The articulated apparatus has a body portion and a wing portion. The wing portion includes an active member and is mounted on the body portion. The wing portion is moveable between a first position and a second position. The articulated apparatus further includes a gearbox configured to transmit a drive force from a drive source to the active member, wherein the articulated apparatus has a coupling system. The coupling system is configured to couple the gearbox with the active member when the wing portion is in the first position, and to decouple the gearbox from the active member when the wing portion is in a second position.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for towing behind a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a body portion, a wheel, and a mounting member connecting the wheel to the body portion, wherein the mounting member comprises a hinge portion, and wherein the wheel is movable from a first position substantially behind the body portion to a second position substantially adjacent to the body portion via actuation of the hinge portion. Use of the apparatus is also described.
A01D 34/43 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a horizontal axis, e.g. cutting-cylinders mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle
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ROLLER FOR USE IN AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE, AND AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE COMPRISING THE ROLLER
The present invention relates to a roller for use in an agricultural or mowing machine, the roller comprising a pair of tapered roller bearings and a pair of roller bearings, wherein the tapered roller bearings are closer to the midpoint of the roller than the roller bearings. An agricultural or mowing machine comprising the roller is also described.
There is described an articulated apparatus (100), the articulated apparatus comprising; a body portion (105), and a wing portion (110), the wing portion comprising an active member, the wing portion mounted on the body portion, the wing portion moveable between a first position and a second position, the articulated apparatus further comprising a gearbox (115) configured to transmit drive from a drive source to the active member, wherein the articulated apparatus comprises a coupling system (120), the coupling system configured to couple the gearbox with the active member when the wing portion is in the first position, and to decouple the gearbox from the active member when the wing portion is in said second position.
A01B 73/04 - Folding frames foldable about a horizontal axis
A01D 34/66 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle with two or more cutters
The present invention relates to a roller for use in an agricultural or mowing machine, the roller comprising a pair of tapered roller bearings and a pair of roller bearings, wherein the tapered roller bearings are closer to the midpoint of the roller than the roller bearings. An agricultural or mowing machine comprising the roller is also described.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for towing behind a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a body portion, a wheel, and a mounting member connecting the wheel to the body portion, wherein the mounting member comprises a hinge portion, and wherein the wheel is movable from a first position substantially behind the body portion to a second position substantially adjacent to the body portion via actuation of the hinge portion. Use of the apparatus is also described.
A01D 34/43 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a horizontal axis, e.g. cutting-cylinders mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle
A forage bale feed out apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a chassis arranged to be operatively mounted on or in association with a vehicle in use; feed out means comprising a feed out roller having an axis of rotational symmetry about which the roller is arranged to rotate, a drive motor arranged to rotate the feed out roller, conveying means for urging a bale towards said feed out roller as the size of a bale diminishes. The feed out roller is located at a feed out region, and the conveying means is orientated such that the end of the conveying means proximate the feed out region is elevated towards the axis of rotational symmetry of the feed out roller. The apparatus further comprises a spreader tool adapted to spread and distribute the forage bale portions fed out from the feed roller at the feed out region, wherein the spreader comprises a roller having an axis of rotational symmetry about which the roller is arranged to rotate. The spreader roller has radially extending tines at intervals which tines co operate in use to spread feed from a bale, and further comprising a spreader drive motor arranged to rotate the spreader roller, wherein the feed out roller and the spreader roller are parallel and driven in opposite directions.
A01F 29/00 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
A01F 29/04 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like having rotating knives with their cutting edges in a plane perpendicular to their rotational axis with feeding direction transverse to axis
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Agricultural and horticultural machines and apparatus; agricultural and horticultural machines, implements and apparatus used as trailer attachments or being trailer or tractor mounted; agricultural and horticultural machines and implements for soil aeration, tillage, animal management, cultivation, fertilisation, grass cutting, grass or manure collection, harvesting, ploughing and/or sowing, all of the aforesaid goods being trailed attachments or trailer or tractor mounted; estate maintenance machinery; turf care machinery including fine turf care machinery; machinery for maintenance of golf courses, race courses, sports pitches and general amenity areas; forestry equipment; pasture toppers; mowers; roller mowers and flail mowers; rotary and flail shredders and slashers; wood and green waste shredders; leaf sweepers; self-powered and tractor powered sweepers; scarifiers; sweeping and/or scarifying collectors; road sweepers and road sweeping attachments for vehicles; rotary cultivators; spring and/or fixed tine cultivators; harrowers; fertiliser spreaders; snow moving attachments and snow blades for vehicles; salt spreaders; wheel powered and tractor powered salt spreaders; log splitters; fodder distributing apparatus; fodder buckets; wood chippers and tree stump grinders; and parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Trailers; trailers for agricultural and horticultural use; compact trailer attachments; all terrain vehicle attachments; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.
