Wide crop pick-up having primary and secondary stripper plates for converging augers respectively mounted to movable crop guide plate portion and to fixed walls behind the augers
US8056314B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F15/106
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wide pick-up for a baler includes a crop feed rotor and auger arrangement located at an elevated position rearward of a tined pick-up reel arrangement. Positioned for receiving crop delivered by the reel arrangement, and extending beneath the crop feed rotor and auger arrangement is a crop guide plate arrangement including a central movable crop guide plate portion mounted to be moved vertically between a raised feed position, wherein it is relatively close to a circular path traced by the outer peripheries of the crop feed rotor and the converging augers, and a lowered, crop unplugging position, wherein it is spaced to create a gap between the crop guide plate portion and the crop feed rotor and auger arrangement. Right and left, primary crop stripper plates are respectively mounted to right and left front end regions of the moveable crop feed plate portion, with the primary stripper plates each having an edge located close to the associated auger for preventing crop from being wrapped about the augers when the movable crop guide plate portion is in its normal raised operating position. Right and left secondary crop stripper plates are respectively mounted to right and left fixe…
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