| US 7,500,341 B2 | ||
| Agricultural cutter comprising a carrier vehicle and several work units | ||
| Jeannot Hironimus, Schwebwiller (France); Horst Neuerburg, Saverne (France); Olivier Stutzmann, Zilling (France); and David Bonnin, Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| Assigned to Kuhn S.A., Saverne (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/506,675 PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/00801 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 17, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/079761, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 02, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 02 03893 (FR), filed on Mar. 21, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0252183 A1, Nov. 17, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01D 75/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 56—6 | 12 Claims |
| 1. An agricultural machine including a carrying vehicle and plural work units configured to cut a standing product, the work
units being connected to the carrying vehicle, the agricultural machine comprising:
at least two front work units, each front work unit including a cutting device including a plurality of cutting members, which
cutting members are each driven in rotation about a respective upwardly directed axis, the front work units being arranged,
during work and viewed in a direction of forward travel of the carrying vehicle, at a front of the carrying vehicle such that
the two front work units are located in front of an axis of rotation of a front wheel of the carrying vehicle; and
at least two lateral work units, each lateral work unit including a cutting device including a plurality of cutting members,
which cutting members are each driven in rotation about a respective upwardly directed axis, the lateral work units being
arranged, during work, on either side of the carrying vehicle and outside of a work area of the front work units,
wherein the front work units and the lateral work units are configured to be moved with respect to the carrying vehicle so
as to occupy a transport position or a work position,
wherein each work unit comprises a respective cutting device configured to cut a standing product, and wherein at least one
of the work units comprises a respective conveying device configured to move the product cut by the corresponding cutting
device before the cut product touches the ground,
wherein at least one of the front work units comprises a respective conveying device, and
wherein the conveying device comprises a conveyor belt arranged transversely behind the corresponding cutting device.
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