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20110293429 | BLADE FIXING DESIGN FOR PROTECTING AGAINST LOW SPEED ROTATION INDUCED WEAR - The blade dovetails and associated dovetail slots of a gas turbine engine rotor assembly are shaped so that during windmilling the high stress regions of the blade dovetails are shielded from rubbing against the disk and vice versa. Bumper surfaces are provided in low stress regions of the dovetail assembly such that the windmilling contact points between the blade dovetails and the disk are in non-critical areas of the dovetail assembly. | 12-01-2011 |
20120082541 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE CASING - An engine casing for a gas turbine engine, such as, but not limited to, a gas turbine engine fan case, is disclosed which includes an annular case shell formed of a substrate material that is at least partially coated by a nanocrystalline metal coating. A method of manufacturing such an engine casing is also provided. The present engine casing provides improved containment capability in the event of a blade release or other failure during operation of the engine. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082551 | GAS TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD OF PROTECTING SAME - An airfoil blade of a gas turbine engine includes a root configured for mating attachment with a cooperating rotor hub and an airfoil extending away from the root. The root is composed of a first metal and has a nanocrystalline metal coating, composed of a second metal, over at least a portion thereof. A method of protecting such a blade by applying a nanocrystalline metal coating to a portion of the blade root is also disclosed. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082553 | METAL ENCAPSULATED STATOR VANE - A hybrid vane airfoil for a gas turbine engine, such as a vane of a compressor stator, is disclosed which includes a non-metallic core, and an outer metallic shell at least partially covering the non-metallic core and which defines an outer surface of the airfoil. The non-metallic core is composed for example of a polymer, and the metallic outer shell is composed of a nanocrystalline metallic coating. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082559 | AIRFOIL BLADE - A fan blade of a gas turbine engine, and a method of producing same, is disclosed which is composed of a core substrate and a nanocrystalline metal coating provided on at least a portion of the airfoil of the fan blade. The method includes the steps of providing a fan blade core having an airfoil and then applying a nanocrystalline metal coating over at least a portion of the fan blade core. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082783 | METHOD OF APPLYING A NANOCRYSTALLINE COATING TO A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A method of applying a nanocrystalline coating to a gas turbine engine component is described. The method comprises the steps of applying an intermediate bond coat to at least a portion of the component, and then applying the nanocrystalline coating to at least the portion of the component overtop of the intermediate bond coat. The component may include, for example, a blade of which a dovetail portion of the blade root is protected by applying the intermediate bond coat and the nanocrystalline coating thereto. | 04-05-2012 |
20130014513 | CONNECTION FOR GENERATOR IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINEAANM Barnett; BarryAACI MarkhamAACO CAAAGP Barnett; Barry Markham CAAANM Alecu; DanielAACI TorontoAACO CAAAGP Alecu; Daniel Toronto CAAANM Eleftheriou; AndreasAACI WoodbridgeAACO CAAAGP Eleftheriou; Andreas Woodbridge CA - A gas turbine engine having an electric generator includes a transmission shaft extending along a longitudinal axis of the engine and drivingly interconnecting a turbine shaft of the engine and a rotor shaft of the electric generator. The transmission shaft is engaged by splined mating connections with the turbine shaft and the rotor shaft. The transmission shaft has a shear neck defining a reduced radial wall thickness with respect to a remainder of the transmission shaft such as to provide a weakened region of the transmission shaft. An annular support structure, concentric with and surrounding the transmission shaft, is axially located between the shear neck and a forward end of the transmission shaft engaged to the turbine shaft, and includes a bearing operable to rotationally support the transmission shaft. | 01-17-2013 |
20130121834 | FAN HUB DESIGN - A fan rotor has a fan web and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart fan blades extending radially outwardly from an outer rim of the fan web. The outer rim is integrally connected to an inner rim through an axially facing web section. The web section has an inward concavature and extends aft of the center of gravity of the fan blades to shift the center of gravity of the hub rearwards while maintaining airfoil stress below critical levels. The rim section may have an inwardly projecting annular channel formed in a leading edge thereof and tuned to the 2M3ND mode of the fan hub. | 05-16-2013 |
20130133336 | SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE IN A TURBINE ENGINE - Devices and methods for supporting an accessory ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130156558 | ANNULAR GAS TURBINE ENGINE CASE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - The method is used for making an annular gas turbine engine case from a preform. The method comprises comprising flowforming at least one section of the preform, and then outwardly bending at least one portion of the perform. | 06-20-2013 |
20130255277 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE NOSE CONE - A nose cone for a turbofan gas turbine engine includes a central tip, an outer perimeter and a substantially conical outer wall extending therebetween which encloses a cavity therewithin. The outer wall includes an inner substrate layer facing the cavity and an outer layer which overlies and at least partially encloses the inner substrate layer. The outer layer is composed entirely of a nanocrystalline metal forming an outer surface of the nose cone. | 10-03-2013 |
