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US 10,674,662 B2Granted
Agricultural windrow chute with rolling edge
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsNicholas S. Shane, Craig E. Murray, Justin L. Montenguise, Stefaan Desmet, Yvan Vandergucht
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis; a header carried by the chassis and configured to cut crop material; a chopper carried by the chassis downstream of the header; and a windrow assembly carried by the chassis downstream of the chopper. The windrow assembly includes a windrow chute defining a leading edge downstream from the chopper and a trailing edge downstream from the leading edge; and a roller associated with the leading edge to form an active leading edge of the windrow chute during rotation.
Claims12
An agricultural vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a header carried by said chassis and configured to cut crop material;
- a chopper carried by said chassis downstream of said header;
- and
- a windrow assembly carried by said chassis downstream of said chopper, said windrow assembly including:
- a windrow chute defining a leading edge downstream from said chopper and a trailing edge downstream from said leading edge;
- and
- a roller associated with said leading edge to form an active leading edge of said windrow chute during rotation, said roller being placed adjacent to said leading edge in a position where a crop residue flow stream originating upstream from said windrow chute falls on top of said roller and configured to reduce material accumulation at said leading edge during rotation.
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