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US 2014/0290203 A1Published application
Feeder assembly for an agricultural implement
OwnerJames E. Straeterinventor
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Abstract
A feeder assembly pivotally attached to an implement having a pickup reel wherein the feeder assembly has a continuous belt having a plurality of teeth that is mounted about a pair of rollers. The feeder is angled such that is picks up a windrow of stover from the ground and transports the stover to a raised pickup reel.
Claims5
A feeder assembly for an agricultural implement, comprising:
- an agricultural implement having a pickup reel;
- a feeder housing having a continuous belt with a plurality of teeth mounted about a pair of rollers;
- the feeder housing pivotally connected to the implement forward of the pickup reel wherein the feeder assembly is positioned at an angle such that an input end is near a ground area and a discharge end is raised in relation to the ground and adjacent the pickup reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.