CA1101220A - Harvester cutterhead knife sharpening device - Google Patents
Harvester cutterhead knife sharpening deviceInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01F—PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
- A01D75/00—Accessories for harvesters or mowers
- A01D75/08—Sharpening apparatus fixed to the harvester or mower
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
- B24B3/00—Sharpening cutting edges, e.g. of tools; Accessories therefor, e.g. for holding the tools
- B24B3/36—Sharpening cutting edges, e.g. of tools; Accessories therefor, e.g. for holding the tools of cutting blades
- B24B3/368—Sharpening cutting edges, e.g. of tools; Accessories therefor, e.g. for holding the tools of cutting blades installed as an accessory on another machine
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Abstract
HARVESTER CUTTERHEAD KNIFE
SHARPENING DEVICE
Abstract of the Disclosure A forage harvester includes a rotary cylinder-type cutter-head mounted in a housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges that generate a cylinder as the cutterhead rotates.
A sharpening mechanism for the knives includes a pair of closed housings mounted on the opposite side walls of the cutterhead housing and a support member extending between said housings adjacent the cutterhead housing periphery, the opposite ends of the support member extending through openings in the housings and into the housing interiors. The openings are substantially larger than the support member to permit adjustment of the support member toward and away from the cutterhead periphery, and a pair of flexible seal are interposed between the ends of the support members and the respective housings to seal said openings. A
manually rotatable crankshaft extends between the opposite hous-ings and worm gearing connects the crankshaft to a threaded rod in each of the housings, each of said rods being threadable in one end of the support so that rotation of the crankshaft causes adjustment of the support member toward and away from the cutter-head. A carrier is slidably mounted on the support member through a linear ball bearing and a sharpening stone is bonded to the carrier adjacent the cutterhead periphery, the carrier being reciprocatable back and forth along the support member by means of a handle extending through the cutterhead housing side wall, so that the stone can be reciprocated back and forth across the width of the cutterhead as it is brought into engagement with the cutterhead knives by rotating the crankshaft. An interlock between the crankshaft and a door in the cutterhead housing prevents rotation of the crankshaft unless the housing door is closed.
SHARPENING DEVICE
Abstract of the Disclosure A forage harvester includes a rotary cylinder-type cutter-head mounted in a housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges that generate a cylinder as the cutterhead rotates.
A sharpening mechanism for the knives includes a pair of closed housings mounted on the opposite side walls of the cutterhead housing and a support member extending between said housings adjacent the cutterhead housing periphery, the opposite ends of the support member extending through openings in the housings and into the housing interiors. The openings are substantially larger than the support member to permit adjustment of the support member toward and away from the cutterhead periphery, and a pair of flexible seal are interposed between the ends of the support members and the respective housings to seal said openings. A
manually rotatable crankshaft extends between the opposite hous-ings and worm gearing connects the crankshaft to a threaded rod in each of the housings, each of said rods being threadable in one end of the support so that rotation of the crankshaft causes adjustment of the support member toward and away from the cutter-head. A carrier is slidably mounted on the support member through a linear ball bearing and a sharpening stone is bonded to the carrier adjacent the cutterhead periphery, the carrier being reciprocatable back and forth along the support member by means of a handle extending through the cutterhead housing side wall, so that the stone can be reciprocated back and forth across the width of the cutterhead as it is brought into engagement with the cutterhead knives by rotating the crankshaft. An interlock between the crankshaft and a door in the cutterhead housing prevents rotation of the crankshaft unless the housing door is closed.
Description
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SHARPENING DEVICE
This in~ention relates to a forage harvester and more par-ticularly to an improved sharpening mechanism for sharpening the knives of the forage harvester cutterhead.
As is well known, sharp knives on a forage harvester cutter-head are essential for the efficient operation of the machine, and during operation of the machine, the knives should be sharp-ened at relatively frequent intervals, in some cases at least once a day. To that end, it is known to provide a knife sharpen-': ~ ~
ing device as an integral part of a forage harvester, so that the knives can be sharpened in the field without removing the knives -or adding separate sharpening attachments. Such integral sharpen-ing devices have generally taken the form of a grinding stone mounted in a carrier that is adjustable toward and away from the `
cutterhead periphery, the carrier also being reciprocatable across the width of the cutterhead. To sharpen the knives, the grinding stone is brought into engagement with the cutterhead periphery as the cutterhead is rotated and the grinding stone is ;
then reciprocated back and forth across the width of the cutter-head to remove material from the cutterhead periphery and re-sharpen the knife cutting edges. As described in U. S. Patent
SHARPENING DEVICE
This in~ention relates to a forage harvester and more par-ticularly to an improved sharpening mechanism for sharpening the knives of the forage harvester cutterhead.
As is well known, sharp knives on a forage harvester cutter-head are essential for the efficient operation of the machine, and during operation of the machine, the knives should be sharp-ened at relatively frequent intervals, in some cases at least once a day. To that end, it is known to provide a knife sharpen-': ~ ~
ing device as an integral part of a forage harvester, so that the knives can be sharpened in the field without removing the knives -or adding separate sharpening attachments. Such integral sharpen-ing devices have generally taken the form of a grinding stone mounted in a carrier that is adjustable toward and away from the `
cutterhead periphery, the carrier also being reciprocatable across the width of the cutterhead. To sharpen the knives, the grinding stone is brought into engagement with the cutterhead periphery as the cutterhead is rotated and the grinding stone is ;
then reciprocated back and forth across the width of the cutter-head to remove material from the cutterhead periphery and re-sharpen the knife cutting edges. As described in U. S. Patent
3,677,316, it has been found highly desirable to rotate the cutterhead in a reverse direction during the sharpening process, a sharpening mechanism of the above general type being described in said patent wherein the sharpening stone is mounted in a carrier that is slidable along a supporting structure that is shiftable toward and away from the cutterhead periphery by means of a crank extending downwardly through the top of the cutterhead housing, the carrier being moved back and forth across the width of the cutterhead by means of handle that is manipulated by an operator standing alongside the cutterhead housing. Additional sharpening mechanisms of the above general type are shown in U.S.
