SWATH TREATING APPARATUS

• US 3,731,468 A
• Filed: 09/01/1971
• Issued: 05/08/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TIC United Corp.
• Original Assignee: Harold Blumhardt
• Inventors: Blumhardt, Harold
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eskovitz, J. N.
• Application Number:
  US05/176,847
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 56/192,1,249 171/3,58 172/538
• US Class Current: 56/16.40B
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 57/30 Rotating attachments for forming windrows

Abstract

A crop swath roller including a pair of axially aligned frustoconical sections having adjacent axially inner ends of relatively small diameter and axially outer ends of relatively large diameter. The roller is supported from a mobile frame for rolling movement longitudinally over a swath or windrow of cut crop.

Claims

1. Swath treating apparatus comprising, a roller including a cylindrical longitudinally central section and a pair of frustoconical sections having smaller diameter inner ends connected to opposite end portions of said central section and larger diameter larger ends, axial shaft means at said outer ends, a pair of elongated flexible tie members each connected to a different one of said shafts, and anchoring members for connection to a mobile frame, said tie members being connected to said anchoring members to support said rollers for rolling movements over a windrow of cut crop and for limited free generally upward and downward movement of each end of said roller independently of the other end thereof.

2. The swath treating apparatus defined in claim 1 in which said tie members are adjustable relative to said anchoring members to support said roller at selected elevations above ground level.