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US 11,547,055 B2Granted
Rotor for a high capacity baler
AssigneeGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsTaylor Bozarth, Brian Olander
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Abstract
A square baler including a pickup mechanism configured to pick up crop material from a single windrow on the ground, and a rotor configured to receive crop material picked up by the pickup mechanism. The rotor includes a first toothed section, a second toothed section, and an interior auger flighted section located between the first toothed section and the section toothed section. The rotor is configured to separate crop material into two streams of crop material.
Claims15
A square baler comprising:
- a pickup mechanism configured to pick up crop material from a single windrow on the ground;
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- a rotor configured to receive crop material picked up by said pickup mechanism,
- wherein said rotor comprises a first toothed section, a second toothed section, and an interior auger flighted section located between said first toothed section and said second toothed section, wherein said rotor is configured to separate crop material into two streams of crop material,
- wherein said interior auger flighted section includes a first set of interior auger flights configured to push crop material in a first direction and a second set of interior auger flights configured to push crop material in a second direction generally opposite the first direction,
- wherein said rotor comprises a gap between said first set of interior auger flights and said second set of interior auger flights,
- further comprising a stationary separation element at least partly received in the gap,
- wherein said rotor further comprises first and second interior teeth between which at least a portion of the gap is defined, wherein said first set of interior auger flights terminates at said first interior tooth, wherein said second set of interior auger flights terminates at said second interior tooth.
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