Grass conditioning device
AssigneeSAME S.p.A.
InventorsWilhelm Von Allworden, Martin Hafele
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Abstract
A grass conditioning device for a grass mowing machine which receives mown grass through an inlet, discharges the conditioned grass through an outlet, and consists of at least two rows of counter-rotating cylinders. The grass conditioning device is flat, compact and can be economically integrated in mass produced harvesters. For this purpose, several cylinders having substantially the same diameter form a first and at least a second row of cylinders. The cylinder rows are associated with each other, the first cylinder row can be driven separately from the cylinders of the other cylinder rows and the at least two cylinder rows have different peripheral speeds.
Claims12
A grass conditioning device for a grass mowing machine comprising:
- an inlet for receiving mown grass;
- an outlet for discharging conditioned grass;
- a first row (2) of cylinders in juxtaposed relation to one another between said inlet and said outlet including at least two cylinders having axes lying in a first plane,
- a second row (3) of cylinders in juxtaposed relation to one another between said inlet and said outlet including at least two cylinders having axes lying in a second plane,
- said at least two cylinders of said second row (3) of cylinders being disposed below said at least two cylinders of said first row (2) of cylinders and
- said at least two cylinders of said first row of cylinders being driven separately from said at least two cylinders of said second row of cylinders in such a manner that the peripheral speed of said at least two cylinders (21) of said first row (2) is different than the peripheral speed of said at least two cylinders (31) of said second row (3).
A grass conditioning device for a grass mowing machine comprising:
- an inlet for receiving mown grass;
- an outlet for discharging conditioned grass;
- first and second rows (2,3) of cylinders (21, 31), said rows being in juxtaposed relation to one another and being disposed between said inlet and said outlet, said cylinders of said first row being counter rotatable to said cylinders of said second row to condition said mown grass and convey said conditioned mown grass from said inlet to said outlet and,
- said first row of cylinders having axes lying in a first plane and said second row of cylinders having axes lying in a second plane and wherein the spacing between said cylinders of said first row and said cylinders of said second row is greater at said inlet than at said outlet.
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