Pickup unit with a windrow conditioning roll for an agricultural baler
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsWouter Boone, Danny Claeys
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Abstract
A pickup unit for an agricultural baler. The pickup unit includes a frame; a pickup roll carried by the frame; and a windrow conditioning roll carried by the frame and positioned in front of the pickup roll when in an operating position. The windrow conditioning roll includes a center core and a pair of counter-rotating flightings surrounding the center core. The counter-rotating flightings are connected together in a manner such that wrapping of crop material around the windrow conditioning roll is inhibited.
Claims20
A pickup unit for an agricultural baler, the pickup unit comprising:
- a frame;
- a pickup roll carried by the frame;
- and
- a windrow conditioning roll carried by the frame and positioned in front of the pickup roll when in an operating position, the windrow conditioning roll comprising a center core and a pair of counter-rotating flightings surrounding the center core,
- wherein each of the counter-rotating flightings has a laterally inner end,
- wherein the laterally inner end of one of the counter-rotating flightings extends longitudinally past the laterally inner end of another of the counter-rotating flightings, such that the counter-rotating flightings overlap with each other;
- and
- wherein the laterally inner end of the one of the counter-rotating flightings is directly connected with the other of the counter-rotating flightings.
A pickup unit for an agricultural baler, the pickup unit comprising:
- a frame;
- a pickup roll carried by the frame;
- and
- a windrow conditioning roll carried by the frame and positioned in front of the pickup roll when in an operating position, the windrow conditioning roll comprising a center core and first and second counter-rotating flightings surrounding the center core,
- wherein each of the first and second counter-rotating flightings has a laterally inner end,
- wherein the laterally inner end of the first counter-rotating flighting extends longitudinally past the laterally inner end of the second counter-rotating flighting, such that the first and second counter-rotating flightings overlap with each other;
- and
- wherein the laterally inner end of the first counter-rotating flighting is directly connected with the second counter-rotating flighting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.