US 6,658,832 B2Granted

Crop deflector for machine for mowing stalk-like crops

AssigneeMaschinenfabrik Kemper GmbH & Co KG

InventorsRichard Wübbels, Norbert Wolters

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Abstract

The invention pertains to a machine including several transversely spaced feed and mowing devices for mowing stalk-type crops. A transverse conveyor channel, through which the harvested crop can be conveyed at least approximately transverse to the forward driving direction, is provided on the rear side of the aforementioned feed and mowing devices, and a feed channel, through which the harvested crop can be fed to a chopping device, is arranged on the downstream end of the transverse conveyor channel. Provided and an intersection of the transverse conveyor channel and the feed channel is a deflector element that is mounted for deflecting downwardly and/or rearwardly plants that protrude out of the transverse conveyor channel such as to prevent them from becoming jammed in front of the feed channel.

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Dependent claims

In a machine for moving fore-and-aft in a direction of travel and mowing stalk-type crops including a plurality of feed and mowing devices arranged laterally adjacent to one another and acting for cutting off and transporting the crop being harvested, said machine further including a transverse conveyor channel located behind said feed and mowing devices for conveying the crop transversely inwardly to a location forward of a fore-and-aft extending feed channel leading rearwardly to a chopping device, the improvement comprising:

a deflection element arranged forwardly of said feed channel and having a working position at a height commensurate with respective tops of said feed and mowing devices such that said height is immediately above said transverse conveyor channel;
said deflection element having a surface facing transversely, relative to said direction of travel and inclined for deflecting plants, that protrude upwardly out of the transverse conveyor channel, at least one of downward and rearward.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.