Feeding device with cover elements, movable relative to each other, for covering a roller recess

A feed device (2) for a forage harvester, which is formed to convey agricultural crops in a feed direction (ER) through a feed channel (4) and comprises

• a frame device (40) which comprises at least one side wall (42) for laterally delimiting the feed channel (4),
• at least two pairs of feed rollers (10, 20, 30), each comprising a rotatably mounted upper roller element (12, 22, 32) extending laterally through at least one roller recess (13, 23, 33) in the side walls (42) to delimit the feed channel, and each comprising a rotatably mounted lower roller element (14, 24, 34), and which feed roller pairs (10, 20, 30) are arranged offset from one another in the feed direction (ER),
• a bearing arrangement (50) which is formed for such mounting of the upper roller elements (12, 22, 32) in such a way that they are movable at least partially in a vertical direction (HR) angled to the feed direction (ER) to vary a height of the feed channel (4) relative to the frame device (40), and
• a covering apparatus (60) which has at least one covering element (62, 64) which is movable relative to the frame device (40) by means of the bearing arrangement (50) for covering at least a part of the at least one roller recess (13, 23, 33), characterized in that the covering apparatus (60) comprises at least one intermediate covering element (66) for covering the at least one roller recess (13, 23, 33), which intermediate covering element (66) is movably mounted relative to the frame device (40) and relative to the covering element (62, 64) by means of the bearing arrangement (50).