Conditioner assembly with remote adjustable roll gap

A conditioner assembly in an agricultural implement for conditioning cut crop material, the conditioner assembly comprising:

• a conditioner frame having a pair of lateral side walls;
• a first roll rotatably supported by the lateral side walls;
• a second roll arranged substantially parallel to the first roll, the second roll extending between a pair of opposite ends and arranged relative to the first roll to define a roll gap therebetween for conditioning the cut crop material as the cut crop material passes therethrough;
• a stabilizing link extending between at least one of the lateral side walls and at least one of the ends of the second roll for pivotally coupling the second roll to the conditioner frame;
• an adjustment mechanism extending between at least one of the lateral side walls of the conditioner frame and at least one of the ends of the second roll for automatically pivoting the second roll relative to the first roll in response to selective remote actuation of the adjustment mechanism to vary the roll gap between the first and second roll for optimally conditioning different types and volumes of cut crop material received by the agricultural implement;
• an attachment bracket pivotably coupled to the adjustment mechanism and the stabilizing link and rotatably supporting at least one of the ends of the second roll;
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• a roll stop element operatively coupled between at least one of the lateral side walls of the conditioner frame and at least one of the ends of the second roll;
• wherein actuation of the adjustment mechanism causes the adjustment mechanism to extend and retract linearly, and wherein extension of the adjustment mechanism pivots the second roll toward the first roll to decrease the roll gap and retraction of the adjustment mechanism pivots the second roll away from the first roll to increase the roll gap;
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• wherein the roll stop element is adapted and arranged for absorbing force generated when the second roll moves back toward the first roll following temporary increases in the roll gap due to increased amounts of cut crop material and foreign objects passing between the first roll and the second roll.