HEADER FOR FORMING TENT-SHAPED WINDROW Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: header has horizontal conveyors, vertical conveyors with finger-type throwing cylinders and divider positioned in header ejector window and fixed on cutter bar. Divider has upper and lower guides, telescopic tine and adjusting frame with telescopic horizontal bars and pole. Freshly mowed mass is entrained by fingers and thrown by two countercurrent flows onto guiding dividers. Stalk tops stick together above upper guiding dividers to form wedge-shaped windrow. Angle of inclination of tent wall and width of windrow base are adjusted by changing length of telescopic horizontal bars and poles. Such construction allows high-quality tent-shaped windrows to be formed independent of kind of crop and average height and density of plant stand. EFFECT: increased efficiency, wider operational capabilities and enhanced reliability in operation. 2 cl, 6 dwg