Patents 3,331,167 and 3,37G,628.
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1 As is apparent, such sharpening mechanisms are disposed in a dirty and dusty environment, which is further complicated by the existence of metal filings removed from the knives during the filing process, all of which tends to make the carrier relatively stiff to manually shift back and forth across the cutterhead periphery. Also in such prior sharpening mechanisms, the operator manipulates the handle to reciprocate the carrier fxom the side of the machine, while the carrier is adjusted toward the cutter-head by means of a crank or some type of threaded device on top of the cutterhead housing, the carrier generally being shifted toward the cutterhead periphery at the same time that it is being reciprocated, which has made is inconvenient to simultaneously operate the handle and adjust the crank. Also, since the carrier is adjusted toward and away from the cutterhead periphery by some type of a screw mechanism, which is exposed to a dirty environ-ment, in some cases it has been it difficult to manually actuate the mechanism.
Summar~_o~ the Invention According to the present invention, there is provided an improved sharpening mechanism for sharpening the knives of a forage harvester cutterhead on the machine while the cutterhead is being rotated. More particularly, the improved sharpening mechanism features a grinding stone that is reciprocated back and forth across the width of the cutterhead while the stone is brought into engagement with the knife edges at the cutterhead periphery by adjustment of these supporting mechanism for the carrier that supports the stone.
An important feature of the invention resides in the pro- ~
vision of means for making the reciprocation of the carrier and ;
the adjustment of the supporting mechanism for the carrier easier to manipulate. Still more specifically, the supporting mechanism for the carrier is adjusted toward and away from the cutterhead '': . :
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1 periphery by manipulation of a crank handle at the side of the cut-terhead housing adjacent to the handle that is used to recipro-cate the carrier so that the operator can simultaneously perform the two functions while standing at the side of the cutterhead housing. Also, the mechanism for adjusting the supporting struc-ture toward and away from the cutterhead periphery is mounted in a pair of sealed housings at opposite sides of the cutterhead, so that the mechanisms are not exposed to contaminants and can be supplied with lubricant. An important feature of the invention resides in the use of a flexible seal on such housings to permit the movement of the supporting structure while maintaining the ajusting mechanism in the sealed housing.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a somewhat schematic vertical fore and aft section through the cutterhead housing of a forage harvester embodying the invention.
Fig. 2 is a right rear perspectlve of the cutterhead housing with the access door for the cutterhead in an open condition to expose the sharpening mechanism.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical fore and aft section of the housing for the adjusting mechanism as viewed along the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.
-~ Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical fore and aft section through , a portion of the cutterhead and the sharpening mechanism.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical fore and aft section through the upper rear portion of the cutterhead housing showing the sharpening mechanism in a locked condition when the cutterhead housing door is in an open condition.
Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing the housing door in a closed condition and the mechanism in its unlocked condition.
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1 Fig. 7 is an enlarged section through the sharpening stone as viewed along the line 7--7 of Fig. ~
Description of the Preferred Embodiment The invention is embodied in a pull-type forage harvester, -~
only the rearward portion of which is shown in Fig. 1, the har-vester including a mobile main frame 10 mounted on a pair of laterally spaced wheels 11, with only the left wheel being shown ~ ~;
in Fig. 1. As is well known, such machines conventionally include a fore and aft tongue at the le~t side of the main frame that is connected to a towing tractor, which also supplies the power for :;:
the machine.
r~ounted on the right side of the frame 10 is a cutterhead `
housing 12 that includes opposite upright left and right side walls 14 and 16, a generally horizontal top wall 18, and a door 20 that spans the width of the housing between the opposite side walls at the rearward end of the top wall, the door having a horizontal forward portion and a downwardly and rearwardly in- `
clined rear portion to provide acces~ to the cutterhead housing ~ interior from the top and the rear. As is apparent, the door 20 - 20 swings upwardly and forwardly about a transverse hinge 21 at the ;~
forward end of the door.
A harvesting header is conventionally mounted on the forward end of the cutterhead housing 12 and operates to remove crop -~
material from the field and deliver it rearwardly through a forward inlet opening to a set of feed rolls 22 only the rearward feed rolls 22 being shown in the drawings. The feed rolls feed the crop material rearwardly over a transverse shear bar 23 and into a rotary cylinder type cutterhead 24 that includes a plural-ity of knives 26 with cutting edges at`the cutterhead periphery that generate a cylinder as the cutterhead rotates and register with the shear bar 23. The cutterhead includes a relatively large number of short knives mounted on a drum and is described : :: ::, , : ::
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1 in greater detail in U. S. Patent 4,061,284, also assigned to the assignee herein.
The cutterhead reduces crop material as it is fed into the cutterhead and discharges it through a rearward discharge opening 28 in the cutterhead housing to an auger housing 30 rearwardly of the discharge opening. A grate or recutter screen 32 is mounted over the dlscharge opening to further reduce crop material before it passes to the auger housing. An arcuate band 34 closes the space between the shear bar 23 and the forward end of the grate 32, and a generally vertical bulkhead 35 close the front of the cutterhead housing between the upper rear feedroll 22 and the top wall 18. The auger housing 30 includes a door 36 below and to the rear of the door 20 to provide access to the recutter screen 32. A transversely extending auger 37 is disposed in the bottom of the housing 30 and operates to deliver material later-ally on the machine from the cutterhead to a blower-type elevator 38 at the left side of the machine, the elevator discharging the crop material into an accompanying collector vehicle as is well known.
