Nov, 1973	Schmidt	56/14.
3896610	Jul, 1975	Hiniker	56/260.

Other Refs: 106,5311,935,594

Feb, 1967	DK
Jul, 1970	DT

Primary Examiner: Mancene, Louis G.
Assistant Examiner: Hamilton, James D.
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