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Agricultural and horticultural machines and apparatus; agricultural and horticultural machines, implements and apparatus used as trailer attachments or being trailer or tractor mounted; agricultural and horticultural machines and implements for soil aeration, tillage, animal management, cultivation, fertilisation, grass cutting, grass or manure collection, harvesting, ploughing and/or sowing, all of the aforesaid goods being trailed attachments or trailer or tractor mounted; estate maintenance machinery; turf care machinery including fine turf care machinery; machinery for maintenance of golf courses, race courses, sports pitches and general amenity areas; forestry equipment; pasture toppers; mowers; roller mowers and flail mowers; rotary and flail shredders and slashers; wood and green waste shredders; leaf sweepers; self-powered and tractor powered sweepers; scarifiers; sweeping and/or scarifying collectors; road sweepers and road sweeping attachments for vehicles; rotary cultivators; spring and/or fixed tine cultivators; harrowers; fertiliser spreaders; snow moving attachments and snow blades for vehicles; salt spreaders; wheel powered and tractor powered salt spreaders; log splitters; fodder distributing apparatus; fodder buckets; wood chippers and tree stump grinders; and parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Trailers; trailers for agricultural and horticultural use; compact trailer attachments; all terrain vehicle attachments; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.
A forage bale feed out apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a chassis (20) arranged to be operatively mounted on or in association with a vehicle in use; feed out means comprising a feed out roller (26) having an axis of rotational symmetry (R') about which the roller (26) is arranged to rotate, a drive motor (34) arranged to rotate the feed out roller (26), conveying means (42) for urging a bale towards said feed out roller (26)as the size of a bale diminishes. The feed out roller (26) is located at a feed out region (40), and the conveying means (42) is orientated such that the end of the conveying means (42) proximate the feed out region (40) is elevated towards the axis of rotational symmetry (R') of the feed out roller (26). The apparatus further comprises a spreader tool (T) adapted to spread and distribute the forage bale portions fed out from the feed roller (26) at the feed out region (40), wherein the spreader (T) comprises a roller having an axis of rotational symmetry (R'') about which the roller is arranged to rotate. The spreader roller has radially extending tines (52) at intervals which tines (52) co operate in use to spread feed from a bale, and further comprising a spreader drive motor (35) arranged to rotate the spreader roller, wherein the feed out roller (26) and the spreader roller are parallel and driven in opposite directions.
A01D 87/12 - Loaders for sheaves, stacks, or bales
A01F 29/00 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
A01F 29/01 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like specially adapted for being mounted on or drawn by a tractor, e.g. field choppers
A spreading apparatus (10) for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material such as grain, salt, fertiliser and the like is disclosed. The apparatus (10) includes a hopper (11) having a discharge aperture (12), a vibration unit (17) arranged for agitating material within the hopper (11), circuitry (22) arranged for supplying power from a power source to one or more material handling components of the spreading apparatus (11), monitoring the power drawn by the one or more material handling components and controlling operation of the vibration unit (17) in dependence upon said power. In various embodiments, the material handling components may include one or more of: a spreading disk (15) arranged for distributing material received from the discharge aperture (12); an auger (18) extending through the discharge aperture (12); and/or a conveyer belt arranged for conveying material from the discharge aperture to the spreading disk (15). A method for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material is also disclosed.
A spreading apparatus (10) for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material such as grain, salt, fertiliser and the like is disclosed. The apparatus (10) includes a hopper (11) having a discharge aperture (12), a vibration unit (17) arranged for agitating material within the hopper (11), circuitry (22) arranged for supplying power from a power source to one or more material handling components of the spreading apparatus (11), monitoring the power drawn by the one or more material handling components and controlling operation of the vibration unit (17) in dependence upon said power. In various embodiments, the material handling components may include one or more of: a spreading disk (15) arranged for distributing material received from the discharge aperture (12); an auger (18) extending through the discharge aperture (12); and/or a conveyer belt arranged for conveying material from the discharge aperture to the spreading disk (15). A method for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material is also disclosed.
A brush (100) for mounting on a motor vehicle (200), the brush (100) comprising a body portion (110) and an arm portion (120) coupled to an end of the body portion (110) such that, in use, the arm portion (120) extends forwardly of the body portion (110) in a direction of motion of the brush (100), the arm portion (120) comprising a row (122) of bristles (1221) arranged to extend downwardly therefrom when the brush (100) is in use, wherein at least some of the bristles (1221) are inclined laterally inwardly or outwardly relative to the body portion (110). Also disclosed is a brush (1000) comprising first and second rows of bristles (1002, 1003) and a resiliently flexible lip (1004) disposed therebetween and arranged to contact a floor surface when the brush (1000) is in use.