Mounted in the cutterhead housing above the cutterhead 24 is a knife sharpening mechanism, indicated in its entirety by the numeral 40. The sharpening mechanism includes right and left upright rectangular housings 42 and 44 respectively disposed adjacent the opposite side walls 14 and 16 and connected by a transverse inverted channel shaped member 46 that spans the width of the cutterhead housing immediately below the forward end of the door 20. The housings 42 and 44 are essentially mirror images of one another, so only the right housing 42 will be described in detail said housing including an upright inner wall 47, that includes a rearwardly extending flange 48 that overlaps and is disposed adjacent to the inner side of the cutterhead housing side wall, an upright fore and aft outer wall 49 spaced 2Z~
1 outwardly of the cutterhead housing side wall, an upright trans- ;
verse front wall 50, an upright transverse rear wall 51, a generally horizontal bottom wall 52, and a removable top wall 53 that is connected to the rest o~ the housing by a pair of remov able bolts 54 to provide access to the housing interior. The cutterhead housing side wall has a generally rectangular opening 56 that conforms to the shape of the sharpening mechanism housing and the housing is removably attached to the cutterhead housing --side wall by mounting bolts 58 that extend through the inner wall flange 48 and the cutterhead housing side wall. As is apparent, the entire sharpening mechanism 40 can be removed from the har~
vester by simply removing the mounting bolts 58 and pulling the mechanism upwardly from the cutterhead housing side wall openings 56, although the housings 42 and 44 and the member 46 form a part of the cutterhead housing when the sharpening mechanism is in !
place. A transverse guide shaft 60 extends between the rearward ends of the inner wall flanges 48 of the opposite housings and further acts to tie the two housings together, the guide shaft having a oircular cross section and being axially parallel to the 20 axis of the cutterhead. A transverse support member 62 also spans the width of the cutterhead housing forwardly of the guide shaft 60, the support member 62 also having a circular cross section and being axially parallel to the cutterhead. The inner walls 47 of the opposite housings have rectangular openings 64 that receive the opposite ends of the support member 62, the ends of the support members being disposed on the interior of the respective housings. An adjusting mechanism, indicated generally by the numeral 66, supports each end of the support member 62 in the respective housing for vertical adjustment relative thereto toward and away from the periphery of the cutterhead.
Each adjusting mechanism 66 includes a vertical internally threaded bore 68 through the end of the support member 62 and a O
1 vertically extending threaded rod or shaft that is disposed in and threadably received by the threadable bore 68. Each threaded rod is rotatably supported in its respective housing on a pair of upper and lower supports 72 and 74 adjacent the top and bottom edges of the openings 64, the supports 72 and 74 permitting rotation of the rod 70 while maintaining the axial position thereof so that rotation of the rod moves the end of the support member 62 upwardly or downwardly according to the direction of rotation of the rod due to the threaded connection between the 10 rod and the support member. A seal element 76, preferably made of neophrene rubber or the like, has a circular opening 77 that tightly embraces the support member 72 and is fastened over the opening 64 by means of fasteners 78 to seal the housing while permitting vertical movement of the support member 62 relative to the housing. As is apparent, if the support member were moved upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 3, the lower portion of the seal would stretch while the upper portion would buckle or compress, while the opposite would occur if the support member ; were moved downwardly.
- 20 A transverse crankshaft 80 also extends between the opposite sides of the cutterhead housing above and parallel to the support member 62, the opposite ends of the crankshaft being journaled in the side walls of the housings 42 and 44 and being provided with appropriate seals to maintain the sealed condition of the hous-ing, the right end of the crankshaft 80 being provided with a crank handle 82 adjacent the outer wall 49 of the right housing 42. Conventional worm gearing 84 connects the crankshaft 80 with each threaded rod 70 on the interior of the respective housings, the worm gearing including a wheel 85 on the upper end of the rod 30 and a helix 86 on the crankshaft as is well known.
Mounted on the support member 62 between the opposite cutter-head housing side walls is a carrier 88 that is slidable along 1 the support member between the opposite cutterhead housing side walls. The cylindrical outer surface of the support member 62 is machined to a smooth surface, and the carrier has a transverse bore 89 that receives the support member 62. A linear ball-type bearing 91 is disposed in the carrier bore 89 between the carrier and the support member 62. As is well known, such linear ball bearings include a relatively large number of balls 92 that recirculate in longitudinally extending tracks 90, balls 92 being retained in the longitudinal tracks 90 by a nylon type retainer, such linear bearings being commercially available. The carrier includes a rearward extension 94 and a pair of spaced parallel plates 96 are fastened to the extension 9~ by bolts 97 and extend rearwardly therefrom. The guide plates 96 are spaced apart approximately the same distance as the diameter of the guide shaft 60, which is received between the opposite guide plates so `
that the carrier i5 also slidable along the guide shaft and swingable about the axis of the shaft.
A generally horizontal plate 98 is fastened to the underside of the carrier 88 by a plurality of bolts 99 and is provided with a downwardly open recess 100 that spans the width of the carrier.
A grinding stone 102 is elongated in a transverse direction and ;~
has a generally rectangular upright fore and aft cross section, the fore and aft dimension of which is slightly less than the fore and aft width of the recess 100, the stone 102 having essen tially the same transverse dimension as the mounting plate 98 as shown in Fig. 7. The stone is permanently mounted in the recess 100 by a bonding material, indicated by the numeral 104, the bonding material being of a commerically available type such as 3M no. 2216 two-part adhesive and being applied to the entire mating surface between the top of the stone and the bottom of the recess in the mounting plate, a portion of the adhesive being allowed to squePze out along the sides of the stone as illu5-L2Z~
1 trated in Fig. 4. As is apparent, the stone receives frequent impact from the knives during the sharpening process, and it has been found that bonding the stone to the mounting plate has been more satisfactory than the previously used clamping devices which set up a stress in the stone, which can cause shatter of the stone at the clamping point. Also, as is apparent, only the extreme upper portion of the stone is required for the bonding, whereas a clamping device would require a larger percent of the total height of the stone, so that the bonded stone can be worn away and used through a substantial portion of its overall height.
