Agricultural vehicle with floating guidance plate
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsSimon BEELAERT, Jeffrey BLANCKE, Stijn VAN BELLEGHEM
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Abstract
A pickup assembly (10) for an agricultural vehicle (1), in particular a forage harvester or a baler, includes: a frame (200); a pickup drum (210) carried by the frame (200) and carrying a plurality of tines (211); and a windguard assembly (220) carried by the frame (200) and including a roller (221) carried in front of the pickup drum (210) and defining a roller axis (RA). A guidance plate (230) is provided that is pivotable about a pivot axis (PA) that is coaxial with the roller axis (RA).
Claims21
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A pickup assembly for an agricultural vehicle, the pickup assembly comprising:
- a frame;
- a pickup drum carried by the frame and carrying a plurality of tines;
- a windguard assembly carried by the frame and comprising a roller carried in front of the pickup drum and defining a roller axis;
- and
- guidance plate that is pivotable about a pivot axis that is coaxial with the roller axis.
An agricultural vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a crop material conveyor carried by the chassis;
- and
- a pickup assembly carried by the chassis and configured to move crop material from the ground toward the crop material conveyor, the pickup assembly comprising:
- a frame;
- a pickup drum carried by the frame and carrying a plurality of tines;
- a windguard assembly carried by the frame and comprising a roller carried in front of the pickup drum and defining a roller axis;
- and
- a guidance plate that is pivotable about a pivot axis that is coaxial with the roller axis, the guidance plate configured to direct the crop material that is picked up by the plurality of tines towards the crop material conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.