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US 8,146,849 B2Granted
Chopping drum for a forage harvester
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJoshua D. Bacon
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Abstract
A chopping drum for a forage harvester has a shaft. Supporting rings are mounted on the shaft one next to the other in the axial direction and extending in the radial direction. Blade holders are distributed around the outer periphery of the supporting rings, and chopping blades are mounted on the blade holders by first screws. The first screws produce a connection between blade holders one following the other in the peripheral direction.
Claims9
A chopping drum for a forage harvester, the chopping drum comprising:
- a shaft with supporting rings mounted thereon one next to the other in the axial direction and extending in the radial direction;
- a plurality of blade holders distributed around the outer periphery of the supporting rings;
- and,
- a plurality of chopping blades mounted on the plurality of blade holders by first screws;
- wherein the first screws also produce a connection between a one of the plurality of blade holders and an additional one of the plurality of blade holders one following the other in the peripheral direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.