An elongated rod-like handle 105 has one end attached to the carrier extension by one of the guide plate mounting bolts 97 and extends parallel to the cutterhead axis through an opening 106 in the right housing 42, the handle terminating in a bent portion 107 to facilitate manipulation by the operator.
An interlock mechanism 108 is operative between the crank-shaft 80 and the door 20 to prevent the lowering of the sharpen-ing mechanism grinding stone into engagement with the cutterhead ` 20 unless the door 20 is closed. The interlock includes a lever arm or locking member 109 extending through a slot 110 in the rear upright wall of the channel member 46, the forward portion of the lever arm and the slot 110 having a lesser width than the rearward portion visible in Fig. 2, so that the lever arm is insertible forwardly through the slot only as far as shown in Fig. 2. A
spring 112 has its rearward end connected to the forward end of the lever arm and its forward end connected to the channel member to bias the lever arm forwardly, so that the arm is free to swing in a vertical arc about its fulcrum on the slot 110. The forward portion of the lever arm 109 has a vertical opening 114 and a pin or locking element 116 extends diametrically through is disposed in the shaft 80 in alignment with the opening. As is apparent z~o 1 from Fig. 5, when the door is open, the spring 112 pulls the forward end of the lever arm downwardly so that the pin enters the opening 114 to prevent rotation of the shaft 80 in a clock~
wise direction as seen in Fig. 5. Since rotation of the shaft 80 in a clockwise direction causes lowering of the support member -~
62, when the door 20 is open, the support mechanism 62 and conse-quently the grinding stone cannot be lowered into engagement with the cutterhead. However, the slot is so disposed relative to the pin that counterclockwise rotation of the shaft raises the lever against the bias of the spring so that such counterclockwise rotation is permissible even when the door is open, so that the support member 62 can be raised or moved away from the cutterhead periphery even when the door is open. The door 20 is provided with a diagonal brace 118 across the upper rear corner of the door and a tab 120 projects downwardly from the brace 118. The tab 120 is aligned with the rearward end of the lever arm 109, so that when the door 20 is swung downwardly to its closed position, ` as shown in Fig. 6, the tab 120 engages the rearward end of the lever arm 109 to rock the forward end of the lever arm upwardly out of engagement with the lock pin 116 against the bias of the `
spring 112, so that the shaft 80 can be rotated in either direc~
tion. Of course, as soon as the door 20 is opened, the lever arm - -10~ again falls over the lock pin 116 to prevent lowering of the grinding stone.
In operation, the sharpening mechanism 40 is adjusted so : . .
that it clears the cutterhead while the machine is being utilized during the harvesting operation. If the operator desires to sharpen the cutterhead knives 26, he simply stops the machine and reverses the direction of rotation of the cutterhead as described in U. S. Patent 3,677,316. The operator then rotates the crank .~ .
handle 82 to rotate the crankshaft 80 and thereby rotate the threaded rods or shafts 70 in the opposite adjusting mechanism .~, . ,, , ~
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1 housings 42 and 44 via the worm gearing 66. As described above, clockwise roatation of the handle 82 causes the threaded rods or shafts 70 to rotate in a direction that causes the opposite ends of the support member 62 to move toward the cutterhead periphery.
As also described above, the shaf-t 80 cannot be rotated in the direction necessary to bring the grinding mechanism into contact with the cutterhead unless the cutterhead housing door 20 is closedf ensuring that the operator will not attempt to sharpen the knives with the housing door open to expose himself to injury from either the rotating cutterhead or from the material removed from the knives.
As the support member 62 is lowered, it lowers the carrier 88 about the axis of the guide shaft 60, and when the stone 102 engages the edges of the knives 26, the operator starts to recip-rocate the carrier 88 across the width of the cutterhead via the handle 105. As is apparent from Fig. 2, the outer portion 107 of the handle 105 is disposed at the right side of the cutter head housing immediately ad~acent to the crank handle 82 so that it is easy for the operator to simultaneously manipulate both the crank - 20 handle 82 to lower the grinding stone into position and the . ~ .
` handle 105 to reciprocate the stone across the width of the cutterhead.
As described above, the linear ball bearing 90 facilitates - the reciprocation of the carrier on the support member even ~ though it is exposed to a dirty environment. As also described, -~ the housings 42 and 44 can be filled with lubricant so that the worm gearing and the threaded connection between the threaded rod 70 and the support member are fully lubricated and sealed from the contaminating environment, so the adjusting mechanism is easy to manually actuate via the crank handle 82. Thus, the sharpening mechanism is easy to operate and is also safe and durable.
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Patents 3,331,167 and 3,37G,628.
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1 As is apparent, such sharpening mechanisms are disposed in a dirty and dusty environment, which is further complicated by the existence of metal filings removed from the knives during the filing process, all of which tends to make the carrier relatively stiff to manually shift back and forth across the cutterhead periphery. Also in such prior sharpening mechanisms, the operator manipulates the handle to reciprocate the carrier fxom the side of the machine, while the carrier is adjusted toward the cutter-head by means of a crank or some type of threaded device on top of the cutterhead housing, the carrier generally being shifted toward the cutterhead periphery at the same time that it is being reciprocated, which has made is inconvenient to simultaneously operate the handle and adjust the crank. Also, since the carrier is adjusted toward and away from the cutterhead periphery by some type of a screw mechanism, which is exposed to a dirty environ-ment, in some cases it has been it difficult to manually actuate the mechanism.
