Foreign object ejector for rotary conveyor equipped centering augers having crop lifters and receiving crop from wide pick-up
US6370856B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/28
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A large round baler includes a wide pick-up which lifts crop from the ground and transfers it to a rotary conveyor including crop centering augers which narrow the crop flow to the width of the baling chamber before it passes through the chamber inlet. The augers are each equipped with crop lifters and associated with each auger is an auger pan structure formed in such a way as to include a relief area into which foreign objects engaged by the crop lifters may go before they are ejected by the rotating crop lifters.
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