Chopping Unit of a Forage Harvester and Shear Bar for a Chopping Unit
AssigneeCLAAS Saulgau GmbH
InventorsGregor Wehner, Josef Unger, Manuel Hugger
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Abstract
A chopping unit (10) of a forage harvester, having a chopping drum (11) bearing chopping blades (15), having a shear bar carrier (17) bearing a shear bar (16) for the chopping blades (15), wherein a top side (20), facing away from the shear bar carrier (17), of the shear bar (16) provides a cutting edge (21) of the shear bar (16), wherein the top side (20) of the shear bar (16) is contoured such that the top side (20) of the shear bar (16) is inclined, at least in a top-side portion (26) facing the chopping drum (11), continuously in the direction of the chopping drum (11) in the contact region with the chopping blades, as seen in the axial direction of the chopping drum (11).
Claims13
A chopping unit (10) of a forage harvester,
- having a chopping drum (11) bearing chopping blades (15),
- having a shear bar carrier (17) bearing a shear bar (16) for the chopping blades (15), wherein a top side (20), facing away from the shear bar carrier (17), of the shear bar (16) provides a cutting edge (21) of the shear bar (16),
- wherein
- the top side (20) of the shear bar (16) is contoured such that the top side (20) of the shear bar (16) is inclined, at least in a top-side portion (26) facing the chopping drum (11), continuously in the direction of the chopping drum (11) in the contact region with the chopping blades, as seen in the axial direction of the chopping drum (11).
A shear bar (16) for a chopping unit (10) of a forage harvester, said shear bar (16) being mountable on a shear bar holder (17) of the chopping unit (10), wherein a top side (20) provides a cutting edge (21),
- wherein
- the top side (20) is inclined continuously in the direction of the chopping drum (11) at least in a top-side portion (26) facing the chopping drum (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.