Summar~_o~ the Invention According to the present invention, there is provided an improved sharpening mechanism for sharpening the knives of a forage harvester cutterhead on the machine while the cutterhead is being rotated. More particularly, the improved sharpening mechanism features a grinding stone that is reciprocated back and forth across the width of the cutterhead while the stone is brought into engagement with the knife edges at the cutterhead periphery by adjustment of these supporting mechanism for the carrier that supports the stone.
An important feature of the invention resides in the pro- ~
vision of means for making the reciprocation of the carrier and ;
the adjustment of the supporting mechanism for the carrier easier to manipulate. Still more specifically, the supporting mechanism for the carrier is adjusted toward and away from the cutterhead '': . :
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1 periphery by manipulation of a crank handle at the side of the cut-terhead housing adjacent to the handle that is used to recipro-cate the carrier so that the operator can simultaneously perform the two functions while standing at the side of the cutterhead housing. Also, the mechanism for adjusting the supporting struc-ture toward and away from the cutterhead periphery is mounted in a pair of sealed housings at opposite sides of the cutterhead, so that the mechanisms are not exposed to contaminants and can be supplied with lubricant. An important feature of the invention resides in the use of a flexible seal on such housings to permit the movement of the supporting structure while maintaining the ajusting mechanism in the sealed housing.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a somewhat schematic vertical fore and aft section through the cutterhead housing of a forage harvester embodying the invention.
Fig. 2 is a right rear perspectlve of the cutterhead housing with the access door for the cutterhead in an open condition to expose the sharpening mechanism.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical fore and aft section of the housing for the adjusting mechanism as viewed along the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.
-~ Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical fore and aft section through , a portion of the cutterhead and the sharpening mechanism.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical fore and aft section through the upper rear portion of the cutterhead housing showing the sharpening mechanism in a locked condition when the cutterhead housing door is in an open condition.
Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing the housing door in a closed condition and the mechanism in its unlocked condition.
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1 Fig. 7 is an enlarged section through the sharpening stone as viewed along the line 7--7 of Fig. ~
Description of the Preferred Embodiment The invention is embodied in a pull-type forage harvester, -~
only the rearward portion of which is shown in Fig. 1, the har-vester including a mobile main frame 10 mounted on a pair of laterally spaced wheels 11, with only the left wheel being shown ~ ~;
in Fig. 1. As is well known, such machines conventionally include a fore and aft tongue at the le~t side of the main frame that is connected to a towing tractor, which also supplies the power for :;:
the machine.
r~ounted on the right side of the frame 10 is a cutterhead `
housing 12 that includes opposite upright left and right side walls 14 and 16, a generally horizontal top wall 18, and a door 20 that spans the width of the housing between the opposite side walls at the rearward end of the top wall, the door having a horizontal forward portion and a downwardly and rearwardly in- `
clined rear portion to provide acces~ to the cutterhead housing ~ interior from the top and the rear. As is apparent, the door 20 - 20 swings upwardly and forwardly about a transverse hinge 21 at the ;~
forward end of the door.
A harvesting header is conventionally mounted on the forward end of the cutterhead housing 12 and operates to remove crop -~
material from the field and deliver it rearwardly through a forward inlet opening to a set of feed rolls 22 only the rearward feed rolls 22 being shown in the drawings. The feed rolls feed the crop material rearwardly over a transverse shear bar 23 and into a rotary cylinder type cutterhead 24 that includes a plural-ity of knives 26 with cutting edges at`the cutterhead periphery that generate a cylinder as the cutterhead rotates and register with the shear bar 23. The cutterhead includes a relatively large number of short knives mounted on a drum and is described : :: ::, , : ::
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1 in greater detail in U. S. Patent 4,061,284, also assigned to the assignee herein.
The cutterhead reduces crop material as it is fed into the cutterhead and discharges it through a rearward discharge opening 28 in the cutterhead housing to an auger housing 30 rearwardly of the discharge opening. A grate or recutter screen 32 is mounted over the dlscharge opening to further reduce crop material before it passes to the auger housing. An arcuate band 34 closes the space between the shear bar 23 and the forward end of the grate 32, and a generally vertical bulkhead 35 close the front of the cutterhead housing between the upper rear feedroll 22 and the top wall 18. The auger housing 30 includes a door 36 below and to the rear of the door 20 to provide access to the recutter screen 32. A transversely extending auger 37 is disposed in the bottom of the housing 30 and operates to deliver material later-ally on the machine from the cutterhead to a blower-type elevator 38 at the left side of the machine, the elevator discharging the crop material into an accompanying collector vehicle as is well known.
Mounted in the cutterhead housing above the cutterhead 24 is a knife sharpening mechanism, indicated in its entirety by the numeral 40. The sharpening mechanism includes right and left upright rectangular housings 42 and 44 respectively disposed adjacent the opposite side walls 14 and 16 and connected by a transverse inverted channel shaped member 46 that spans the width of the cutterhead housing immediately below the forward end of the door 20. The housings 42 and 44 are essentially mirror images of one another, so only the right housing 42 will be described in detail said housing including an upright inner wall 47, that includes a rearwardly extending flange 48 that overlaps and is disposed adjacent to the inner side of the cutterhead housing side wall, an upright fore and aft outer wall 49 spaced 2Z~
1 outwardly of the cutterhead housing side wall, an upright trans- ;
verse front wall 50, an upright transverse rear wall 51, a generally horizontal bottom wall 52, and a removable top wall 53 that is connected to the rest o~ the housing by a pair of remov able bolts 54 to provide access to the housing interior. The cutterhead housing side wall has a generally rectangular opening 56 that conforms to the shape of the sharpening mechanism housing and the housing is removably attached to the cutterhead housing --side wall by mounting bolts 58 that extend through the inner wall flange 48 and the cutterhead housing side wall. As is apparent, the entire sharpening mechanism 40 can be removed from the har~
vester by simply removing the mounting bolts 58 and pulling the mechanism upwardly from the cutterhead housing side wall openings 56, although the housings 42 and 44 and the member 46 form a part of the cutterhead housing when the sharpening mechanism is in !
