SPECIALTY CROP KNOCKDOWN SHIELD FOR ROTARY PLATFORMS

SPECIALTY CROP KNOCKDOWN SHIELD FOR ROTARY PLATFORMS

A crop knockdown shield is provided for use with rotary platforms in harvesting specialty crops such as grass seed. The knockdown shield is mounted to the front of the platform and extends forwardly and upwardly at an angle ahead of the cutting device. The knockdown shield can comprise two panels hi...

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Hauptverfasser: MANNING, WENDELL WAYNE, ROSENBALM, ALLAN WESLEY, HUPPERT, DUANE WALLACE, HARDEN, PHILIP ALAN
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
Schlagworte:
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HARVESTING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MOWING
TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:A crop knockdown shield is provided for use with rotary platforms in harvesting specialty crops such as grass seed. The knockdown shield is mounted to the front of the platform and extends forwardly and upwardly at an angle ahead of the cutting device. The knockdown shield can comprise two panels hingedly attached to on e another so as to allow one panel to be folded back in shorter crops to impro ve visibility and to provide an extension of the first panel in higher crops. T he knockdown shield serves to gently lean the crop forward before cutting so as to minimize seed shatter due whipping of the seed head. >