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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Herbert M. Farley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Cooper W. Linde, Lancaster, PA (US);
Nathan E. Isaac, Lancaster, PA (US);
Austin L. Jackson, Jackson, SC (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis defining a rear; a header carried by the chassis and configured to collect crop material from a field; a track carried by the chassis; and a shredding assembly carried by the chassis that receives crop material collected by the header. The shredding assembly includes a shredder configured to shred received crop material; and a shredder pan carried by the chassis under the shredder that includes a shred assister configured to cooperate with the shredder to shred crop material and at least one track follower in contact with the track that allows the shredder pan to move along the track toward the rear of the chassis.