place. A transverse guide shaft 60 extends between the rearward ends of the inner wall flanges 48 of the opposite housings and further acts to tie the two housings together, the guide shaft having a oircular cross section and being axially parallel to the 20 axis of the cutterhead. A transverse support member 62 also spans the width of the cutterhead housing forwardly of the guide shaft 60, the support member 62 also having a circular cross section and being axially parallel to the cutterhead. The inner walls 47 of the opposite housings have rectangular openings 64 that receive the opposite ends of the support member 62, the ends of the support members being disposed on the interior of the respective housings. An adjusting mechanism, indicated generally by the numeral 66, supports each end of the support member 62 in the respective housing for vertical adjustment relative thereto toward and away from the periphery of the cutterhead.
Each adjusting mechanism 66 includes a vertical internally threaded bore 68 through the end of the support member 62 and a O
1 vertically extending threaded rod or shaft that is disposed in and threadably received by the threadable bore 68. Each threaded rod is rotatably supported in its respective housing on a pair of upper and lower supports 72 and 74 adjacent the top and bottom edges of the openings 64, the supports 72 and 74 permitting rotation of the rod 70 while maintaining the axial position thereof so that rotation of the rod moves the end of the support member 62 upwardly or downwardly according to the direction of rotation of the rod due to the threaded connection between the 10 rod and the support member. A seal element 76, preferably made of neophrene rubber or the like, has a circular opening 77 that tightly embraces the support member 72 and is fastened over the opening 64 by means of fasteners 78 to seal the housing while permitting vertical movement of the support member 62 relative to the housing. As is apparent, if the support member were moved upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 3, the lower portion of the seal would stretch while the upper portion would buckle or compress, while the opposite would occur if the support member ; were moved downwardly.
- 20 A transverse crankshaft 80 also extends between the opposite sides of the cutterhead housing above and parallel to the support member 62, the opposite ends of the crankshaft being journaled in the side walls of the housings 42 and 44 and being provided with appropriate seals to maintain the sealed condition of the hous-ing, the right end of the crankshaft 80 being provided with a crank handle 82 adjacent the outer wall 49 of the right housing 42. Conventional worm gearing 84 connects the crankshaft 80 with each threaded rod 70 on the interior of the respective housings, the worm gearing including a wheel 85 on the upper end of the rod 30 and a helix 86 on the crankshaft as is well known.
Mounted on the support member 62 between the opposite cutter-head housing side walls is a carrier 88 that is slidable along 1 the support member between the opposite cutterhead housing side walls. The cylindrical outer surface of the support member 62 is machined to a smooth surface, and the carrier has a transverse bore 89 that receives the support member 62. A linear ball-type bearing 91 is disposed in the carrier bore 89 between the carrier and the support member 62. As is well known, such linear ball bearings include a relatively large number of balls 92 that recirculate in longitudinally extending tracks 90, balls 92 being retained in the longitudinal tracks 90 by a nylon type retainer, such linear bearings being commercially available. The carrier includes a rearward extension 94 and a pair of spaced parallel plates 96 are fastened to the extension 9~ by bolts 97 and extend rearwardly therefrom. The guide plates 96 are spaced apart approximately the same distance as the diameter of the guide shaft 60, which is received between the opposite guide plates so `
that the carrier i5 also slidable along the guide shaft and swingable about the axis of the shaft.
A generally horizontal plate 98 is fastened to the underside of the carrier 88 by a plurality of bolts 99 and is provided with a downwardly open recess 100 that spans the width of the carrier.
A grinding stone 102 is elongated in a transverse direction and ;~
has a generally rectangular upright fore and aft cross section, the fore and aft dimension of which is slightly less than the fore and aft width of the recess 100, the stone 102 having essen tially the same transverse dimension as the mounting plate 98 as shown in Fig. 7. The stone is permanently mounted in the recess 100 by a bonding material, indicated by the numeral 104, the bonding material being of a commerically available type such as 3M no. 2216 two-part adhesive and being applied to the entire mating surface between the top of the stone and the bottom of the recess in the mounting plate, a portion of the adhesive being allowed to squePze out along the sides of the stone as illu5-L2Z~
1 trated in Fig. 4. As is apparent, the stone receives frequent impact from the knives during the sharpening process, and it has been found that bonding the stone to the mounting plate has been more satisfactory than the previously used clamping devices which set up a stress in the stone, which can cause shatter of the stone at the clamping point. Also, as is apparent, only the extreme upper portion of the stone is required for the bonding, whereas a clamping device would require a larger percent of the total height of the stone, so that the bonded stone can be worn away and used through a substantial portion of its overall height.
An elongated rod-like handle 105 has one end attached to the carrier extension by one of the guide plate mounting bolts 97 and extends parallel to the cutterhead axis through an opening 106 in the right housing 42, the handle terminating in a bent portion 107 to facilitate manipulation by the operator.
