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US 4,903,463 AGranted
Reciprocating lobed conditioning rolls
AssigneeFord New Holland, Inc.
InventorsGilbert W. Linde, Emmett G. Webster
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AssigneeFord New Holland, Inc.
InventorsGilbert W. Linde, Emmett G. Webster
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A conditioning roll for use in a conditioning mechanism on a hay harvesting machine is disclosed wherein the conditioning roll is formed by a plurality of individual lobes slidably mounted on transverse guide members detachably affixed to a core member. Each lobe is connected to a lobe reciprocating apparatus for effecting a transverse reciprocating sliding movement with respect to the core of the conditioning roll while the respective conditioning roll is being rotated. The conditioning mechanism is provided with a pair of intermeshing conditioning rolls connected to respective lobe reciprocating apparatus so that the lobes on the respective conditioning rolls are transversely moving in opposite directions at the throat formed between the rolls through which crop material passes to be conditioned in an aggressive manner.
A conditioning roll rotatably mountable in a harvesting machine to be cooperable with a second conditioning roll to form a throat therebetween and be operable to condition crop material fed through said throat, comprising:
In a crop harvesting machine operable to collect crop material from the field and pass said crop material through a conditioning mechanism for harvesting treatment, said conditioning mechanism having a pair of transversely extending, counterrotating conditioning rolls forming a throat therebetween for the passage of said crop material therethrough in engagement with said conditioning roll for conditioning of said crop material, the improvement comprising:
An oscillating mechanism connectable to a conditioning roll having a plurality of lobes equidistantly mounted around the circumference thereof for sliding movement parallel to the axis of rotation of said conditioning roll, said oscillating mechanism being operable to effect a reciprocal sliding movement of said lobes upon rotation of said conditioning roll, comprising:
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