A46B 3/14 - Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier by clamping into rings or the like specially adapted for street-cleaning or rail-cleaning brooms
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Agricultural and horticultural machines and apparatus; agricultural and horticultural machines, implements and apparatus used as trailer attachments or being trailer or tractor mounted; agricultural and horticultural machines and implements for soil aeration, tillage, animal management, cultivation, fertilisation, grass cutting, grass or manure collection, harvesting, ploughing and/or sowing, all of the aforesaid goods being trailed attachments or trailer or tractor mounted; estate maintenance machinery; turf care machinery including fine turf care machinery; machinery for maintenance of golf courses, race courses, sports pitches and general amenity areas; forestry equipment; pasture toppers; mowers; roller mowers and flail mowers; rotary and flail shredders and slashers; wood and green waste shredders; leaf sweepers; self-powered and tractor powered sweepers; scarifiers; sweeping and/or scarifying collectors; road sweepers and road sweeping attachments for vehicles; rotary cultivators; spring and/or fixed tine cultivators; harrows; fertiliser spreaders; snow moving attachments and snow blades for vehicles; salt spreaders; wheel powered and tractor powered salt spreaders; log splitters; fodder distributing apparatus; fodder buckets; wood chippers and tree stump grinders; and parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Trailers; trailers for agricultural and horticultural use; compact trailer attachments; all terrain vehicle attachments; transport boxes; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.
Industrial sweepers; sweeping machines; brooms; modular brooms; brooms for use with machines including forklift trucks, tractors and loader buckets; replacement bristles for brooms; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods.
A spreading apparatus (10) for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material such as grain, salt, fertiliser and the like is disclosed. The apparatus (10) includes a hopper (11) having a discharge aperture (12), a vibration unit (17) arranged for agitating material within the hopper (11), circuitry (22) arranged for supplying power from a power source to one or more material handling components of the spreading apparatus (11), monitoring the power drawn by the one or more material handling components and controlling operation of the vibration unit (17) in dependence upon said power. In various embodiments, the material handling components may include one or more of: a spreading disk (15) arranged for distributing material received from the discharge aperture (12); an auger (18) extending through the discharge aperture (12); and/or a conveyer belt arranged for conveying material from the discharge aperture to the spreading disk (15). A method for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material is also disclosed.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for towing behind a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a body portion, a wheel, and a mounting member connecting the wheel to the body portion, wherein the mounting member comprises a hinge portion, and wherein the wheel is movable from a first position substantially behind the body portion to a second position substantially adjacent to the body portion via actuation of the hinge portion. Use of the apparatus is also described.
A01D 34/43 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a horizontal axis, e.g. cutting-cylinders mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle
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ROLLER FOR USE IN AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE, AND AN AGRICULTURAL OR MOWING MACHINE COMPRISING THE ROLLER
The present invention relates to a roller for use in an agricultural or mowing machine, the roller comprising a pair of tapered roller bearings and a pair of roller bearings, wherein the tapered roller bearings are closer to the midpoint of the roller than the roller bearings. An agricultural or mowing machine comprising the roller is also described.
There is described an articulated apparatus (100), the articulated apparatus comprising; a body portion (105), and a wing portion (110), the wing portion comprising an active member, the wing portion mounted on the body portion, the wing portion moveable between a first position and a second position, the articulated apparatus further comprising a gearbox (115) configured to transmit drive from a drive source to the active member, wherein the articulated apparatus comprises a coupling system (120), the coupling system configured to couple the gearbox with the active member when the wing portion is in the first position, and to decouple the gearbox from the active member when the wing portion is in said second position.
A01B 73/04 - Folding frames foldable about a horizontal axis
A01D 34/66 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle with two or more cutters
A forage bale feed out apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a chassis arranged to be operatively mounted on or in association with a vehicle in use; feed out means comprising a feed out roller having an axis of rotational symmetry about which the roller is arranged to rotate, a drive motor arranged to rotate the feed out roller, conveying means for urging a bale towards said feed out roller as the size of a bale diminishes. The feed out roller is located at a feed out region, and the conveying means is orientated such that the end of the conveying means proximate the feed out region is elevated towards the axis of rotational symmetry of the feed out roller. The apparatus further comprises a spreader tool adapted to spread and distribute the forage bale portions fed out from the feed roller at the feed out region, wherein the spreader comprises a roller having an axis of rotational symmetry about which the roller is arranged to rotate. The spreader roller has radially extending tines at intervals which tines co operate in use to spread feed from a bale, and further comprising a spreader drive motor arranged to rotate the spreader roller, wherein the feed out roller and the spreader roller are parallel and driven in opposite directions.
A01D 87/12 - Loaders for sheaves, stacks, or bales
A01F 29/00 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
A01F 29/01 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like specially adapted for being mounted on or drawn by a tractor, e.g. field choppers