20140077507 | PRESSURIZATION OF GENERATOR - Systems and methods for pressurization of a generator in a gas turbine engine. The system may include a fluid valve for permitting or inhibiting airflow into a housing of the generator. The fluid valve may be in fluid communication with an air source within the engine, and may be configured to permit airflow into the housing of the generator when pressure within the housing is below a preset pressure threshold or range. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079530 | AIR COOLING DESIGN FOR TAIL-CONE GENERATOR INSTALLATION - A system for cooling a generator mounted in the tail-cone of an engine. The system comprises a fairing, which receives through an inlet thereof air from a bypass duct and directs the bypass air towards a cavity of the tail-cone for cooling the generator. The bypass air is then expelled through an outlet of a support strut positioned in fluid communication with the tail-cone cavity. The fairing inlet and the strut outlet are both positioned in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal plane of the engine. In this manner, circulation of the bypass air through the fairing, the tail-cone cavity, and the strut may be achieved. The bypass air directed through the fairing further enables cooling of service lines accommodated in the fairing. A lobe mixer is further used to direct the fairing and shield the latter from core exhaust. | 03-20-2014 |
20140116061 | COUPLING ELEMENT FOR TORQUE TRANSMISSION IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine having a coupling element for coupling a first shaft to a second shaft, the second shaft being substantially axially aligned with the first shaft, the coupling element provided with an exterior surface that engages an opposing interior surface of the first shaft and an interior surface that engages an opposing exterior surface of the second shaft to facilitate torque transfer between the first shaft and the second shaft when rotated together, wherein the coupling element and at least one of the first and second shafts cooperate to define at least one fluid passageway therebetween. | 05-01-2014 |
20140356158 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE VANE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - The gas turbine engine vane assembly has a vane having an elongated airfoil body extending to a tip and a grommet disposed around the tip. An insert having a closed loop shape with an inner surface matingly shaped to receive the outer surface of the grommet, and an outer surface matingly shaped to be snugly received in the slot. A method of mounting such a vane assembly is also disclosed. | 12-04-2014 |
20150017324 | METHOD OF APPLYING A NANOCRYSTALLINE COATING TO A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A method of applying a nanocrystalline metal coating to a titanium or titanium alloy blade of a gas turbine engine is described. The method includes selecting an intermediate bond coat from the group consisting of nickel, nickel alloy, P, B, Tl and combinations thereof, and applying the intermediate bond coat to at least a portion of the blade. A nanocrystalline metal coating having an average grain size of between 10 nm and 500 nm is then applied to the portion of the blade overtop of the intermediate bond coat. | 01-15-2015 |
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20150095132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS BASED ON INFORMATION CONSUMPTION - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for administering actual and virtual investment portfolios based on social media activities associated with and information consumed by one or more users. The disclosed embodiments may be configured to obtain digital activity data identifying an interaction between the user and one or more social networks, and further, one or more elements of electronic content accessed by the user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to identify a loyalty program associated with the user, and a geographic region associated with the user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to identify one or more first securities based on the digital activity data, an investment risk tolerance of the user, and at least one or the loyalty program or the geographic region, and to transmit information identifying a first set of the one or more first securities to a user device. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100495 | Systems and Methods for Providing Tokenized Transaction Accounts - The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing tokenized transaction accounts. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided that may include generating, by one or more processors, a first tokenized transaction account from a first transaction account associated with a first user. The method may also include providing the first tokenized transaction account to a client device associated with the first user for storage in the client device and use in transactions. The method may also include updating the first tokenized transaction account based on one or more conditions and providing the updated first tokenized transaction account to the client device for storage and use in a subsequent transaction. | 04-09-2015 |
20150193867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BALANCE NOTIFICATIONS IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing account status notifications. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a device for providing account status notifications including a memory storing software instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to perform operations. In one aspect, the operations may include receiving account status notification information for a first account associated with a user. The account status notification information may be generated based on one or more notification rules and account information associated with the first account. The operations may also include generating, based on the received account status notification information, a first account status indicator that provides a status of a first account parameter associated with the first account that is presented, via a device component and within a field-of-view of the user, without a user request to receive the status of the first account parameter. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193868 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BALANCE AND EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing account and event status notifications. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a device including a memory storing software instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to perform operations. In one aspect, the operations may include obtaining information identifying an event and a deadline specified by a user. The obtained information may link the event and deadline to corresponding user-specified temporal intervals. The operations may also include determining whether a current date falls within a time period prior to the deadline, the time period being established by the first temporal interval. When the current date falls within the time period, the operations may generate first notification information that, when presented via a client device in accordance with a user-specified indicator type, notified the user that the current sate falls within the first time period. