Elevator slats for an agricultural harvesting machine
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorJosé G. T. Gryspeerdt
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Abstract
An agricultural harvesting machine that comprises a crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to the crop processing mechanism is provided. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing, an elevator mechanism mounted in the housing, at least two flexible endless members, and a plurality of slats mounted transversely to the flexible members. The slats have an S-shaped cross section that provides additional strength tot the slats while reducing the chance of damage to the crop conveyed by these slats.
Claims16
An agricultural harvesting machine comprising crop processing means and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to said crop processing means, said elevator assembly comprising:
- an elevator housing;
- and
- elevator means mounted in said housing and comprising at least two flexible endless members and a plurality of slats mounted transversely to said flexible members, wherein said slats have an S-shaped cross section.
An agricultural harvesting machine comprising crop processing means and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to said crop processing means, said elevator assembly comprising:
- an elevator housing;
- and
- an elevator assembly mounted in said housing, the elevator assembly comprising:
- at least one endless member and a plurality of slats mounted transversely to the at least one endless flexible member,
- wherein the slats have an S-shaped cross section such that a trailing edge, relative to a normal direction of conveyance, of each of the slats is directed toward the endless flexible member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.