Agricultural Attachment Pendulum Guide for Weight Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing agricultural machine attachments face challenges in optimizing weight distribution for both cross copying and road transport, leading to increased structural complexity and weight, which adversely affects axle load.
Innovation Solution
The attachment features a frame with a pendulum guide that is supported by a machine pendulum guide during working configurations and can be adjusted into a transport configuration by displacing along the agricultural machine's transverse axis, allowing dual use of the machine pendulum guide for both pendulum and lateral movements, thereby reducing the number of components and weight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the attachment includes both a pendulum suspension for cross copying and adjustment mechanisms for road transport, then the attachment can perform both field work and transport functions, but the structure becomes complicated and weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The machine pendulum guide on the agricultural machine is designed to serve dual purposes: supporting the attachment during field work operations and facilitating lateral adjustment for road transport configuration. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate suspension and adjustment mechanisms, reducing structural complexity while maintaining both field work and transport capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the pendulum suspension function and the lateral adjustment function into a single integrated system. The attachment pendulum guide and machine pendulum guide work together as a combined mechanism that provides both cross-copying support during operation and lateral positioning capability for transport, thereby reducing the number of separate components and overall weight
2Adaptability or versatility
If the attachment includes both a pendulum suspension for cross copying and adjustment mechanisms for road transport, then the attachment can perform both field work and transport functions, but the weight increases which adversely affects axle load
Solution Approach 1:
The machine pendulum guide is designed to perform multiple functions: supporting the attachment weight during field work and enabling lateral adjustment for transport. This eliminates the need for separate heavy-duty suspension and adjustment mechanisms, reducing overall attachment weight while maintaining dual functionality
Solution Approach 2:
By combining the pendulum suspension and lateral adjustment functions into a single integrated mechanism using the machine pendulum guide, the invention reduces the total weight of the attachment. The merged system uses the same structural elements for both support and positioning, eliminating redundant components and reducing axle load
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces the weight and number of components, minimizing the axle load on the agricultural machine while enabling efficient cross copying and easy transport configurations.
Implementation Method 1
the frame during a pendulum movement running perpendicularly to a pendulum axis relative to the agricultural machine, is at least partially supported on the machine pendulum guide via the attachment pendulum guide
Implementation Method 2
the attachment pendulum guide is guided in a pendulum position on a machine pendulum guide arranged on the agricultural machine
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AI summary
The invention relates to an attachment (20) for an agricultural machine (10), comprising a frame (21) and an attachment pendulum guide (26) connected thereto, wherein in a working configuration of the attachment (20) the attachment pendulum guide (26) is slidably guided in a pendulum position on a machine pendulum guide (11) arranged on the agricultural machine (10) such that the frame (21) is supported at least partially on the machine pendulum guide (11) via the attachment pendulum guide (26) in a pendulum movement perpendicular to a pendulum axis (A) relative to the agricultural machine (10), and wherein the attachment (20) is adjustable into a transport configuration, for which purpose the frame (21) is slidable at least partially along a transverse axis (Y) of the agricultural machine (10).In order to enable weight optimization in a front attachment that is set up for both cross-copying and adjustable for road transport, the invention provides that the front attachment pendulum guide (26) is adjustable into a sliding position, so that it forms at least part of a transverse guide (34) connected to the frame (21), via which the frame (21) is supported at least partially on the machine pendulum guide (11) when sliding along the transverse axis (Y).