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US 12,648,523 B2Granted
Consistent flow windguard for agricultural baler
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorRyan Sanders
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Abstract
An agricultural baler includes a chassis, a bale chamber supported by the chassis, and a pickup with a windguard assembly. The windguard assembly includes a rotating front roller with spaced-apart channels disposed circumferentially on the exterior surface of the front roller and a tine bar configured to be arranged above the front roller. The tine bar has spaced-apart tines that extend downwardly from the tine bar, wrap around the front roller, and extend rearwardly from the front roller toward the bale chamber.
Claims20
An agricultural baler, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a bale chamber supported by the chassis;
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- a pickup with a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly including:
- (a) a rotatable front roller having a plurality of axially spaced-apart channels that are each disposed circumferentially on an exterior surface of the front roller, wherein the front roller includes a cylindrical shaft having a first outer diameter and a plurality of cylindrical segments each having a second outer diameter that is greater than the first outer diameter, wherein the plurality of cylindrical segments are spaced apart along a length of the front roller, wherein each cylindrical segment extends in a radial direction from the cylindrical shaft, and wherein each channel is disposed between two adjacent cylindrical segments of the plurality of cylindrical segments;
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- (b) a tine bar configured to be arranged above the front roller, the tine bar having a plurality of axially spaced-apart tines, each tine extending downwardly from the tine bar and rearwardly from the front roller toward the bale chamber, and each tine being configured to wrap at least partially around a respective one of the channels of the front roller.
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