An interlock mechanism 108 is operative between the crank-shaft 80 and the door 20 to prevent the lowering of the sharpen-ing mechanism grinding stone into engagement with the cutterhead ` 20 unless the door 20 is closed. The interlock includes a lever arm or locking member 109 extending through a slot 110 in the rear upright wall of the channel member 46, the forward portion of the lever arm and the slot 110 having a lesser width than the rearward portion visible in Fig. 2, so that the lever arm is insertible forwardly through the slot only as far as shown in Fig. 2. A
spring 112 has its rearward end connected to the forward end of the lever arm and its forward end connected to the channel member to bias the lever arm forwardly, so that the arm is free to swing in a vertical arc about its fulcrum on the slot 110. The forward portion of the lever arm 109 has a vertical opening 114 and a pin or locking element 116 extends diametrically through is disposed in the shaft 80 in alignment with the opening. As is apparent z~o 1 from Fig. 5, when the door is open, the spring 112 pulls the forward end of the lever arm downwardly so that the pin enters the opening 114 to prevent rotation of the shaft 80 in a clock~
wise direction as seen in Fig. 5. Since rotation of the shaft 80 in a clockwise direction causes lowering of the support member -~
62, when the door 20 is open, the support mechanism 62 and conse-quently the grinding stone cannot be lowered into engagement with the cutterhead. However, the slot is so disposed relative to the pin that counterclockwise rotation of the shaft raises the lever against the bias of the spring so that such counterclockwise rotation is permissible even when the door is open, so that the support member 62 can be raised or moved away from the cutterhead periphery even when the door is open. The door 20 is provided with a diagonal brace 118 across the upper rear corner of the door and a tab 120 projects downwardly from the brace 118. The tab 120 is aligned with the rearward end of the lever arm 109, so that when the door 20 is swung downwardly to its closed position, ` as shown in Fig. 6, the tab 120 engages the rearward end of the lever arm 109 to rock the forward end of the lever arm upwardly out of engagement with the lock pin 116 against the bias of the `
spring 112, so that the shaft 80 can be rotated in either direc~
tion. Of course, as soon as the door 20 is opened, the lever arm - -10~ again falls over the lock pin 116 to prevent lowering of the grinding stone.
In operation, the sharpening mechanism 40 is adjusted so : . .
that it clears the cutterhead while the machine is being utilized during the harvesting operation. If the operator desires to sharpen the cutterhead knives 26, he simply stops the machine and reverses the direction of rotation of the cutterhead as described in U. S. Patent 3,677,316. The operator then rotates the crank .~ .
handle 82 to rotate the crankshaft 80 and thereby rotate the threaded rods or shafts 70 in the opposite adjusting mechanism .~, . ,, , ~
22~
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1 housings 42 and 44 via the worm gearing 66. As described above, clockwise roatation of the handle 82 causes the threaded rods or shafts 70 to rotate in a direction that causes the opposite ends of the support member 62 to move toward the cutterhead periphery.
As also described above, the shaf-t 80 cannot be rotated in the direction necessary to bring the grinding mechanism into contact with the cutterhead unless the cutterhead housing door 20 is closedf ensuring that the operator will not attempt to sharpen the knives with the housing door open to expose himself to injury from either the rotating cutterhead or from the material removed from the knives.
As the support member 62 is lowered, it lowers the carrier 88 about the axis of the guide shaft 60, and when the stone 102 engages the edges of the knives 26, the operator starts to recip-rocate the carrier 88 across the width of the cutterhead via the handle 105. As is apparent from Fig. 2, the outer portion 107 of the handle 105 is disposed at the right side of the cutter head housing immediately ad~acent to the crank handle 82 so that it is easy for the operator to simultaneously manipulate both the crank - 20 handle 82 to lower the grinding stone into position and the . ~ .
` handle 105 to reciprocate the stone across the width of the cutterhead.
As described above, the linear ball bearing 90 facilitates - the reciprocation of the carrier on the support member even ~ though it is exposed to a dirty environment. As also described, -~ the housings 42 and 44 can be filled with lubricant so that the worm gearing and the threaded connection between the threaded rod 70 and the support member are fully lubricated and sealed from the contaminating environment, so the adjusting mechanism is easy to manually actuate via the crank handle 82. Thus, the sharpening mechanism is easy to operate and is also safe and durable.
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Claims (11)
1. In a forage harvester comprising:
(a) a cutterhead housing with opposite side walls;
(b) a rotary cutterhead mounted in the housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges generating a cylinder at the cutterhead periphery as the cutterhead rotates;
(c) an elongated support member spanning the width of the cutterhead housing parallel to the cutterhead housing;
(d) a pair of adjusting mechanisms respectively mounted on the opposite side walls of said cutterhead housing for shifting said support member toward and away from the cutterhead periphery in response to actuation of the adjusting mechanisms;
(e) actuating means for selectively actuating the adjusting means;
(f) a carrier slidably mounted on the support member and shiftable between opposite sides of the cutterhead housing;
(g) a sharpening element mounted on the carrier and shiftable into and out of engagement with the cutterhead knives in response to shifting of the support member toward and away from the cutterhead, the improvement comprising:
(1) a pair of adjuster housings respectively mounted on the opposite cutterhead housing side walls and having opposite inwardly facing openings communicating with the cutterhead housing interior, said adjusting mechanisms respectively mounted in said adjuster housings, opposite ends of said support member extending through said openings and into the adjuster housings and being laterally shiftable within said openings when said support member is shifted toward and away from the cutterhead periphery by actuation of said adjusting mechanisms;
(2) a pair of seal elements respectively disposed in said openings and respectively surrounding the opposite ends of the support member to close the respective adjuster housings, said seal elements shiftable with the support member to maintain the adjuster housings in a closed condition in the alternate lateral positions of the support member in said openings.
(a) a cutterhead housing with opposite side walls;
(b) a rotary cutterhead mounted in the housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges generating a cylinder at the cutterhead periphery as the cutterhead rotates;
(c) an elongated support member spanning the width of the cutterhead housing parallel to the cutterhead housing;
(d) a pair of adjusting mechanisms respectively mounted on the opposite side walls of said cutterhead housing for shifting said support member toward and away from the cutterhead periphery in response to actuation of the adjusting mechanisms;
(e) actuating means for selectively actuating the adjusting means;
(f) a carrier slidably mounted on the support member and shiftable between opposite sides of the cutterhead housing;
(g) a sharpening element mounted on the carrier and shiftable into and out of engagement with the cutterhead knives in response to shifting of the support member toward and away from the cutterhead, the improvement comprising:
(1) a pair of adjuster housings respectively mounted on the opposite cutterhead housing side walls and having opposite inwardly facing openings communicating with the cutterhead housing interior, said adjusting mechanisms respectively mounted in said adjuster housings, opposite ends of said support member extending through said openings and into the adjuster housings and being laterally shiftable within said openings when said support member is shifted toward and away from the cutterhead periphery by actuation of said adjusting mechanisms;
(2) a pair of seal elements respectively disposed in said openings and respectively surrounding the opposite ends of the support member to close the respective adjuster housings, said seal elements shiftable with the support member to maintain the adjuster housings in a closed condition in the alternate lateral positions of the support member in said openings.
