Forage harvester
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsWilhelm Tschirdewahn, Helge Lindenmüller
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Abstract
A chopper drum assembly for a forage harvester including a chopper drum housing, a shear bar, a shear bar holder and a wear plate assembly. The chopper drum housing includes a first part and a wear plate assembly support surface. The shear bar holder is pivotally connected at a first end to the first part of the chopper drum housing and fixedly connected to the shear bar at a second end. A first end of the wear plate assembly is pivotally connected to the second end of the shear bar holder adjacent the shear bar, and a second end of the wear plate assembly is supported by the wear plate assembly support surface wherein, the wear plate support surface is arranged to be inclined to the horizontal.
Claims7
A forage harvester comprising a chopper drum assembly comprising a chopper drum housing, a shear bar, a shear bar holder and a wear plate assembly,
- the chopper drum housing comprising a first part and a wear plate assembly support surface,
- the shear bar holder comprising first and second ends being pivotally connected at the first end to the first part of the chopper drum housing and fixedly connected to the shear bar at the second end,
- the wear plate assembly comprising first and second ends, the first end of the wear plate assembly being pivotally connected to the second end of the shear bar holder adjacent the shear bar, wherein the second end of the wear plate assembly is supported by the wear plate assembly support surface, and
- the wear plate support surface is inclined to the horizontal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.