CEREAL CROP WINDROW PICKUP Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular equipment for picking up windrows of dried stalk mass of cereal crops. SUBSTANCE: windrow pickup has front shaft 1 with even number of dividing disks 2 and rear shaft 4. Shaft 1 rests with its ends on two shoes 3 and shaft 4 rests on two mounting brackets 5. Shafts 1 and 4 are embraced with odd number of endless multilayer rubberized tapes 6 positioned between dividing rings 2. Width of each side tape is half the width of middle tape. EFFECT: increased efficiency, enhanced reliability in operation and prolonged service life of windrow pickup. 5 dwg