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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
Kuhn North America, Inc., Brodhead, WI (US);
Dennis Williams, Albany, WI (US);
KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Brodhead, WI (US);
Abstract
A merger, for picking up and distributing materials from a ground surface, includes a frame that provides support to the merger, a pick-up head affixed to the frame that lifts the materials from the ground surface, a height adjustor affixed to the frame that maintains a minimum clearance between the ground surface and the pick-up head, and a conveyor affixed to the frame that receives the materials from the pick-up head. The conveyor includes a first belt and a second belt that independently distributes the materials on the ground surface from at least one of a first side of the frame and a second side of the frame.