US 2026/0076309 A1Published application

Twin roller windguard

AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC

InventorJonathan SHENK

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Abstract

Disclosed is an agricultural baler assembly having, a pickup assembly, a primary roller assembly and a secondary roller assembly. The pickup assembly includes a tine reel with tines that rotate about a rotation axis and a pickup drum surrounding a portion of the tine reel. The primary roller assembly has a primary roller mounted to the baler assembly frame by primary roller arms that pivot about a primary roller arm pivot axis. The secondary roller assembly has a secondary roller mounted to the primary roller arms or the baler assembly frame by secondary roller arms that pivot about a secondary roller arm pivot axis. The primary roller rotation axis is spaced a first distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis; and the secondary roller rotation axis is spaced a second distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

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Dependent claims

An agricultural baler assembly comprising:

a baler assembly frame;
a pickup assembly mounted to the baler assembly frame and comprising a tine reel configured to rotate about a tine reel rotation axis, a plurality of tines extending perpendicular to the tine reel rotation axis, and a pickup drum surrounding at least a forward side of the tine reel and having slots through which the plurality of tines extend;
a primary roller assembly comprising primary roller arms pivotally mounted to the baler assembly frame to pivot about a primary roller arm pivot axis and a primary roller rotatably mounted to the primary roller arms at a primary roller rotation axis that extends parallel to the tine reel rotation axis, wherein the primary roller rotation axis is spaced a first distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis;
and
a secondary roller assembly comprising secondary roller arms pivotally mounted to the baler assembly frame or the primary roller arms to pivot about a secondary roller arm pivot axis and a secondary roller rotatably mounted to the secondary roller arms at a secondary roller rotation axis that extends parallel to the tine reel rotation axis, wherein the secondary roller rotation axis is spaced a second distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

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An agricultural baler pickup windguard assembly comprising:

a primary roller assembly comprising:
a first primary roller arm extending from a respective distal end to a respective proximal end having a first primary roller arm pivot,
a second primary roller arm extending from a respective distal end to a respective proximal end having a second primary roller arm pivot, wherein the first primary roller arm pivot and the second primary roller arm pivot are configurable to be aligned along a primary roller arm pivot axis, and
a primary roller extending along a primary roller rotation axis from a first primary roller end attached to the respective distal end of the first primary roller arm to a second primary roller end attached to the respective distal end of the second primary roller arm, wherein the primary roller is configured to rotate relative to the first primary roller arm and the second primary roller arm about the primary roller rotation axis,
wherein the primary roller rotation axis is parallel to the primary roller arm pivot axis and is spaced from the primary roller arm pivot axis by a first distance;
a secondary roller assembly comprising:
a first secondary roller arm extending from a respective distal end to a respective proximal end having a first secondary roller arm pivot,
a second secondary roller arm extending from a respective distal end to a respective proximal end having a second secondary roller arm pivot, wherein the first secondary roller arm pivot and the second secondary roller arm pivot are configurable to be aligned along a secondary roller arm pivot axis, and
a secondary roller extending along a secondary roller rotation axis from a first secondary roller end attached to the respective distal end of the first secondary roller arm to a second secondary roller end attached to the respective distal end of the second secondary roller arm, wherein the secondary roller is configured to rotate relative to the first secondary roller arm and the second secondary roller arm about the secondary roller rotation axis,
wherein the secondary roller rotation axis is parallel to the primary roller arm pivot axis and is spaced from the primary roller arm pivot axis by a second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance;
and
a lock configured to be movable between:
a disengaged position in which the primary roller assembly is pivotable about the primary roller arm pivot axis and the secondary roller assembly is separately pivotable about the secondary roller arm pivot axis, and
an engaged position in which the primary roller assembly is pivotable about the primary roller arm pivot axis and the secondary roller assembly is connected to the primary roller assembly to rotate in a predefined relationship with the primary roller assembly.

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