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US 10,292,333 B2Granted
Lowerable roller set of a secondary cutting unit for a combine harvester
AssigneesCNH Industrial Belgium N.V., ESM ENNEPETALER SCHNEID-UND MÄHTECHNIK GmbH & CO. KG
InventorsBart M. A. Missotten, Willem Vandamme, Alexander Numberg, Wolfgang Oehler
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Abstract
A header for a combine harvester has a primary implement and a secondary implement with a roller unit. The roller unit has a frame element, an outer roller set with a rotatably supported roller and a central roller set with a rotatably supported roller. The central roller set is guided on the frame element to be lowerable relatively to the external roller set.
Claims12
A header for a combine harvester comprising:
- a primary implement;
- and
- a secondary implement comprising a roller unit, the roller unit comprising:
- a pair of frame elements, each comprising a guiding slot;
- an outer roller set comprising a rotatably supported roller;
- and
- a central roller set comprising:
- a rotatably supported roller;
- a pair of side plates;
- a guide element mounted on a first portion of each side plate, the guide element of each side plate engaging in the guiding slot of one of the pair of frame elements and thus defining a path of movement of the central roller set;
- and
- a bearing mounted on a second portion of each side plate, the bearing rotatably supporting the central roller set,
- wherein the central roller set is guided on the pair of frame elements to be lowerable relative to the outer roller set.
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