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BALANCE NOTIFICATIONS TO CONNECTED DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing account and event status notifications. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a communications device including a memory storing software instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to perform operations. In one aspect, the operations may include receive a notification of a status of an account parameter. The operations may also include identifying a device eligible to access the notification in accordance with a user-specified data restriction, and identifying at least a portion of the notification that is consistent with the data restriction. The communications device provide the identified portion of the notification to the eligible device without receiving input from the user, and the eligible device may present at least one of a visual, audible, or tactile indicator of the status of the account parameter. | 07-09-2015 |
20150379485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND REMEDYING ACCOUNT ERROR EVENTS IN NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments include methods and system for detecting error events, such as account shortfalls, within networked computer systems operated by the financial institutions and other business. In one aspect, a system includes a memory storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instruction to perform operating, such as receiving a payment request for a payment amount from a first account of a user to a destination account. The operations may also include determining that the first account lacks sufficient funds to cover the payment amount, and determining that the user has pre-approved credit facility secured by a first set of investment holdings of the user that generate revenue that is periodically transferred to the first account. The operations may also include performing a fund transfer operation for the payment amount from the credit line account to the first account. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379644 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND REMEDYING ACCOUNT ERROR EVENTS IN NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods and system for detecting error events, such as account shortfalls, within networked computer systems operated by the financial institutions and other business entities. In one aspect, a system includes a memory storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instruction to perform operating, such as receiving a payment request for a payment amount from a first account of a user to a destination account. The operations may also include determining that the first account lacks sufficient funds to cover the payment amount, and determining that the user has pre-approved a credit line account secured by a first set of investment holdings of the user that generate revenue that is periodically transferred to the first account. The operations may also include performing a fund transfer operation for the payment amount from the credit line account to the first account. | 12-31-2015 |
20160027009 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING USER IDENTITIES IN NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments include methods and point-of-sale terminals for authenticating a user. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a method for receiving, by one or more processors, authentication data from an authentication network, the authentication data including an authentication code identifying an authentication transaction associated with an authenticating partner system. The method may also include validating, by the one or more processors, the authentication data, the validating comprising comparing the authentication data with validation data corresponding to a prior authentication event associated with the user. The method may also include generating, by the one or more processors, validation information based on the validating, the validation information comprising a determination whether to validate the user for the authentication transaction. The method may also include providing, by the one or more processors, the validation information to the authentication network. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028715 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING USER IDENTITIES IN NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, system terminals, and point-of-sale terminals for authenticating a user. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a method for receiving, by one or more processors, authentication data from an authentication network, the authentication data including an authentication code identifying an authentication transaction associated with an authenticating partner system. The method may also include validating, by the one or more processors, the authentication data, the validating comprising comparing the authentication data with validation data corresponding to a prior authentication event associated with the user. The method may also include generating, by the one or more processors, validation information based on the validating, the validation information comprising a determination whether to validate the user for the authentication transaction. The method may also include providing, by the one or more processors, the validation information to the authentication network. | 01-28-2016 |
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20090071116 | CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH ROTARY DISKS AND IMPELLERS FOR TRANSFERRING THE CROP INWARDLY TO A DISCHARGE OPENING - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip. At each end, two disks are mounted outwardly of the discharge opening each rotating so that its blade moves inwardly and each carries an impeller to carry the crop inwardly. A third disk is arranged so that a line forward of the end of the discharge opening intersects the third disk inward of the axis of the third disk. The third disk rotates so that its blade moves outwardly so that the crop tends to pass between the second and third disks. A pair of impellers are mounted behind the second disk and move inwardly to carry the cut crop to the discharge opening. | 03-19-2009 |
20100269475 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER FOR TRANSFERRING THE CROP - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 10-28-2010 |
