US 9,801,340 B2Granted

Spreader arrangement for an agricultural harvester

AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC

InventorsFrank R. G. Duquesne, Jonathan E. Ricketts, Herbert M. Farley, Stefaan Desmet, Frederik Baes, Mark D. Dilts, Nathan E. Isaac, Craig E. Murray, Justin L. Montenguise, Stefaan Ballegeer, Nicholas S. Shane

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Abstract

A spreader arrangement for an agricultural harvester includes a pair of spreader discs, at least one cover plate and a windrow chute. The spreader discs are generally horizontally arranged and rotatable in a counter rotating manner. Each cover plate is positioned at a location above a respective spreader disc, and is operable to inhibit a flow of crop material to the respective spreader disc when positioned above the respective spreader disc. The windrow chute has an entrance end positioned below the pair of cover plates and above the pair of spreader discs, whereby crop material is discharged from the top of the cover plates into the windrow chute.

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Dependent claims

A spreader arrangement for an agricultural harvester, comprising:

a pair of spreader discs which are generally horizontally arranged and rotatable in a counter rotating manner;
at least one cover plate, said at least one cover plate being operable to inhibit a flow of crop material to a respective said spreader disc when positioned above the respective spreader disc, wherein each said at least one cover plate is removably attached above and adjacent a respective said spreader disc;
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a windrow chute having an entrance end positioned below the said at least one cover plate and above the pair of spreader discs, whereby crop material is discharged from the top of the said at least one cover plate into the windrow chute.

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