Forage harvester with displaceable post-accelerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9706712-B2
Application number	US-201514708370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2015
Priority date	May 13, 2014
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A forage harvester includes a post-accelerator disposed in an interior of the forage harvester, which post-accelerator includes a conveying fan that rotates about a rotary axle. The post-accelerator is partially enclosed by a housing that is open in sections and that extends in sections into a crop-conveyance path. An extent of the extension into the crop-conveying path is adjusted by displacing the post-accelerator relative to the housing. The forage harvester also includes a wall disposed opposite an open section. The rotary axle includes ends that are mounted in bearing supports disposed on the housing via one end to be pivotable about a pivot axle. Each of the bearing supports are connected to an actuator at a free end opposing the one end disposed on the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A forage harvester, comprising:
a post-accelerator disposed in an interior of said forage harvester and comprising a conveying fan that rotates about a rotary axle, wherein the post-accelerator is partially enclosed by a housing that is open in sections and that extends in sections into a crop-conveyance path and wherein an extent of the extension into the crop-conveying path is adjusted by displacing the post-accelerator relative to the housing; and
a wall disposed opposite one of the open sections;
wherein the rotary axle includes opposing ends that are mounted in bearing supports, which are disposed on the housing via one end to be pivotable about a pivot axle;
wherein each of the bearing supports are connected to an actuator at a free end opposing the one end disposed on the housing; and
wherein the actuator acts on at least one of the bearing supports, to pivot the at least one bearing support about the pivot axle, and thereby displace the post accelerator.

2. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing supports are designed as cast parts.

3. The forage harvester according to claim 2 , wherein the rotary axle is accommodated at each opposing end in a bearing housing, wherein each bearing housing is a component of a respective bearing support.

4. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a threaded spindle retained by an attaching module to be movable relative to the housing.

5. The forage harvester according to claim 4 , wherein the attaching module comprises a base plate with an adjusting element disposed thereon, and an internal threaded section for accommodating the threaded rod, and wherein the base plate is clamped between a retaining plate and a bearing bracket by the retaining plate.

6. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a hydraulic lifting cylinder.

7. The forage harvester according to claim 6 , wherein the hydraulic lifting cylinder is connected to at least one pressure relief valve.

8. The forage harvester according to claim 6 , wherein the hydraulic lifting cylinder is coupled according to master-slave principle.

9. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein an angular sensor is assigned to the bearing support.

10. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor is disposed on the wall.

11. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor is a knock sensor.

12. The forage harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor is an acoustic sensor.

Assignees

• Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh
• Claas Saulgau Gmbh

Inventors

• Look Stefan
• Urselmans Tobias

Classifications

• A01D61/00 Primary

  Elevators or conveyors for binders or combines · CPC title

• A01D43/086 Primary

  and means for collecting, gathering or loading mown material · CPC title

• A01D65/00

  Grain-crop lifters · CPC title

• A01D43/077 Primary

  with auxiliary means, e.g. fans, for transporting the mown crop · CPC title