20110005181 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER CO-OPERATING WITH A FEED PAN FOR TRANSFERRING THE CROP - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005182 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER AND IMPELLERS FOR CONVERGING THE CROP - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005183 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER MEMBER - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 01-13-2011 |
20110209455 | CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH ROTARY DISKS AND IMPELLERS FOR TRANSFERRING THE CROP INWARDLY TO A DISCHARGE OPENING - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip. At each end, two disks are mounted outwardly of the discharge opening each rotating so that its blade moves inwardly and each carries an impeller to carry the crop inwardly. A third disk is arranged so that a line forward of the end of the discharge opening intersects the third disk inward of the axis of the third disk. The third disk rotates so that its blade moves outwardly so that the crop tends to pass between the second and third disks. A pair of impellers are mounted behind the second disk and move inwardly to carry the cut crop to the discharge opening. | 09-01-2011 |
20110277437 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER AND IMPELLERS FOR CONVERGING THE CROP - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 11-17-2011 |
20120031064 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOWER WITH ROTARY CUTTER DISKS - A crop harvesting header includes a cutter bar mounted on a frame carrying a plurality of generally horizontal cutter disks. The cutter bar includes a first longitudinally extending hollow gear case and a second longitudinally extending hollow gear case divided at a position along the length of the cutter bar so as to form first and second separate sections. Each gear case includes a gear train of spur gears to drive the cutter disks. On each section the outermost disk is connected to an upstanding drive shaft with a right angle gear box connected to an upper end with a drive transfer shaft connecting the first and second gear boxes, an input hydraulic drive motor to the first gear box and an output shaft and the second gear box for driving the conditioner. | 02-09-2012 |
20120216498 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER MEMBER - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 08-30-2012 |
20120279189 | CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH ROTARY DISKS AND IMPELLERS FOR TRANSFERRING THE CROP INWARDLY TO A DISCHARGE OPENING - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip. At each end, two disks are mounted outwardly of the discharge opening each rotating so that its blade moves inwardly and each carries an impeller to carry the crop inwardly. A third disk is arranged so that a line forward of the end of the discharge opening intersects the third disk inward of the axis of the third disk. The third disk rotates so that its blade moves outwardly so that the crop tends to pass between the second and third disks. A pair of impellers are mounted behind the second disk and move inwardly to carry the cut crop to the discharge opening. | 11-08-2012 |
20120279190 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER MEMBER - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. Each auger element is arranged with a forwardmost tangent to the auger flight located behind the axes of the rotary disks and with an outer end thereof spaced outwardly of the respective end of the entrance mouth. The common auger shaft is driven by a common rotary drive with the bottom roll of the conditioner rolls. The augers terminate inwardly of the outer end of the cutter bar to locate the drive inboard of the end plates. | 11-08-2012 |
20130283746 | CROP MACHINE WITH OPERATION OF TWO HYDRAULIC MACHINE ELEMENTS BASED ON MOVEMENT OF ONE MACHINE PART RELATIVE TO ANOTHER - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284467 | PULL-TYPE CROP HARVESTING MACHINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM WHERE THE MACHINE REMAINS BALANCED ON TRANSPORT WHEELS AND THE HITCH AS THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS DEPLOYED - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284468 | PULL-TYPE CROP HARVESTING MACHINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM WHERE A TRANSPORT WHEEL CAN MOVE UNDERNEATH THE CROP ENGAGING SYSTEM - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284469 | PULL-TYPE CROP HARVESTING MACHINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM ACTUATED AT A PREDETERMINED ANGLE OF THE HITCH - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 10-31-2013 |
20140053522 | PULL-TYPE CROP HARVESTING MACHINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM INCLUDING A SWATH PROTECTION SHIELD - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 02-27-2014 |
20140102067 | Rotary Disk Crop Harvesting Header with Rearwardly Shifted Top Conditioning Roll and Lower Rear Deflector - A crop harvesting header, the top conditioning roll is set back from a conventional position slightly leading the bottom roller so as to instead reside directly over or slightly rearward of the bottom roller, whereby rejection of crop material back into the cutting zone by the top roller is reduced. A rear deflector compensates for a resulting lack of upward trajectory of crop material from the nip, acting to impart a lifting action to same as it exits the rear of the header. Concentrated streams of crop material from pairs of counter-rotating disks may be broken up by a rotational action of the deflector. A front deflector may be included to further prevent crop rejection by the top roller by directing lifted crop material downwardly toward the nip to avoid contact with an upper front quadrant of the top roller. | 04-17-2014 |
20140283493 | Rotary Disk Header with a Roller for Transferring the Crop Supported by a Center Bearing - A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted on a cutter bar for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common rotary member with an auger flight carried thereon arranged generally longitudinal of the cutter bar so as to carry the cut crop longitudinally of the cutter bar to the entrance opening. The common rotary member includes two portions connected at a center location driven at one end and supported at the center location by a bearing and support plate connected to the cutter bar attached to one portion and a universal joint between the end of the supported portion and the other portion to allow flexing of the cutter bar to be transmitted though the universal joint. | 09-25-2014 |
20150282421 | Pull-Type Crop Harvesting Machine Transport System - A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel. | 10-08-2015 |