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US 9,693,505 B2Granted
Merger and pick-up header for a merger having an adjustable skid shoe
AssigneeKuhn North America, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bassett, Damion Babler, Dennis Williams, Shane Williams
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Abstract
A merger apparatus including a pick-up header; a conveyor with a conveyor belt; a skid shoe disposed below the pick-up header and the conveyor; and an operative connection between the pick-up header and the skid shoe that enables the merger apparatus to articulate independently of an external frame underneath the conveyor, such that loose material transported by the conveyor belt that lags beneath the return side may fall to the ground keeping the return side of the conveyor belt free from obstructions.
Claims6
A merger apparatus comprising:
- a horizontal frame extending in a longitudinal direction of the merger apparatus;
- a conveyor with a conveyor belt;
- a pick-up header including a plurality of pick-up teeth disposed between end plates, pick-up guards positioned to alternate with the pick-up teeth, and a header frame, the plurality of pick-up teeth and the pick-up guards being provided on a first side of the header frame, and the end plates being provided at ends of the header frame in the longitudinal direction;
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- support members which support the pick-up header on the horizontal frame,
- wherein all of the support members pass through an inside of the conveyor belt, and
- wherein the support members include first and second cross members extending in a front to rear direction of the merger apparatus, a first end of the first and second cross members being attached to a second side of the header frame opposite of the first side of the header frame, and a second end of the first and second cross members being attached to the horizontal frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.