2. The invention defined in claim 1 wherein each adjusting mechanism includes a threaded bore extending through the support member in a generally radial direction relative to the cutterhead and a threaded rod axially fixed and rotatably supported in the housing and threadably engaging said bore so that rotation of the rod shifts the support member. ng of the support members.
3. The invention defined in claim 2 wherein the actuating means includes (a) a shaft extending between the opposite side walls parallel and adjacent to the support member, said shaft having opposite ends rotatably supported in the opposite adjuster housings, (b) a crank at one end of the shaft disposed exteriorly of the cutterhead housing to facilitate manual rotation of the shaft, and (c) gear means operatively connecting the shaft to the respective threaded rods so that rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the rods and shifting of the support members.
4. The invention defined in claim 3 wherein the gear means comprises worm gearing disposed in the respective housings.
5. The invention defined in claim 4 wherein each seal element comprises a resilient flexible element having an outer periphery connected to the adjuster housing and a central opening conforming to and embracing the support member.
6. The invention defined in claim 5 further including a guide shaft rigidly connected and extending between said adjuster housings adjacent and parallel to the support member, the carrier pivotally and slidably engaging the guide shaft so that the carrier pivots about the guide shaft as the support member is shifted by the adjusting mechanisms.
7. The invention defined in claim 6 and including a handle having an elongated shank having one end connected to the carrier and extending parallel to the support member through one of the side walls to permit manual shifting of the carrier from the cutterhead housing exterior.
8. The invention defined in claim 1 wherein each seal element comprises a resilient flexible element having an outer periphery connected to the adjuster housing and a central opening conforming to and embracing the support member.
9. A forage harvester comprising:
a cutterhead housing with opposite side walls;
a rotary cutterhead mounted in the housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges generating a cylinder at the cutterhead periphery as the cutterhead rotates;
a pair of adjuster housings respectively mounted on the opposite cutterhead housing side walls adjacent the cutterhead and having opposite inwardly facing openings communicating with the cutterhead housing interior;
an elongated support member spanning the width of the cutterhead housing parallel to the cutterhead axis with its opposite ends extending through the respective openings and into the adjuster housings;
a pair of threaded bores respectively extending through the opposite ends of the support member in a generally radial direction relative to the cutterhead;
a pair of threaded rods respectively threadable in said bores and rotatably mounted on and axially fixed relative to the respective adjuster housings;
a shaft extending between and rotatably supported in the adjuster housings and including a crank at one end exteriorly of the cutterhead housing;
and worm gearing operatively connecting the shaft to the respective threaded rods so that rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the rods to adjust the support member laterally within said openings toward or away from the cutterhead;
a carrier slidably mounted on the support member for shifting between the opposite sides of the cutterhead housing;
a sharpening element mounted on the carrier and being shiftable into and out of engagement with the cutterhead knives in response to shifting of the support member toward or away from the cutterhead;
means operatively connected to the carrier for recipro-cating the carrier along the support member; and a pair of seal elements respectively disposed in the adjuster housing openings and respectively surrounding the opposite ends of the support member to close the respective adjuster housings, the seal elements shiftable with the support member to maintain the housings in a closed condition in the alternate lateral positions said support member in said opening.
a cutterhead housing with opposite side walls;
a rotary cutterhead mounted in the housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges generating a cylinder at the cutterhead periphery as the cutterhead rotates;
a pair of adjuster housings respectively mounted on the opposite cutterhead housing side walls adjacent the cutterhead and having opposite inwardly facing openings communicating with the cutterhead housing interior;
an elongated support member spanning the width of the cutterhead housing parallel to the cutterhead axis with its opposite ends extending through the respective openings and into the adjuster housings;
a pair of threaded bores respectively extending through the opposite ends of the support member in a generally radial direction relative to the cutterhead;
a pair of threaded rods respectively threadable in said bores and rotatably mounted on and axially fixed relative to the respective adjuster housings;
a shaft extending between and rotatably supported in the adjuster housings and including a crank at one end exteriorly of the cutterhead housing;
and worm gearing operatively connecting the shaft to the respective threaded rods so that rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the rods to adjust the support member laterally within said openings toward or away from the cutterhead;
a carrier slidably mounted on the support member for shifting between the opposite sides of the cutterhead housing;
a sharpening element mounted on the carrier and being shiftable into and out of engagement with the cutterhead knives in response to shifting of the support member toward or away from the cutterhead;
means operatively connected to the carrier for recipro-cating the carrier along the support member; and a pair of seal elements respectively disposed in the adjuster housing openings and respectively surrounding the opposite ends of the support member to close the respective adjuster housings, the seal elements shiftable with the support member to maintain the housings in a closed condition in the alternate lateral positions said support member in said opening.
10. The invention defined in claim 9 wherein each seal element comprises a resilient flexible element having an outer periphery connected to the adjuster housing and a central opening conforming to and embracing the support member.
11. The invention defined in claim 10 further including a guide shaft rigidly connecting to and extending between the side walls adjacent and parallel to the support member, the carrier pivotally and slidably engaging the guide shaft so that the carrier pivots about the guide shaft as the support member is shifted by the adjusting mechanisms.
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